Dr. Anushiya Shrestha holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the Wageningen University, The Netherlands and Master's in Environmental Science from Tribhuvan University. She has over a decade of research experience exploring various aspects of water (in)security issues in the context of intensifying urban expansion and changing climate. Her expertise lies in engaged research at the interface of policies and practices around changing (land and) water uses, access, rights and water-related conflicts and cooperation in the context of increasing urbanization and changing climate. She is particularly interested in understanding and unfolding policy-practice interface with a focus on changing use, access and governance of land and water resources and the implications these changes have for the marginalized communities in the context of changing climate and "inclusive" policy environment.