Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Dhaka
01, Nov 1996
31-12-1996
Research Interest
Subject
Description
Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Digital Disinformation
Disinformation in social media - Fake news, Hate speech, Deep Fake, Misinformation, Malinformation; Online disinformation to Bolster Religion and/or ethnicity based singular identity; Imprtant of Digital Hygine; How to Combat Digital Disinformation?
Governance
Local governance; Water governance
Election
Use of money, muscle and religious sentiment in elections; Debates on election-time caretaker government in Bangladesh.
Violent Extremism (VE)
Failure of the secular forces and growth of VE, Preventing violent extremism (PVE) and social cohesion.
Political Secularism
Separation of politics and religion, Soft and Hard secularism, Experiment with secularism in Bangladesh
Democracy
Democracy deficit in Bangladesh, Ray of Hope and Challenges of democracy in South Asia, Liberal Democracy and Neo-liberalism .
Civil Society
Understanding of the differences between traditional civil society and NGO civil society.
Identity politics
The rise of identity politics. How it impacts decision making, minority communities, and election results?
Project/Research Supervision
Level of Study
Title
Supervisor
Co-Supervisor(s)
Name of Student(s)
Area of Research
Current Completion
Ph.D.
Delta-MAR: Hydrogeological, Technical and Governance Prerequisites for Sustainable Water Supply Through MAR Systems in Urbanizing Deltas, applied to Bangladesh.
Frank van Laerhoven, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Shantanu Majumder
Muhammad Badrul Hasan
Governance
2021
M.Phil
Analysis of the importance of Human Rights: Case study Bangladeshin Good Governance
Shantanu Majumder
Md. Ataul Islam
Human Rights and Good Governance
Current Year
M.Phil
Internal Democracy in Major Political Parties: A case study of Bangladesh since 2001
Shantanu Majumder
Md. Maniruzzaman Mamun
Bangladesh Political Parties
Current Year
M.Phil
Religion in politics and state affairs: A comparative study on Bangladesh and India 2001-present
Shantanu Majumder
Sharif Noorjahan
Religion in Politics
Current Year
Project/Research Work
Subject
Project Name
Source of Fund
From Date
To Date
Collaboration
Covid-19 and Faith Groups
Independent Research
N/A
01-08-2022
N/A
Rumor-Control
Countering Rumors in Bangladesh: Challenges and the Way Forward
CGS-CTTC, DMP
01-01-2022
30-06-2021
DU-CTTC, Bangladesh
Violent Extremism (C0- Team Lead)
Violent extremism, gender equality and social cohesion: The Bangladesh case study
UN Women
26-06-2019
26-06-2019
Gender Analysis
Gender Analysis of Operation Plans (OP) in Health, Population and Nutrition (HPN) sector in Bangladesh
Government of Bangladesh
06-02-2018
30-06-2018
Water governance (co-supervisor)
Delta-MAR: Hydrogeological, Technical and Governance Prerequisites for Sustainable Water Supply Through MAR Systems in Urbanizing Deltas, applied to Bangladesh.
NWO, The Dutch Governemt
01-12-2015
31-12-2021
Dhaka University, Utrecht University, Delft University
Invited Talk
SL
Invited Talk
1
SL
Collaboration & Membership Name
Type
Membership Year
Expire Year
No Collaboration &
Membership is found
Book
1
Shantanu Majumder
The Future of Liberal Democracy in Bangladesh after the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Dhaka: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Bangladesh, 2021 .
Shantanu Majumder "Secularism and Anti-secularism."
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh. Ali Riaz and Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman edited London: 2016 40-51 .
2
Shantanu Majumder "Local Government Election: Instrument for Governance."
Local Governance and Decentralization in Bangladesh. Abul Barakat et al Dhaka: 2015 223-233 .
3
Shantanu Majumder "People's Participation in Local Governance."
Local Governance and Decentralization in Bangladesh. Abul Barakat et al Dhaka: 2015 205-222 .
4
Shantanu Majumder "What was Wrong in Bangladesh Before the Army Intervention in Politics and State Affairs in 2007."
Political Institutions and Conflict: Essays from Bangladesh and India. Imtiaz Ahmed et al New Delhi: 2015 207-222 .
5
Shantanu Majumder "Parbatya Chattagram Jana Shanhati Somity (PCJSS)."
Banglapedia. Sirajul Islam (Chief Editor) Dhaka: The Asiatic Society, 2003 .
Journal Article
1
Muhammad Badrul Hasan, Peter PJ Driessen, Shantanu Majumder, Annelies Zoomers and Frank van Laerhoven : A Community Management Plus Model for the Governance of Rural Drinking Water Systems: A Comparative Case Study of Pond Sand Filter Systems in Bangladesh,
International Journal of the Commons (impact factor:1.792) , vol.14 , no.1 , 2020
.
2
Shantanu Majumder: Three Mandatory “M” in the Elections of Bangladesh,
The Indian Journal of Political Science , vol.LXXX , no.3 , pp.451-458 , 2019
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Muhammad Badrul Hasan, Peter PJ Driessen, Shantanu Majumder, Annelies Zoomers and Frank van Laerhoven : Factors affecting consumption of water from a newly introduced safe drinking water system: the case of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) systems in Bangladesh,
Water (impact factor:2.069) , vol.11 , no.12 , 2019
.
4
Shantanu Majumder: Apparently Insignificant: A Brief Analysis of Less Discussed Obstacles to Bangladesh-India Relationship,
Bangladesh Political Science Review , vol.13 , no.1 , pp.32-38 , 2017
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5
Shantanu Majumder: It Will Take Time for Sure: An Analysis of Democracy Deficit in South Asia,
Bangladesh Political Science Review , vol.12 , no.1 , pp.40-51 , 2016
.
6
Shantanu Majumder: Rastra Vasa Andolone Tajuddin Ahmad: Ekti Sankhiptha Parjalochana ( State Language Movement and Tajuddin Ahmed: A Brief Analysis)),
Samaj, Orthonity o Rastra (Society Economy and State) , pp.123-130 , 2015
.
7
Shantanu Majumder: Tottabodhyak Sarker Prosonge Sushil Samaj: Ekti Parjalochana (Bangladesh Civil Society on Caretaker Government: A Review),
Samaj Nirikkhon , no.128 , pp.1-17 , 2014
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8
Shantanu Majumder: Understanding Political Secularism in a Comparative Perspective: analyses of the experiments in France, the USA, Turkey and India,
of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh , vol.58 , no.2 , pp.217-237 , 2013
.
9
Shantanu Majumder: NGO-Donors Partnership and Decaying of the Traditional Civil Society: The Experience of Bangladesh in the Post-military Era,
Identity, Culture, Politics: an Afro-Asian Dialogue , vol.7 , no.1&2 , pp.150-158 , 2006
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10
Shantanu Majumder: Soldiers and the Myth of Democracy: A study of the democratic transition program in Nigeria and Pakistan,
The Dhaka University Studies , vol.59-60 , no.1 , pp.145-162 , 2003
.
11
Shantanu Majumder: Working of the Parliament of Bangladesh,
Bangladesh Political Science Review , vol.1 , no.1 , pp.151-166 , 2001
.
12
Shantanu Majumder: Sreni Tatta: Nicos Poulantzas O Erik Olin wright ar Tatta Bishlashan (Class Theory: Analysis of the Theory of Nicos Poulantzas and Erik Olin Wright),
Samaj Nirikhaan , no.79 , pp.52-63 , 2001
.
13
Shantanu Majumder: Adhunikata o Uttar Adhunikata (Modernism and Post-modernism),
Rajnity-Orthonity Journal , pp.11-17 , 1999
.
14
Shantanu Majumder: Response to Post-modernism in Bangladesh,
Journal of Asian Studies , 1997
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