Award-winning researcher, instructor, and consultant specializing in GIS and mixed methods — applied to human-environment interaction, water resources, energy economics, public health, and sustainable development.
My spatial research portfolio spans the full arc of human-environment systems — from urban planning and transportation to public health, political ecology, and socioeconomic dynamics.
My academic record spans classroom teaching, GIS instruction, independent research, and competitive grant funding.
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Outside academia, I have worked as a sustainable development consultant in the renewable energy sector across the Global South.
pROFILE
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., University of Nevada-Reno, USA
M.Sc., University of Oxford, UK
COURSES TAUGHT/ DESIGNED:
Economic Geography; Introduction to Geo-technology; GIS - I & II; Energy Project Financing; Advanced Human Geography; Environmental Sustainability; Microeconomics Theory; Introduction to Cultural Geography
GUEST LECTURES:
Advanced Cartography (using Python); Geographic Information System (ArcGIS); Applied Linear Model (using R/ SAS); International Issues - Water Development; Advanced Environmental Perception; World Regional Geography; Geographic Thoughts.
SEMINARS/ TALKS:
Impact of Electricity on Economic Growth in Nepal: ARDL Approach (NTA 2023); Local Equity Sharing Model & Hydropower Development: Global South (UNR, 2022); Hydropower Development & Spatial Inequality (AAG-Water Specialty 2021); Hydropower Dams & Environmental Justice in Nepal (APCG 2020); Spatial-Temporal Analysis Hydropower Development in Nepal (APCG 2018); Case for Small Hydropower Projects (Oxford University 2016); Dams and Earthquakes: Perspectives from Nepal (Berkeley 2015)
RESEARCH:
Examining Social Equity, Environmental Justice, and Drought Risk in West Texas: GWR-Forest Approach, 2023
Rana, B. (2020), Do Electricity Consumption and Trade Openness Boost Economic Growth in Nepal: An Empirical Analysis from Bounds Test to Cointegration Approach. American Journal of Economics, 2020 10 (6), pp. 360-366
Rana, B. (2022), The Impact of Economic Growth, Energy Consumption, Trade Openness, and Financial Development on Carbon Emissions: Empirical Evidence from Nepal. Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, 2022 February
WORK IN PROGRESS:
Assessing the Environmental Justice Implications of Modern Food Delivery Apps for Workers in Lubbock, TX (submission invited by Applied Geography)
Multi-Mode Huff-Based 2SFCA: Examining Geographical Accessibility to Food Outlets in Lubbock, TX
Impact of Climatic and Non-Climatic Factors on Cotton Production in West Texas: ST-ARDL Approach
Hydropower Benefit Sharing Arrangement: Systematic Review Approach
Local Equity Sharing and Examining Household Perception: Grounded Theory Approach
Evaluating Local Equity Sharing in hydropower projects and rural development in Nepal from the developers’ perspective: Q-methodology Approach
AWARDS:
Ozman Institute Global Studies Research Grant, 2021
AAG Water Resources Specialty Group (OPMKD) Award, 2020
Civil Society Scholar Award (CSSA), Open Society Foundation, 2020
Outstanding International Graduate Student, University of Nevada-Reno, 2018 & 2019
President’s Award, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, 2017
Graduate Dean Fellow, University of Nevada-Reno, 2017-2018
Louis Dreyfus-Hoffmann-Weidenfeld Trust Scholarship, University of Oxford, 2015-2016
Beahr’s ELP Fellowship, University of California Berkeley, 2015
UNESCO-IHE NFP Fellowship, Delft, 2015
SOFTWARE:
ArcGIS Pro/ Online/ Enterprise, ArcPy, WebApp Development, QGIS
SQL Server, PostgreSQL, R, Python, SPSS, Nvivo, SAS, STATA, LaTeX
Python-ArcGIS Interoperability