Research

Publication, Research, and Professional Engagement of the Faculty Members

 DR. DILARA RAHMAN, PROFESSOR

 Research Project: 1

1. Examining the Efficacy of Participatory Budgeting in Rural Local Governance: A case study of Selected Union Parishads in Sylhet, Bangladesh (2024-25), Funded by the SUST Research Centre, SUST, Sylhet, Bangladesh. (PI)

Conference Paper

1.     Rahman, D., Mim, R. M., Maruf, S. (2025). Land, Dignity, and Coexistence: Challenges of the Garo Community in Sylhet. International Conference on Politics, Society, and Development, Department of Political Studies, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh, February 2025.

Research Supervision: 3

(2 MSS Thesis Students, 1 Research Monograph Student)

Professional Engagement:

Convener, 1st International Conference on Politics, Society, and Development 2025

(January 31-February 1), organized by the Department of Political Studies (PSS), SUST, Sylhet.

 

DR. S. M. HASAN ZAKIRUL ISLAM, PROFESSOR

Research Supervision: 7

(1 PhD, 1 MPhil, 2 MSS theses, 3 research monograph students)

MSS Thesis Title:

The Role of Community Leaders Influencing Voting Behavior in Rural Areas: A Study of Santiganj Upazila, Sunamganj, Researcher: Arpita Chakraborty

 

DR. ZAYEDA SHARMIN, PROFESSOR

Research Project: 1

1. Principal Investigator, (2024-2025), “The Union Digital Centre as a Local Knowledge

Hub: Evaluation and Implementation” funded by SUST Research Centre, SUST, Sylhet.

Professional Engagement:

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Politics and Administration (a peer-reviewed

Academic journal of the Department of Political Studies, Shahjalal University of Science and

Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh).

Member Secretary, 1st International Conference on Politics, Society, and Development 2025

(January 31-February 1), organized by the Department of Political Studies (PSS), SUST, Sylhet.

Member, Technical Program Committees, 4th International Conference on Advances in

Education and Information Technology, ICHSS 2024 (January 6-7), Nagoya, Japan.

Conference Article:

1. Sharmin, Z., Nahar, S., Ahmed, M.H., Joti, S., Sutradhar, S., Khan, T.S. “Women

Entrepreneurship in Sylhet City: Determinants, Benefits, and Barriers,” 1st International

Conference on Politics, Society, and Development 2025 (January 31-February 1), SUST,

Sylhet.

2. Sharmin, Z, and Spriha. I.J., Akther, H., Jim. I.R., Shawon, T.I., “Utilizing E-Health Services

to Improve Access and Quality Healthcare: A Study on Sylhet City of Bangladesh” 1st

International Conference on Politics, Society, and Development 2025 (January 31-

February 1), SUST, Sylhet.

3. Sharmin, Z., and Lima, F. J. “The Role of Social Media in Amplifying Women’s Voices.”

and Leadership during Social Movements: A case study of the July Movement in

Bangladesh,” 4th International Conference on Advances in Education and Information

Technology, ICHSS 2024 (January 6-7), Nagoya, Japan. (Online)

4. Sharmin, Z., “Cyber Violence against Women in Bangladesh: Challenges and Way

Forward,” 7th International Conference on Future Women’2024, (22-23 February 2024),

Bangkok, Thailand. (Mode: Hybrid)

Workshop/Training/Short Course:

1. Workshop on Bringing Research to the World: Effective Strategies for Academic

Dissemination” conducted by Dr. Elymar Pascual, District Teacher Research

Coordinator, Nagcarian, Laguna, Philippines. 20th March 2025.

2. Virtual Workshop on “Global Women Speakers NEEDS and LEADERS Networking”

March 18, 2025.

3. Online Workshop on “Unlocking the Path to Academic Publishing” conducted by Prof.

Shari L. Dworkin, 27 February 2025.

PhD/M.Phil/M.Sc./B.Sc. Research Supervision:

MSS Thesis students: 1 (Session: 2022-2023) Thesis Title: Impact of 999 Emergency

Tele Services on the Protection of Women's Human Rights in Bangladesh.

 

 

DR. SYED ASHRAFUR RAHMAN, PROFESSOR

Journal Article(s): 1

1.     Rahman, S. A. (2024), “Covid-19 Impacts on Human Security in Bangladesh,” International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, Volume viii, Issue v, May 2024.

Research Project(s): 2

1.     Climate Change Challenges in Bangladesh: A case study of Flash Flood 2022 in Sylhet Division. Funded by: SUST Research Center, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh, Project ID: SS/2023/2/28. Principal Investigator.

2. Climate Change Adaptation Policy Implementation Challenges of Bangladesh: A Study on Sylhet. Funded by: SUST Research Center, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh. Project ID: SS/2024/1/28. Principal Investigator.

 Research Supervision: 5

(1 MSS Thesis and 4 Research Monograph Students)

Conference Paper:

1.     “Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh: A Study of Policy Implementation Challenges in the Sylhet Zila,” Presented at the 1st International Conference on Politics, Society, and Development (ICPSD) 2025, organized by the Department of Political Studies, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, held at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, from January 31 to February 1, 2025.

Editorial Role:

Editor, Journal of Politics and Administration

 

DR. MD. NAZRUL ISLAM, PROFESSOR

Journal Article(s): 5

1. Islam, M. N. (2025). Poverty and education: The impacts of tea workers’ chronic poverty on their children’s education in rural Bangladesh.

2. Islam, M. N. (2024). Talukder Maniruzzaman's contribution to political studies in Bangladesh.

3. Islam, M. N. (2024). Ethnicity, culture, and human development of Bangladesh's tea workers. Labor History.

4. Islam, M. N. (2024). Breaking the barriers: The capacity to aspire for higher education of Bangladesh tea workers’ children. Children’s Geographies, 22(3), 480–496.

5. Islam, M. N. (2024). No dreams, no gain: Aspiration failure, poverty traps, and the tea workers’ children in Bangladesh. Labor History, 65(6), 854–869.

Research Project(s): 1

1.     Fundamental Human Rights and Development: A Study on Tea Plantation Workers in Bangladesh (2024-25).  Funded by: SUST Research Center, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh.

Research Supervision: 5

(1 PhD student, 1 MSS thesis, and 3 research monograph students)

 

 

DR. MD SHAHABUL HAQUE, PROFESSOR

Journal Article(s): 1

1. Haque, M. S. (2024). Impact of political participation on individuals’ life satisfaction. Journal of Politics & Administration, 5(1).

Research Project(s): 1

1. The political participation of immigrants in host countries: A study of Jagannathpur and Bishwanath Upazila in the Sylhet division (2024-25). Funded by: SUST Research Center, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh.

Conference Paper:

1. Haque, M. S. (2025, April 19–20). Chair of session at the International Conference on Bangladesh Studies (virtual platform), Istanbul Ticaret University, Turkey.

2. Haque, M. S. (2024, December 19–20). The role of microcredit and BRI in South Asian development as an alternative development approach. Paper presented at the 2024 Phewa Dialogue: South Asia’s Options under Global Industrial Transfer, hosted by Sichuan University and Tribhuvan University, Pokhara, Nepal.

3.     Haque, M. S. (2024, November 14–16). Changes in China’s relations with South Asian countries: A Bangladesh perspective. Paper presented at the 8th International Forum on Belt and Road & Global Governance, organized by the Institute of BRI Strategy and International Security and the Center for South Asian Studies, Fudan University, China (virtual platform).

Editorial role:

Editorial board member, International Journal for Asian Contemporary Research (IJACR), a peer-reviewed academic journal published by H & N Publications International, ISSN: 2789-4231.

Research Supervision: 4

(1 MPhil student, 1 MSS thesis, and 2 research monograph students)

 

DR. MD. MASUD SARKER, PROFESSOR

Research Project(s): 1

1. Child Wellbeing and Maternal Age during Marriage: An Empirical Study at Sylhet Region (2024-25), Funded by: SUST Research Center, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh. (PI) Project ID: SS/2024/1/31.

Research Supervision: 4

(1 MSS Thesis and 3 Research Monograph Students)

 

 

DR. FAHMIDA AKTER, PROFESSOR

Research Project(s): 2

1. Harmony and Struggle: Unveiling the Tapestry of Khasi Identity in Sylhet, Bangladesh (2024-25), Funded by: SUST Research Center, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh. (PI) Project ID: SS?2024/1/30.

2. Socio-Economic and Political Condition of Tea Workers: On the Perspectives of the Tea Worker Movement (2022) at Sylhet in Bangladesh. Year: 2023-24. Funded by: SUST Research Center, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh, Project ID: SS/2023/1/26. Principal Investigator.

Conference Paper:

1. “Afghanistan: a country, why deteriorate?” Presented at the 1st International Conference on Politics, Society, and Development (ICPSD) 2025, organized by the Department of Political Studies, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, held at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, from January 31 to February 1, 2025.

 Research Supervision: 4

(1 MSS Thesis and 3 Research Monograph Students)

Editorial Role:

Executive Editor of the Journal of Politics and Administration (ISSN 2307-1036), an annual peer-reviewed journal published by the Department of Political Studies, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

 

DR. MOHAMMAD FAKHRUS SALAM, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Journal Article(s): 4

1. Salam, M. F. (2025). Exploring the dynamics of trade unionism in the tea industry: Perspectives from Bangladesh. Space and Culture, 13(2), 129–142. https://doi.org/10.20896/2mey3b78

2. Salam, M. F. (2025). Labor voices in the tea plantations: An analysis of trade union practices in Bangladesh’s tea industry. International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 17(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.5897/IJSA2025.1010

3. Salam, M. F. (2025). Historical insights into wetland management in Bangladesh: Policies, practices, and transformations. Law and Humanities Quarterly Reviews, 4(2), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1996.04.02.146

4. Salam, M. F. (2024). Embracing opportunities: Bangladesh’s foreign policy amid geopolitical challenges. Malaysian Journal of International Relations, Vol. 12 No. 1 (2024)

Research Project(s): 1

1. Exploring Environmental Justice in the Wetlands of Bangladesh: A Study on the Haor Area of Sunamganj (2024-25), Funded by: SUST Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh. Project ID: SS/2024/1/27 (PI)

Research Supervision: 4

(1 MSS thesis student, 3 research monograph students)

DR. MD AMDADUL HAQUE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Journal Article(s): 1

1.     Haque, Md Amdadul, Aktar Hajera, Masrur, Habibur Rahman (2025). Political Influences on Environmental Movements in the Context of Climate Change in Bangladesh, Geo Journal, Vol. 90:164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-025-11421-6

Conference Paper

1. Jannat, B. K., Haque, M. A., & Richy, S. J. (2025, January 31–February 1). Analyzing the role of proportional representation in shaping Bangladesh’s electoral process, parliamentary function, and constitutional rigidity. Paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Politics, Society, and Development, Department of Political Studies, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Research Project: 1

1. Exploring Environmental Justice in the Wetlands of Bangladesh: A Study on the Haor Area of Sunamganj (2024-25), Funded by: SUST Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh. Project ID: SS/2024/1/27 [CI]

Research Supervision: 4

(1 MSS thesis student, 3 research monograph students)

 

SYEDA ISMAT ARA JAHAN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Research Project: 1

1.      Association between Individual Performance and Judicial Decision-making in the Rural Justice System: A Study on Selected Areas (2024-25), Funded by: SUST Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh. (CI)

Research Supervision: 2

(2 Research Monograph Students)

 

DR. HAJERA AKTAR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Research Project: 1

1. Factors in the Drug Addiction of Adolescent Children in the Border Area of Bangladesh (2024-25), Funded by: SUST Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh. Project ID: SS/2024/1/25 (PI)

Journal Articles: 1

1.     Haque, Md Amdadul, Aktar Hajera, Masrur, Habibur Rahman (2025). Political Influences on Environmental Movements in the Context of Climate Change in Bangladesh, Geo Journal, Vol. 90:164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-025-11421-6

Research Supervision: 4

(1 MSS thesis student, 3 research monograph students)

 

MD. MAHBUB ALAM, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Research Project: 1

1.     Association between Individual Performance and Judicial Decision-making in the Rural Justice System: A Study on Selected Areas (2024-25), funded by SUST Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh. (PI) P. ID: SS/2024/1/29

Research Supervision: 4

(1 MSS thesis student, 3 research monograph students)

MEHJABEEN SARWAR CHOWDHURY, LECTURER

Research Project: 1

1. Factors in the Drug Addiction of Adolescent Children in the Border Area of Bangladesh (2024-25), Funded by: SUST Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh. Project ID: SS/2024/1/25 (CI)

Research Supervision: 2

(2 MSS Research Monograph Students)