Sanju Koirala
Researcher - Social Science-Water and Natural Resources
Areas of expertise
social science natural resource management forced migration water energy food ecosystem nexus approach capacity building gender equality disability and social inclusion disaster risk management scaling readiness assessment innovation packagingSanju Koirala is a social science researcher and project leader for Transboundary Rivers of South Asia. She is involved in action research and capacity-building programs focused on the water, energy, food and ecosystem nexus and the sustainable farming science program. Koirala has research experience in areas such as water resource management, disaster risk reduction and management, forced migration, water, sanitation and hygiene, classroom education practices, youth issues and access to justice. She holds a PhD in Human geography and her research specifically examines hydropower-induced displacement and its impact on potential displacees, social safeguard policy reforms and civil society engagement in Nepal’s hydropower sector.
