Dr. Mohammad Tarikul Islam

Dr. Mohammad Tarikul Islam is a Professor of Government and Politics at Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh, recognized as an emerging political scientist and local government expert in South Asia. Before joining the university in 2014, he spent seven years with the United Nations Development Programme Bangladesh in research and project management roles. His work with the UNDP informs his current research and teaching on local government, climate negotiations, crisis, and disaster management.

Since 2019, Dr. Islam has served as a Research Guide at the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre and offered courses at the National Defense College. He contributes regularly to the South Asia Blog of LSE, Oxford Political Review, SOAS Blog, and the Institute of South Asian Studies at NUS. His publications appear in international outlets like Routledge, Elsevier, Cambridge, SAGE, Oxford, and Springer.

Notable books by Dr. Islam include "Local Government in Bangladesh," "Disaster, Governance and Development: Bangladesh Perspective," and "COVID-19 in South Asia: Its Impact on Society, Economics, and Politics." He has presented at prestigious institutions like Cambridge, LSE, SOAS, Oxford, Harvard, and various universities in Asia.

Dr. Islam is affiliated with Oxford, Harvard, Cambridge, and SOAS in various capacities. His research interests include local government, crisis management, human security, climate diplomacy, sustainable development, project management, and forced migration.