-Hazard studies and Disaster Management; Climate change Issues with its impacts and adaptation techniques to contemporary consequences; -Human Geography; Rural Geography and Planning; Cultural Geography; Population and Settlement Geography; Migration and Adaptation strategies. -Vulnerability, Risk and Resilience assessments; -GIS and Remote Sensing; -Environmental and Social Impact Assessments and Management.
Active Research Project
1. A Comparative Study on Coastal Morphodynamics in the Near shore of Bangladesh: The Case on Cox’s Bazar and Kuakata Beaches. Funded by SUST Research Centre as a Principal Investigator
Previous Research Project
1. “Migration pattern and adaptation techniques to natural hazards outside the coastal embankment of Bangladesh, the case of bargunasadarupazila, barguna district.” Bangladesh; Funded by SUST Research Centre, Research Grant 2018-19; Principal Investigator: Md. Bahuddin Sikder
2. “A Study on Comprehensive Earthquake Awareness and Preparedness in Sylhet City Corporation: The case of word no.1”, Sylhet. Funded by SUST Research Centre as a Principal Investigator
3. “An analysis of Surma river dynamics in Sylhet district by using multitemporal Remote Sensing Images.”; Funded by SUST Research Centre as a Co-investigator
4. Comprehensive earthquake preparedness and awareness scenario in Sylhet City Corporation." Funded by SUST Research Centre as Principal Investigator.
Journal Publications
1. Spatio - Temporal Change Detection of Shoreline outside of the Coastal Embankment of Bangladesh: The Case Study on Barguna Sadar Upazila, Barguna District
2. Drought adaptation measures and their effectiveness at Barind Tract in northwest Bangladesh: a perception study
3. Farmers’ adaptation strategies to drought and their determinants in Barind Tract, Bangladesh
4. Islam, M.S and Sikder, M.B., (2017). Detection of Trend in Hydrologic Variables Using Non-Parametric Test: A Study on Surma River in Northeastern Bangladesh
5. Islam, M.S and Sikder, M.B., (2016). Hydrological Characteristics Analysis of Surma River in Northeastern Bangladesh: A Quantitative Approach. Daffodil International University Journal of Science and Technology, 11(2): 39-47.
Conference
1. Migration Pattern and Adaptation techniques to Natural Hazards outside the Coastal Embankment of Bangladesh, the case of Barguna District.
2. Trends in Hydrologic Variables of Surma River in Northeastern Bangladesh: A Study at Kanaighat and Sylhet Station
3. Sikder, M.B and Nayem, J., (2016)Chronological Change of Drainage Systemin Sylhet City Corporation, Natural to Artificial through Sustainable Development