Well-being,
inequality and poverty
Governance
and social policy in developing contexts
Social,
political and anthropological aspects of development
NGOs,
NGO management, development institutions
Natural
resources management and the poor (coastal communities)
Development
issues in South Asia
People-resource
relationship and the construction of livelihoods and welfare
Research
methodologies: stakeholder analysis, participatory methods, semi-structured
interviews and focus group work
2004
'NGOs, Politics and Grassroots Mobilisation: Evidence from Bangladesh'.
Recently submitted.
2003 'Report on HIV/AIDS projects
implemented in the State of Punjab'. Commissioned by JTF/IPPF
2003 'The Paradox of Sustainability:
Reflections on NGOs in Bangladesh. Annals Of The American Academy Of Political
And Social Science 590, November 2003, pp 227 - 242
2002 'Ethnography of the Policy
Process - a Case Study of Land Redistribution in Bangladesh' in Public
Administration and Development 22, 403-414
2001 'The Role of Non Governmental
Organisations in Development'. Paper presented at Universidad Nacional
Central de Peru, Huancayo, Peru
2001
'Ethnography of a Policy Process:
A Case Study of Land Redistribution in Bangladesh'
2001
Lead author of 'Human Rights' section of 'Review of Bangladesh and Norway
Development Cooperation, 1995-2000' (with others) Norwegian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Evaluation Report 5/2001
2000 'Partners in Development. A Review Of Big NGOs in Bangladesh' (with
others)
2000
'One Foot in Each Boat. The Macro Politics and Micro Sociology of NGOs
in Bangladesh'. Ph.D thesis submitted to the University of Bath, UK (contract
signed for publishing in 2001/2002)
1999
'Book Review' in European Network of Bangladesh Studies. Issue 11, pages
60-64
1998
'Empowerment and the Spiritual Economy of NGOs'. Paper presented at European
Workshop of Bangladesh studies
1997
Bangladesh Elections 1996: A Turning Point for NGOs?' Mimeo. University
of Bath
1996
'NGOs: Changing Fashion or Fashioning Change?' Occasional Paper 02/96.
CDS University of Bath, UK
1998
'The Spiritual Economy of NGOs in Bangladesh.' A paper presented at the
workshop ''Policy Responses to Poverty and its Reproduction in Bangladesh'.
April 16-18, 1998, University of Bath, UK
In the past I have
taught:
EC10077: Introduction
to International Development
EC20080: Policy and Politics
EC20043: Governance
and the Policy Process in Developing Countries
EC40148: Regional Specialism: South Asia
Currently I am teaching:
EC10078: Introduction to Politics of Development
EC50063: Policy Theory and the Politics of Developing Countries
XX50136: Qualitative Methods 1 (course convenor)
XX50138:Qualitative Methods 2 (Course convenor)
Teaching for 2005 - 2006
XX 50138 Qualitative Methods 2
EC 10078 Introduction to Politics of Development
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