Tejendra Pherali

Tejendra is a Senior Lecturer in Education Studies and Sociology in the Centre for Education and Early Childhood Studies. He is the coordinator of the Centre’s international research project - Education for Peacebuilding and chairs the Network for Research in Education and Conflict. His research involves education, conflict and peacebuilding. He is also interested in the area of international development with a focus on ethnicity, identity and post-conflict reconstruction of education. Prior to being appointed as a Senior Lecturer in LJMU, he worked in a various capacities including of school teacher, lecturer, administrator and research consultant in both private and non-governmental organisations.

Current Post

Senior Lecturer in Education Studies

Qualifications

• PhD (Education and Conflict) – Liverpool John Moores University
• Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education – Liverpool John Moores University, UK
• Master of Education (Research Methodology) – The University of Sydney, Australia
• Master of Education (Integrative Learning) – Endicott College, MA, USA
• Master of Arts in Sociology - Tribhuvan University, Nepal
• Bachelor of Arts (Political Science and English Literature) – Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Career history and current interests

Tejendra comes from a research as well as practitioner’s background particularly in the field of international development. He is interested in education, conflict studies and peacebuilding approaches internationally. He has also developed international collaboration which contributes to faculty’s research profile as well as helps introduce a global dimension to student’s learning experience in the Centre.

Professional activity / Consultancy/successful bids

• Political Economy Analysis of Education in Nepal - 2011, £70,000 (with Professor Alan Smith, University of Ulster and Tony Vaux, Humanitarian Initiatives) – research commissioned by EU, DFID and UNICEF.
• Early Career Researcher Fellowship 2010 – £5,000, Liverpool John Moores University
• Education for Peacebuilding - 2010, £84,000 (with Kathmandu University, Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia and Search for Common Ground Nepal) – British Council funded DelPHE project
• Dor Bahadur Bista Prize 2010, Best Graduate Student Paper, awarded by the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, USA
• Global development awards and medals competition, 2008 - Semi-finalist – Fragile States: Addressing vulnerability, Ninth Annual Global Development Conference, Brisbane, Australia
• University Chancellor’s Award – 2007, £10,000 – Liverpool John Moores University
• Overseas Research Student Award Scheme, 2007 - Liverpool John Moores University
• AusAID Scholarship – 2004, AU$47,000, Australian Agency for International Development
• Endicott-TIES Scholarship – 2002. US$15,000 – Endicott College, MA, USA

Professional and Research Interests

• Education and conflict
• International development
• Ethnicity,
• Identity
• Political economy analysis
• Post-conflict reconstruction of education

Current Projects

• Impact of armed conflict on school education in Nepal – Doctoral research (Writing Stage)
• The public perception of the media as a peacebuilding tool during the peace process in Nepal (Working title), - this project is a part of the broader theme ‘The Creation of Public Meaning during Nepal’s Democratic Transition’ funded by the International Partnerships Scheme of the British Academy, coordinated by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, London) and Martin Chautari, Kathmandu.
• Education for Peacebuilding – DelPHE Project in collaboration with partner institutions KU, Nepal and PUC, Cambodia

Memberships

• Chair – Network for Research in Education and Conflict (NREC)
• Former President – Marsh Research Students Association (MARSA), Liverpool John Moores University
• Member – Britain Nepal Academic Council
• Member – British Association for International and Comparative Education
• Member – Adolescent and Youth Task Team, Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies
• Member – Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergency (INEE)
• Alumnus and Member – The Institute for Educational Studies, Virtual Discussion Forum, Endicott College, USA

Modules I Lead

• 4101EDSTUD Active learning in Higher Education
• 5102EDSTUD Investigating Education
• 6118EDSTUD Education and Social Change
• 6103ECHILD International Perspectives on the Child

Modules I Teach

• 6106EDSTUD Young People and the Community
• BBTECL011 Developing and Applying Quantitative Approaches (Master of Research in Education and Society)

Publications