

Paudel, Keshav Prasad
Associate Professor in GIS
Job description
Responsible lecturer: FSK-2006 and FSK-3012
Lecturer FSK-3006 (Quantitative methods)
Lecturer (GIS related topic): SVF 3555 and BIO-3011
Ongoing research project: Coastal transformations and fisher wellbeing - synthesized perspectives from India and Europe (FISHERCOAST)
- Galparsoro, Ibon; Pinarbasi, Kemal; Gissi, Elena; Culhane, Fiona; Gacutan, Jordan; Kotta, Jonne; Cabana, David; Wanke, Sonja; Aps, Robert; Bazzucchi, Daniel; Cozzolino, Giacomo; Custodio, Marco; Fetissov, Mihhail; Inacio, Miguel; Jernberg, Susanna; Piazzi, Alessandro; Paudel, Keshav Prasad; Ziemba, Alex; Depellegrin, Daniel. Operationalisation of ecosystem services in support of ecosystem-based marine spatial planning: insights into needs and recommendations. Marine Policy 2021; Volum 131. ISSN 0308-597X.s doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104609.
- Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Paudel, Keshav Prasad; Christensen, Morten. Principal factors controlling biodiversity along an elevation gradient: Water, energy and their interaction. Journal of Biogeography 2019. ISSN 0305-0270.s doi: 10.1111/jbi.13564.
- Paudel, Keshav Prasad; Andersen, Peter. Response of rangeland vegetation to snow cover dynamics in Nepal Trans Himalaya. Climatic Change 2013; Volum 117 (1-2). ISSN 0165-0009.s 149 - 162.s doi: 10.1007/s10584-012-0562-x.
- Paudel, Keshav Prasad; Andersen, Peter. Monitoring snow cover variability in an agropastoral area in the Trans Himalayan region of Nepal using MODIS data with improved cloud removal methodology. Remote Sensing of Environment 2011; Volum 115 (5). ISSN 0034-4257.s 1234 - 1246.s doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.01.006.
- Paudel, Keshav Prasad; Andersen, Peter. Assessing rangeland degradation using multi temporal satellite images and grazing pressure surface model in Upper Mustang, Trans Himalaya, Nepal. Remote Sensing of Environment 2010; Volum 114 (8). ISSN 0034-4257.s 1845 - 1855.s doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.03.011.
- Paudel, Keshav Prasad. Assessment of risk and vulnerability of water induced disaster: A case study of Tinau Watershed, western Nepal. Himalayan Journal of Sciences 2004; Volum 2 (4). ISSN 1727-5210.s 205 - .s doi: 10.3126/hjs.v2i4.886.
Research interests
Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, Social Ecological System, Spatial and Marine Resource Management
Teaching
FSK-2006 GIS in Coastal and Marin Resource Management
FSK/2012 Scientific Methods and Statistics
FSK-3006 Model theory and data processing methods
FSK-3012 Geographical Information Systems for Coastal and Marine Resource Management
BIO-3011 Advances in Aquaculture
SVF-3555 Coastal planning and governance
For more information about my teaching and teaching philosophy, please visit My teaching teaching portfolio.
Member of research group
Member of project
CV
Employment (selected)
- 2016 – : Associate Professor, The Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø- The Arctic University of Norway
- 2015-2016: Researcher, Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Norway
- 2011-2014 : Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Norway
- 2007– 2011: PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Norway
- 2007: Geographer, Ministry of Physical Planning/ Nepal Government
- 2006– 2007: GIS Analyst, Geospatial Pvt. Ltd., Nepal
- 2004 : GIS Analyst, United Nation Development Program (UNDP), Nepal
- 2003– 2004: Assistant Lecturer, Central Department of Geography Education, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
- 2002– 2004: GIS Analyst, ISS Pvt. Ltd/Geospatial Pvt. Ltd., Nepal
Qualifications
- 2011: PhD in Geography, Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Norway
- 2006: Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Mountain Ecology and Human Adaptation, Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Norway
- 2001: Master of Arts (M. A.) in Geography, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
- 1999: Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) in Economics and Geography, Tribhuvan University, Nepal