August 27, 2023

Abstract Background Labor migration practices among married men have brought changes in gender roles and expectations, creating both opportunities and barriers for their wives who stay behind. When husbands migrate, their wives can experience ma...

July 28, 2021

Background Poor mental health and illness among the working population have serious socioeconomic and public health consequences for both the individual and society/country. With a dramatic increase in work migration over the past decades, there is r...

July 28, 2021

Migration of men has important influences on reshaping family and gender roles in left-behind wives. However, it is unclear whether husbands’ out-migration increases the burden on or creates autonomy for left-behind wives. Using new data from N...

July 28, 2021

Though international out-migration is widespread, little evidence exists regarding the consequences for economic change in sending countries, particularly in the densely populated agricultural areas of Asia. We examine associations between labor out-...

October 17, 2019

This paper examines the reliability and stability of developmental idealism (DI) measures in Nepal. DI is a set of cultural schemas that contains beliefs and values favoring modern societies and families over traditional ones and that views modern fa...

February 3, 2020

Objective: To investigate whether heavy load carrying, wearing a patuka, and body position at work are risk factors for uterine prolapse among Nepali women. Methods: Community-based case-control study of 448 women (170 cases of uterine prol...

August 21, 2019

The direct and indirect impacts of global climate change entail serious consequences for global biophysical and social systems, including the health, well-being and sustainability of communities. These impacts are especially serious for vulnerable gr...

September 1, 2018

We are pleased to announce Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) Fellowships Program   The Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) fellowship is 12-month mentored research fellowship sponsored by the Fogarty International Center (FIC) and sever...

August 21, 2019

Introduction In recent years, the potential for agriculture to influence nutrition of infants and children in rural, low-income circumstances has received much attention [1]. The linkages between agriculture and nutrition have been broadly examined [...

May 7, 2024

The ISER-N Research Internship Program is a strategic and impactful initiative designed to provide interns with valuable opportunities to enrich their understanding of social and environmental research processes. Whether your interests lie in researc...

February 26, 2024

The Institute for Social and Environmental Research, Nepal (ISER-N) is seeking a highly motivated and qualified individual with a master’s degree in public health or a social science discipline for a full-time Project Manager position. ISER-N i...

November 2, 2023

Currently, we are not accepting any more applications for this position.

August 31, 2021

The Institute for Social and Environmental Research-Nepal is organizing a Virtual Workshop on Research Dissemination on “Improving Learning: Developing Measures of Accountability and Evaluating their Association with Students’ Gains in Ac...

December 15, 2022

Original post: https://echitwanpost.com/ December 12, 2022. Currently, we are not accepting any more applications for this position.

April 28, 2023

The Institute for Social and Environmental Research, Nepal (ISER-N) is seeking a highly motivated and qualified recent Ph.D. graduate in public health or a social science discipline with strong quantitative skills for a full-time postdoctoral positio...

November 8, 2017

Brauner-Otto, Sarah R., Sarah Baird, and Dirgha Ghimire. 2017” Women’s Labor Force Participation and Child Health in Nepal.”A paper presented at 2017 International Population Conference, Cape Town, South Africa (29 October -04 Novem...

September 1, 2018

We are pleased to announce Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) Fellowships Program   The Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) fellowship is 12-month mentored research fellowship sponsored by the Fogarty International Center (FIC) and sever...

November 8, 2017

Ghimire, Dirgha J., Nathalie E. Williams, Arland Thornton, Linda Young-DeMarco, and Prem B. Bhandari. 2017.“Strategies for Origin-based Surveying of International Migrants.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. DOI. ABSTRACT...

November 8, 2017

Glick, Jennifer Victor Agadjania, Dirgha Ghimire, Sarah Hayford, Carlos Santos, Natalie Eggum-Wilkens and Scott Yabiku. 2017. “Children’s well-being in diverse migration contexts: Goals, design and preliminary findings from the FAMEL...

September 18, 2017

ISER-N is pleased to announce An International Training on Survey Data Analysis Techniques December 24-28, 2017. ISER-N has been organizing these trainings in collaboration with the Population Studies Center (PSC) of the University of Michi...

November 25, 2013

ISER-N is pleased to announce a short-term course on Survey Data Analysis Techniques from May 11-15, 2015. We are organizing this training in collaboration with the Population Studies Center (PSC) of the University of Michigan, USA. The short course...

January 1, 1970

ISER-N is pleased to announce a short course on Survey Data Analysis to be organized from November 25-29, 2013. The training is organized in collaboration with the Survey Research Center (SRC) of the University of Michigan, USA. This short course on...

January 1, 1970

ISER-N is pleased to announce a short course on “Survey Data Analysis” (June 3-7, 2013). The training is organized in collaboration with the Population Studies Center and Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan, USA. This sho...

June 9, 1970

ISER-N is pleased to announce a short-term training on “Survey Data Analysis” (December 20-24, 2012). This training is being organized in collaboration with the Survey Research Center (SRC) of the University of Michigan, USA. This is an e...

January 1, 1970

ISER-N is pleased to announce a 5-day long (March 12-16, 2012) training on “Business English Communication Skills”in Fulbari, Chitwan, Nepal. Participants are expected to learn state-of-the-art tools and techniques through hands-on exerci...

January 1, 1970

  ISER-N is pleased to announce a short-term training on Survey Data Analysis (June 4-8, 2012). This training is organized in collaboration with the Survey Research Center (SRC) of the University of Michigan, USA. This is an effort toward the in...

February 6, 2018

    We are deeply shocked and saddened by sudden demise of our beloved Executive Officer, Mr. Krishna Ji Ghimire. We, ISER-N family members, offer our prayers and deepest condolences from the very bottom of our hearts. He was ver...

January 12, 2022

A virtual workshop on Research Dissemination [for] Improving Learning: Developing Measures of Accountability and Evaluating their Association with Students’ Gains in Achievement in Nepal was held on September 2, 2021 (Bhadra 17, 207...

October 10, 2021

    Institute for Social and Environmental Research-Nepal (ISER-N) has successfully launched the most awaited book, ‘Jeebbigyan ra Batabaran’ (Eng. Translation ‘Biology and Environment’) on April 25, 2021, i...

February 8, 2021

        International Farmer Innovation Day has been celebrated on 29th November this year holding a Zoom meeting organized jointly by Institute for Social and Environmental Research-Nepal (ISER-N) and Intersc...

May 13, 2019

  With the aim to explain the stakeholders related to education in Western Chitwan about the upcoming project entitled “Improving learning: Developing Measures of Accountability and Evaluating their Association with Students Gains in Ach...

February 7, 2019

      On February 07, 2019, a meeting was conducted to discuss and finalize the Student and Parent Questionnaire for the project. Resource Persons (RP) from Education Development and Coordination Unit, Bharatpur, Chitwan- Mr...

April 1, 2019

      We conducted a second stakeholder workshop at the Institute for Social and Environmental Research Nepal (SER-N) central office in Chitwan. This workshop has four basic objectives (i) to share project objectives/implementat...

December 24, 2018

      An intensive five days international training on Survey Data Analysis Techniques using open source software ‘R’ was successfully completed. The training was conducted from December 24 to 28, 2018 at the Institu...

October 30, 2018

meeting was held on October 30, 2018, with newly appointed local government officials from the Education Development and Coordination Unit (EDCU). Chief – Under Secretary, Mr. Dipendra Subedi; Head of the Department, Bharatpur Metropolitan City...

October 30, 2018

On October 30, 2018, a workshop with Local Government School Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation Authority was conducted to discuss and finalize the questionnaire for the project. Resource Persons (RP) from Education Development and Coordination U...

August 19, 2018

      Training for copy examiners/research assistants who were being involved in copy checking of real student assessment was held on 19 August, 2018. Altogether 19 trainees were trained by Technical officer/ section officer...

May 27, 2018

      A meeting with project advisory committee of Bharatpur Metropolitan City was conducted on 18 May, 2018 to introduce about institute and project ” Improving learning: Developing Measures of Accountability and Evaluati...

May 27, 2018

       0   With the aim to explain the stakeholders related to education in Western Chitwan about the upcoming project entitled “Improving learning: Developing Measures of Accountability and Evaluating their...

May 26, 2018

      Atraining program for invigilators/copy examiners/research assistants was conducted on 26 May, 2018. Technical officers/ section officers from Education Review Office (ERO), Sanothimi, Bhaktapur – Mr. Lav Dev Bha...

May 20, 2018

    Institute for Social and Environmental Research-Nepal(ISER-N) successfully completed a one-day workshop on “Challenges and Opportunities for Controlling Invasive Plants: Learning from Community Forests of Western Chit...

May 18, 2018

    Ameeting with project advisory committee of Bharatpur Metropolitan City was conducted on 18 May, 2018 to introduce about institute and project ” Improving learning: Developing Measures of Accountability and Evaluating the...

March 4, 2018

      An intensive five days international training on Survey Data Analysis Techniques using open source software ‘R’ was successfully completed. The training was conducted from December 24 to 28, 2017 at the Institu...

August 1, 2017

    An intensive five days long international training on Survey Data Analysis Techniques was successfully completed. The training was conducted from May 22 to 26, 2017 at the Institute for Social and Environmental Research-Nepal (ISE...

December 18, 2017

A one-day  Research Dissemination and Policy Workshop on: Labour Outmigration, Agriculture Change and Consequences for Left Behind Women. Was conducted on December 18, 2017 at Hotel Shanker, Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop was jointly organized b...

December 6, 2016

      An intensive five days long international training on Survey Data Analysis Techniques was successfully completed. The training was conducted from November 21 to 25, 2016 at the Institute for Social and Environmental Re...

November 30, 2016

      ISER-N distributed the relief packages to 576 familes in Lamjung and 245 families in Gorkha district affected by the Nepal Earthquake. On April 25, 2015, Nepal was hit by a major earthquake of 7.8 Richter Scale which a...

April 28, 2016

ISER-N recently completed the regular bi-annual Survey Data Analysis Training on 24 December, 2015.The training was organized in collaboration with the Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, USA. The training was held from 20 to 24 Decemb...

November 30, 2014

A one-day stakeholder workshop on “Integrating Social and Agriculture Sciences: Building the Foundation for Interdisciplinary Research in Nepal” was conducted on November 30, 2014 at Hotel Himalaya, in Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal. The work...