Ahmed Abidur Razzaque Khan Ph.D.

Dr. Ahmed Abidur Razzaque Khan (alias Ahmed Abid) is an Assistant Professor of General Education, University of Liberal Arts (ULAB) Bangladesh.  He is an adjunct fellow of Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative (HADRI), School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, Australia. He holds a joint Ph.D. in ‘Human Rights, Society, and Multi-level Governance’ through the Human Rights Centre- University of Padova, Italy, and School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, Australia. He also holds Master of Arts, Philosophy (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh); Master of Arts, Human Rights and Social Development (Mahidol University, Thailand); and a Diploma in Cinema and Human Rights (European- Inter University Centre for Human Rights and Democratization (EIUC) in Venice, Italy). 

His previous academic roles include: Assistant Professor, Development Studies, Asian University for Women (AUW), Bangladesh (August 2021-August 2022); Research Assistant and Tutor, Western Sydney University, Australia (2017-2019); and Research Assistant and Project Manager, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore (2013-2015).

Curriculum Vitae

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Program Affiliation
General Education Program (GED)
Education

Ph.D., Social Science (Higher Degree Research in Sociology) 

Course: Doctor of Philosophy in Human Rights, Society, and Multi-level Governance.

Institutions: School of Social Science, Western Sydney University, Australia &

Human Rights Centre- University of Padova, Italy.

International Master of Arts, in Human Rights and Social Development.

OHRSD, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand

Master of Arts in Philosophy. Department of Philosophy, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Bachelor of Arts. (Honours) in Philosophy. Department of Philosophy, University of Dhaka.

Areas of Interest

Human Rights Education (HRE), irregular migration, refugees and labour trafficking; digital humanities; social movements and social justice; creative methodology and postcolonial studies. 

Research & Scholarship

Recently  completed  (selected)

  1. 2024: Team Leader: Annual Outcome Monitoring--Our Voice Our Choice (OVOC) project. The Associates for Innovative Research and Development (AIRD) Ltd. were been awarded OVOC Project’s Annual Outcome Monitoring by Plan International Bangladesh (PIB) through the leadership for Dr. Ahmed Abid. The project, a partnership between PIB and four CSOs, aims to empower civil society in protecting democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms worldwide. It addresses the needs of excluded groups like Dalits, LGBTIQ+, and persons with disabilities, promoting genuine engagement and compliance with international human rights policies. And a total of 382 data were collected from project beneficiaries across project locations of Dhaka, Barishal and Rangpur divisions in Bangladesh and the final report accepted by to PIB.
  2. May 2023, completed a policy review for the Canadian Government on Mapping Human Rights Due Diligence and Compliance Monitoring on Human Trafficking with Michael Miner and Dr. Melinda MacDonald.
  3. 2020: Evaluation and appraisal of South Asian Theatre Festival 2019, Sydney, Australia. 

Recent Conferences

  1. 2024: 6 May: research presentation ‘Socio-economic marginalization and local level adaptation to climate change Case of Manta/Bede Community in Jorakhal, Rajapur-Bhola, Bangladesh’ in 1st Development Studies International Conference, May 5-6, 2024, Dhaka [ Co- authors : Dr. Assaduzzaman, M &   &  Jamshed, A. Z.]
  2. 2023: 10 November, 3rd BSSCR Conference Belief, Believe and Behaviour: Shared Cultural Heritage of South Asia: Paper Presentation on ‘Reality of traditional matrilineal Khasi people and their culture in Bangladesh: An ethnographic study.
  3. Panel Chair and presenter (Bangladesh at 50: A review of Culture, Society and Symbols) 9th SSEASR Conference, Sacredness, Symbolism and Society: Paractices in South and Southeast Asia,  2-4 April, 2023, Kathmandu, Neapl , Organized by Central Department of Nepalese History, Culture & Archeology, Tribhuvan University. 
  4. Research Presentation, Cultural Performances and Social Cohesion in a Multicultural Society: The Case of ‘Nautanki Theatre’ in Western Sydney (Co-author: Dr. Arnab Roy Chowdhury) in 3rd Advancing Community Cohesion Conference – The Way Forward, Western Sydney University, 10-13 February,2020, Parramatta Campus,  Australia.

Awards

  1. PhD Scholarship: Doctor of Philosophy in Human Rights, Society and Multi -level Governance (December, 2016 - April, 2021), Awarded by : School of Social Science, Western Sydney University, Australia and Human Rights Centre, University of Padova, Italy. 
  2. Research Fellow: Theatre as a Means of Raising Awareness on Violence against Women and Women’s Rights, Position: Principal Investigator and Research Fellow. ( Dec15, 2005-June15, 2006),Funded by: Academy for Educational Development (AED), supported SARI/Equity, Delhi. 
  3. International Master of Arts scholarship to study Human Rights and Social Development. Mahidol University, Thailand, Awarded by: Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) 
Peer Reviewed Book chapters:
  1. Khan, Ahmed   Abidur Razzaque, and Georgeau Nichole (2021), Returned Bangladeshi migrant workers: the need for Psychosocial support in Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, Nichole Georgeou and Anis Chowdhury (eds). COVID-19 and Bangladesh: Response, Rights and Resilience, UPL, Dhaka. 
  2. Arnab Roy Chowdhury and Ahmed Abid (2019). Emergence of ‘Protest Publics’ in South Asia: A Comparative Study of Anti-corruption and Shahbag Protest, in Nina Belyaeva, Dmitry Zaytsev, Victor Albert, (eds.) Protest Publics: New Actors of Social Change and Civic Participation, (pp.49-66), Basel, Switzerland: Springer. 
  3. Khan A. A. R. (2011). Pan Islamic Hizbut-Tahrir Network and the Public Sphere in Bangladesh: Confronting the crisis, in Mårtensson, Ulrika, Bailey, Jennifer, Ringrose, Priscilla, Dyrendal, Asbjørn (eds.), Fundamentalism in the Modern World, Volume 2: (pp.192–215), London: I.B.Tauris.  
  4. Chinachote, Chaluiwan. & Khan A. A. R. (2005). Community-based Transdisciplinary Learning: An Experience from Human Mapping Research in Nakhon Pathom, Transdisciplinary Commons, TransTeam, Mahidol University, Thailand.

 

Journal Articles: 
  1. Khan, A. A. R., Stevens, G. J., Georgeou, N., Bolton, D., & Landells, T. (2024). Economic, social and psychological drivers of labor trafficking and its impacts: A case study on returned Bangladeshi survivors. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01171968241242144
  2. Arnab Roy Chowdhury & Ahmed Abidur Razzaque Khan (2023): ‘South Asian’ Diaspora Theatre in Sydney: Cultural Politics of the Proscenium and Transforming the Mise-En- Scène, Journal of Intercultural Studies, DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2023.2247344
  3. Arnab Roy Chowdhury & Ahmed Abid (2022) Treading the border of (il)legality: statelessness, “amphibian life,” and the Rohingya “boat people” of Asia, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 23:1, 68-85, DOI: 10.1080/14649373.2022.2026595
  4. Khan A.A. R. and Akhter, H. (2021), Politics of Theatre for Human Rights: An overview of pedagogy and good practices of Janam Theatre in India. Harvest, Department of English, Jahangirnagar University. 
  5. Khan A. A. R. (2015). Public Space, Virtual Space and the Shahbagh Movement in Bangladesh:  A Critical Review. ICT for Development: Working Paper Series., ULAB, 5(2), 69–81.
Newspaper & Magazines:
  1. Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, South Asia @ Lse, The Business Standards, The Hindu, The Daliy Prothom Alo and The BDNEWS24.com