Introduction
Muhammad Badiuzzaman is currently working as Research Coordinator, at the Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac University. His area of research interest includes peace and conflict, social justice, refugee-statelessness, and political economy analysis. By training he is an economist and he has proven expertise in managing large scale surveys and analysing quantitative data by applying advanced statistical techniques. As research coordinator, he has been playing an important role in the area of partnership with academic institutions, building research capacity, donor liaison, and fund raising. He is responsible to oversee various research activities of the centre to ensure smooth implementation and quality of the works. He actively organises conference, seminar, workshops, public lecture, and policy advocacy with national and international stakeholders. Earlier, he received two research grants from the United Nations University-World Institute of Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER). As recognition to his research, he was given ‘Best Research Paper Award’ in 2010 at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in the Netherlands. He regularly publishes his research works in journals and edited volumes. Some of his notable publications are; ‘Fiscal Capacity, Democratic Institutions and Social Welfare Outcomes in Developing Countries’, Journal of Defence and Peace Economics (2020); ‘Improving Maternal Health Care in a Post Conflict Setting: Evidence from Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh’ in Journal of Development Studies (2018); and ‘Conflict and Livelihood Decisions in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh’ in an edited volume ‘Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia’ published by Springer (2016).
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Muhammad Badiuzzaman is currently working as Research Coordinator, at the Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac University. His area of research interest includes peace and conflict, social justice, refugee-statelessness, and political economy analysis. By training he is an economist and he has proven expertise in managing large scale surveys and analysing quantitative data by applying advanced statistical techniques. As research coordinator, he has been playing an important role in the area of partnership with academic institutions, building research capacity, donor liaison, and fund raising. He is responsible to oversee various research activities of the centre to ensure smooth implementation and quality of the works. He actively organises conference, seminar, workshops, public lecture, and policy advocacy with national and international stakeholders. Earlier, he received two research grants from the United Nations University-World Institute of Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER). As recognition to his research, he was given ‘Best Research Paper Award’ in 2010 at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in the Netherlands. He regularly publishes his research works in journals and edited volumes. Some of his notable publications are; ‘Fiscal Capacity, Democratic Institutions and Social Welfare Outcomes in Developing Countries’, Journal of Defence and Peace Economics (2020); ‘Improving Maternal Health Care in a Post Conflict Setting: Evidence from Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh’ in Journal of Development Studies (2018); and ‘Conflict and Livelihood Decisions in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh’ in an edited volume ‘Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia’ published by Springer (2016).
Fields of expertise: Economic policy / inclusive economic development, Health and wellbeing, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Social protection