Faculty Profile

Dr. Md. Al-Amin

Professor & Head

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Professor & Head Institute of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801716072054
  • Email: alamin-soc@sust.edu, al_aminaub@yahoo.com

Biography

Md Al-Amin is Professor of Sociology at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh. He received PhD at the University of Milan, Italy. He authored a number of articles which were published in various peer-reviewed journals, such as Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work, Asian Affairs, Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies, Asian Journal of Women’s Studies, Labor History, Development in Practice, and International Journal of Environmental Studies, Children Geographies and Labor History. His research interests include gender and development, NGOs interventions of microcredit, neoliberalism, labour studies and development.

Education

  • PhD in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research, University of Milan, Italy, 2017, Dissertation Title: Development for Whom? Neo-liberalism, Microcredit and Women in Bangladesh
  • Master in Development Evaluation and Management (DEM), 2009, Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
  • Master of Social Sciences (MSS), 1998, Department of Sociology University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSS), 1997, Department of Sociology University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Research Interests

  • Gender and Neo-liberal development
  • NGO interventions
  • Labor study
  • Marginalized community

Active Research Project

  • Transcending the Boundary? Educational and Occupational Mobility of Bangladesh Tea Workers.
  • Neoliberalism, Precarious Work and the Young People's Experiences of Employment on Tea Plantations in Bangladesh

Previous Research Project

  • Voices of the poor: demystifying the nexus between rights and agency of Bangladesh’s tea workers
  • Life behind Leaf: Capability, Poverty and Social Vulnerability of Tea Garden Workers in Bangladesh

Journal Publish

  • 1. Al-Amin, M & Islam, M. N. (2024). Breaking the barriers: the capacity to aspire for higher education of Bangladesh tea workers’ children, Children's Geographies
  • 2. Al-Amin, M & Islam, M. N. (2024). No dreams, no gain: aspiration failure, poverty traps and the tea workers’ children in Bangladesh, Labor History
  • 3. Islam, M. N. & Al-Amin, M. (2024). Ethnicity, culture and human development of Bangladesh’s tea workers, Labor History
  • 4. Md Al-Amin & Md Nazrul Islam (2020). Voices of the poor: demystifying the nexus between rights and agency of Bangladesh’s tea workers, Labor History, Vol. 61(3/4), 369-387. Tylor and Francis, UK
  • 5. Al-Amin, M and Islam, M,N. (2019). The application of Foucault's disciplinary power to microcredit programmes in two villages of Sylhet, Bangladesh, Development in Practice, Vol, 30(1), 101-112, Tylor and Francis, UK.
  • 6. Md. Al-Amin & Golam M. Mathbor (2019). Agency, empowerment and intra-household gender relations in Bangladesh: Does market oriented microcredits contribute? Asian Journal of Women Studies. Vol. 25(2), 258-284, Tylor and Francis, UK.
  • 7. Islam M. N and Al-Amin, M. (2019). Life behind leaves: capability, poverty and social vulnerability of tea garden workers in Bangladesh, Labor History, Vol. 60(5), 571-587, Tylor and Francis, UK.
  • 8. Md Nazrul Islam & Md Al-Amin (2019). The Rampal Power Plant, Ecological Disasters and Environmental Resistance in Bangladesh, International Journal of Environmental Studies, Vol. 76(6), 922-939, Tylor and Francis, UK.
  • 9. Al-Amin, M, Islam, Hossain, M. and Parveen, S. S. (2017). Social Exclusion among Tea Garden Workers in Bangladesh, Vol. 53(1),pp 21-36
  • 10. Protection of Child Rights in Tea Gardens of Bangladesh: Social Work Perspective, Vol. 6(1), pp39-53
  • 11. Islam, Cultural Relativism and Universal Rights of Women: The Case of Bangladesh, Khadija Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 7-8 June, 2013. (Peer reviewed).
  • 12. NGO Interventions and Women Development in Bangladesh: Do Feminist Theories Work? Hong Kong Journal of Social Work, Vol.46,No.1/2,
  • 13. Foreign Aid and Development: An Appraisal from the Third world Perspectives in the Journal of Sociology, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Vol.1, No.2, 2008.
  • 14. Mainstreaming women in Development: Problems, Prospects and Their Current Status in Bangladesh, in the Journal of Sociology, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Vol.1, No.1, June, 2005.
  • 15. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation: Current State and Future Directions, in the Journal of Bangladesh Political Science Review, Vol.1, No.1, December, 2005.
  • 16. Women, Poverty and Empowerment: An Investigation into the Dark Side of Micro Finance, The Journal of Asian Affairs, Vol. 30, No. 2, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • 17. In Search of Reality: Promoting Democratic Good Governance through Civil Society, the Journal of Asian Affairs, Vol.30, No. 1, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • 18. Local Governance and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh: The Need for Accelerated Voluntarism and People’s Participation, The Journal of Asian Affairs, Vol. 29, No. 4, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • 19. Empowering Women through Microcredit in Bangladesh: Reality and the Myth, The journal of Sociology, Vol. 1, No.3, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • 20. Women Empowerment Measurement: Reconstructing Indicators through Steven Lukes’ Power Framework, forthcoming in the Journal of Sociology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • 21. Women Empowerment through Microcredit: Rhetoric or Reality? Evidence from Bangladesh, Generos, Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2. (Peer reviewed).
  • 22. Employment of Women in the Globalization of Production in Ready Made Garment Sector of Bangladesh: Welfare or Exploitation? Empowerment, Vol.19, p-1-16.

External Affiliations

  • Member, Dhaka University Alumni Assaciation
  • Member, Antwerp University Alumni Assaciation
  • Member, University of Milan Alumni Assaciation

Awards & Recognition

  • Italian Government Scholarship for PhD, Cycle 29th, 2014-15
  • Belgian Government Scholarship, VLIR, 2008-2009

Teaching

  • Theories of Development and Underdevelopment
  • Sociology of Mass Communication
  • Deviance and Crime
  • History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh

Graduate Supervision

  • Masters and PhD students supervision