01 / MIGRATION
Migration & integration
Migration and development, settlement experiences, newcomer wellbeing and transnational knowledge.
Research
Social questions.
Human consequences.
Exploring the relationships between migration, social conditions and wellbeing through research in Bangladesh and Canada.
02 / HEALTH
Mental health & wellbeing
Social determinants of physical and mental health, food insecurity, stress and social support.
03 / SOCIETY
Inequality & social change
Race, ethnicity, multiculturalism and social development, using quantitative and sociological approaches.
Research projects
Questions in focus.
Stress, Social Support, and Mental Health Among Internal Migrants
A quantitative analysis of internal migrants living in Sylhet City.
Principal Investigator · With Nazia Zabin
Funded by SUST University Research Centre
Prevalence and Determinants of Depression
Research among people living in Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Principal Investigator · With Nazia Zabin
Funded by SUST University Research Centre
What we know and what we do
Examining perceptions of mental health among people living in rural Bangladesh.
Principal Investigator · With Mohammad Mostufa Kamal
Funded by SUST University Research Centre
Social support and mental health
A quantitative study of gender and rural–urban variability in the stress-buffering effect of social support in Sylhet.
Principal Investigator · With Dr. Md. Kamrul Hasan
Food insecurity, social support and mental health
Examining the mediating and moderating effects of social support among people living in Sylhet.
Principal Investigator · With Mohammad Mostufa Kamal
Funded by SUST University Research Centre
Transnational Flows of Agricultural Knowledge
Research on agricultural knowledge moving across national and social contexts.
Principal Investigator · With Royden Loewen
Funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Community perspectives on ecotourism
A case study of community-based ecotourism in Lawachora National Park, Sylhet.
Co-Investigator · With Abul Fazal Mohammad Zakaria
Funded by SUST University Research Centre
Public engagement
Research in conversation.
Selected media appearances listed in the academic CV.