Department of Sociology
Faculty
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social SciencesAddress
A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
Being awarded the prestigious HKPFS by RGC of Hong Kong, at present Rasel Hussain is a DPhil researcher at Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong and he is also serving as a academic Staff at the Department of Sociology and Social Policy. He is also the Senior Lecturer at East West University in the Department of Sociology. He used to work as a Founding Moderator of the East West University Sociology Club. Earlier he was working as a Consultant of REACH, University of Oxford and Coventry University, the United Kingdom from April 2018- March 2019. Before that, he was teaching at Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) and Asian University Bangladesh (AUB) as a faculty of Sociology. Rasel Hussain Completed Master of Social Sciences (MSS) and Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSS) in Sociology from the discipline of Sociology, University of Dhaka.
He developed his expertise in the field of Urban Sociology, Demography, Gender studies, and Gerontology. His research interest falls in the arenas of Urban Economy, crime, hazards, violence, poverty and marginality, Poverty and Gender studies, Demography and Gerontology and so on. He had handful of experiences about field research in connection with different INGO’s and NGO’s including icddr,b, Unicef, Save the Children, Nielsen, Plan International, Ministry of Health, University Grant Commission(UGC), Bangladesh Medical Research Council(BMRC) and so on and thus gathered experience in both quantitative and qualitative research.
Mr. Hussain published his research articles from the reputed journal at home and abroad. He also participated in different national and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and pieces of training including Bangladesh, United Kingdom, Vietnam, India, Bhutan and so on. Currently, he is doing his research on information based economy, Masculinity and suicide in the context of South Asian Societies. His academic credentials, research experiences, pieces of training, ICT literacy and other extra-curricular activities fully demonstrate his candidature to be a lifetime student of Sociology to serve the nation and as a Researcher to promote the earth for sustainable development.
- Academic Staff in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong. (September 2020- Present)
- Senior Lecturer of Sociology (January, 2017 - Present) {Study Leave}
Department of Sociology, East West University (EWU) - Lecturer in Sociology (October, 2015 – January, 2017)
Department of Economics, Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) - Lecturer (Adjunct) (January, 2015 – December, 2015)
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB) - Consultant (April 2018- March 2019)
REACH, University of Oxford and Coventry University, United Kingdom
Public Lives, Private Water: a study of Gender, Water and Empowerment among Ready-Made Garment Women Workers in Dhaka. - Research Coordinator (September 2015- December 2015)
University Grant Commission (UGC)
Project Name: Program self-assessment 2015, Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka. - Research Assistant (July 2015-September 2015)
Government of the people’s republic of Bangladesh and Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)
Project Name: City Region Development Project (CRDP). - Research Assistant (March 2014 - November 2014)
The Nielsen Company (Bangladesh) Limited.
Project Name: Baseline Survey for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) Project and Evaluation of Pirgonj ADP Project, Baseline Survey of Urban Resilience Bangladesh. - Researcher (January 2013 - June 2013)
University Grand Commission (UGC)
Project Name: The economic and social impact of social forestry: A study on the rural women in Bangladesh
Academic and Research Interest:
- Urban Sociology (Economy, Crime, Hazards, Violence, Poverty, and Marginality)
- Poverty and Gender Studies, Masculinity and Suicide
- Demography and Gerontology
- Hussain, R., Saha, A.K. (2022). Street-based Female Sex Workers and Their Vulnerabilities: A Study in the Municipalities of Bangladesh. Journal of Social Health (February, 2022), Volume 5, Issue 1. ISSN 2651-6837. University of Santo Tomas, Philippine.
- Hussain R. (2021). Information Economy, Employment Vulnerability, and the Emergence of New Urban Marginality in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. In: Huong L.T.T., Pomeroy G.M. (eds) AUC 2019. Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5608-1_40
- Hussain, R. (2019). City, Informality and Poverty: The Polarization of the Street Vendors in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Italian Sociological Review,9 (3), PP.413-430. [DOI: 10.13136/isr.yi3.249]
- Hussain, R., & Yesmin, T.S, (2018), Unusual and unnecessary C-Section practices in Bangladesh: Violation of respect for autonomy principle and absence of social equity in health care system. Social Science Review, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D, Volume 35, Number-2, December 2018, PP 247-260, ISSN 1562-269X.
- Pervin, I., Hussain, R. (2018), Web Technology and the Changing Pattern of Relationship: A Study on Urban Youth in Dhaka City, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) |Volume II, Issue XII, December 2018|ISSN 2454-6186
- Yesmin, T.S, Hussain, R. (2018). Child Murder Issues in Bangladesh: Reasoning from Socio-Ethical Observation. ‘Society and Change’ a Social Science Journal Vol. XII, No.2, April-June 2018, ISSN :1997-1052 (Print), 227-202X (Online): pp37-48.
- Hussain, R., (2015); The Emerging Digital Culture of Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects; Journal of Philosophy, Culture and Religion; ISSN 2422-8443; An International Peer-reviewed Journal; Vol.6, 2015, P: 18-24.
- Hussain, R., Saha, A. K., Rabbani, G., Pervin, I., Shamma, W.T., & Khan, S.H., (2015); State and the Low Cost Housing for the Poor: Fall of BashentekRehabilitation Project (BRP) in Dhaka City: Bangladesh; Journal of Education and Practice; ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper), ISSN 2222-288X (Online); Vol.6, No.13, 2015
- Saha, A. K., Hussain, R., Rabbani, G., Pervin, I., Shamma, W. T., & Khan, S.H., (2015); Anti-pornography Act (2012) and the Current Behavior, Knowledge Status and Opinion poll: A study on the Students of University of Dhaka; Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, ISSN 2224-3240 (Paper) ISSN 2224-3259 (Online)Vol.36, 2015
- Hussain, Rasel (2014); The Hidden Misery of the Marginal group of People: The Case of Street Vendors in Dhaka City; writerscafe.org
- Hussain, Rasel (2015); State, Informality and Urban Marginality: The miseries of street vendors; LAP (Lambert Academia Publishing); ISBN:978-3-659-67628-4.66121, Saarbrucken, Deutschland/Germany.
- Hussain, R. (2022). Educational institutes dealing with Covid-19 pandemic: Experiences from Bangladesh. 22nd Annual Conference: Global Crises, Alternative Futures. Hong Kong Sociological Association, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. January 8, 2022.
- Hussain, R. (2021). Child marriage and school dropout in Bangladesh during Covid-19: Challenges for youth education sustainability. China and Higher education conference (ChinaHE21 Hong Kong Session). Education and SDGs: Promoting Quality Education for All. Organized by Manchester University in collaboration with Lingnan University. Hong Kong, 6th December.
- Shova, T.Y, Hussain, R. (2021). Integration and recognition of Asian Immigrants: A critical Exposition on Will Kymlicka's Polyethnic Rights. The 12th International Convention of Asia Scholars: Creating a Global Future. Kyoto, Japan, 24-28 Aug 2021. https://www.eventscribe.net/2021/ICAS12/agenda.asp?BCFO=M&pfp=Browse%20By%20Day&tn=&cpf2=&cus2=&pta=&all=1&mode=
- Hussain, R. (2021). Information Economy, Employment Vulnerability and the Development of New Urban Marginality: A Case of Bangladesh. Postgraduate Conference on Interdisciplinary Learning: Re-Imagining Postgraduate Studies in the 21st Century and Beyond. 26-27 March 2021. Organized by Lingnan University, School of Graduate Studies & University Grants Committee. Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.
- Hussain, R., Shimul, S.M.A.K (2021). Women and the Transition across State Boundaries: The Warps and Woofs of National Labor Exporting Policies of Bangladesh and the Reality. ESA RN 35 “Sociology of Migration” – Midterm Conference. Towards Reflexivity in Migration Studies. Knowledge Production in Times of Contested Politics and Post-Colonial Dynamics. 21-22 January 2021. In collaboration with the IMISCOE Standing Committee “Reflexivities in Migration Studies”.
- Hussain, R. (2020). Challenges, Opportunities, and Responses to and by Higher Education institute amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, Higher Education Research(CHER,2020), “Innovations of Higher Education Amid that Pandemic: Institutional Management, Teaching, and Research Perspectives” Organized by Lingnan University and Co-Organized by University of Bath & Durham University. Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, 13-14 November 2020.
- Hussain, Rasel (2020), Online Intolerance: Netizens Responsibility, Organized by East West University Telecommunications Club in collaboration with 'Move Foundation', 02 March 2020, CCC Lobby (EWU), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Khan, A.R, Hussain, Rasel (2020). ‘’Pathways of the Studies on Men and Masculinities in Bangladesh’’, Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences; Gender, Health, Information and the EnvironmentThe Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (FLASS) in collaboration with Life Sciences, East West University, February 27-29, 2020
- Hussain, Rasel (2019).''Information Economy, Employment vulnerability and the Emergence of New Urban Marginality in Dhaka City, Bangladesh''.15th International Asian Urbanization Conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 27-30th November 2019.
- Hussain, Rasel (2019), Women Health Issue: Reproductive Health (ARH) and Rights, Organized by East West University Sociology Club, 01 August 2019, CCC Lobby (EWU), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Hussain, Rasel, Shova, T.Y (2019). ‘’Inclination of Suicide among the University Students of Bangladesh: A Socio-Moral Investigation’’ The 1st International Conference on Social Sciences and Law, Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Law, University of Barishal on15-16 March 2019.
- Hussain, Rasel (2018). ‘’ The Alienation of Bachelor in the Metropolitan Areas: A Case of Dhaka City, Bangladesh’ ’The 1st National Conference on ‘’ Contemporary Changes in Bangladesh Society’’, Department of Sociology, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh held on May 12, 2018
- Hussain, Rasel (2018), ‘’ Information Economy and the New Urban Marginality in Dhaka City, Bangladesh’’. International Conference on ‘South Asian Sociology & Beyond’, Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, held on 19-20th January 2018.
- Hussain, Rasel, Shova, T.Y (2017) “Child Murder Issue in Bangladesh: Reasoning from Socio-Ethical Observation”. Insearch 2017: 4th International Integrative Research Conference at Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Comilla, Bangladesh held on 18-19 December 2017.
1.Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS), PhD Fellow at Lingnan University, Department of Sociology and Social Policy. Tuenmun, Hong Kong.
2. Hong Kong Sociological Association (2021-2022)
Course Outline :
- SOC 101-Introductory Sociology-Section-2 & 3.docx
- SOC 303-URBAN SOCIOLOGY-summer 19.docx
- SOC 312-social demography.docx
Class Routine:
Reviewer of the Journal of Population and Social Studies (JPSS), Published by the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand.
