Hari Jnawali
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity
成人大片 University
Brief Biography
Hari Har Jnawali is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity at Queen鈥檚 University, Ontario, Canada. He has a PhD in Global Governance from the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo, with a specialization in global justice and human rights. In his current post-doctoral position, he is working on a book manuscript entitled Barriers to Ethnic Autonomy in Asia: Struggles of the Tibetans in China and the Madheshis in Nepal which examines the factors that impede ethnic autonomy in Asia, with attention to international human rights. In addition, he is working on a project that examines how all South Asian countries are using population resettlements against ethnic self-determination. Dr. Jnawali teaches courses on global governance, international human rights, and Asian politics in the Department of Political Science and North American Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada.
Areas of Expertise
Comparative politics, international human rights, ethnic autonomy, the right to self-determination, population resettlements, China, and South Asia.
Recent publications
Jnawali, H. H. & Rai, B. (2024). Colonial Interpretation of Self-Determination: Impact on Madheshi Autonomy in Nepal. Nepal Studies. [Accepted].
Jnawali, H. H. (2024). Liberal Democracy and Ethnic Autonomy: Allies or Rivals in Nepal? Asian Ethnicity. 1-34.
Jnawali, H. H. (2023). Does the Interpretation of Self-Determination Affect Autonomy Struggles in Asia? Ethnopolitics. 1-22.
Jnawali, H. H. (2023). Tibet鈥檚 Response to State Nationalism: Utilizing China鈥檚 Fear of Secession. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 23(2), 158-177.
Jnawali, H. H. (2022). Indian intervention in the Ethnic Movement of Nepal: Did Madhesi Lose or Gain? Ethnicities, 23(2), 235-257.
Jnawali, H. H. (2022). Support of the European Parliament: Impact on Tibetan Claims to Self-Determination. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 28(4), 471-490.
Jnawali, H. H. (2021). Expanding Norm and Lingering Fear: Right to Self-Determination Debates in Nepal. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 28(2), 306-330.
Grant
Principal Investigator, SSHRC Connection Grant 2024-2025, Population Settlements in the Ethnic Territories of South Asia: Why and How States Pursue Internal Colonialism? [Co-Investigators: Professor Oded Haklai and Dr. Hari KC]