2026 · Sydney
Naavya Thapa
Writing on human rights, systemic impacts, politics and global development.
A social work graduate completing a Master of Development Studies at UNSW, working at the meeting point of evidence, lived experience and policy reform.
I am currently working as a research and strategy intern at Foxe Advisory (disaster management systems and international development). I have worked in policy and media at the Refugee Council of Australia, in community mental health at Prince of Wales Hospital, and in international outreach with World Vision India and Think Pacific.
Read more about me →- June 2026BlogAid Securitisation and Recipient Agency: What Vanuatu's pushback tells us about Australian Pacific Island Aid PartnershipsAustralia speaks of the Pacific as 'family', but its aid is increasingly tied to security strategy. Vanuatu's renegotiation of the Nakamal agreement shows what recipient agency looks like.
- Dec 2025ResearchNegotiating Loss Across Borders: the Impact of Migration on experiences of post-death rituals and bereavement for South Asian MigrantsCommemorating the deceased person and upholding unique community customs, death practices and rituals are all symbolically crucial markers for the South Asian diaspora. However, reduced access to ethnic community networks and socio-political constraints in host countries restrict or alter the performance of customary death rituals, reshaping bereavement practices and potentially complicating grief among migrant populations.