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SESLaB

Social-ecological systems (SES) LaB

About me

I am a Lecturer in Environmental Science & Sustainability at the University of Glasgow's School of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Before joining the University of Glasgow, I worked for the Institute of Geography, the University of Bern and the University of Southampton. I was the recipient of Europe's most competitive and prestigious awards Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship. 

 

I hold a PhD (2016) in Geography and Environmental Science from the University of Southampton, UK, where I specialized in interdisciplinary and social-ecological systems research. Prior to starting my PhD, I completed my MSc (2012) in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University, The Netherlands.  

Between my BSc and MSc degrees, I worked on climate change, water resources management, disaster management, wetlands and natural resources management and other environmental, development and sustainability issues in Bangladesh.

My research aims to define the limits (Tipping point, Safe and just operating space) of sustainability by understanding the complex dynamics between social and ecological systems. My research focuses mainly on the understanding of social-ecological dynamics (e.g. feedbacks, nonlinearity, delay) and how it can be applied to sustainability challenges at the local, national and global scale.

 

Thematically, my research interest spans to ecosystem services, and human wellbeing, resilience to natural hazards, climate change impacts and adaptation, water resource management, sustainable land management, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), poverty, and food security.  

On the methodological side, I use system dynamics, agent-based and participatory modelling to understand the dynamics of the social-ecological systems. In addition to the modelling approaches, I also use time series analysis through statistical and econometric methods to understand the co-evolution and relationships within and between social and ecological systems. In the case of cross-sectional analysis, I am skilled at analysing the “Household Income and Expenditure Survey” datasets collected by national governments and world bank.  

I hold a PhD (2016) in Geography and Environmental Science from the University of Southampton, UK, where I specialized in interdisciplinary and social-ecological systems research. Prior to starting my PhD, I completed my MSc (2012) in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University, The Netherlands. 
 

       Research interest and geographical focus

  • Social-ecological systems

  • System dynamics, agent-based and integrated modelling

  • Ecosystem Services and human well-being

  • Boundaries for sustainable development, tipping point, Safe and just operating space

  • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  • Risk and resilience to natural hazards

  • Climate change (Impacts and Adaptation)

  • Complexity science

  • Environment and development

  • Water resources management and poverty

  • Interdisciplinary research and sustainability challenges in Bangladesh, Kenya, Switzerland, Deltas and coastal areas (Major), South Africa, Tunisia, Vietnam (Mekong), Australia, Poland, Brazil (Amazon) and China (minor)

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Key achievements 

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie individual Fellowships 

Number of grants: 7

Publications

(Peer reviewed) 

Journal articles: 15

Book Chapters:  07

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One of the best 200 young authors: World Bank 

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Research gate

24.02

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Google Scholar Citations

 650+
h-index: 12

My Experience

Sept 2020- 

        Teaching

  • Earth System Science (DUMF 1043)

  • Research Methods for Environmental Scientists (DUMF 2024)

  • Environmental Stewardship Project (DUMF4010P)

  • Research 

Feb 2019- Aug 2020

Postdoctoral researcher (Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow)
Institute of Geography,
University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Transformation to sustainability using the safe and just operating space concept in Kenya

  •  Modelling of risk and resilience in human-natural systems.

  • System dynamic modelling and agent-based modelling

Feb 2017- Jan 2019

Postdoctoral researcher 
Institute of Geography,
University of Bern, Switzerland
  • System dynamic modelling of the social-ecological system

  • Conceptualization of risk and resilience in human-natural systems.

  • Limits to sustainable development 

  • Changes in the social-ecological systems

  • Sustainability challenges in Kenya, Tunisia and Switzerland 

Oct 2016- Jan 2017

Postdoctoral researcher 
University of Southampton, UK ‘DELTAS
  • Catalyzing action towards sustainability of deltaic systems with an integrated modeling framework for risk assessment’ CO-PI    Professor John Dearing and Professor Zoë Matthews, Geography and Environment, University of Southampton

  • Spatial-temporal changes of household-level poverty at different agro-ecological zones of Bangladesh 

  • Household Income and Expenditure (HIES) Survey data analysis

March 2015- Jan 2016

Research Fellow
PhD dissertation support fund- SANDEE (South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics)
  • Participatory modelling as the basis for modelling social-ecological systems.

Research assistant
 University of Southampton, UK

May 2012- Sept 2012

  • ESPA delta (Assessing health, livelihoods, ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in populous deltas), CO-PI Professor John Dearing, Geography and Environment, University of Southampton

  • Times series analysis of biophysical and social indicators 

Please see CV to know more about work experience before 2012

Lecturer in Environmental Science & Sustainability
School of Interdisciplinary Studies
University of Glasgow, UK 

Education 

Sept 2012- Sept 2016

PhD, Geography and Environmental Science
 University of Southampton, UK
  • PhD project: Safe Operating Spaces for Development and Ecosystem Services in Bangladesh. 

  • System dynamic modelling, long-term trends, social-ecological system, ecosystem services,  development goals (MDGs, SDGs)) and trends of human wellbeing.

  • Written 9 peer-review journal articles and 6 book chapters 

Apri 2014- Sept 2014

Visiting PhD researcher
University of Bergen, Norway
  • System dynamic modelling 

May 2012- July 2012

Post Graduate Taught Visiting Student,
Physical Geography Department, Southampton University, UK
  • Major in Environmental System Analysis. Minor in Environmental Policy

  • Dissertation Title: Integrating Ecosystem Services and Climate Change Responses in Coastal Wetlands Development Plans in Bangladesh 

  • The dissertation includes disaster and vulnerability assessment, climate projection, adaptation and cost of adaptation.

MSc in Environmental Sciences.
Wageningen University and Research center, The Netherlands

Aug 2010- July 2012

 Dec 2005- June 2009

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Environmental Science
Khulna University, Bangladesh.
  • Dissertation Title: Exploring Evidences of Climate Change in southwest Bangladesh.

  • CGPA 3.52 (67%) out of 4. 

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