Research Fellow
Dr. Mohammad Harunur Rashid Bhuyan, a Fulbright scholar, completed his Master of Arts in Sociology from the New School University of the United States of America in 2007. He obtained his PhD from Monash University Australia in 2015. His doctoral studies at Monash University, Australia, as an Endeavour scholar, examine peasants' perceptions and responses to natural disasters in light of economics and politics of resilience. He has been working in BIDS since April 2004. He worked as a Senior Research Fellow (Part-Time) at the Center for Entrepreneurship Development of BRAC University from April 2022 to March 2023. He has served as a research consultant for several national agencies, such as the Bangladesh Bank, Padma Multipurpose Bridge Authority-Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, Department of Social Services-Ministry of Social Welfare, and the Planning Commission, and international agencies, such as World Food Program, IFC, World Bank, ILO, UNDP, Save the Children Sweden-Denmark, DFID, and British Council. Dr. Bhuyan is the author of "Casualisation of Labour as Coping with Cyclone Aila: Peasants' Perception in the Sundarbans Area of Bangladesh," published in The Bangladesh Development Studies journal in 2021 (DOI: 10.57138/JURL7372). He also authored "Corruption after the Cyclone: a case study from Bangladesh" in A. Weigold & L. Brennan (Eds.), Re-thinking India: Perceptions from Australia published in 2013 from Readworthy Publications (P) Ltd. (http://www.aii.unimelb.edu.au/news/re-thinking-india-perceptions-australia). He also co-authored The Social Dimensions of Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh, published by the World Bank, Washington DC, in 2010 (http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/13431394/social-dimensions-adaptation-climate-change-bangladesh). Moreover, Dr. Bhuyan published many journal articles, research reports, and research monographs on various issues such as social power structure, food security, child rights, women empowerment, labor and skills development, good governance and human well-being etc. He served as a reviewer in several national and international journals. He taught courses at Bangladesh Cooperative Academy for BCS Cooperative Cadre Service Students and also for graduate students at Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Bangladesh, and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Climate Change and Natural Disaster, Agriculture, Poverty, Skill-gap and Labor Issues, Social Safety-nets, Social Power Structure and Good Governance.
1) Bhuyan, M. H. R. (March, 2023). Political Economy of Facing Disaster: Analysis of the Experience and Perception of the Peasant in Sundarbans Area. Bangladesh Unnayan Samikhya, 39/40.
2) Bhuyan, M. H. R. (Published on October 2022). Casualisation of Labour as Coping with Cyclone Aila: Peasants' Perception in the Sundarbans area of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Development Studies, Vol. XLIV, March-June 2021, Nos. 1&2. http://bids.org.bd/page/journal/?rid=1314&vstatus=bds&vissue=current
3) Bhuyan, M. H. R. & Islam, M. S. (2020). The Effectiveness of the Government Rural Social Services Microcredit Programme in Bangladesh. The International Journal of Community and Social Development 2(1) 51–70, 2020. DOI: 10.1177/2516602620912057
4) Ahmed, N. & Bhuyan, M. H. R. (2017). Labour Market and Skill Gap Analysis for the Leather Goods Sector in Bangladesh. In Labour Market and Skill Gap in Bangladesh: Macro and Micro Level Study. Dhaka: SEIP, Finance Division, Ministry of Finance.
5) Chowdhury, S. M. Z. I. & Bhuyan, M. H. R. (2017). Labour Market and Skill Gap Analysis for the Shipbuilding Sector in Bangladesh. In Labour Market and Skill Gap in Bangladesh: Macro and Micro Level Study. Dhaka: SEIP, Finance Division, Ministry of Finance.
6) Ahmed, N., Bhuyan, M. H. R. & Basher, A. (2016). Inclusive Market Development in the Agriculture Sector of Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities. Dhaka: Swisscontact-Katalyst.
7) Bhuyan, M. H. R. (2013). Corruption after the cyclone: a case study from Bangladesh. In A. Weigold & L. Brennan (Eds.), Re-thinking India: Perceptions from Australia. New Delhi: Readworthy Publications (P) Ltd.
8) Rahman, R. I., Begum, A. & Bhuyan, M. H. R. (2012). Household Food Insecurity in Bangladesh: Concepts, Estimates and Determinants. Research Monograph, 22. Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies: Dhaka.
9) Begum, S., Ali, O. & Bhuyan, M. H. R. (2012). Integration of Population and Gender Concerns into the National and Sectoral Policies and Programmes: Current Status and Constraints. Research Report, 184 (peer-reviewed) Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies: Dhaka.
10) Bhuyan, M. H. R. (2012). Social and Political Economy of the Damaged Embankment in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Unnayan Samikhya, 29 (1) (Bengali Journal).
11) Begum, S., Ali, S., Ali, O. & Bhuyan, M. H. R. (2011). The CEDAW Implementation in Bangladesh: Legal Perspectives and Constraints. Research Report, 183 (peer-reviewed). Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies: Dhaka.
12) Khan, I. A., Ali, Z., Asaduzzaman, M. & Bhuyan, M. H. R. (2010). The Social Dimensions of Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh. Discussion Paper 12. The World Bank: Washington DC
13) Bhuyan, M. H. R. (2010). The role of the Middleman Class in the Supply Chain of Raw Shrimp in the Export Oriented Shrimp Processing Industry of Bangladesh: A sociological Analysis. Bangladesh Unnayan Samikhya, 27 (1).
14) Alam, M., Bhuyan, M. H. R. & Khan, A. K. (2010). Secondary Education in Bangladesh: Challenges and Future. Bangladesh Unnayan Samikhya, 27(1).
15) Ahmed, N., Yunus, M. & Bhuyan, M. H. R. (2009). Promoting Employment-Intensive Growth in Bangladesh: Policy Analysis of the Manufacturing and Service Sectors. Employment Working Paper, 38. ILO: Geneva.
16) Alam, M., Bhuyan, M. H. R. & Khan, A. K. (2008). Political Economy of Midterm Primary Education Planning and Implementation of Bangladesh: Success and Future. Bangladesh Unnayan Samikhya, 25(1).
17) Bhuyan, M. H. R. (2005). Socioeconomic Aspect of child Mortality in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Unnayan Samikhya, 22(1).
