BANGLADESH HUB
Hub Co-Directors:
Prof Shahaduz Zaman
Prof Sumon Rahman
Hub Research Administrator:
To be hired
Hub Members:
Prof AKM Mazharul Islam
Hub background
The Bangladesh hub has been established in 2021 and is currently a collaboration between the University of Liberal Arts (ULAB) and the Interdisciplinary Knowledge Initiatives (IKI). Prof Zaman and Prof Rahman are co-directing the hub and are in the process of forming the hub and making local connections with like-minded researchers, practitioners and communities. The hub interests lay at the intersection of development and health communication and policy, art interventions, and digital critical literacy. If the areas of work of your organisation are in line with the Bangladesh hub’s background and expertise, don’t hesitate to get in touch so that we can facilitate new partnerships.
Hub Projects
Kitchen Life (KL) is a pilot study, co-led by Dr Lisa Bradley & Dr Raihana Ferdous, which explores sustainable energy access in Bangladesh and Malawi, through everyday kitchen practices. The majority of research on sustainable energy access focuses on top-down solutions addressing technological and financial barriers, with little attention given to the cultural practices and norms of intended users. In response, KL designed and tested a mixed-methods tool kit aimed at capturing the people and things at the heart of kitchen practices. The project was funded by the University of Glasgow GCRF Small Grants scheme.
Members
Prof Shahaduz Zaman (Hub Co-Director)
Anthropology of global health; ethnographic methods; health policies use of art in health; global end of life care; refugee health
Prof Sumon Rahman
Development and health communication; Art intervention; Qualitative studies; Digital critical literacy
