Professor, Department of Sustainable Development, College of Fine and Applied Arts
Dr. Dinesh Paudel is a professor in the Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development at Appalachian State University. He teaches courses in community economies and sustainable development, development theory and practice, disaster and development, and environment and development in the Global South. Before coming to Appalachian, he was a postdoctoral fellow in Dartmouth College’s Department of Geography where he taught courses on environment and development, geographies of protest and revolution, and gender and development. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Minnesota in 2012 where he studied the historical connections between international development programs and the rise of Maoist uprisings in Nepal.
Broadly, Paudel is interested in understanding how development discourses originate and travel, and how they articulate with economic, ecological and political processes on multiple scales. One of his current research projects focuses in exploring the relationship between rising Asian economies and the environmental and social changes in the Himalayas.
Areas of Expertise
Political economies, particularly rural Appalachia and Nepal
Natural disaster as a catalyst for economic and political change
Economic repercussions of global climate change
International development, political ecology
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About Dr. Dinesh Paudel
Dr. Dinesh Paudel is a professor in the Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development at Appalachian State University. He teaches courses in community economies and sustainable development, development theory and practice, disaster and development, and environment and development in the Global South. Before coming to Appalachian, he was a postdoctoral fellow in Dartmouth College’s Department of Geography where he taught courses on environment and development, geographies of protest and revolution, and gender and development. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Minnesota in 2012 where he studied the historical connections between international development programs and the rise of Maoist uprisings in Nepal.
Broadly, Paudel is interested in understanding how development discourses originate and travel, and how they articulate with economic, ecological and political processes on multiple scales. One of his current research projects focuses in exploring the relationship between rising Asian economies and the environmental and social changes in the Himalayas.
Areas of Expertise
Political economies, particularly rural Appalachia and Nepal
Natural disaster as a catalyst for economic and political change
Economic repercussions of global climate change
International development, political ecology
| Present | Faculty Member, Appalachian State University ‐ College of Fine and Applied Arts | |
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| Present | Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University ‐ Department of Sustainable Development | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- The Board of Trustees International Research Grant Award, Appalachian State University, 2017
- Collaborator on the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada, Insight Grant “Infrastructure of Democracy: state building as everyday practice in Nepal’s agrarian districts,” 2016
Courses
- SD 4401 Applications in Sustainable Development
- SD 3543 Environment and Development in the Global South
- SD 3375 Community Economies and Sustainable Development
- SD 2700 Development Theory and Practice
| B.S., Tribhuvan University ‐ Institute of Forestry | ||
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| Ph.D., University of Minnesota - Twin Cities ‐ Department of Geography | ||
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| M.S., University of Cambridge ‐ Department of Geography | ||
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