Adrian Khan, PhD
Executive Council Member: Communications & Prize Adjudicator at the Association for Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) | Guest Editor | Researcher | Social Justice Educator | Migration Specialist | Geographer
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Cover Photo: a local taking their yaks for grazing in Ghunasa, a Himalayan village 3,000+ metres/9,840 feet above sea level.
Stories Across Borders, Lessons Beyond Boundaries!
Stories Across Borders, Lessons Beyond Boundaries!
Welcome everyone! Throughout, you will find an interdisciplinary archive of fieldwork, advocacy, and ethical storytelling from my experiences.
I strive towards presenting where geographies meet stories, and strategies become movement.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my site and becoming a part of the journey.
Warm wishes to all :)
Who am I?
Who am I?
I am an accomplished social justice educator, researcher, and consultant with over 12-15 years of experience in each of these fields.
I bridge academic, policy, and practice-based spaces, with a focus on equity, inclusive community development, youth mobilization projects, and human rights.
My global footprint includes research and work in Canada, the U.S., France, Qatar, India and Nepal.
UNESCO World Heritage site Boudanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal. I arranged a cultural tour with elder knowledge holders to share stories with the Himalayan boarding school students about the region's religious significance.
What I do
What I do
My work engages mixed-methods, participatory action research (PAR), and the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in teaching, learning, consultancy, and research contexts.
I have international experience leveraging stakeholder relationships and conducting data-intensive investigations to drive growth in finance, healthcare, the fine arts, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and policy and advocacy spaces.
In Upper Dolpo, Nepal, like other Himalayan regions, residents migrate to lower regions with their livestock for the winter.
Upper Dolpo contains villages and monasteries situated at altitudes of over 5,000 metres/16,400 feet above sea level.
Currently, I serve on the Executive Council of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS), contributing to communications and international prize adjudication.
I am also currently a guest co-editor for Special Issues on child and youth geographies at the intersection of several disciplines and topics for the journals Political Geography; Social & Cultural Geography; and Emotion, Space and Society.
Journals, planners, and notebooks for a wide scope of creative ideas from A-Z.
On a day trip with labour migrants in Qatar. The camels, stunning and serene, moved through the desert silently with grace.
Walking through this forest in Uttar Pradesh, India, early mornings often stirred my creativity.
Reflections & Questions
Reflections & Questions
Whether I am mentoring students; co-creating knowledge translation outputs with communities, organizations, and stakeholders; or reflecting on the politics of space through publications, presentations and storytelling, I am always asking:
What is knowledge? Whose knowledge and how can we make it matter? Most importantly, how can we creatively mobilize it?
Brainstorming with young people on planning a cultural event in Nepal, through a student-centric approach.
A picturesque photo from fieldwork in France. Even clouds have stories to tell! What do you see?
Connect & Collaborate
Connect & Collaborate
Rara Lake, in Mugu district of the Himalayas, sits at almost 3,000 metres (9,840 feet) above sea level. It is the deepest lake in Nepal.
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