- Supervision of Study- and Masterprojects
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Institut für Regionalwissenschaft &
Institut für Städtebau und Landesplanung
Geb. 10.50
Reinhard-Baumeister-Platz 1
76131 Karlsruhe
Teaching
Research Interest
- Developing countries perspective on climate change issues – social vulnerability and sustainable adaptation
- Spatial planning and disaster risk reduction
- Micro-credit and development politics
- eGovernance, eHonesty and digital administration
- Land Policy, Land use/land cover change
Research/ Book projects
- Micro-credit in Bangladesh - research project in collaboration with Costal Research Foundation (CRF), Bangladesh, Funding under DAAD-STIBET Grant (on-going)
- Informal economy of Sundarbans – research project in collaboration with Costal Research Foundation (CRF), Bangladesh (on-going)
- Edited book on “Environment and Climate Migration in Bangladesh” (on-going)
- Societal Dealings with Increasing Vulnerability (PhD research)
Institutional/Professional Membership
- Affiliated Scholar, Vanderbilt University, USA
- Chairperson & Founder – Coastal Research Foundation (CRF), Bangladesh
- Associate Member – Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP)
- Associate Member – European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
- Student Member – Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Asienkunde e.V.
- German Academic Exchange Program (DAAD) Alumni
- Khulna University Planners Alumni
- Brown International Advanced Research Institute (BIARI) Alumni
- Reviewer – Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change Journal, Springer
Work Experience
- 06/2011 – Brown International Advanced Research Institute (BIARI), USA
- 02/2010 – 04/2010 Field study in Bangladesh
- 04/2009 – Coastal research Foundation (CRF)
- 10/2008 – 12/2008 DAAD STIBET
- 03/2009 – 08/2009 Field Research in Bangladesh, funding under Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS)
- 05/2008 – Ph.D. Student, Institut für Regionalwissenschaft (IfR)
- 11/2007 – M.Sc. (Regional Science)
- 06/2004 – 03/2005 Project Coordinator, Rehabilitation and Development Organization for Landless (RADOL), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- 10/2003 – 05/2004 Senior Officer (Research, Advocacy- und Communication), Bandhu Social Welfare Society (BSWS), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- 07/2002 – 09/2003 Research Officer, SHETU-Bangladesh, Funding from CORDAID-Netherlands
- 10/2001 – 06/2002 Monitoring- und Evaluation Officer, Nari Uddug Kendra (NUK), Dhaka Bangladesh, Funding from CIDA
- 12/1998 – 09/2001 Planning and Documentation Officer, Satkhira Unnayan Sangstha (SUS), Satkhira, Bangladesh
- 07/1994 – 11/1998 Bachelor in Urban and Rural Planning, Khulna University, Bangladesh
Scholarships, Honors and Awards
- Highly Commended Award, Emerald Literati Network of Excellence 2012
- Climate Change Award 2011 - von Brown International Advanced Research Institutes, Brown University, USA for Innovative Research Concept: “Interdisciplinary discourse on climate change adaptation (IDCCA): local responses to extreme events in Asian trans-boundary river basins”.
- 10/2010 – 06/2012 PhD Scholarship from KAAD
- 03/2009 – 09/2009 Field Research Fund from Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KYHS)
- 10/2008 – 12/2008 DAAD STIBET Grant for Research Project: “Micro-credit in Bangladesh”
- 04/2005 – 09/2007 DAAD Scholarship for completing masters study




