Senior Researcher
Urban, Disaster, Forest and Climate.
dilli@forestaction.org
Dilli P. Poudel, Senior Researcher, holds an MPhil and a PhD in Geography from the University of Bergen (Norway) and a Master’s degree in Geography from Tribhuvan University. With more than 15 years of experience in research, teaching and tourism and over 50 publications, his research focuses on urban issues, just transitions, disasters, climate impacts and adaptation, climate finance, livelihoods, community forestry and agrarian change. Drawing on theoretical approaches including political economy, resilience, and critical development geography, his publications include peer-reviewed journal articles, a book, book chapters, research reports, policy briefs, booklets, and media op-eds. He also contributed to the development of Tomorrow’s Cities planning model, which aims to reduce disaster risks in rapidly growing cities of the global South.
At ForestAction Nepal, Dr. Poudel is involved in various research projects, grant proposal writing, project design, team building, facilitating knowledge production, and contributing to the organization as a senior member of the research team. Additionally, he has also contributed to the international academic community by reviewing manuscripts for the Oxford Encyclopedia and several international journals.