Lamichhane Kamal

Affiliation
Institute of Human Sciences
Official title
Associate Professor
Email
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Phone
029-853-7285
Fax
029-853-7288
Research fields
Special needs education
Economic policy
Research keywords
Disability Studies
Economics of Education
Inclusive Education
Education Policy
Comparative Education
Disability, Gender and Employment
Disability and Conflict
Research projects
インクルーシブ教育が障害児の学力を向上させるのか:ネパールを事例とした実証分析2016 -- 2018LAMICHHANE KAMALJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for challenging Exploratory Research3,250,000Yen
ネパール大地震の社会的インパクトとレジリエンス強化のための革新的支援法2016 -- 2019LAMICHHANE KAMALJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)9,750,000Yen
Career history
2019-08 -- 2020-11Harvard University,Harvard-Yenching Institute,Visiting Scholar
2015-01 -- (current)University of Tsukuba,Faculty of Human sciences,Associate Professor
2015-01 -- (current)JICA Research Institute,Visiting Scholar
2010-04 -- (current)Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), the University of TokyoAffiliated Researcher
2012-04 -- 2014-12JICA Research InstituteResearch Fellow
2012-01 -- 2012-02Norwegian Social Research Institute (NOVA)Visiting Researcher
2010-04 -- 2012-03Graduate School of Economics, the University of TokyoPostdoctoral Researcher, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
2010-02 -- 2010-03Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), Syracuse UniversityIn-residence Fellow
Academic background
-- 2007University of Tsukuba M.A., Education (Special Needs Education)
-- 2003Tribhuvan University B.A., Education
Degree
2010Ph.D., Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (Disability Studies)The University of Tokyo
Academic societies
2015-04 -- (current)THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2015-04 -- 2016-03COMPARATIVE & INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY
2009-04 -- 2010-03JAPANESE ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
2009-04 -- 2010-03Far East Asian Econometric Society
2007-04 -- 2008-03Association for the Education & Rehabilitation of the Blind & Visually Impaired
Honors & Awards
2018-11-01Junior Chamber International Ten Young Outstanding Persons of the WorldHonored in the category of Academic Leadership and Accomplishment
2016-11the Incentive AwardDisability, Education and Employment in Developing Countries: From Charity to Investment (Cambridge University Press)
Articles
Books
  • Economics of Inclusive Education
    LAMICHHANE KAMAL
    International Encyclopedia of Education, fourth edition (Inclusive Education and Disability Studies in Education)/pp.51-57, 2023-01
  • Antardrishti
    Lamichhane Kamal
    Fine Print, 2019-06
  • Disability and Growth Elasticity of Poverty in a Developing Country
    Lamichhane Kamal; D. Ballabha Paudel
    Growth is Dead, Long Live Growth: The Quality of Economic Growth and Why it Matters/JICA Research Institute, 2015-01
  • Independent Living: Experiences from Japan and the Asia-Pacific Region
    Lamichhane Kamal
    Disability and Human Rights: Global Perspectives/Macmillan Education UK, 2016-01
  • Disability, Education and Employment in Developing Countries: From Charity to Investment
    Lamichhane Kamal
    Cambridge University Press, 2015
  • Barriers associated with the educational dropouts of persons with disabilities in a developing economy
    Lamichhane Kamal; Matsui A.; O. Nagase; A. Sheldon; D. Goodl...
    Creating a society for all: disability and economy/University of Leeds The Disability Press/pp.177-187, 2012
Conference, etc.
  • Exploring the Employment Status of Persons with Disabilities: Country Case Studies from Asia and the Pacific
    Lamichhane Kamal
    UNESCAP EGM on disability and employment/2021-07-29--2021-07-30
  • Can We Overcome Obstacles to the Path of Inclusion and Economic Independence
    Lamichhane Kamal
    International conference on mobility/2021-04-23--2021-04-25
  • Determinants of access and school attainments between people with and without disabilities in low and middle income countries
    Lamichhane Kamal
    “Pathways to inclusive and equitable quality education for people with disabilities: Cross context conversations and mutual learning/2020-02-12--2020-02-13
  • Can inclusive education bring any behavioal change?
    LAMICHHANE KAMAL; Takahiro Tsujimoto; Natsumi Shimada
    日本経済学会2019年春季大会
  • Can inclusive education bring any behavioral change?
    LAMICHHANE KAMAL; Takahiro Tsujimoto; Natsumi Shimada
    Tsukuba Global Science Week 2018/2018-09-20--2018-09-22
  • Achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) for 2030: inclusion of persons with disabilities in the process of implementation
    Lamichhane Kamal
    International conference on special needs education/2017-07-31--2017-08-02
  • "Accepting diversity? Access to employment for persons with disabilities in India" with J. Martinez
    Lamichhane Kamal
    2016 HDCA Annual Conference/2016-09-01--2016-09-03
  • Does teachers’ disability matter: teaching jobs for individuals with visual impairments in the mainstream schools in Nepal: a model for inclusion
    Lamichhane Kamal
    59th annual conference of comparative and international education society (CIES) in Washington DC, USA/2015-03-08--2015-03-13
  • Teaching style considerations of teachers for students with visual impairments in mainstream classes: a case from Nepal
    Lamichhane Kamal
    14th Disability studies in education conference, American educational research association (AERA) at Victoria University in Melbourne, Austraria/2014-07-25--2014-07-27
  • The nexus between gender, disability and labor market participation: Evidence from Bangladesh
    Lamichhane Kamal
    8th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference at Keele University in UK/2014-06-24--2014-06-26
  • Disability and growth elasticity of poverty in a developing country
    Lamichhane Kamal
    the closed workshop of researchers on How Do We Get the Growth We Want? Evidence on Improving the Quality of Growth in Paris, France/2014-02-03--2014-02-03
  • Post-MDGs: New Issues & Developments: empirical evidences on disability, poverty and labor market in developing countries
    Lamichhane Kamal
    the Conference, Japan Society for International Development (JASID) at Osaka University in Japan/2013-12-01--2013-12-01
  • Teaching by Teachers with Visual Impairments in Mainstream Schools in Nepal: Model for Inclusive Employment
    Lamichhane Kamal
    12th conference organized by Nordic Network on Disability research in Turku, Finland/2013-05-30--2013-05-31
  • Moving Toward Inclusive Development: Disability, Poverty and Inequality
    Lamichhane Kamal
    29th Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity in Honolulu, USA/2013-04-29--2013-04-30
  • Disability, Education and Employment: Evidence from Nepal
    Lamichhane Kamal; Sawada Yasuyuki
    International Conference on Disability Economics in New York, USA/2011-06-29--2011-06-30
  • Disability and Returns to Education in a Developing Country
    Lamichhane Kamal; Sawada Yasuyuki
    World Bank Seminar in Washington DC, USA/2011-06-28--2011-06-28
  • Employment Situation and Life Changes for Persons with Disabilities: Evidence from Nepal
    Lamichhane Kamal
    Pacific Rim International Conference on Disabilities at the University of Hawaii in USA/2011-04-18--2011-04-19
  • Relationship between years of schooling of people with disabilities and wage earnings: A Case from Nepal
    Lamichhane Kamal
    Seminar on disability and economy, Research on Economy and Disability (READ) at the University of Tokyo in Japan/2011-03-05--2011-03-05
  • Disability and Returns to Education: A Case Study from Nepal
    Lamichhane Kamal; Sawada Yasuyuki
    Japan Economic Association’s annual conference at Sensyu University in Japan/2009-10-9--2009-10-11
  • Disability and Returns to Education: A Case Study from Nepal
    Lamichhane Kamal; Sawada Yasuyuki
    Far East and South Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society at the University of Tokyo in Japan/2009-08-03--2009-08-05
  • Economic Value of Education for Persons with Disabilities: a Case Study from Nepal
    Lamichhane Kamal
    5th Toudai Forum of the University of Tokyo at Manchester Metropolitan University in UK/2009-04-29--2009-04-30
  • A country with 300 Teachers with visual impairments in local mainstream schools
    Lamichhane Kamal; Iwabuchi Mamoru
    ATAC at Kyoto conference hall in Japan/2008-12--2008-12
  • Socio-Economic Status of Nepalese with Visual Impairments: Result of a Pilot Study
    Lamichhane Kamal
    21st World Congress of Rehabilitation International (RI) in Quebec, Canada/2008-08-25--2008-08-27
  • Achieving Equality in Education for Nepalese Children with Visual Impairments: Challenges/Opportunities
    Lamichhane Kamal
    International Conference of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired in Chicago, USA/2008-07-22--2008-07-27
  • Persons with Disabilities in Nepalese Media
    Lamichhane Kamal
    International Symposium on Barrier Free Broadcasting in Yokohama, Japan/2004-02-28--2004-02-29
Teaching
2019-10 -- (current)特別支援教育とインクルーシブ教育論島根県立大学
2022-04 -- (current)視覚障害学演習Ⅲ筑波大学
2022-04 -- (current)視覚障害学演習Ⅱ筑波大学
2021-04 -- (current)視覚障害学演習Ⅰ筑波大学
2021-04 -- (current)視覚障害学特講Ⅰ筑波大学
2020-11 -- (current)視覚障害学特講Ⅱ筑波大学
2015-05 -- (current)Special Lecture on Disability SciencesUniversity of Tsukuba.
2015-11 -- (current)Current Topics in Disability SciencesUniversity of Tsukuba.
Talks
  • From Charity to Investment: The nexus of disability, Education and Employment in low and middle income countries
    Lamichhane Kamal
    Lunch talk at Harvard Yenching institute/2019-11-12--2019-11-12
  • Investment in disability toward achieving quality inclusive education: some cases from developing countries
    Lamichhane Kamal
    SEAMEO- The University of Tsukuba Symposium VI/2018-02-11--2018-02-11
  • Disability and impact of education for job skill development
    Lamichhane Kamal
    Seminar and Comparative study in Tsukuba organized by Indonesia University of Education and University of Tsukuba/2017-05-15
  • Towards inclusive education: where we are and where we heading for?
    Lamichhane Kamal
    Japan Education Forum/2017-02-11
  • Future of children with special educational needs in Asia
    Lamichhane Kamal
    International Seminar on Special Education/2016-09-21--2016-09-21
  • Can we achieve social inclusion economic independence of people with disabilities?
    LAMICHHANE KAMAL
    Chiba prefectural association for the welfare of people with visual imparements/2016-09-04--2016-09-04
  • Disability, quality and equality in education in Developing Countries: from charity to investment
    Lamichhane Kamal
    Lecture at the USAID Headquarter/2016-03-17--2016-03-17
  • The effect of Gender on Disability and returns to the investment in education: a case from Philippines
    Lamichhane Kamal; Watanabe T.
    Lecture at the BBL organized by World Bank/2016-03-17--2016-03-17
  • Disability, quality and equality in education in Developing Coutries from charity to investment
    Lamichhane Kamal
    Lecture at the UNICEF Headquarter/2016-03-15--2016-03-15
  • Disability inclusive community rehabilitation and reconstructing the infrastructures in the recent earthquakes in Nepal
    Lamichhane Kamal
    Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction, UN department of economic and social affairs (UNDESA) at United Nations Headquarter/2015-06-12--2015-06-12
  • Mainstreaming disability in reduction of poverty and inequality
    Lamichhane Kamal
    the Eighth Conference of state parties on cRPD, UN department of economic and social affairs (UNDESA) at United Nations Headquarter/2015-06-10--2015-06-10
  • Fulfilling the promise of Inclusive and Quality Education for persons with disabilities: economic prospectives
    Lamichhane Kamal
    From MDGs to SDGs, Fulfilling the promise of Inclusive and Quality Education for persons with disabilities, UNICEF and Georgetown University in Incheon, South Korea/2015-05-20--2015-05-20
  • Disability, Education and Employment in Developing Countries: From Charity to Investment
    Lamichhane Kamal
    the BBL, World Bank in Washington DC, USA/2015-03-13--2015-03-13
  • Disability-Inclusive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Promise of Technology
    Lamichhane Kamal
    The 23rd International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) at United Nations Headquarter in New York, USA/2014-12-03--2014-12-03
  • Disability, Education and Employment in Developing Countries: From Charity to Investment
    Lamichhane Kamal
    the Book Launch and Interactive Seminar, JICA research institute (JICA-RI), UNDESA, United Nations University (UNU), United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in New York/2014-12-03--2014-12-03
  • Disability and mental health
    Lamichhane Kamal
    the Program on mental health, UNDESA and UNU in New York, USA/2014-12-02--2014-12-02
  • Labor market situation of people with disabilities in developing countries
    Lamichhane Kamal
    the BBL, Institute of development studies at University of Sussex in UK/2014-02-05--2014-02-05
  • Lecture in an expert focus group discussion on disability towards making World Bank’s environmental and social safeguard policies more inclusive
    Lamichhane Kamal
    Program on World Bank's Safeguard Policy, World Bank in Washington DC/2013-04-04--2013-04-04
  • How education breaks down barriers of employment for people with disabilities
    Lamichhane Kamal
    Public lecture, Oslo University college in Norway/2012-02-09--2012-02-09
  • Employment, a Path to Economic Well Being? and social inclusion for persons with disabilities
    Lamichhane Kamal
    University Seminar, Uppsala University sociology department in Sweden/2012-02-06--2012-02-06
  • Effect of education on the employment and job satisfaction among persons with disabilities: Empirical study from Nepal
    Lamichhane Kamal
    NOVA Seminar, Norwegian Social Research Institute-NOVA in Norway/2012-02-01--2012-02-01
  • Disability and barriers to labor force participation
    Lamichhane Kamal
    SFI open seminar, SFI - det nationale forskningscenter for velfrd (Denish public policy research institute) in Copenhagen/2012-01-24--2012-01-24
  • Advances in Facilitating Sharing of Information between Researchers around the World, and the Importance of Economics Research on Disability
    Lamichhane Kamal
    International Disability Research and Knowledge Exchange: Collaborative Research Between Governments and Academia to Promote Disability in Development, Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), Global Partnership on Disability and Development (GPDD) in Buenos Aires, Argentina/2011-09-20--2011-09-20
  • The Nexus between Disability, Education and Employment: Evidence from Nepal
    Lamichhane Kamal; Yasuyuki Sawada
    DESA Briefing Seminar Series, United Nations department of economic and social affairs in New York/2011-07-01--2011-07-01
  • International Cooperation on Disability and Employment (In Japanese)
    Lamichhane Kamal
    Open seminar, International Association of the Visually Impaired in Tokyo/2010-09-04--2010-09-04
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Professional activities
2020-10 -- 2023-03THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTCommittee for Research in Practice
University Management
2022-04 -- 2024-03研究戦略室室員
2019-04 -- 2022-03学長補佐室室員

(Last updated: 2023-08-23)