Dirgha Ghimire Dirgha Ghimire

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2003

M.A., University of Michigan, 2000

B. Sc., Tribhuvan University, 1986

Dr. Ghimire, is research investigator at Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan and Director of the Institute for Social and Environmental Research, Chitwan Nepal. He studies the relationship among social context, social change, family organization, marriage arrangement, and first birth timing in Nepal. His research also includes the inter relationship between population and environmental dynamics. He is a PI on the Developmental Idealism and Family and Population Dynamics in Nepal research project.












© 2008
Developmental Idealism Studies
Population Studies Center
University of Michigan

New Publication

G. Binstock, A. Thornton, "Knowledge And Use Of Developmental Thinking About Societies And Families Among Teenagers In Argentina." in Demográfia, 2007. Vol. 50. No. 5. English Edition

New Book

Kathryn M. Yount, Hoda Rashad (eds), Family in the Middle East: Ideational change in Egypt, Iran and Tunisia. Routledge. 2008

New Data Collection

A survey concerning ideational influences on marriage and child bearing is currently being conducted in Nepal.

Reading History Sideways

The method of reading history sideways is described and critiqued by Arland Thornton.


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