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Policy Brief on the Draft Association Act, 2025 of Nepal
This policy brief argues though the draft association act, 2025 responds to legitimate concerns about administrative coherence, accountability, federal alignment, and foreign funding oversight, its chosen instruments are disproportionate to those stated goals, overly centralized, and likely to restrict associational freedom. The analysis examines four key dimensions: establishment and registration, operational scope, state supervision, and…
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Nepal’s civil society under siege
Civil society is not the enemy of the state; it is democracy’s most reliable ally.
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Balancing up, Down, and in: NGO Perspectives During Nepal’s Covid-19 Crisis
Published in Nonprofit Policy Forum, this study explores how varying forms of accountability relationships influenced the operational resilience of NGOs during Nepal’s Covid-19 crisis. Grounded in stakeholder and institutional theory, the research addresses three central questions: the impact of federal government restrictions on NGO operations, the effect of local government satisfaction on organizational resilience, and
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Digital inequality and learning outcomes: evidence from Thailand
This article, published in the Journal of Education and Information Technologies (EAIT), contributes to ongoing discussions at the intersection of information technology and education. The study was led as an extension of my prior work with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), driven by a continued
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Nepal’s NGO sector at a crossroads
Nepal’s NGO sector at a crossroads Organisations governed with clarity and accountability and built for resilience will thrive in the future.
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Decolonize Civil Society Research
We propose a new collaborative model based on critical reflexivity, radical equality, and reciprocal feedback, where all team members have equal input on research decisions and authorship, and research outputs are made accessible to Southern scholars. While this approach may slow down the research process, we contend it produces more reliable and accurate findings while…
Student’s Work
Supervised Work
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Tensions between Materiality Assessments and Stakeholder Engagements in Thai Corporate Sustainability Leaders
This study analyzes how top Thai companies perform materiality assessments and engage stakeholders in sustainability reporting, based on the Global Reporting Initiative framework. Findings show that while companies identify material topics and stakeholders thoroughly, engagement is often superficial and lacks detailed impact disclosures, limiting effective reporting and stakeholder engagement.
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Societal impact evaluation: implications for boundary spanning at the science-policy-society interface
MACKENZIE KING’s Master’s research focuses on social impact evaluation frameworks in boundary spanning organizations that intersect science, policy, and society. Utilizing the Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research as a case study, the study proposes a survey based on the Productive Interactions framework to enhance societal impact assessment efficiently.
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A comparative study of human values of founders: social enterprise, for-profit, and general population in Thailand
Student: Sutima Detsakulrat | Degree: Master of Arts (Social Innovation and Sustainability) | Graduation Year: 2020 | Role: Co-Advisor with Daniel McFarlane and Neil Gains. This study examines the values and motivations of social entrepreneurs in Thailand, where previous research has focused mainly on broad institutional factors rather than individual-level drivers. Through quantitative analysis using
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CSR initiatives during COVID-19: a case study of the top five fortune 500 companies
The research by Saurav Raj Basnet analyzes how the top five Fortune 500 companies adjusted their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. While their initiatives became more philanthropy-focused and prioritized safety, these short-term responses lacked the stakeholder engagement and sustainability commitment seen in their pre-pandemic programs.
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The use of technological innovation in the COVID-19 response by humanitarian organizations: case studies in refugee camps
The study by Kamonchanok Konghahong analyzes how humanitarian organizations used technology to address COVID-19 in refugee camps with 79.5 million displaced individuals. It reviews case studies across continents, highlighting adjustments to existing programs, collaboration, and the need for better technology selection and refugee engagement to enhance protection during the pandemic.