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Ishara Mahat is a development professional and researcher with expertise in development anthropology, currently serving as a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University. With a Ph.D. in Development Studies from Massey University, New Zealand, she has held various consultancy roles with international agencies, including CIDA, UNICEF, and UNDP, focusing on project development planning and gender mainstreaming in Nepal. Her scholarly focus includes gender, energy, and poverty issues in South Asia, as well as sustainable livelihoods and social change methodologies. She was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto and has continued her post-doctoral research at the University of Western Ontario. Throughout her career, Mahat has designed research methodologies for gender analysis and has conducted extensive fieldwork in rural areas of Thailand and Nepal, addressing women's entrepreneurship and development projects for small farmers. Her articles and contributions to various journals highlight the intersection of gender, social change, and development policy, making significant strides in understanding these complex relationships in South Asia.
Department of History