Bibek Raj Shrestha

I grew up listening to the traditional wisdom of the world around me in the culturally rich Kathmandu Valley. My academic journey in natural sciences equipped me with measurable ways of explaining reality and ecological challenges. Returning to work in the field, I sensed how the ancestral logic of the nature-human relationship is interconnected. 

My research explores the impacts of human activities on biodiversity and seeks interdisciplinary, applied approaches to convivial conservation. Through his PhD, funded by the South East Network for Social Sciences (SENSS) Doctoral Training Partnership, I aim to assess conservation effectiveness in relation to human well-being and examine the effects of climate change on biodiversity in Nepal, together with my supervisors Dr. Aldina Franco (ENV) and Dr. Johanna Forster (DEV). 

I am a graduate of the International Masters in Applied Ecology (IMAE), under a European Union-funded Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) from the University of East Anglia (UEA), UK; European Consortium (University of Poitiers, France and Kiel University, Germany) and Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador.

I was an undergraduate at Kathmandu University in Nepal, where I completed my degree in Environmental Sciences with Conservation Biology as my major.