SESLaB

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.

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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.  

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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.  

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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.