Dipesh Chapagain

Biography

Dipesh Chapagain is a guest research scholar in the Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group of the IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis Program. His work focuses on advancing the empirical understanding of community-level climate resilience in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions. He is also a senior research associate with the Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS) Programme at the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn.

Chapagain earned his PhD in disaster impacts and climate change attribution from the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, in 2023. He brings over a decade of experience in transdisciplinary research and project implementation related to climate risk, vulnerability, and resilience assessment. He has a strong track record in designing and conducting empirical and model-based research in developing countries and mountain regions, with publications in high-impact journals. His expertise lies in translating complex climate and socioeconomic data into policy-relevant insights.

Chapagain has extensive experience working with diverse stakeholders and contributing to major global reports, including the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report, the UN World Water Development Report, and the UNFCCC Needs Determination Report. He is the recipient of several prestigious fellowships and awards, including the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, the Heinrich-Boll Doctoral Scholarship, IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program Fellowship, and the Excellent Young Researcher Award on Climate Resilience from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.

ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2418-6343

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dipesh-chapagain-9026a8b3


Last update: 19 DEC 2025