Staff

Education

Ph.D. at Graduate School for Climate and Environment (GRACE), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany | Grade: suma cum laude | 2013                  

M.Sc. in Regional Science/Spatial Planning at Institute of Regional Science (IfR) of University of Karlsruhe (TH) Germany | 2007                       

Bachelor in Urban and Rural Planning at Khulna University, Bangladesh | 1998

Professional training

• 27/06 – 18/07/2015      : BEAHRS Environmental Leadership Program, UC Berkeley
• 27/07 – 8/8/2014          : Summer Institute: Disaster and Risk in a Changing World, Beijing Normal University, China
• 11/06 – 25/06/2011      : Brown International Advanced Research Institute: Climate Change and Its Impacts: Water in a Changing Climate, Brown University, USA
• 01/03 – 30/04/2007      : Internship: at Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), Dhaka
• 07/10 - 13/10/2007      : Winter School: The Economics of Corruption- Training in Good Governance and Reform at Passau University, Germany
• 01/11/2006 – 28/02/2007 : Internship: at Regional Planning Authority (Regionalverband), Karlsruhe City Corporation, Germany
• 01/03 – 30/04/1996      : Internship: at Grameen Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Job and research experience

• 02/2018 – 04/2018          : Visiting Lecturer, Department of Environmental Management, Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB), Bangladesh
• 03/2018 – 03/2018          : Conducted Field survey for the project on ‘Non-migration of the people at risks in context of socio-economic vulnerability’ in Southwest Coastal villages in Bangladesh.
• 04/2017 – 10/2017          : Guest Researcher, Institute of Regional Science (IfR) of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany.
• 10/2016 – 03/2017          : Visiting Research Fellow, International Migration Institute (IMI), University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• 04/2013 – 09/2017          : Foreign Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University, USA, Project “Social and Environmental Change in Bangladesh”.
• 08/2016 – 09/2016           : Visiting Research Fellow, Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Spatial Planning, Erkner, Berlin
• 10/2012 – 12/2015           : Research Associate, Institute of Regional Science (IfR) of Karlsruhe Institute of

   Technology (KIT), Germany

• 03/2014 – 04/2014           : Team Leader of empirical study in Bangladesh under the project “Social and Environmental Change in Bangladesh” (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ISEEBangladesh/network.php)
• 06/2013 – 10/2013           : Host & guide a PhD Student of Twenty University, Netherlands under Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists’ Guest Fellowship of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
• 07/2010 – 09/2012           : AutoCAD Assistant (part-time), GI-Consult, Karlsruhe, Germany
• 02/2010 – 04/2010           : Field survey under Ph.D. research in Bangladesh
• 02/2009 – 09/2009           : Field survey under Ph.D. research in Bangladesh
• 03/2008 – 09/2010           : Research Assistant, Institute of Regional Science (IfR) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany under the projects: (i) “Informal economy of Sundarbans”; (ii) “Micro-Credit and its impact on Society”
• 06/2004 – 03/2005           : Project Coordinator, Rehabilitation and Development Organization for Landless (RADOL), Dhaka, Bangladesh
• 10/2003 – 05/2004           : Senior Officer (Research, advocacy & Communication), Bandhu Social Welfare Society (BSWS), Dhaka, Bangladesh
• 07/2002 – 09/2003           : Research Officer, SHETU-Bangladesh, Satkhira, Bangladesh
• 10/2001 – 06/2002           : Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, Nari Uddug Kendro (NUK), Dhaka, Bangladesh
• 12/1998 – 09/2001           : Documentation Officer, Satkhira Unnayan Sangstha (SUS), Satkhira, Bangladesh.
• 01/1998 – 10/1998           : Research Assistant, Urban & Rural Planning Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh

• 07/2018 – 06/2019        : Guest editor, Social Sciences, Special issue on “Environmental (Non-)Migration in the face of Climate Change Adaptation” (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci/special_issues/Environmental_Migration_Climate_Cha nge_Adaptation)
• 11/2017 – 10/2019        : Principal Investigator for Open-Topic Post-Doctoral Research on “Non-migration of the people at risk in context of socio-economic vulnerability”
• 05/2018 – 04/2019        : Co-investigator, Project on “Textile Industry and Human Mobility Pattern in Bangladesh” with Dr. Lisa Koep, Chair of Environmental Management and Accounting, TU Dresden, Germany
• 01/2017 -  to date           : Research Partner for the NSF SEES Project: Linking rural smallholder soil and water management practices in tropical deltas to sea level rise vulnerability. Principal Investigator: Dr. Kimberly RG. Rogers, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
• 09/2015 – 12/2017        : Lead editor with Kihwan Kim, Brittany Berger & David Zilberman of the book titled as
• “Resilient Communities” – Financed under Buck Kingman Initiative of UC Berkeley
• 06/2015 – 03/2016        : Team leader of research Project: Migrants at Slums – Livelihood at Risk, Research Project of Coastal Research Foundation (CRF), Khulna, Bangladesh
• 04/2014 – 03/2015        : Team leader of research Project: Risk at Relocated Settlements at Government supported Gucchagram project in Bangladesh- Research project of Coastal Research Foundation (CRF), Khulna, Bangladesh
• 02/2014 – 05/2014         : Team Leader of field research: Household Key Informants Interview (HHKII) and Qualitative Survey in Bangladesh under Integrated Social, Environmental and Engineered Model (ISEE) Project of Vanderbilt University, USA
• 12/2012 – 12/2014        : Lead Editor with Dr. Benjamin Etzold of the Book: Environment, Migration and Adaptation: Evidence and Politics of Climate Change in Bangladesh – financed by International Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Development (ICCCAD), Bangladesh, AHDPH Publishing House- Dhaka
• 12/2013                            : KAAD publication grant for Dissertation
• 05 – 08/2013                   : Host and Guide Guest Researcher of ITC, Netherland, support provided from Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS) at KIT
• 07 – 12/2011                   : Co-Principal Investigator, Project: Interdisciplinary discourse on climate change adaptation (IDCCA): global implications and local response to extreme events in Asian trans-boundary river basins, Brown International Advanced Research Institute (BIARI), USA
• 9/2010 – 6/2011            : Team leader of empirical survey on Informal Economy of Sundarbans – Research Project of Institute of Regional Science (IfR) of KIT and Coastal Research Foundation (CRF), Bangladesh
• 9/2009 – 05/2010          : Team leader of Documentation on: Living with Cyclone Aila project of Coastal Research Foundation (CRF), Bangladesh
• 12/2009 – 03/2010        : Research Assistant at DAAD-STIBET Grant, supported from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Project: Literature review on micro-credit
• 03/2009 – 08/2009        : Field Research Grant, supported from Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS), of KIT

Teaching

• WS 2018-19: ‘Population and Environment’ for the masters’ student at Disaster Management and Science of the University of Dhaka, as a part-time lecturer
• WS 2017-18: ‘Actors Workshop’ for the masters students (Hydro Science & Engineering Module ‘Flood Risk Management II’, Erasmus Mundus ‘Flood Risk Master’) at TU Dresden, (Module speaker: Prof. Dr. Jochen Schanze)
• WS 2017-18: ‘Flood & Migration’ Workshop for the masters students (Hydro Science & Engineering, Module ‘Flood Risk Management II’, Erasmus Mundus ‘Flood Risk Master’), at TU Dresden(Module speaker: Prof. Dr. Jochen Schanze)
• WS 2013-2014: 'Regional Statistics' for masters' student (M.Sc. in Regional Science, Module 3, Module speaker: Professor Joachim Vogt), at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
• September 2014: 'Qualitative Data Analysis in ATLAS.ti' – for the Post-Graduate Student, Department of Political

Science of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA

• WS 2013-2014, WS 2014-2015, SS 2015: 'Disaster Management and Regional Planning: International Experiences' for the postgraduate Student (Module 21: Risk, Vulnerability and Catastrophe in the regional Planning, Module speaker: Professor Joachim Vogt)
• WS 2013-2014, WS 2014-2015, & WS 2015-16: Empirical Research Methods and Tools for Planners (Module 8: Research Methods, Module speaker: Prof. Joachim Vogt)

Supervision

• 07/2018 – to date: Master’s thesis supervisor (external) of Ms. Afroza Mallick, at the department of Disaster Management and Science of the University of Dhaka, title of thesis: Human (non-)migration in Riverbank Erosion Prone Communities in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Ramdaspur Village of Bhola District
• 07/2018 – to date: Master’s thesis supervisor (external) of Ms. Nafisa Nuari Islam, at the department of Disaster Management and Science of the University of Dhaka, title of thesis: Socio-spatial distribution of cyclone shelters and its influence on the refuge decisions in context of a cyclone in Bangladesh: A case study in Bagerhat & Bhola districts
• 07/2018 – to date: Master’s thesis supervisor (external) of Ms. Sara Hanan Chowdhury, at the department of Disaster Management and Science of the University of Dhaka, title of thesis: Assessing Socio-Economic Vulnerability Associated Migration Decision of the Coastal People in Bangladesh
• 11/2015 – to date: Mentor of PhD Project: Factors and risks of drinking water supply in rural southwest, Bangladesh; at Institute of Regional Science (IfR), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT),
• 05 – 08/2013: Host a guest fellow at KIT, S.M. Tanvir Hassan, PhD Student, ITC, Netherlands
• 02 – 05/2014: Guide and Mentor of Field research of the PhD project of Ms. Anna C, Carella, PhD candidate, Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA, PhD project: International Affairs of Foreign Aids in Bangladesh
• 2013: Supervisor of study project on ‘Ziele, Chancen und Risiken von Mikrokreditprogrammen in Entwicklungsländern mit besonderem Fokus auf den Bedingungen in Zentralasien’, at Institute of Regional Science (IfR), KIT
• 2012: Supervisor of study project on ‘Methoden der Evaluation von Mikrokreditprogrammen und Ergebnisse zu ihrer Wirksamkeit in Bangladesch’, at Institute of Regional Science (IfR), KIT
• 04-08/2010: Guide of field research for  Master’s  Thes is of Pierre Borghi, Pierre Mendès-France University, Grenoble, France; Thesis: Evaluation of Disaster Mitigation Interventions and Its Impact on Coastal Society in Bangladesh

• 07 July 2018: Coordinator of expert workshop on 'River Navigability and Inland Shipping in Bangladesh: Economic Importance and Impacts of Environmental Change' cohosted by Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences of Vanderbilt University- USA, Department of Geology and Department of Fisheries of University of Dhaka (DU), Department of Environmental Management of Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB), International Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Development (ICCCAD) and Riverine People.
• 05 April 2018: Lead host & coordinator of international conference on “Immobility in the face of climate change in Bangladesh” at Independent University of Bangladesh, in collaboration with ICCCAD- Bangladesh.
• 04 April 2018: Lead host & coordinator of expert-discussion on ‘Climate Change adaptation: Resilience and Migration Debates’, at Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences (CARS)” of the University of Dhaka.
• 30 April 2016: Lead host & coordinator of international round-table discussion on “Coupled human-natural interactions: environmental and social changes in southwest Bangladesh”, at Planners Auditorium at Dhaka, in cooperation with Vanderbilt University (VU), Dhaka University (DU), Khulna University (KU), and Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP)
• 02 May 2016: Lead host & Coordinator of international workshop on ‘Livelihood and Environment of Southwest Bangladesh – Stakeholders perspective for policy planning’, CSS Ava Centre, Khulna, Bangladesh in cooperation with VU, DU, KU and BIP

• 2017 Successful Graduate Award, 4th Batch of Urban and Rural Planning Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh
• 2017 Enrichment Funds of American Association of Geographers (AAA) Award
• 2016 Visiting Research Fellowship at International Migration Institute (IMI) of the University of Oxford, UK
• 2016 King Buckman Initiative Grant for Environmental Leadership Project, UC Berkeley
• 2015 Elsevier Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Award
• 07/ 2014 Summer Institute Fellowship, Beijing Normal University, Peking, China
• 04/2012 Emerald Literati Network Excellence Award 2012: Highly Commended Paper
• 06/2011 Climate Change Award 2011 of Brown Advanced Research Institute (BIARI), Brown University, USA
• 10/2010 – 09/2012 PhD scholarship from KAAD (Catholic Academic Exchange Program)
• 10/2005 – 09/2007 German Academic Exchange Program (DAAD) for M.Sc. Study at Institute of Regional Science (IfR) of University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
• 07/1994 – 11/1998 Bachelor Scholarship – Khulna University scholarship