AKM Ahsan Ullah is an academic who has teaching experiences in both Hong Kong (City University of HK), and Canada (St. Mary’s University) for both graduate and undergraduate courses on Asia, migration, and development studies. In these universities, he designed and developed syllabi and taught courses on the major themes of: (1) South and SEA Asia (History, Politics of and Contemporary Studies; Mughal to Modern India); (2) Migration (Asia, Theories, Sociology; (3) Globalization and Development; and (4) Sociology of Religion, Religion and Nation-making. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has awarded him a postdoctoral fellowship (2008-2011); he is assuming this post at the Institute of Population Health at the University of Ottawa.
Ahsan’s research portfolio includes stints at the Southeast Asian Research Centre (SEARC), Hong Kong; IPH, University of Ottawa, Canada and; the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. In his home country Bangladesh, he was the Research Coordinator of Plan International, an international organization focusing on child and rural development in 68 countries around the world.
In addition to research and teaching, Ahsan has developed a strong practitioner background, spanning 10 years. While working with Plan International, Ahsan was also involved developing research materials for the Dhaka-based BRAC, one of the largest national NGOs in the world with more than 100,000 staff. He also conducted and headed several research projects such as, rural poverty alleviation program, city dwellers and rural to urban migration; knowledge and awareness on HIV/AIDS of commercial sex workers and their clients; and the lives of street children, under the auspices of the Association for Rural Development and Studies (ARDS) in Bangladesh.
In these academic, programmatic, operational capacities Ahsan has built a strong publication record on the development, globalization, migration and history of Asia. Some of his works appeared in the following journals: Asian and Pacific Migration Journal; The Journal of Contemporary Asia; International Journal of Social Economics; Development Review; J. Rural Social Work; Asian Journal of Women’s Studies; Social Science Review; Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development.
He received his bachelor and master degrees in Public Administration at the University of Dhaka and his MSc in Development Planning at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. He also holds a PhD from the City University of Hong Kong in Population Migration.
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Publications
1. Poverty and Migration- slums of Dhaka city: the realities. ARDS: 1999; 80p. (ISBN: 984 31 0610 5)
2. The Horror: A study on commercial sex and the risk of HIV/AIDS. ARDS and BRAC: 2000;144p. (ISBN: 984 31 0977 5). Dhaka
3. Theorizing International Migration: integrating the context of Bangladesh. Publisher: University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (Forthcoming).
4. NGOs and Development: Alleviating rural poverty in Bangladesh. Book Mark International. 216p.2003. (Taught at graduate and post graduate level in Universities in Bangladesh). (ISBN: 984 32 0679 7). Chile
5. Dulary . Dhaka: Classic Publications. 1992. 64p. [In Bangla]. Dhaka
Chapters in books
6. Poverty alleviation in Bangladesh: does good governance matter? In. The role of public administration in alleviating poverty and improving governance. Edited by Jak Jabes. The Network of Asia-Pacific Schools and Institutes of Public Administration and Governance (NAPSIPAG), Asian Development Bank. 2005:pp423-442. The Philippines.
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Role-of-Public-Administration/session4.pdf
7. Sexual violence: a case of housemaids in Dhaka City. In . Ahmed Z and Chowdhury M [ed]. Charcha on Applied Anthropology. Jahangir Nagar University. Dhaka: 2001. p41-55. (In Bangla). Dhaka
8. Risking lives beyond borders: reflection on an international migration scenario. In Iontsev Vladimir A (ed). International Migration of Population: Russia and Contemporary World. Faculty of Economics, Moscow State 'Lomonosov' University. Russia. Max Press, Moscow 2005(15):p216-228. Russia
Journals
9. Return migration in the Asia pacific (book review). Edited by Robyn Iredale, Fei Guo and Santi Rozario. The Journal of Contemporary Asia. Vol 34(3):2004;420-1pp. The Philippines
10. Bright City Lights and Slums of Dhaka city: Determinants of rural-urban migration in Bangladesh. Migration letters: an international journal of migration studies. 1(1):26-41. October 2004.
http://www.migrationletters.com/200401/Ullah200401.pdf . UK
11. Destiny of the trafficked in Women and Girls: Some Theoretical and Critical Issues. Empowerment. 2005, Vol.12, p75-84. Women for Women. ISSN 1029-7804. Dhaka
12. The price of migration from Bangladesh to distant lands: Narratives of recent tragedies, Asian Profile. in press. Canada
13. Female migration flow in the labour market: where does Bangladesh stand? (accepted) In Kasarinlan: The Philippines Journal of Third World Studies. Vol. 22(2) Due June 2007.
14. Preferences of channels of remittance transfer in Bangladesh by overseas workers. In Asian and Pacific Migration Journal (in Press)
15. Social impact of NGOs in alleviating rural poverty in Bangladesh. J. Rural Social Work; 8(1):June: 2003:12-22pp. Australia
16. Prostitution and AIDS situation in Bangladesh: is the ignorance not endangering us? Asian Journal of Women's Studies. Vol:9(2);2003.pp95-114 . South Korea
17. NGO Intervention in Alleviating Rural Poverty: An Economic Assessment in Two Villages in Bangladesh. Social Science Review. 2002;19:2(pp359-386). Dhaka
18. Determinants of preferences: Dynamics of sex working in Bangladesh. Empowerment. Vol.11 29-44p.2004. Women for Women. ISSN 1029-7804. Dhaka
19. Empowerment of women in Bangladesh: does it help make reproductive decision. Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural development (APJORD), Vol. XIV(1) July 2004. Singapore/Dhaka
20. Empowerment of Women in Bangladesh: do NGO interventions matter? Empowerment. Vol 10: 2003 21-32pp. Women for Women. ISSN 1029-7804. Dhaka
21. Transparency status and institutional performances of NGOs in Bangladesh. In Rural Social Work and Community Practice, (In press). Australia
22. The empirical profile of the sex workers in Bangladesh. International Journal of Women's Studies. 2005. Vol. 7 (2):PP111-22. http://www.bridgew.edu/SoAS/jiws/Nov05V2/Ullahi.pdf . USA
Governance
23. Urban governance in Bangladesh: exploring contemporary linkages. BIISS Journal Vol 25(2); 2004;187-206p. Dhaka
24. Changing governance in South Korean higher education: exploring some impacts. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Hum ), Vol 50:2005, pp335-51 . Dhaka
25. Migrants in Dhaka City: life at the margins. Asian Migrant . 2001(Jul-Sept):XIV:3.p85-88. The Philippine s
NGO and development
26. NGOs and Foreign Aid: a way towards sustainability. Development Review 1999: 11 (1& 2):97-114. Dhaka
27. An unwanted profession: do the women willingly choose it? Dhaka. Development Review . 2000:12;11-24. Dhaka
28. Taking research to non-researchers: a case of a research compendium. J Comm Publish (1);1:2002.pp4-16. Dhaka
29. Sustainability of scientific journals in the developing world with special reference to Bangladesh. J Applied Commun 1999:83(4):23-48. USA
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