Sara Shneiderman

In August 2026, a catastrophic ice-rock avalanche led to flash floods in Nepal and Tibet. Read our Q&A with Profs. @sshneiderman.bsky.social and Pasang Yangjee Sherpa about the impacts of the devastation: https://sppga.ubc.ca/news/qa-with-sara-shneiderman-and-pasang-yangjee-sherpa/

Important analysis here by scholars with the Sajag-Nepal collaborative www.sajag-nepal.org "Relocation away from hazards like landslides and floods may reduce exposure, but it doesn’t address ... economic precarity and inequality." @theconversation.com theconversation.com/nepal-could-...

I write with Amy Leigh Johnson in @ca.theconversation.com "Nepal can build back differently by ... prioritizing communities’ autonomy over their futures." Thanks to Usha Titikshu for the lead photo which shows us so much: Buddhist monks conducting death rituals in the Trishuli river valley

⚡️New Research Brief! After the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, a government program relocated “at risk” communities to safer, integrated settlements. This brief outlines how shortcomings in addressing economic and cultural values led to “circular resettlement.” Read the brief: tinyurl.com/3spfm8x6

New report: Learning from Disasters in Scholarship & Practice explores disaster resilience through collaboration between Nepal and BC. Includes contributions from SPPGA members, including MPPGA students Salina Dolmo Lama and Yi Yi Wang. 🔗 https://drrn.ubc.ca/learning-disasters-scholarship-practice

Gen-Z protests are reshaping Nepal’s political future @currenthistory1.bsky.social essay by @sshneiderman.bsky.social & Salina Lama https://f.mtr.cool/geauwqcsgs

Finally got here!