Dambaru Ballav Subedi

Dambaru Ballav Subedi is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Political Science and International Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, at the University of Queensland. He serves as the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Convenor for Peace and Conflict Studies and Postgraduate Convenor for Mediation and Conflict Resolution Studies. Subedi earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of New England, Australia. Before joining academia full-time, he accumulated over a decade of professional experience with international organizations in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Viet Nam. Since 2010, he has collaborated with various governmental and non-governmental entities, delivering research and consultancy to UNDP, UN Women, ActionAid Myanmar, UNICEF, International Alert UK, Care International, and Mercy Corps. In 2022, he contributed to developing the evaluation framework for the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet's Countering Violent Extremism Programme. Additionally, he is a Research Member of the Addressing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation into Terrorism (AVERT) Research Network at Deakin University.

Subedi's research focuses on conflict transformation and peacebuilding, the intersections of religion and politics, and populism and nationalism, particularly in authoritarian, populist, and nationalist states in South and Southeast Asia. His fieldwork spans Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, and Myanmar. Key publications include his monograph, Combatants to Civilians: Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Maoist Fighters in Nepal's Peace Process (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); the co-edited volume, The Routledge Handbook of Populism in the Asia Pacific (Routledge, 2023); and Reconciliation in Conflict-Affected Communities: Practices and Insights from the Asia-Pacific (Springer, 2018). Selected journal articles comprise "Authoritarian populist politics, politico-religious extremism, and violence against women in post-war Sri Lanka" (World Affairs, 2024, with Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits), "Youth, politics, and youth-led political violence in Nepal" (Asian Politics & Policy, 2022, with Ramesh Shrestha), "Rethinking peacebuilding in the age of populism" (Peace Review, 2022), and "Conflict, combatants, and cash: economic reintegration and livelihoods of ex-combatants in Nepal" (World Development, 2014). He currently holds funding from Global Affairs Canada (2024-2026) for the Supporting Democratic Action in Myanmar project administered by ActionAid International.

Professional Email: d.subedi@uq.edu.au