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Dear Nancy Conflict, Peace & Development Studies Program at Tribhuvan University in Nepal is willing to work with you. Let us be in touch. My email is mthapa@nd.edu. Manish Thapa Visiting Research Fellow Kroc Institute for International Peace Stud…
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MANISH THAPA is currently a Doctoral Research Candidate in International Studies at the University of Tokyo working on his research project titled: From Bullet to Ballot: The Politics of Peacemaking in Nepal. He is recipient of prestigious Robert McNamara Fellowship (2009-2010) from the World Bank & prestigious RONPAKU Fellowship (2008-2011) from Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS). He is also associated as Visiting Research Fellow at Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at University of Notre Dame, USA. He was Sauvé Research Fellow at McGill University in Canada (2006-2007). He received his Bachelors degree in Development Studies from Kathmandu University, and Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies from Austria’s European University – Centre for Peace Studies. He was Founding Executive Director (2006-2008) of the Asian Study Centre for Peace & Conflict Transformation (ASPECT). In 2005, Manish founded the Nepal Peace Initiative Alliance, which was instrumental in the establishment of the Ministry of Peace & Reconstruction in Nepal. He also played a key role in establishing the Department Conflict, Peace & Development Studies Program at Tribhuvan University, where he is now associated as a core faculty member. He is also Visiting Faculty at Nepal Army Command and Staff College where he teaches courses on Peace & Security. He is co-chair of the Internal Conflicts Commission at the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) and Council Member of the Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA). He is on the Research Committee on Centre for Global Non-killing (CGNK). Currently he is leading a team of international peace builders in institutionalizing South Asian Peace Academy (SAPA) which will be state-of-art Peace Academy in South Asia.
Please list the countries and/or regions in which you have direct and significant expertise
Nepal & All South Asian Countries
What is your current country of residence?
Nepal
What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
Director - Asian Study Center for Peace & Conflict Transformation - ASPECT
What is your personal or organizational website?
http://www.aspect.org.np
What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
http://www.sarcan.info
Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?
Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Conflict Mainstreaming, Democratization, Development, Education, Gender
Which are your primary skills areas?
Advocacy, Evaluation, Fundraising, Program Administration, Program Design
What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?
Collaborative Book Project titled: "Action Research for Peacebuilding Practice" on research stage jointly with Prof. John Paul Lederach and several colleauges worldwide.

Bullet to Ballot: The Politics of Peace Making in Nepal - (PhD. Research Project at Department of International Studies at University of Tokyo)

From Rebellion to Politics: Transformation of Rebel Groups into Political Parties in Armed Conflict: A Case Study of Maoists Party of Nepal (Research project of Asian Study Center for Political & Conflict Transformation - ASPECT)

Building National Infrastructure for Peace: Prospects & Challenges (Panel Discussion at 4th Global Summit for Ministries & Department of Peace September 2008 in Sydney, Australia)

Understanding Maoist Insurgency of Nepal: Context, Cost and Consequences (Presenting the Paper on International Peace Research Association (IPRA) Conference in July 2008)

Institutional Approaches to Gender Policies in Post Conflict Reconstruction – A Case Study of World Bank (Presenting the Paper on International Peace Research Association (IPRA) Conference in July 2008)
If appropriate feel free to list several of your publications
"The Role of Civil Society, Government and Political Parties in Peacebuilding" in The New Dynamics of Conflict in Nepal, edited by Bishnu P. Poudel & Hari Bansh Jha (2009);

"From Conflict to Peace: The Role of Young People in Creating New Nepal" in Young People, Education, and Sustainable Development: Exploring Principles, Perspectives, and Praxis, edited by Philip Osano & Peter Blaze Corcoran (2009);

Nepal Climate Change and Security Factsheet, co-authored with Dr. Christian Webersik for United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo (2008);

"Maoists Insurgency in Nepal: Context, Cost & Consequences" in Afro-Asian Conflicts: Changing Contours, Costs and Consequences, edited by Dr. Seema Shekhawat and Dr. Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra (2008);

"Ministry of Peace & Reconstruction in Nepal: A Foundation for Peace" in Joint Action for Prevention: Civil Society & Government Cooperation on Conflict Prevention & Peacebuilding, edited by Paul Van Tongeren & Christine van Empel (2007);

Institutional Approaches to Gender Policies in Post Conflict Reconstruction – A Case Study of World Bank (2006);

“Back to Negotiations: Diagnosis & Prognosis of Future Negotiation Process of Nepal” in EPU Research Paper Series (2006) and

Understanding Maoists Insurgency from Wider Perspective in GDN Research Paper Series (2005).

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At 11:32am on March 24, 2009, Bhakta Raj Ranjit said…
Dear Manish,

Glad to come across you in the website. Synergy Nepal, NGO has about 25 Telecenters (like cyber cafe), service oriented in rural and remote villages and districts of Nepal. I am seeking help and assistance from like-minded friends who are willing to contribute in and or bring peace practically in grassroots level in Rolap, Rukum, Karnali region,etc of Nepal. I hope you could do something at present for creating New Nepal.
Bhakta Raj Ranjit, Chairperson, Synergy Nepal, Kathmandu.
Website: synergynepal.org
Email: synergynepal@yahoo.com
At 5:04am on February 3, 2009, shyam tosawad said…
Dear friend
Violance,war,conflicts,sufferings my desire to see world in peace and non violance has motivated me to join this network."Vasudev kutukbkam" entire world as a family, this was a teaching of our culture and traditional.we created countries,boundries,religions,cast,race for a genuine reason or a false reasons for any reason.but this the time to realise that we are one and we naturaly interconected with each other ,which we can just realise by watching inhale and exhale of breaths the source is same ,without any descrimanation,religion,bonundries, equaly for all living life of universe .When we understand this simple thing then we must understand how our and other's life is equaly important,valuble ,respectable .we should follow the nature's rule ,non violance .peace ,god has given us a human life not for destruction but for lookafter the wellbeing of all living life.
i shall be happy if you could include me in your circle of friends
At 6:07am on January 31, 2009, kat ja said…
hi manish,
just came across your profile "accidently" when searching for "uppsala". had in mind to apply for a course there. so u r in nepal. well, i m an ngo-wallah right now on ngo-job search as well as on search for further studies. open for many issues in the social and humanitarian field. so peacebuilding could be an option. which ngos/ institutions in peacebuilding would you recommend in nepal: either as option to apply for job or to attend workshops with?
greetings from india
katja
At 11:25am on January 14, 2008, Dot Maver said…
It is a joy to journey with you Manish and I am grateful to call you friend, love, Dot
At 9:52am on November 11, 2007, Hannes Siebert said…
Dear Manish,
My apology for this log delay and overdue meeting. I'm currently in Kathmandu. You have time for early breakfast this week. Would be interested to hear your sense of the challenges to this slowly maturing peace process.
Hannes
At 12:14am on September 25, 2007, Eyal Raviv said…
Manish,
I like your profile! I'd like you to join me on mepeace.org,
a platform for peacemakers advancing Middle East peace.
Eyal :-)
At 5:50pm on July 31, 2007, Kristin Famula said…
where has MFP gone??? :)
At 2:15pm on June 26, 2007, Martijn Dalhuijsen said…
Hi Manish,

Soon I hope. I have signed up to become an election volunteer to the consitutuent assembly elections. I just hope I qualify...

Kind regards,

tijn
At 11:36am on June 26, 2007, Mike Abkin said…
Manish, I'll be delighted to be your friend. In fact, I thought I already was! -Mike
At 12:30am on June 25, 2007, Luis Gustavo said…
Hola my Nepalise friend!! how are you? nice to see you here? Hope you are doing fine.

Gustavo
 
 

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