Hari Har Jnawali

PhD in Global Governance, 2023    

Hari Har Jnawali
BSIA Fellow, Graduate
BSIA Fellow, Graduate

Hari Har Jnawali

PhD in Global Governance, 2023

Hari Har Jnawali is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity at Queen’s 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 international human rights and regional concentration on Asia. Specifically, he studies why autonomy struggles have and have not succeeded in South Asia and China, ultimately tracking the potential of self-rule in managing conflicts and promoting minority rights. In addition, Dr. Jnawali teaches courses on Chinese politics, global governance, international human rights, and Asian ethnicity in the Department of Political Science and North American Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada. He has also developed teaching scholarship concerning pedagogical practices in Canadian universities.

Areas of Expertise:
Comparative Politics, international human rights, autonomy, self-determination, population resettlements, Asian ethnicity, China, and South Asia.

Academic / Professional Awards

  • SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2024-2026: Population Resettlements in South Asia: Strategies, Impacts, and Outcomes.
  • Principal Investigator, SSHRC Connection Grant 2024-2025: Population Resettlements in the Ethnic Territories of South Asia: Why and How States Pursue Internal Colonialism? [Co-Investigators: Professor Oded Haklai and Dr. Hari KC]
  • Global Governance Doctoral Fellowship, Balsillie School of International Affairs, 2018‒ 2023
  • Sharon & David Johnston Award, University of Waterloo, 2021

Select Publications

  • Jnawali, H. H. (forthcoming). Ethnic Autonomy in Asia: Struggles of Tibetans in China and Madhesis in Nepal. Liden University Press (Under Contract).
  • Jnawali, H. H. (forthcoming). Autonomy across South Asia: Why States Pursue Divergent Approaches to Ethnic Self-Rule? Oxford University Press.
  • Jnawali, H. H. & Haklai, O. (Eds.), (forthcoming). Population Resettlements in Ethnic Territories of South Asia: Impacts on Autonomy and Self-Determination. University of British Columbia Press.
  • Jnawali, H. H. & Karki, K. (2026). Indigenization of Learning: Non-Indigenous Students as Allies in Canadian Universities. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. In Press.
  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/14631369.2024.2347537
  • Jnawali, H. H. (2023). Does the Interpretation of Self-Determination Affect Autonomy Struggles in Asia? Ethnopolitics. 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449057.2023.2287386
  • Jnawali, H. H. (2023). Tibet’s Response to State Nationalism: Utilizing China’s 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. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687968221135943
  • Jnawali, H. H. (2022). Support of the European Parliament: Impact on Tibetan Claims to Self-Determination. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 28(4), 471-490. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537113.2022.2056108
  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718115-bja10023

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs, 2018‒ 2023
  • Master of Arts, Political Science, University of Waterloo, 2017‒ 2018
  • Master of Arts, English, University of Waterloo, 2016‒2017
  • Master of Philosophy, English, Tribhuvan University, 2009 ‒ 2011

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