Nimesh Dhungana

Nimesh Dhungana is a Lecturer in Disasters and Global Health at the University of Manchester's Humanitarian Conflict Response Institute (HCRI). His expertise spans disasters, development, and democratic politics, with a focus on citizen participation, accountability, and disaster governance in South Asia and Nepal. He holds a PhD in Social Research Methods from LSE, an MBA from Kathmandu University, and a BCom (Honours) from University of Delhi.

His research explores ethical challenges in disaster and conflict research, governance of disaster-resilient infrastructure, and the impact of civil society activism on marginalized groups. Recent projects include a British Academy-funded study on research ethics in disaster-affected contexts (Nepal, Colombia, Balkans) and an Atlantic Equity Challenge-funded project on Nepali labor migrants during the pandemic.

Teaching includes courses on disasters and development, disaster preparedness, and participatory methods. He collaborates with institutions like LSE's International Inequalities Institute as a Visiting Fellow. His work addresses structural inequities in disaster response and advocates for participatory, accountable governance frameworks.

Key contributions include methodological innovations in disaster ethnography, critiques of hierarchical knowledge systems, and analyses of post-disaster reconstruction politics in Nepal. He actively supervises PhD students exploring disaster-development linkages, citizen agency, and qualitative research methods.