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Book:

Davis, D., Pascale, A., Vecchi, A., Bharadwaj, B., Jones, R., Strawhorn, T., Tabatabaei, M., Lopez Peralta, M., Zhang, Y., Beiraghi, J., Kiri, U., Vosshage, F., B., Batterham, R., Bolt, R., Brear, M., Cullen, B., Domansky, K., Eckard, R., Greig, C., . . . Smart, S. (2023). Modelling Summary Report. Net Zero Australia. ISBN 978 0 7340 5704 4  https://www.netzeroaustralia.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Net-Zero-Australia-Modelling-Summary-Report.pdf 

Book Chapter

 Bharadwaj B. Rai R., Ashworth, P., (2024), Traditional Knowledge Systems in the Himalayas: Why Moving Away from Biomass Cooking Fuel Is So Difficult? in The Resilience of Traditional Knowledge Systems for a Sustainable Future. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-56858-9


Bharadwaj B, Pascale, A, Beiraghi J, Smart S 2023, ‘Downscaling – Water use and transmission’, Net Zero Australia, ISBN

978 0 7340 5704 4 https://www.netzeroaustralia.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Downscaling-Water-use-and-transmission.pdf


Bharadwaj B, Pascale, A, Beiraghi J, Smart S 2023, ‘Downscaling – Onshoring of industry’, Net Zero Australia,

ISBN 978 0 7340 5704 4, https://www.netzeroaustralia.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Downscaling-Onshoring-of-industry.pdf


Bharadwaj B, Pascale, A, Beiraghi J, Smart S 2023, ‘Downscaling – Energy export systems’, Net Zero

Australia, ISBN 978 0 7340 5704 4 https://www.netzeroaustralia.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Downscaling-Energy-export-systems.pdf


Nepal, M., Bharadwaj, B., Karki A., Khadayat, M., Pravin, I.A., Rai, R., and Somanathan E., (2022) Making Urban Waste Management and Drainage Sustainable in Nepal in Climate Change and Community Resilience 


Bharadwaj, B. and R. K. Rai (2021). Stakeholders Perception of Used Plastics. Handbook of Solid Waste Management. C. Baskar, S. Ramakrishna, S. Baskar et al. Singapore, Springer Singapore: 1-30

Articles


  1. Bharadwaj, B., Gates, T., Deb, S., & Gates, I. (2026). From waste to fuel: Uncovering the drivers of garbage and plastic burning in Northwest Nigeria. Energy Research & Social Science, 132, 104547. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2026.104547

  2. Bharadwaj, B., Gates, T., Rose, S. et al. Prevalence of plastic waste as a household fuel in low-income communities of the Global South. Nat Commun 17, 50 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67512-y 

  3. Cowan, E. C., Wagner, M., Kantai, T., Lit, F. C., Huijben, B., Paredis, E., Cloodt, M., Raubenheimer, K., Vandenberg, J. M., & Bharadwaj, B. (2025). The Global Plastic Treaty odyssey. One Earth, 8(5), 101310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101310

  4. Bharadwaj, B., Gates, T., Borthakur, M. et al. (2025)The use of plastic as a household fuel among the urban poor in the Global South. Nat Cities . https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-025-00201-5  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101100 

  5. Runganga, D., Bharadwaj, B., Cabalu, H., & Ashworth, P. (2025). Towards global cooperation in securing critical minerals: Game theory analyses of policy discourses from the United States, the European Union, South Africa and Australia. Resources Policy, 111, 105792. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105792

  6. Bharadwaj, B., Dhungana, P., & Ashworth, P. (2025). Burning dung cake as a household fuel: A review. Next Energy, 9, 100410. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nxener.2025.100410

  7. Runganga, D., Ashworth, P., & Bharadwaj, B. (2025). Towards advancing the Global South’s understanding of mineral criticality: implications of the North–South geopolitical confrontations on critical minerals. The Extractive Industries and Society, 23, 101680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2025.101680

  8. Tardin-Coelho, R., Bharadwaj, B., & Ashworth, P. (2025). Carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) and public perceptions: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 145, 104393. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2025.104393

  9. Runganga, D., Ashworth, P., & Bharadwaj, B. (2025). Why we need more criticality experts from mineral-producing countries: analysis of the geopolitical provincialization of critical minerals assessments. Mineral Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13563-025-00550-6

  10. Khan, M., Amir-ud-Din, R., Atif, R. M., & Bharadwaj, B. (2025). Cricket rivalry as a nudge to encourage reusable cups in a university setting in Pakistan. Discover Sustainability, 6(1), 822. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-01616-9

  11. Bharadwaj, B., U. Kc and M. N. Subedi (2025). "Optimal inspection (monitoring) and penalty (fine) for plastic bag ban compliance in Nepal." Environmental Development 53: 101100. 

  12. Bharadwaj B., Kambo A., Witt, K., Wade, B., Weder, F. and Ashworth, P. (2024) Shorter message, stronger framing increases societal acceptance for hydrogen, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

  13.  Kamo A., Wade Belinda, Bharadwaj B. et al. (2024) Stakeholder Engagement: The role of facilitators and gender in ‘opening    up’ conversations and enabling, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management  participation. The Australian Journal of Environment Management https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2023.2298195

  14. Bharadwaj, B., Kambo, A., Arratia-Solar, A., Ashworth, P., 2023. Awareness of biogas increases its social acceptance. Journal of Cleaner Production 421, 138432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138432 

  15. Bharadwaj, B., Subedi, M. N., Malakar, Y., & Ashworth, P. (2023). Low-capacity decentralized electricity systems limit the adoption of electronic appliances in rural Nepal. Energy Policy, 177, 113576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113576 

  16. Bharadwaj, B., Subedi, M. N., & Rai, R. K. (2023). Retailer's characteristics and compliance with the single-use plastic bag ban. Sustainability Analytics and Modeling, 100019.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.samod.2023.100019 

  17. Subedi, M. N., Bharadwaj, B., & Rafiq, S. (2023). Who benefits from the decentralised energy system (DES)? Evidence from Nepal's micro-hydropower (MHP). Energy Economics, 106592. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106592 

  18. Khanal, G.N., Bharadwaj, B., Upadhyay, N. et al. Evaluation of the National Health Insurance Program of Nepal: are political promises translated into actions?. Health Res Policy Sys 21, 7 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00952-w 

  19. Bharadwaj B. Weder F., Ashworth P., (2023) More support for hydrogen export than its domestic application in Australia, Humanities and Social Science Communication https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01476-y 

  20. Bishal Bharadwaj et al 2022 Space Matters: reducing energy disparity in Nepal through spatially equitable renewable energy subsidies Environ. Res. Commun. in press https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ac9458 

  21. Lopez, L. Bhardwaj, B., Sales A. D., Khambo, A., Ashworth, P. (2022) Societal acceptance of hydrogen in domestic and export applications in Australia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.06.209  

  22. Bharadwaj, B., Y. Malakar, M. Herington and P. Ashworth (2022). "Context matters: Unpacking decision-making, external influences and spatial factors on clean cooking transitions in Nepal." Energy Research & Social Science 85: 102408. 

  23. Bharadwaj, B., et al. (2021). "Why firewood? Exploring the co-benefits, socio-ecological interactions and indigenous knowledge surrounding cooking practice in rural Nepal." Energy Research & Social Science 75: 101932.  

  24. Bharadwaj, B., et al. (2021). "Where is my reusable bag? Retailers' bag use before and after the plastic bag ban in Dharan Municipality of Nepal." Waste Manag 120: 494- 502. 

  25. Bharadwaj B, Rai RK, Nepal M (2020) Sustainable financing for municipal solid waste management in Nepal. PLoS ONE 15(8): e0231933. 

  26. Bharadwaj, B., et al. (2019). "What makes a ban on plastic bags effective? The case of Nepal." Environment and Development Economics 25(2): 95-114.  

  27. Rai, R. K., Nepal, M., Khadayat, M. S., & Bhardwaj, B. (2019). Improving Municipal Solid Waste Collection Services in Developing Countries: A Case of Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Nepal. Sustainability, 11(11), 3010.   

  28. Bharadwaj, B., Brierley C. M. (2017) Ratcheting up ambition in climate policy 

  29. Bharadwaj, B. (2012). Roles of Cooperatives in Poverty Reduction: A Case of Nepal. Administration and Management Review, 24(1), 120-139. Retrieved from 

  30. Bharadwaj, B. (2012). Financing Green Service in Nepal. International Conference of Economic and Finance. Kathmandu Nepal, Nepal Rastra Bank. 2: 570-587.

Data Collections

Davis, D, Pascale, Andrew, Vecchi, Andrea, Bharadwaj, Bishal, Ryan A. Jones, Strawhorn, Tom, Tabatabaei, M, Lopez Peralta, Maria, Zhang, Yimin, Beiraghi, Jordan, Kiri, U, Vosshage, Finch, B, Batterham, R, Richard Bolt, Brear, Michael, Cullen, B, Domansky, K, Eckard, R, Greig, C, Keenan, R and Smart, Simon (2023). Net Zero Australia - GIS and Map Data. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/5615114 (version)


NZAu (2024). Net Zero Australia - Slide Pack and Input Data (updated version). Net Zero Australia, The University of Queensland. [https://rdm.uq.edu.au/files/63712f85-4bb7-4913-bd63-6c7b7fdd40a6] 

Working papers and policy briefs

Nepal, M., and Bharadwaj, B. 2022, SANDEE–ICIMOD Policy Brief (Nepali) on economics of waste management and drainage management.  https://lib.icimod.org/record/35737 

Subedi, Mukti Nath; Bharadwaj, Bishal; Rafiq, Shuddhasattwa (2021): Who benefits from the decentralized energy system (DES)? Evidence from Nepal’s micro-hydropower (MHP), ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Hamburg 

Bharadwaj, Bishal and Dendup, Ngawang and Pattanayak, Subhrendu K. and Ashworth, Peta (2021) Impacts of Solar Subsidy: Evidence from Geographic Regression Discontinuity Design in Nepal. Duke Global Working Paper Series No. 42, 

Bhardwaj Bishal Plastic Bag ban in Nepal: Enforcement and Effectiveness; SANDEE Working Paper 111-2016. 

Reports:


Uren, H. V., D’Antoine, E., Bharadwaj, B., Clifton, J., & Ashworth, P. (2025). Challenges and opportunities of the energy transition: Full report. Curtin University.https://research.curtin.edu.au/ciet/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/03/FULL_Challenges-and-Opportunities-2.pdf

Michael Simeoni, Bishal Bharadwaj, Fran Ackermann and Peta Ashworth (2023) Chapter 8 Exploring Queenslanders’ views of high voltage overhead and underground transmission infrastructure in Comparing High Voltage Overhead and Underground Transmission Infrastructure (up to 500kV)

Arratia-Solar, A., Bharadwaj, B., Kambo, A., & Ashworth, P. (2023). Public perceptions of Biogas: 2022 National Survey Results. F. F. CRC. https://www.futurefuelscrc.com/wp-content/uploads/FFCRC-RP2.1-02-Interim-report_biogas-survey_Web.pdf

Batterham, Robin, Beiraghi, Jordan, Bharadwaj, Bishal, Bolt, Richard, Brear, Michael, Cullen, Brendan, Davis, Dominic, Domansky, Katherin, Eckard, Richard, Greig, Chris, Jones, Ryan, Keenan, Rodney, Kiri, Utkarsh, Lopez Peralta, Maria, Pascale, Andrew, Smart, Simon, Strawhorn, Tom, Tabatabaei, Mojgan, Vosshage, Oscar, Vecchi, Andrea, and Zhang, Yimin Net Zero Australia - Interim results. Net Zero Australia Australia: Net Zero Australia 

Batterham, R., J. Beiraghi, B. Bharadwaj, R. Bolt, M. Brear, B. Cullen, D. Davis, K. Domansky, R. Eckard, C. Greig, R. Jones, R. Keenan, U. Kiri, M. L. Peralta, A. Pascale, S. Smart, T. Strawhorn, M. Tabatabaei, O. Vosshage, A. Vecchi and Y. Zhang (2022). Methods, Assumptions, Scenarios & Sensitivities 

Kambo, A., K. Witt, B. Wade, B. Bharadwaj, P. Ashworth. (2022) Report on engagement and workshops with policy makers. 

Ashworth, P., S. Petrova, K. Witt, B. Wade, B. Bharadwaj, E. Clarke, K. Meissner and A. Khambo (2021). Deliberative engagement processes on the role of future fuels in a low-carbon future energy mix in Australia. 

Bharadwaj, Bishal; Brierley, CM; (2017) Ratcheting up ambition on climate policy. (ECRC Research Reports 182). Environmental Change Research Centre: London, UK

Open access dataset


  1. Bishal Bharadwaj, Simon Smart, Peta Ashworth, Rachelle Doyle, Ian Gates (2026) *Investigating the merits of co-locating renewable energy with steel production to decarbonise the iron industry*-Codes [Source Code]. https://doi.org/10.24433/CO.4771544.v1.

  2. Bharadwaj, B. et al. (January 15 2026). *From Waste to Fuel: Uncovering the Drivers of Garbage and Plastic Burning in Northwest Nigeria*. https://doi.org/10.24433/CO.1456035.v2.

  3. Bharadwaj, B. et al (December 2 2025). *Prevalence of plastic waste as a household fuel in low-income communities of the Global South-R*. https://doi.org/10.24433/CO.8594566.v1.

  4. Bharadwaj, B. et al (December 2 2025). *Prevalence of plastic waste as a household fuel in low-income communities of the Global South-Stata*. https://doi.org/10.24433/CO.6019618.v1.

  5. Pattanayak, S. K., Libois, F., & Bharadwaj, B. (2025, October 15). *Ecotourism & Energy Access in Nepal*. Retrieved from osf.io/jq9xz.

  6. Davis, Dominic, Pascale, Andrew, Vecchi, Andrea, Bharadwaj, Bishal, Jones, Ryan A., Strawhorn, Tom, Tabatabaei, M, Lopez Peralta, Maria, Zhang, Yimin, Beiraghi, Jordan, Kiri, Utkarsh, Vosshage, Oscar, Finch, Ben, Batterham, Robin, Bolt, Richard, Brear, Michael, Cullen, B, Domansky, K, Eckard, R, Greig, C, Keenan, R, Mayfield, Erin and Smart, Simon (2024). *Net Zero Australia - Slide Pack and Input Data (updated version)*. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/e32f6e5

  7. Davis, Dominic, Pascale, Andrew, Vecchi, Andrea, Bharadwaj, Bishal et al. (2023). *Net Zero Australia - Slide Pack Data (old version)*. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/6850369

  8. Davis, D, Pascale, Andrew, Vecchi, Andrea, Bharadwaj, Bishal, Ryan A. Jones, Strawhorn, Tom, Tabatabaei, M, Lopez Peralta, Maria, Zhang, Yimin, Beiraghi, Jordan, Kiri, U, Vosshage, Finch, B, Batterham, R, Bolt, Richard, Brear, Michael, Cullen, B, Domansky, K, Eckard, R, Greig, C, Keenan, R and Smart, Simon (2023). *Net Zero Australia - GIS and Map Data*. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/5615114

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