Phurwa Dhondup Dolpopa

Phurwa has PhD in Geography and worked with Dr. Emily Yeh. He is receiving graduate training in political ecology, critical development studies, and Indigenous geographies. His research examines intersecting questions of state-making, Indigeneity, and multispecies worldmaking; specifically, as they transpire in contestations over yartsa gunbu at the interface of inter/national conservation agendas, climate change, and Indigenous environmental governance in Dolpo, Nepal. Phurwa is currently an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Environmental Sciences at the University of British Columbia.