Research Projects & Grants

My academic inquiry revolves around environmental social science, with a specific focus on the intersection of physical environments and human well-being.

Climate-Induced Migration

Exploring the social and economic dynamics of communities displaced by environmental changes and structural adaptation measures.

Climate Change Adaptation

Evaluating strategies and policy interventions aimed at building resilience in vulnerable populations.

WASH

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene interventions and their impact on public health and poverty alleviation.

Quality of Life

Measuring multi-dimensional poverty and the holistic well-being of targeted demographics in development programs.

Research Grants

Awarded $10,000 grant
RolePrincipal Investigator (P.I.)
Research DomainClimate Shocks, Climate Induced Migration, Policy Planning
Proposal"Evidence-Driven Climate Migration Hotspot Mapping for Proactive Policy Planning in Bangladesh"

Selected Recent Works

  • Do development interventions address the aspirational poverty of urban ultra-poor? – A BRAC x BIGD collaborative long-term follow-up study (2025)
  • BRAC ICCP Baseline: Resilient livelihood, improved WASH services & disaster preparedness (2025)
  • Evaluating the efficiency of vulnerability index-based targeting for Ultra Poor Graduation in comparison to traditional targeting (2025)
  • With Dr. Stefano Caria & Dr. Munshi Sulaiman - Fostering adaptation to climate change among the poor in Bangladesh: A Randomized Control Trial study (ongoing)
  • Pulse Survey on Citizen Perceptions, Expectations, and Experiences: Rapid Research Response (RRR 2024)
  • Microdata directory, spatial data repository, and District Dashboard for IGC-BIGD Datahub (2023–24)
  • Economic recovery of climate migrants and new poor living in climate-vulnerable urban low-income settlements (2023–24)
  • Strengthening recovery capacity of COVID-19 and climate change-affected households through skills training targeting youth in the families (2023–24)
  • Evaluations of Seven Climate Bridge Fund Supported Projects (2023-2024)