Dr. Dawa Lokyitsang is a Tibetan anthropologist and Research Fellow at Leiden University’s International Institute for Asian Studies. She studies Chinese settler colonialism in Tibet, Tibetan anticolonial resistance, and refugee agency in cultural revitalization and transnational advocacy. She co-founded and edits Lhakar Diaries, a digital platform that amplifies Tibetan voices on displacement, environmental degradation, and state-led development, highlighting human rights violations, community resilience, and decolonial strategies, while linking Tibetan struggles to broader Indigenous and environmental movements globally.