Prof. Dr. Abul Hossain

Chairperson

Email - chairman@soc.green.edu.bd

Ph.D in Sociology, Dhaka University

M. Phil in Sociology, Dhaka University

M.A. in Sociology, Rajshahi University

B.A. (Hons) in sociology, Rajshahi University

01/2017 – 01/2023	Associate Professor (Chairman) Sociology and Anthropology Department Green University of Bangladesh.
01/2009 – 12/2012	Part-time Faculty (Associate Professor) Development Studies United International University, and Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
01/2009 – 12/2016	Chief Executive Development Link Foundation (DevLink), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
01/ 2004 – 12/2008	Senior Research Fellow Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
01/1995 – 12/1999	Research Associate with Dr. Kirsten Westergaard, Dr. Kirsten Westergaard was the research Director of Centre for Development Research (CDR), Copenhagen, Denmark. Work involved research on micro-sociological and ethnographic studies, NGO governance, development and policy, local government, governance, and power relations.
01/1989 – 12/1994	Research Supervisor and Research Associate Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Dhaka, Bangladesh.

1. Book: Revisiting the Local Power Structure in Bangladesh: Economic Gain, Political Pain? (a joint publication with David Lewis), Sida, Stockholm, Sweden, 2017.

2. Book: Understanding the Local Power Structure in Rural Bangladesh (a joint publication with David Lewis), Sida, Stockholm, Sweden, 2008.

3. Book: Boringram Revisited: From Agricultural Stagnation to Economic Growth, Changes in a Village in Bangladesh during the last Quarter of the 20^th Century (Joint publication with Dr. Kirsten Westergaard), UPL, Dhaka, 2005.

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5. Article: Local Political Consolidation in Bangladesh: Power, Informality and Patronage (a joint article with David Lewis), Development and Change, 2019.

6. Article: Dealing with the Local Level Power Structure: Findings from a Qualitative Study of Three Villages in Greater Faridpur District (a joint article with David Lewis), Journal of Bangladesh Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1&2, 2019.

7. Article: Dynamics of Local Government and Governance in the Context of Bangladesh (a joint article with Ahsan Habib), Green University Review of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2018.

8. Article: A Tale of Three Villages: Power, Difference and Locality in Rural Bangladesh (a joint article with David Lewis), Journal of South Asian Development, 3:1, SAGE, 2008.

9. Article: Changing Local Rural Power Structure: The Elites and NGOs in Bangladesh, the Journal of Health Management, the special Issue on the Non-government sector Asian perspectives , Volume 8 Number 2, Sage publications , New Delhi , India, July – December, 2006.

10. Article: Local Government in Bangladesh(a joint article with KirstenWestergard), Sociologus, No. 2, Vol. 49, Berlin, Germany, (New Series 1999).

11. Article: The Green Revolution and the Growth of the Informal Sector in Bangladesh, (a joint article with Kirsten Westergard), The Journal of Social Studies, Dhaka, 1998.

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15. Book Chapter: Boringram Revisited: How to Live Better on Less Land (a joint article with Kirsten Westergaard), in the book entitled BANGLADESH: Promise and Performance, edited by Rounaq Jahan, the University Press Limited, 2000.

16. Book Chapter: Mapping Community Capacities, in the book entitledLocal Governance and Community Capacities (Hossain Zillur Rahman and S. Aminul Islam edited), UPL, Dhaka, 2002.

17. Book Chapter: Mobilization for Khas Land: Two Experiences from Pabna, (a joint article with Kirsten Westergaard) in the book entitledBangladesh in the 1990s: Selected Studies, edited by Willem Van Schendel and Kirsten Westergaard, UPL, Dhaka, 1998.

18. Book Chapter: Local Institutions in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Civil Society and Local Elections, an article jointly prepared with Dr. Kirsten Westergaard, in the book entitled ‘In the Name of the Poor. Contesting Political Space for Poverty Reduction.’ Neil Webster and Lars Engberg- Pedersen (eds.) London and New York, Zed Books, 2002.

19. Book Chapter: Rise of Industrial Hubs: 2 case studies, in the book entitled Bangladesh Urban Dynamics, edited by Hossain Zillur Rahman Published by PPRC, 2012.

20. Book Chapter: Mobilization and Struggles of the Poor, in the book entitled Researching Poverty from the Bottom Up, edited by Hossain Zillur Rahman and KhondokerShakhawat Ali, Published by PPRC, 2007.

21. Book Chapter: Beyond the Net? Institutions, Elites, and Changing Power Structure in Rural Bangladesh, (a joint article with David Lewis), in the book entitledLocal Democracy in South Asia: Micro-processes of Democratization in Nepal and its Neighbours, edited by David Gellner, Sage, Delhi, 2008.

22. Book Chapter: Access to Justice: A Review of ADR Experiences (a joint article with S. Aminul Islam), in the book entitled Unbundling Governance, Bangladesh Governance Report, Published by PPRC, 2007.

23. Book Chapter: NGOs and Elites in Changing Power Dynamics, in the book entitled Unbundling Governance, Bangladesh Governance Report, Published by PPRC, 2007.

24. Report: Local Institutions and the Political Space: A Study on Political Dynamics inBangladesh (unpublished Ph.D. Thesis), 2004

25. Seminar Paper: Context Analysis: Establishing Community Timelines, A paper on Qualitative Research Methodology presented at the national Methodology Workshop held in Dhaka, July 2004.

26. Report: Livelihood in Charlands of Northwest Bangladesh: Analysis of Governance Issues and Institutional Arrangements, report prepared for DFID (B), 2000.

27. Report: Reaching the Poorest of the Poor: Revising NGO Approaches and Strategies, (a report jointly prepared with Dr. Abdul Ghafur and Prof. Mesbah Kamal), report prepared for CARITAS Development Institute, Dhaka, 1999.

28. Seminar Paper: The 1997 Union Parishad Election in Bangladesh: A Case Study of a Village in Bogra, paper presented at the ENBS Workshop in Bath, England, April 16-18, 1998.

29. Seminar Paper: Local Governance in Boringram (a joint article with Kirsten Westergaard), paper presented for the LORPA Seminar at ISEC, Bangalore, November, 1997.

30. Conference Paper: Boringram – A Restudy of a Village in Northern Bangladesh: How to Live Better on Less Land, (a joint paper with Kirsten Westergaard), paper presented at the Conference on Columbia University, “Bangladesh at 25” New York, December, 5-7, 1996.

31. Book Chapter: The Rights of Sharecroppers: A Case Study of Ranisankail, published on ‘Dinajpur: History and Traditions’, edited by Prof. Sarifuddin Ahmed, Bangladesh Itihas Samity, Dhaka, 1996.

32. Report: Nationalism and Durkheim, a term paper submitted to Sociology Department as Requirement of M. Phil, 1st Part, Dhaka University, Dhaka, 1994.

33. Report: Anatomy of Water body Leasing System at the Haor Basin in Bangladesh, published by PPRC, 2009

34. Report: Context study and actor mapping in the South Asian Region ,LogIn , SDC , Delhi, 2010

35. Report: Bypass Roads and Growth of Towns: A Study on the aspects of planning, human settlement and town development in Bangladesh, VSO and NILG, 2011

36. Book: Social Formation in Dhaka City , 1985-2005: A Longitudinal Study of Society in a Third World Megacity (a joint publication with Kamal Siddique et al), published by ASHGATE, London, 2011

2017	Challenges of tourism and Capacity building of Bangladesh Tourist Police: A Critical analysis	FUNDED BY
2017		Bangladesh Tourist Police
2016	Role of Industrial Police in Maintaining Workplace Environment and Industrial Growth: An Empirical Analysis”.	Bangladesh Industrial Police
Do	Current Investigation tools and its competitive strength: Bangladesh Police Perspective	Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI)
Do	Strategic Role of Tourist Police in Promoting Tourism in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities.	Bangladesh Tourist Police
2015	Impact Evaluation of SOLAR Project CDA Dinajpur	Bread for the World (BftW), Germany
Do	Ex-Post Evaluation of four completed Micro-Credit-Projects in Bangladesh	DLB, Germany
2014	Road accident and Safety Study, as a political economist	World Bank
Do	Proposed Pro-poor Slums Integration project , Social specialist	World Bank
Do	Ex-post Evaluation of “Integrated Credit Project with Pre-School Education, Health Service and Arsenic Mitigation, Madaripur (ICP Madaripur Project)”	DLB, Germany
Do	‘A Review the Local government Acts / Ordinance and relevant policies and legal framework related to child migration and recommendations on how to adjust the ordinance and implement the policies and plans of actions’.	Save the Children International (SCI)
2013	Governance Trends Study	PPRC, Dhaka
Do	Shrimp farmer’s need assessment and Curriculum Development for Staff in Khulna division Value Chain and Agribusiness.	USAID/PRICE/ World Fish Center
Do	Ex-post Evaluation of “Self-sustained Development for Rural Women, Mollahat Upazila, Bagerhat (SDRW)”	DLB, Germany
Do	Ex-post Evaluation of “People’s Initiative for Sustainable Development of the Poor Families in Rural Area of Delduar (PISDP), Tangail”	DLB, Germany
2012	Rapid Assessment of Slums in Chittagong: Understanding and Identifying the Slums.	DWSSP, World Bank
Do	Understanding of the De-facto situation to Support the Social Aspects of the LIC component.	World Bank
Do	Water Logging and plights of people in Jessore district of Bangladesh	ALRD
Do	Co-ordination of Power and Authority of Upazila Chairmen and Members of Parliament (MPs): Problems and Prospects
2011	Political Economy study of the Energy Sector in Bangladesh (National consultant)	IFC and World Bank
Do	Ex-post Evaluation of “Credit Programme for Poorest Families in Tangail (CPPFT)	DLB, Germany
2010	Qualitative Study on Four Union Parishsds	World Bank
Do	Bangladesh Water body Leasing system in Haor Basin (A policy Research	Concern Worldwide
Do	Context study and actor mapping in the South Asian Region	Swedish Development Cooperation (SDC)
Do	External Review and Curriculum Development on Safety Nets, PROLOG, Policy Reform on Local Governance	World Bank Executed Trust Fund
Do	Economic Study on Footprint Estimate	BDI and PPRC
Do	Research on the “Expert Capabilities of the Poor	World Bank
Do	The Institutional Landscape for Urban Service Delivery	PPRC
Do	Bypass Roads and Growth of Towns: A selected case study on the aspects of planning, human settlement and town development in Bangladesh	VSO
Do	PROLOG, Policy Reform on Local Governance	World Bank
Do	Land Acquisition Footprints – An Investigative Study	PPRC
Do	Overview of Decentralization and Local Governance in Bangladesh – actor mapping	Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Do	Governance and Development at the Union Parishad Level – A Comparative Study
2009	Mid Term Review (MTR) of the Project titled ‘An Alternative Programmatic Intervention to Develop Grassroots Women Leadership in Union Parishads’ implemented by Rupantar	Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Do	Operational Risk Assessment (ORA) for Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Bangladesh	World Bank
2008	Information flows at Local Government Level in Bangladesh: A Scoping Study	WBI
Do	Political-Economy Analyses of two Key Industry Sectors (Bus and Brick) in Dhaka	WBI
Do	An Operational Risk Assessment of the Bangladesh Economic Processing Zone Program and Relevant Private Sector and GOB
Do	Management of Water bodies and policies	ALRD
2007	Political Economy and Institutional Arrangements of IWT: Some Issues and Analysis	World Bank
Do	Operational Risk Assessment of Roads and Highways Department (RHD), Bangladesh – A political economy study	World Bank
Do	Qualitative study on political participation and gender norms in Bangladesh	World Bank

Works of Dr. Abul Hossain during the Pandemic exposure by COVID-19

The year 2020 had been a year of anguish, despair and uncertainty. The unforeseen effect of the novel Coronavirus has challenged humanity to a great extent and the world seemed to have been stirred by the shock. However, in this time of pandemic, some people have been relentless in spreading awareness, presenting facts, challenging the misconception about the virus and discussing various topics in the social and mainstream media regarding Covid-19 and its impact on the society and the world.

Dr. Abul Hossain, Associate Professor & Chairperson, Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology, Green University of Bangladesh is amongst those voices that have been diligently active during this stressful time. He has spoken about the impacts of Covid-19 on people’s personal and social life, on the society and the state and how it has affected life in general. He has discussed, from the point of view of a Sociologist, about how the social stigma caused difficulties for the people affected by the Coronavirus, how violence against women has been increased amidst lockdown, how to overcome the loss of education and how the overall lifestyle has been impacted due to the lockdown and so on. He has appeared on Clio Television, as well as on various Facebook live sessions arranged by Daily Shatkhira Live and Green University of Bangladesh. His article on Local government and Election and Rural power structure have also been published by online and print media.

References:

1. Video link: https://www.facebook.com/ClioBangladesh/posts/128746905426154

Topic: COVID-19 : Impacts on Social Relations and Social Networks

2. Video link: https://www.facebook.com/ClioTV.org/posts/100243568345427

Topic: Corona Virus & Social Stigma: Bangladesh Context

3. Video link: https://www.facebook.com/ClioTV.org/posts/121984316171352

Topic: Rumour Encompassing COVID-19: Impact on Society and State

4. Video link:https://www.facebook.com/DailySatkhiraOfficial/videos/354415949235585

Topic: HSC and Equivalent 2020: examination and Analysis

5. Video Link: https://www.facebook.com/sociology.anthropology.gub/videos/363171781727918

Topic: Society and Culture – Past and present

6. Video Link: https://www.facebook.com/100231631679954/videos/1477966399040943

Topic: Covid19 – Partial Lockdown: Withdrawal or Extension

7. Video Link: https://www.facebook.com/sociology.anthropology.gub/videos/296371881682740

Topic: Violence against women: Analysis of recent trends

8. Video Link:https://www.facebook.com/DailySatkhiraOfficial/videos/211480433431157

Topic: Governance and corruption

9. Video Link:https://www.facebook.com/DailySatkhiraOfficial/videos/583257065543240

Topic: Lockdown and social crisis

10. Video Link: https://www.facebook.com/Humanmasum/videos/10219617063204897

Topic: How to overcome the loss of education?

11. Article LINK: https://bonikbarta.net/home/news_description/246970?fbclid

Topic: Rural power structure

12. Article Link: https://www.shampratikdeshkal.com/opinion/news/200822588/fbclid

Topic: Local government and Election

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