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1 1 DR MD SELIM REZA Assistant Professor and Coordinator Development Studies Asian University for Women Room no. H614 20/H M. M. Ali Road Chittagong-4203, Bangladesh Phone: Fax: Summary of qualifications I am an Assistant Professor and Coordinator in Development Studies at the Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh. I teach and research theories and practices of development and migration, mobility and development courses. I completed Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in July 2018 from Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. My PhD research was about labour migration and precarious employment, theoretically positioned in the discourse of neoliberalism and Guy Standing s eminent notion of the precariat. At Flinders University, I taught undergraduate topics including LEGL1201 Law in Australian Society at the College of Business, Government and Law, SOCI2025 Sociological Research: Design, Methods and Ethics at the School of Social and Policy Studies and LEGL1102 Contentious Justice Issues at the Flinders Law School. I completed a full year Academic Internship Programme for Doctoral Students 2017 run by the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at Flinders University. I also participated in a special professional development session run by the Australian federal government funded Smart Casual project for sessional law teachers. In addition, I volunteered as a mentor for the Migration Support Programmes at Australian Red Cross in Adelaide and a peer mentor for the Flinders University UniAccess Mentoring Programme. Before commencing PhD at Flinders University, I was a Research and Communications Officer for the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh and worked for the Migrating out of Poverty Research Programme Consortium based in the University of Sussex, UK. In 2013, I was awarded a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship in the UK. After postgraduate studies in International Relations from the University of Dhaka, I started my career as a volunteer and field researcher for Young Researchers Forum (YRF) and subsequently became Research Associate at RMMRU. In these positions, I conducted focus group discussions, household surveys and in-depth interviews, led a team of researchers, supervised research assistants in data analysis, and drafted many research reports, journal articles, conference papers and other presentations. I wrote a policy background paper on migration sector in Bangladesh as a consultant for the World Bank. I have gained comprehensive field research experiences in Bangladesh, Thailand, Maldives, Malaysia, Qatar and Sri Lanka. My professional experiences span applied research, data analysis, project management and research communication in migration, poverty and development, and other sociological research issues. I have attended and presented papers in many workshops, conferences and seminars. In 2016, I published a peer-reviewed paper titled Hyper-individualized recruitment: Rural-urban labour migration and precarious construction work in Bangladesh in the journal of Migration, Mobility, & Displacement published from the University of Victoria, Canada. This publication was awarded the Flinders University Best Research Higher Degree Student Publications Award in February 2017.

2 Academic history Year Degree Subject Thesis/Area of study University/Institute Result Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Migration, Labour, Work and Employment Rural-Urban Labour Migration, Recruitment Practices and Precarious Employment: The Case of Construction Workers in Bangladesh Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia Passed Master of Social Sciences (MSS) International Relations International Security; International Political Economy; Globalisation Studies, and Southeast Asian Studies University of Dhaka, Bangladesh First Class, (First Position) Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSS) International Relations Refugee, Migrants and Displaced; State, Civil Society and Human Rights; International History; Political Science; International Institutions; International Law; Strategic Studies; Mass Communication; Geography; Foreign Policy Analysis; Research Methodology and Statistics; Bangladesh in International Affairs, International Negotiation and Diplomacy University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Second Class Higher Secondary School (HSC) Humanities Notre Dame College, Dhaka, Bangladesh First Division Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Science Alamdanga High School, Jessore, Bangladesh First Division 2

3 Professional development and fellowship I have attended many professional development courses during my PhD. These courses were on Microsoft Office programmes, Research proposal writing, Literature review, Statistics and mixed methods research, Qualitative data analysis and special data analysis softwares such as SPSS and NVivo. In 2013, I was awarded the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, UK. The UK-based University of Sussex hosted me for three months. The main objective of this fellowship was to get training and abilities to do my job of communicating research findings to key stakeholders at national, regional and international levels better. It has strengthened my technical abilities through learning more about research uptakes and engaging with representatives in the UK from different stakeholder groups with whom I engage in Bangladesh. The fellowship programme aimed to build my professional network of contacts; enhance my competence to design, deliver and sustain communication skills and develop the key skills of research communication in development research within and beyond the organisations. It was successful in transferring skills, broadening my experience and exchanging experience with key audiences: research and communications teams within the University of Sussex and other research organisations, advocacy focused non-governmental organisations; media houses and professionals; UK-based Diaspora and migrant organisations and UK policy makers. I got the opportunity to visit UK offices of BBC Media Action, Sunrise Radio, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, BRAC UK, The Arbour, C4D etc. International media profile I was quoted by the Guardian as researcher in the cover migration stories on: a) Bangladesh's women take rocky road to India in search of freedom and cash on 31 January 2013 ( b) Debts, dreams and middle men haunt Bangladeshi migrants jailed abroad on 7 January 2013 ( I was also quoted by the Haveeru, the national daily of Maldives on 18 December 2012; The International Migrants Day Press Conference in Maldives ( During my PhD candidature at Flinders University, I have written few newspaper articles in Bangladeshi leading newspapers in Bangla, my native language. These articles were written on issues surrounding labour migration and precious employment which are core issues that my proposed PhD project is looking into. On 6 February 2015 the online In Daily published a special feature on me on the basis of the articles with a title Law grad harnesses power of print in Bangladesh ( The website of Flinders University also carried out the feature in its news section ( These write-ups were appreciated by the Bangladeshi policy circles and academia saying that these had the ability to help achieve a positive impact to establish social justice in Bangladesh. Academic internship and training In 2017, I completed a full year Academic Internship Programme for Doctoral Students run by the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, Flinders University. The programme comprised 11 workshops, 3

4 innovative teaching and peer review of teaching quality through a full academic year. The certificate presentation ceremony was held on 22 November I attended a special professional development programme for sessional law teachers. It was an Australian federal government funded initiative focused on developing professional development for law teachers, by law teachers. The session was run by three members of the Smart Casual project: Associate Professor Mary Heath (Flinders University Law School), Associate Professor Kate Galloway (Bond University Law Faculty) and Associate Professor Anne Hewitt (University of Adelaide Law School). The workshop was held at Flinders University at Victoria Square, Adelaide on 5 July Awards 2017: The Best RHD Student Publication Award, Flinders University, Australia 2014: International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS), Flinders University, Australia 2014: Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), Flinders University, Australia 2013: Commonwealth Professional Fellowship, Department for International Development (DFID), UK 2012: Diplomacy Training Program, University of New South Wales, Australia Work experience Duration Employer Designation Semester 1, 2018 College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University Casual Academic Teacher (Topic: LEGL1201 Law in Australian Society) Semester 1, 2017 School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University Casual Academic Teacher (Topic: SOCI2025 Sociological Research: Design, Methods and Ethics) Semester 2, 2016 School of Law, Flinders University Casual Academic Teacher (Topic: LEGL1102 Contentious Justice Issues) March 2012 to February 2014 Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. I worked for the Migrating out of Poverty, a seven year Research Programme Consortium (RPC) led by the University of Sussex, UK and funded by the UK s Department for International Development ( ty.dfid.gov.uk/) Research and Communications Officer 4

5 November 2010 to March 2012 Jan 2009 to November 2010 June 2008 to May 2009 Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), Dhaka, Bangladesh Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), Dhaka, Bangladesh Young Researchers Forum (YRF), A student wing of research at RMMRU, Dhaka, Bangladesh Research Associate Junior Programme Officer Coordinator Volunteering experience From February to June 2018, I worked as a mentor for the Migration Support Programmes at Australian Redcross, Adelaide. From January to July 2017, I worked as a disability mentor at the Health, Counselling and Disability Services at Flinders University. This was a peer mentoring scheme run by the Flinders University UniAccess Mentoring Programme. Field-based Research Experience Research Consultant I worked as a research consultant on Migration Sector Review in Bangladesh project supervised by a leading education economist at the World Bank Head Quarter and commissioned by the World Bank, Dhaka Office; Co-researcher I worked as a co-researcher on Impact of Migration on Poverty: the Case of Construction Workers in Bangladesh jointly with Professor C R Abrar, commissioned by the Migrating out of Poverty Consortium, University of Sussex, UK, 2014 (interviewed 150 migrant workers and 150 households in Bangladesh). I worked as a co-researcher on Identifying Gaps and Challenges in Decision Making Process of International Labour Migration: Bangladesh Case jointly with Professor C R Abrar, commissioned by the Asia Foundation (TAF) in Dhaka, 2012 (interviewed 200 migrant workers in four districts of Bangladesh). Team Leader (Research) I worked as a team leader (research) in a collaborative research study on Impact of migration on poverty: The case of construction workers of India, Nepal and Bangladesh from October December 2012 (led seven Research Assistants, interviewed 200 construction workers in ten work sites of Dhaka city and 160 households of construction workers in origin areas). I worked as a team leader (research) in a comprehensive research study on Climate Induced Displacement from June 2012-October 2012 (led 15 Research Assistants, interviewed 1,600 climate change affected migrants in five natural disaster-prone districts of Bangladesh). 5

6 Research Associate I worked as a Research Associate in a collaborative research study on Institutional Strengthening of the Office of Labour Attaches: The case of Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, jointly coordinated by RMMRU, Dhaka and the University of Sussex, UK. Conducted fieldwork in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Qatar (June to December 2012). I worked as a Research Associate in a research study on Governance and Management of International Migration in Bangladesh commissioned by World Bank, November-December Research Assistant I worked as a Research Assistant of Young Researchers Forum (YRF) on Migration of the Female Street Workers and Their Livelihood in Dhaka City under supervision of RMMRU, University of Dhaka in 2008 (interviewed 100 female street workers). Publications Peer-reviewed journal article (2016) Hyper-individualized recruitment: Rural-urban labour migration and precarious construction work in Bangladesh. Migration, Mobility, & Displacement, 2(2), Policy briefs (2014) Emic Perspectives on Brokering International Migration for Construction from Bangladesh to Qatar, Publisher: Migrating out of Poverty Consortium, University of Sussex, UK. (2014) Internal Migrant Workers and the Construction Sector in Bangladesh: Tackling Informality and Exploitative Labour Practices, Publisher: Migrating out of Poverty Consortium, University of Sussex, UK. (2014) Labour Migration from Bangladesh 2013: Achievements and Challenges, Publisher: RMMRU, Dhaka. Policy background paper (2013) Migration Sector in Bangladesh; The World Bank Dhaka Office, Dhaka. Empirical research reports (2014) Institutional Strengthening of the Office of Labour Attaché: Research Findings from Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka (Assisted the lead researchers and drafted sections on Bangladesh). (2013) Labour Migration trends and Patterns: Bangladesh, India, and Nepal 2013 (Assisted Professor C R Abrar in data analysis and report writing), Publisher: The Asia Foundation, Nepal. (2012) Climate Change Induced Migration in Bangladesh (Assisted Professor Tasneem Siddiqui), RMMRU with support of Sussex Centre for Migration Research, UK and Climate Development Knowledge Network (CDKN). (2010) Targeting Good Governance: Incorporation of Migration in the 6 th Five-Year Plan, (Assisted Professor Tasneem Siddiqui), RMMRU study, Dhaka. Magazine articles (2014) Global Food Business and Multinational Companies, Publisher: Sangskriti, Dhaka, (2013) Climate Change Induced Migration: Future Challenges and Opportunities for Bangladesh, Publisher: The Foreign Affairs Insights and Reviews (FAIR), Issue no. 4; Volume no. 1; Dhaka. 6

7 Assisted working papers (2011) Assisted Professor Tasneem Siddiqui for Facing the Challenges of Labour Migration from Bangladesh, Institute of Informatics and Development, D.Net; Issue No. 4, Dhaka. (2010) Assisted Professor C R Abrar for writing Regional Consultative Process on Labour Migration from South Asia, South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS), paper no. 21,, Dhaka. Daily newspaper articles in Bengali (2014) Construction work: recruitment and precariousness; Bhorer Kagoj; 28 November. (2014) Globalisation or precariuos labour?; Bhorer Kagoj; 11 December. (2014) The need for good recruitment practise to tackle irregular migration through sea; Bhorer Kagoj; 18 December. (2014) The need for transparent and realistic recruitment framework; Bonik Barta; 18 December. (2014) Thinking migration; Bonik Barta; 28 July. Paper presentation I presented my PhD thesis Rural-urban labour migration, recruitment practices and precarious employment: The case of construction Workers in Bangladesh at the College of Business, Government and Law HDR Conference on 20 November 2017, Flinders University, South Australia, Australia. I presented a paper on Labour Migration and Precarious Construction Work in Bangladesh: Myths and Realities of Neoliberalism at the Migration and Late Capitalism Conference on 12 June 2015, University of Victoria, Canada. I presented a keynote paper on Policy gaps and challenges: Construction workers in Bangladesh jointly with Professor C R Abrar on 23 October 2013, BRAC Centre Inn, Dhaka; jointly organised by the University of Sussex, UK and RMMRU. I presented a paper jointly with Professor C R Abrar on Rural to Urban Migration: the case of Construction Workers in Bangladesh for the Global Partner Meeting held on March 2013, Jurrys Inn, Brighton, UK; jointly organised by the University of Sussex and Department for International Development (DFID), UK. I presented a paper on Irregular and Undocumented Migration for the 2 nd UN High Level Dialogue in Dhaka held on 8-9 October 2012, CIRDAP Auditorium, Dhaka, Bangladesh; jointly organised by the Migrants Forum in Asia (MFA) members in Bangladesh. Conference, training and workshops I attended the European Social Theory Intensive Masterclasses on Mobility, Identity and Globalisation, August 2017, organised by the Hawke EU Centre for Mobilities, Migrations and Cultural Transformations, University of South Australia, Australia. I attended a conference on Protecting Cultural Property in Armed Conflict, 7-8 December 2016, organised by the Australian Red Cross and the University of Adelaide, Australia. I attended the Migration and Late Capitalism Conference, June 2015; organised by the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria, Canada. 7

8 I spoke on Balance and the Professional Postgraduate and participated in the Faculty s Big Day In, 31 July 2015; organised by the Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law, Flinders University, Australia. I spoke on Your First Year: a Postgraduate Perspective and participated in the Faculty s Research Higher Degrees Induction, 10 April 2015; organised by the Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law, Flinders University, Australia. I participated in the Ethics and Integrity in Research with Humans Workshop, 1-2 December 2014; organised by Flinders University, Flinders in the City, Adelaide, South Australia. I attended 2014 Migration Update Conference, 11 September 2014, jointly organised by University of Adelaide, Flinders University, Government of South Australia and Dondunstan Foundation, Adelaide Convention Centre, Australia. I attended a seminar on Migrants, Unfree Labour, and the Legal Construction of Domestic Servitude: Migrant Domestic Workers in the UK, 1 August 2014 organised by Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide. Professor Judy Fudge, a distinguished scholar on migration and precarious labour at Kent Law School presented her research. I participated in the Research Higher Degree Mid-Candidature Intensive Workshop, May 2015; organised by Flinders University, South Australia. I completed the COMS9001 course (Communication Skills for Research Higher Degree Students) and obtained 79% marks, August-November 2014; Flinders University, South Australia. I participated in the Inception Workshop on Strengthening the Offices of Labour Attachés: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Experience, 22 June 2013, Colombo; jointly organised by the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) of India, Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) of Bangladesh and the Sri Lankan Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE). I participated in the Multi-stakeholder Consultation Workshop on the Overseas Employment Policy 2006 ; 15 May 2013; Dhaka; jointly organised by the ILO Office, Dhaka and the Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment, GOB. I participated in the National Consultation Dialogue on Overseas Employment and Migrants Bill 2013 ; 11 May 2013; University of Dhaka; jointly organised by the RPC Migrating out of Poverty, University of Sussex and RMMRU. I attended a development debate seminar on Current Efforts to Integrate Climate Change And Development ; 17 April 2013; University of Sussex, UK; jointly organised by the University of Reading, DFID and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK. I participated in a PhD students seminar on Quantitative Research ; 17 March 2013; University of Sussex; organised by the Department of Global Studies, University of Sussex; UK. 8

9 I participated in the capacity development training course on Communications for Development ; 15 March 2013; University of Westminster; UK; jointly organised by the University of Westminster and UNICEF. I participated in a development workshop on The Political Economy of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Developing Countries ; 28 February 2013; University of Sussex, UK; conducted by Professor Mathew Lockwood, Energy Policy Group, University of Exeter, UK. I participated in a seminar on Action Research for Community Adaptation in Bangladesh ; 21 February 2013; the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK. I participated in an international workshop on Migrants Rights and the UN Convention 1990 ; December 2013; Maldives; organised by the Migrants Forum in Asia (MFA). I attended 4 day training workshop on Climate Change Related Migration ; September 10- September 13, 2012, Dhaka; organised by the Development Research Centre (DRC) on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, UK. I arranged and participated in the publication ceremony of Labour Migration from Bangladesh 2012: Achievements and Challenges on 27 December This report was disseminated through a press conference. More than 20 electronic and print media covered the press conference. This report became an important information source to policy makers, activists, bankers and international development partners in understanding labour migration from Bangladesh in I attended 2 day consultation workshop on Promoting Visibility of Domestic workers and enhancing Cooperation among Stakeholders: A multi-stakeholder Consultation on ILO Convention on 189 and Recommendation 20 ; 4-5 November 2012, jointly organised by Solidarity Center, MFA members and USAID. I participated in a policy dialogue on Mandatory Bank Account for Departing Migrants, 9 September 2012; Dhaka; organised by RMMRU, University of Dhaka. I participated in a seminar on Climate Induced Refugees: Adaptation and National Policy ; 18 October 2012, Dhaka; jointly organised by EquityBD and Global Alliances on Climate Change. I attended Country Study Review Workshop on Bangladesh: Job-centred Development Strategies for a Better Economy ; organised by International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) and ILO Country Office for Bangladesh, 8 August I attended a roundtable consultation on Promoting Ethical Recruitment: Next Steps in Creating a Virtuous Cycle of Migration from South Asia ; jointly organised by the Institute of Human Rights and Business, UK, Verité, USA and RMMRU on 25 June I completed general and advanced courses on International Refugee Law ; jointly organised by the UNHCR and Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) of University of Dhaka, Dhaka; 2010; Bangladesh. 9

10 Media engagement I have spoken in a few live TV talk shows in Bangladesh. Most of the talk shows discussed on Bangladesh s contemporary development issues such as labour migration and its associated socioeconomic costs. Language skills I am fluent in English and Bangla. I have completed Junior Certificate Course (one year) and Senior Certificate Course (one year) in French from the Institute of Modern Languages (IML), University of Dhaka. I have also completed Junior Certificate Course (one year) in Russian. IT Skills I have extensive knowledge about the Microsoft Office programmes I am proficient in data analysis software SPSS. Moreover, I have obtained elementary training on advanced data analysis software i.e. Nvivo. 10