The Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Research (formerly The Centre for Bhutan Studies) is a research institute located in
Thimphu
Thimphu (; ) is the capital and largest city of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan, and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's '' dzongkhags'', the Thimphu District. The ancient capital city of Punakha was replac ...
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Bhutan
Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...
, established in 1999 with the purpose of promoting research and scholarship in Bhutan.
The president of the centre is
Dasho Karma Ura.
Publications
Periodical
Since 1999 the centre has regularly published an
English language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples th ...
academic journal
An academic journal (or scholarly journal or scientific journal) is a periodical publication in which Scholarly method, scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. They serve as permanent and transparent forums for the ...
''Journal of Bhutan Studies''. PDF copies of articles published in this journal are freely available online.
Centre for Bhutan Studies
/ref> Articles cover not only the history of Bhutan but also issues to do with Gross National Happiness
Gross National Happiness, (GNH; ) sometimes called Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH), is a philosophy that guides the government of Bhutan. It includes an index used to measure a population's collective happiness and well-being. The Gross National Ha ...
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Books
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See also
* Gross national happiness
Gross National Happiness, (GNH; ) sometimes called Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH), is a philosophy that guides the government of Bhutan. It includes an index used to measure a population's collective happiness and well-being. The Gross National Ha ...
* The Kingdom at the Centre of the World
References
External links
Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Research website
Organisations based in Bhutan
Bhutan studies
Himalayan studies
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