Staff Profile
Emadul Islam
Research Fellow
Ocean Policy Research Institute
(Division of Ocean Policy Research)
Research Fellow
Ocean Policy Research Institute
(Division of Ocean Policy Research)
Expertise
Blue economy, Climate change adaptation, Disaster recovery, Renewable energy
Academic/Professional Background
In 2021, Emadul Islam was conferred a Ph.D. in Community Development, under the Yayasan Khazanah scholarship from the University of Malaya, Malaysia. After serving as a development expert and researcher in three different organizations including Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB); BRAC; and the Centre for Bay of Bengal Studies, Independent University Bangladesh, research and evaluation, Dr. Islam joined the Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI) as a research fellow from July 2022. He is also an adjunct scholar for the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), USA.
Projects
Asessing Risk in the City of Chattogram Bangladesh and Using the Climate and Ocean Risk Vulnerability Index (CORVI)
Publications
Islam, E., Abd Wahab, H., & Benson, O. G. (2020). Structural and operational factors as determinant of meaningful community participation in sustainable disaster recovery programs: The case of Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 50, 101710. Elsiver.
Islam, S. T., & Islam, E. (2012). Barriers and scope of political participation of women in local government of Bangladesh: Union Parishad perspective. Journal of International Social Issues, 1(1), 71-85.
Islam, E., & Wahab, H. B. A. (2020). The impact of a cyclonic disaster on coastal communities in Bangladesh: possible community-led interventions towards sustainable disaster recovery. Global Social Welfare, 7(4), 339-352. Springer.
Islam, E., Wahab, H.B.A. & Benson, O.G. (2021). Community Participation in Disaster Recovery Programs: A Study of a Coastal Area in Bangladesh. European Journal of Development Research. Palgrave, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-021-00460-7.
Islam, S. T., & Islam, E. (2012). Micro-Credit and Women Empowerment: Some Case Reflections from Rural Bangladesh. Journal of social sciences, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D, 29(2).
Islam, E., Mahmud, K., & Rahman, N. (2013). Situation of Child Domestic Workers in Bangladesh. Global Journal of Management and Business Research, Global Journals Inc: USA.
Islam, E., Shoef, I. J., & Hasan, M. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on Food Insecurity and Coping Mechanisms of Marginalized People in Bangladesh: An Experience of BRAC. In Handbook of Research on the Impact of COVID-19 on Marginalized Populations and Support for the Future (pp. 241-254). IGI Global.
Islam, S. T., & Islam, E. (2012). Barriers and scope of political participation of women in local government of Bangladesh: Union Parishad perspective. Journal of International Social Issues, 1(1), 71-85.
Islam, E., & Wahab, H. B. A. (2020). The impact of a cyclonic disaster on coastal communities in Bangladesh: possible community-led interventions towards sustainable disaster recovery. Global Social Welfare, 7(4), 339-352. Springer.
Islam, E., Wahab, H.B.A. & Benson, O.G. (2021). Community Participation in Disaster Recovery Programs: A Study of a Coastal Area in Bangladesh. European Journal of Development Research. Palgrave, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-021-00460-7.
Islam, S. T., & Islam, E. (2012). Micro-Credit and Women Empowerment: Some Case Reflections from Rural Bangladesh. Journal of social sciences, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D, 29(2).
Islam, E., Mahmud, K., & Rahman, N. (2013). Situation of Child Domestic Workers in Bangladesh. Global Journal of Management and Business Research, Global Journals Inc: USA.
Islam, E., Shoef, I. J., & Hasan, M. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on Food Insecurity and Coping Mechanisms of Marginalized People in Bangladesh: An Experience of BRAC. In Handbook of Research on the Impact of COVID-19 on Marginalized Populations and Support for the Future (pp. 241-254). IGI Global.
Languages
English, Bengali, Hindi
As of July 7, 2022