SUMMARY OF KEY EXPERIENCES AND COMPETENCIES RESEARCH INTERESTS
University teaching with more than 20 years of undergraduate and postgraduate lecturing experience in Bangladesh, Norway and Nepal in the field of Social Sciences.
Editorial/journal management
Publications including refereed journals articles, book and book-chapters
Ph.D., and Master thesis supervision of students at North South University, BRAC University, National Defense College of Bangladesh and Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
Long experience of project development and management work with such organizations as UNDP, World Bank, DFID, JICA, CIDA, NORAD and various government and non-government agencies in Bangladesh in the fields of urban/local governance, institutional development and capacity building, monitoring and evaluation of development programs, primary and higher education and civil service capacity building and reform
Extensive fieldwork/commissioned research activities including participatory/rapid appraisals/learning
Local governance and institutional capacity building
Team building, communication and interpersonal skills and training
Varied professional memberships/associations
Workshop/seminar facilitation/moderation
M.Phil (Bergen University, Norway); Doctoral (Ph.D., University of Dhaka) and Post-Doctoral education and advanced research in Norway