Habib is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies and Journalism at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. He teaches Communication Campaigns, Issues and Crisis Communication, Conflict Management, Strategic Public Relations (PR), PR Research Methods, and Strategic Communication courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Habib obtained his PhD in Public Relations (PR) from Griffith University, Australia. The research was undertaken to explore the use of PR, communicative, and media tools in organising campaigns on a health promotion and social development issue. He also possesses industry experience through his involvement as a PR and communication expert in the private sector, encompassing various communicative and media dimensions of an organization.
Habib has a keen interest in undertaking collaborative research on health communication, digital media, public relations and social change issues, underscoring the world needs to be better prepared to respond to the risks and crises coming from different locations. He has published papers in international journals with scholars from different countries on health and community issues, while contributing voluntary support to ICA, IAMCR and other international platforms as a reviewer for different intellectual productions. In his regular teaching and research activities, Habib is engaged in the conversation on how media and communication environment is shaped through the interplay of emerging technological, environmental and societal changes.
Specialities:
- Public relations, communication management, and media studies;
- Research on health and crisis communication, digital media, community empowerment, and social change communication.
Masters in Communication (MComn)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Relations from Griffith University, Queensland, Australia on 27 March 2018.
Master of Arts in Victimology (with thesis) from Tokiwa University, Ibaraki, Japan: 2008 to 2010.
Master of Social Science (MSS) majoring in Mass Communication from University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi: 2002- 2003.
Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) with Honours majoring in Mass Communication from University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi: 1998- 2002.
Media studies, public relations, strategic communication, social change campaigns, youth empowerment, gender issues, and digital media.
International scholarships and grant:
- Griffith University International Postgraduate Research Scholarship and Griffith University Research Scholarship to undertake a PhD in Public Relations in Australia.
- Griffith University Health Group CAPR Scholarship for completing PhD in Public Relations in Australia.
- Awarded the Population & Social Health Research Grant 2014 at Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Australia to conduct data collection in the field for this PhD.
- Machiko Fukuhara Scholarship to study in Masters in Victimology in Tokiwa University, Ibaraki, Japan.
Ali, H.M., Saniei, S., O'Leary, P., & Boddy, J. (2022). Activist public relations in developing contexts where rules and norms collide: Insights from two activist organizations against gender-based violence in Bangladesh, Journal of Communication Management (published by Emerged Insight, UK and indexed in Web of Science and Scopus) Vol 26 No. 2, 149-165.
Ali, H. M., & Malaco, Jr., O. C. H. (2022). Public health intervention: Exploring crisis communication elements in media reports on COVID-19 in Bangladesh, SEARCH Journal of Media and Communication Research (Indexed in Web of Science and Scopus), Vol 14 No. 1, 33-48.
Sohel, M. S., Ehsan, S. M. A., Zaman, N. T., Hossain, B., Shi, G., Sarker, M. N. I., & Ali, H. M. (2022). Understanding rural local government response during COVID-19-induced lockdown: perspective from Bangladesh. SN Social Sciences, (published by Springer Nature) 2(216).
Assegaff, S.B.; Sukandar, R., Hardy, M., Dewi, J. R., Ali, H.M., & Ayuniantari, N. P. (2022). COVID-19: An assessment of creative communication, crisis preparedness, and resilience building in hospitality business in Bali, Jurnal Komunikasi: Ikatan Sarjana Komunikasi Indonesia/ Communication Journal of Indonesian Communication Scholars (Published by Indonesian Association of Communication) Vol 7 No 1, 63-74.
Ali, H. M., Batta, H., & Ogaraku, H. C. (2021). Communicating COVID-19 pandemic on Facebook: Illustrations from users’ screenshots from Nigeria and Bangladesh, Asian Journal of Media and Communication, Vol 5 No. 1, 1-15.
Batta, H., Ali, H.M., Ekeanyanwu, N.T., Obot, C., & Batta, N.W. (2021). Interest in and awareness of science communication in select academic programmes of six Nigerian universities, SAU Journal of Management and Social Science, Vol 6 No. 3, 1-21. Web link:
Ali, H. M., Boddy, J., O’Leary, P., & Ewart, J. (2016). Exploring the use of public relations in organising activism: Implications for addressing gender-based violence in the developing world, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Relations (Indexed in Web of Science and published from Australia), Vol 17 No. 2, 46-61.
Ali, H. M., & Roy, S.S. (2012). Examining perceptions about public relations: A study among communication scholars and public relations practitioners in Bangladesh, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Relations (Indexed in Web of Science and published from Australia), Vol 13 No. 1, 45-55.
Ali, H. M. (2010). Data collection on victims of human trafficking: An analysis of various sources, Journal of Human Security (Indexed in Scopus; published from Human Security Institute, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada, and Librello Publishing Switzerland), Vol 6 No.1, 55-69.
Ali, H. M. (2011). The debate on the definition of victim of trafficking: A discussion from victimological point of view, Tokiwa Journal of Human Science, Victimology and Community Development (Published from Tokiwa University, Japan), Vol 5, 1-15.
Hibberd, M., Ali, H. M., & Nucci, A. (2022). Green fashion, climate change and social Justice: The Savar building case-study. In M. Hibberd, Young People in Climate Change: Communications and Responses (pp. 197-220). Kolkata: Setu Prakashani.
Gave a lecture as an international guest scholar on Qualitative Content Analysis at School of Environmental Design & Rural Development, University of Guelph, Canada, on 15 March 2021.
Reviewer at International Communication Association (ICA) in Public Relations section for the 2021 conference (ICA21), held online in May 2021.
Invited by Rotary Club, Baridhara, Dhaka to give a lecture on Public Relations for Non-Profit Organisations in September 2014.
Gave a lecture on Public Relations and NGOs at Royal Thimphu College in Bhutan in October 2014.
Invited by Department of Mass Communication, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman to give a lecture on Communication and Public Relations for Social Change in January 2015.
Gave a lecture as an international guest scholar on PR and Social Change at Department of Mass Communication, University of North Bengal, India, on 30 January, 2019.
Reviewer at International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) in Gender and Communication section for the Madrid Conference, held in July 2019, and for the Finland Conference, held in July 2020.
Reviewer for the Journal of International Social Work, published from SAGE Publications.