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Dr Kamalesh Adhikari

Research Fellow

School of Law
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
k.adhikari@law.uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 59104

Overview

Dr Kamalesh Adhikari is Research Fellow with the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods and Member of the ARC Laureate Project ‘Harnessing the Potential of Intellectual Property to Build Food Security’ at the TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland. His current research focusses on socio-legal issues and concerns associated with the collection, use and circulation of native and indigenous plants, including traditional knowledge. He is also a research partner in the Research Council of Norway and the Fridtjof Nansen Institute's Suitable Seeds Project which explores the role that intellectual property has played in shaping the history and practices of gene and seed banks. Dr Adhikari is also undertaking a critical account of the concept of farmers’ rights in intellectual property law. Dr Adhikari previously worked as an AIBE Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Business and Economics (AIBE) and as Research Director at the South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE). He has undertaken collaborative research with a number of institutions including Consumers International and the Southeast Asian Council for Food Security and Fair Trade (Malaysia), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (Italy and Nepal), Fridtjof Nansen Institute and the Development Fund (Norway), International Development Research Centre and International Institute for Sustainable Development (Canada), Sustainable Development Policy Institute (Pakistan), Consumer Unity and Trust Society and Green Foundation (India), Oxfam Novib and Wageningen University (The Netherlands), United Nations Development Programme (Nepal and Sri Lanka), and Institute of Policy Studies and Law and Society Trust (Sri Lanka).

Research Interests

  • Intellectual Property Law and Food Security
  • Food security, biodiversity and farmers' rights
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Law and Science & Technology Studies
  • Regulation, Society and Development

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University

Publications

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Supervision

  • Market Insights for Australian Native foods

    Doctor Philosophy

  • Exploring the nutritional quality and food functionality of Burdekin plum (Pleiogynium timorense)

    Doctor Philosophy

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  • From neglect to protection: recognising the importance of farmers’ varieties in Sri Lanka

    Perera, Asanka and Adhikari, Kamalesh (2020). From neglect to protection: recognising the importance of farmers’ varieties in Sri Lanka. Intellectual property law and plant protection: challenges and developments in Asia. (pp. 161-176) edited by Kamalesh Adhikari and David J. Jefferson. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429059520-9

  • Intellectual property law for plant varieties: challenges and developments in Asia

    Adhikari, Kamalesh and Jefferson, David J. (2020). Intellectual property law for plant varieties: challenges and developments in Asia. Intellectual property law and plant protection: challenges and developments in Asia. (pp. 1-11) edited by Kamalesh Adhikari and David J. Jefferson. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429059520-1

  • Policy, politics, and implications of Pakistan’s Plant Breeders’ Rights Act

    Rana, Muhammad Ahsan and Adhikari, Kamalesh (2020). Policy, politics, and implications of Pakistan’s Plant Breeders’ Rights Act. Intellectual property law and plant protection: challenges and developments in Asia. (pp. 104-123) edited by Kamalesh Adhikari and David J. Jefferson. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429059520-6

  • What does it mean to protect farmers’ varieties as intellectual property?

    Adhikari, Kamalesh (2020). What does it mean to protect farmers’ varieties as intellectual property?. Intellectual property law and plant protection: challenges and developments in Asia. (pp. 177-205) edited by Kamalesh Adhikari and David J. Jefferson. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429059520-10

  • Biodiversity, genetic resources and intellectual property

    Lawson, Charles and Adhikari, Kamalesh (2018). Biodiversity, genetic resources and intellectual property. Biodiversity, genetic resources and intellectual property: developments in access and benefit sharing. (pp. 1-8) edited by Charles Lawson and Kamalesh Adhikari. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315098517-1

  • Reconceptualizing access: moving beyond the limits of international biodiversity laws

    Adhikari, Kamalesh (2018). Reconceptualizing access: moving beyond the limits of international biodiversity laws. Biodiversity, genetic resources and intellectual property: developments in access and benefit sharing. (pp. 9-32) edited by Charles Lawson and Kamalesh Adhikari. New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315098517-2

  • Regional seed bank and material transfer arrangements in South Asia

    Adhikari, Kamalesh (2015). Regional seed bank and material transfer arrangements in South Asia. Making growth inclusive, just and sustainable in South Asia. (pp. 147-153) edited by Abid Suleri and Vaqar Ahmed. Islamabad, Pakistan: Sustainable Development Policy Institute.

  • Advocacy for farmers’ rights in Nepal

    Tone, Winge, Adhikari, Kamalesh and Andersen, Regine (2013). Advocacy for farmers’ rights in Nepal. Realising farmers’ rights to crop genetic resources: success stories and best practices. (pp. 181-194) edited by Regine Andersen and Tone Winge. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

  • Nepal: innovative mechanisms for putting farmers’ rights into practice

    Paudyal, Bikash, Adhikari, Kamalesh, Shrestha, Pitambar and Tamang, Bir (2012). Nepal: innovative mechanisms for putting farmers’ rights into practice. The custodians of biodiversity: sharing access and benefit sharing of genetic resources. (pp. 135-162) edited by Manuel Ruiz and Ronnie Vernooy. London, United Kingdom: Earthscan.

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