Dr Nanda Kaji Budhathoki

Research Fellow

Qualifications:

PhD in Agriculture and Environmental and Economics, Charles Darwin University, 2020
Master’s in health economics, Policy, and Analysis (50 Credits courses completed), University of Oslo, 2010
Master’s in Development and Resources economics, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), 2009
Master’s in Economics, Tribhuvan University, 2003

Approved level of HDR supervision at Charles Darwin University:

Co-supervision to HDR student

Location:

Alice Springs Office, Northern Territory

Biography:

Nanda is an environmental economist specialising in climate change, disaster risk management, behavioural economics, and private land conservation, focusing on quantitative research approaches. He began working with Menzies in June 2021 as a part-time research and data analyst for the “SP Plus” project before joining the University of Queensland (UQ) in April 2022 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. He contributed to the ARC Linkage project on “Private Land Conservation in a Dynamically Changing and Risky World” at UQ.  In January 2025, Nanda returned to Menzies as a research fellow, where his work now focuses on improving workforce retention through evidence-based research,  strengthening remote health services and systems through  and assessing the cost and health impacts of short-term health staffing in remote Australia.

Before this, Nanda was a researcher at Griffith University and a seasonal lecturer and tutor in statistics and economics at CDU's Business School for nearly five years (2017-2022). In his PhD research, Nanda examined the socio-economic impacts of extreme weather events (EWEs) on farming households in Nepal. With over eight years of experience in research, he has designed and managed multiple projects, developed and implemented research tools, and conducted statistical and econometric data analysis. His areas of interest include climate change, health and environmental impact evaluation, and disaster risk management.