Research Nepal aims to provide a collaborative platform for everyone who wants to research about Nepal. It will help support and strengthen research communities at national and international levels. It intends to connect researchers
- currently working on research projects
- with established research work (in the context of Nepal) and
- for potential future research
Our intent is also to empower researchers including students and other professionals interested in pursuing evidence-based empirical research activities.
Research Nepal is engaged in theoretical, policy and action-oriented research in collaboration with different international research institutes and universities in different areas
As an independent think-tank institution, the vision of Research Nepal is to contribute to create equitable, just and peaceful society through generating the sound empirical evidences by working in partnership with a broad range of actors. Research Nepal facilitates methodologically rigorous, theoretically strong, practically relevant research to contribute policy changes to address the contemporary societal challenges.
Working principles of Research Nepal are: a) relevance (working collaboratively to contribute for addressing societal problem), b) working in compliance with democratic norms and value system, c) cost efficiency and work effectiveness and d) gender equality.
Vision: Research Nepal’s envisions to contribute to create equitable, just and peaceful society through generating the sound empirical evidences .
Mission: Research Nepal, an independent think-tank institution, fulfils its vision by working in partnership with a broad range of actors (research institutions, universities and like-minded organizations & individuals) to provide independent, evidence-based analysis and research findings to contemporary issues affecting lives and livelihoods of people of Nepal and beyond.
Goal: To conduct methodologically rigorous, theoretically strong, practically relevant research to contribute policy change & improve livelihood of people.
Objectives: Enriched by its vision, the institution aims to:
- contribute to academic research by facilitating and connecting researchers promote informed policy debate on its thematic areas;
- help the government and other relevant policy makers in the formulation and implementation of relevant policies and their effective implementation and;
- develop Research Nepal as independent evidence-based research institute in the global arena.