Faculty Profile

Md. Fakhrul Alam

Associate Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Social Work, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801712346856
  • Email: fakhrul-scw@sust.edu, fakhrulsust@gmail.com

Biography

I am working as an Associate Professor of Social Work. I passed the SSC examination in 1994 and the HSC examination in 1996. I completed my Undergraduate and Graduate (with First position) programs in Social Work from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet. My professional career as a teacher began at Cambridge Grammar School, Sylhet in 2005. Then I was recruited as a lecturer of Social Work in Siddeshwari Girls' College, Dhaka. After serving for two years, I worked as a Senior Officer (Probationary) for six month in the Sonali Bank Limited. In June 21, 2009, I began to work as a lecturer of Social Work in Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. My publication related information can be seen from https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=Mjb2hnwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra and https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1910-3491

Education

  • BSS (Honours) and MSS in Social Work from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh (Achieved top CGPA score at both levels).
  • Master of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University (ANU), Australia.

Research Interests

  • Street children
  • Social policies
  • Poverty and vulnerabilities
  • Gender-based violence
  • Sex work
  • Migration and refugees
  • Capability approach
  • Couple conflicts
  • Fieldwork in social work practice

Active Research Project

  • 1. HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh: An exploratory study (2018-19 to 2020-21) (Co-investigator)

Previous Research Project

  • 1. Situation Analysis of Children’s Primary Education of Tea Garden Workers: A Study Conducted in Malnicherra Tea Estate in Sylhet (Co-investigator)
  • 2. Psychosocial Aspects of the Tortured Married Women: A Study Conducted in Sylhet City (Co-investigator)
  • 3. Living with Nightmare: Street Children in Sylhet City (Co-investigator)
  • 4. Nature, causes and effects of dowry practice: A study on slum dwellers in Sylhet city (Co-investigator)
  • 5. Capability development through education: A study in ethnic communities of Sylhet region (Principal investigator)
  • 6. COVID-19 and Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Exploring the Risks, Vulnerabilities, Preparedness, and Challenges. (2020-21) Project ID: SS/2020/1/34
  • 7. Rape cases in Bangladesh: Exploring the barriers and sufferings in institutional interventions and services”. (Project ID: SS/2021/1/34) (2021-21) (Principal Investigator)
  • 8. Couple Conflicts and Institutional Intervention: A Qualitative Study in Sylhet”. Project ID: SS/2022/1/48 (2022-23), Principal Investigator
  • 9. Challenges and Prospects of Field Education in Social Work: A Qualitative Study in Sylhet. (2023-24), Principal Investigator

External Affiliations

  • Member of SONAK, Sylhet (An organization under Transparency International Bangladesh, Sylhet)
  • Member of International Sociological Association (Member no: 348846), Website: www.isa-sociology.org

Journal Publications

  • 1. The Role of First-Line Managers in a Pandemic in Reducing the Spread of Infections and Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Rohingya Refugees
  • 2. COVID-19 and Community-Based Volunteerism: How the Rohingya Volunteers Acted for Community Engagement to Fight against the Pandemic in Rohingya Refugee Camps of Bangladesh (This book chapter was accepted for publication)
  • 3. COVID-19 Risks and Vulnerabilities of Street-connected Children: A Qualitative Study in Bangladesh
  • 4. Managing the Pandemic in the South Asian (SAARC) Countries
  • 5. Community-Based Interventions for Vulnerable Women: a Case of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust. (2020). Global Social Welfare, 7, 327–337.
  • 6. Living with risks of abuse, harassment, and vulnerabilities: Explaining the experience of female sex workers in Sylhet. (2020). SUST Journal of Social Sciences,31(1), 23-50.
  • 7. The outbreak of COVID-19, response, and the vulnerabilities of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. (2020). International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 14 (06), 259-284.
  • 8. In-Depth Semi-Structured Interviewing: Researching Domestic Violence as a Public Health Issue in Bangladesh. (Case) (2020). DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529719840
  • 9. Researching domestic violence in Bangladesh: Critical reflections. (2018). Ethics and Social Welfare, 12(4), 314-329.
  • 10. Psychosocial effects of domestic violence and implications for social work practice in Bangladesh. (2017). Bangladesh Journal of Social Work, 3(1), 1-22.
  • 11. Domestic Violence in Sylhet, Bangladesh: Analysing the Experiences of Abused Women. (2016). Social Change, 46 (1), 106-123.
  • 12. Causes and Contexts of Domestic Violence: Tales of Help-Seeking Married Women in Sylhet, Bangladesh. (2015). Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 9(2), 163-176.
  • 13. Experiencing vulnerability, abuse, and deception: Why women in Sylhet City of Bangladesh enter into prostitution. (2014). International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice, 2(3), 66-75.
  • 14. Micro social work practice in the context of Bangladesh. (2013). SAMAJA KARYADA HEJJEGALU (Journal of Social Work): Communitarian Social Work- Building Resilient Communities (Special Issue), 13(8), 103-120.
  • 15. Exploring the contexts of primary education in Malnicherra Tea Estate of Sylhet district, Indigenous Community and Environment of Sylhet, 1st Convention, Proceedings and Papers (pp. 172-190). (2013). Dhaka: Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA).
  • 16. The socio-economic condition of the day laborer women: A study on Sylhet city. (2011). SUST Studies, 13(1), 42-59. (In Bangla Language).
  • 17. Situation of primary education in tea garden: A study conducted in Malnicherra tea estate of Sylhet, Bangladesh (Book, Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller)
  • 18. The Situation of Street-walking Prostitutes: A Study Conducted in Sylhet City of Bangladesh (Book, published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing)
  • 19. Tea estate labourers in Bangladesh. (2009). Social Science Review, 26(2), 36-52.
  • 20. Community based fisheries management (CBFM) in Sunamganj district of Bangladesh: The nature of cooperation and conflicts. (2007). Bangladesh Journal of Fisheries Research, 11(1), 93-104.

Teaching

  • Social policy
  • Rural Development
  • Gender and social work practice
  • Research methods
  • Poverty
  • Family and child welfare
  • Social Problem analysis
  • Social Work Practice with Migrants and Refugees
  • History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh
  • Social Development

Awards & Recognition

  • ADB JSP scholarship for Masters program at ANU
  • Book prizes for obtaining First position with A- Grades in both BSS (Honours) and MSS program
  • Scholarship for joining HDCA conference 2022 at the University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • Full scholarship for joining WSF-RC55 conference 2023 at the University of Melbourne, Australia

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. Poverty and Tea Estate Labourers: A Qualitative Study in Lakkatura Tea Estate. (Master's thesis completed)
  • 2. Social and Economic Effects of Domestic Violence on Abused Women: A Study in Sylhet City (Master's thesis completed)
  • 3. Survival Strategies of Young Widows in Sylhet: A Qualitative Study (Master's Thesis, Completed)
  • 4. COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Child Marriage: A qualitative study in Sylhet (Master's Thesis, continuing)