Dr. Nayeem Sultana :: Faculty Profile

Biography

Nayeem Sultana, an Anthropologist by training, is working as Professor at the Department of Development studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She holds a Ph.D. degree from the faculty of Social Sciences, University of Bonn, Germany under DAAD scholarship. The title of her Ph.D. thesis is, ‘Bangladeshi Diaspora in Peninsular Malaysia: Organizational Structure, Survival Strategies and Networks’. Dr. Sultana started her ...

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Degree Name	Group/Major Subject	Board/Institute	Country	Passing Year
Ph.D.	Development Studies	University of Bonn	Germany	2008
Masters	Anthropology	Jahangirnagar University	Bangladesh
Bachelor	Anthropology	Jahangirnagar University	Bangladesh
H.S.C	Humanities	Comilla Board	Bangladesh
S.S.C	Humanities	Comilla Board	Bangladesh

Title	Organization	Location	From Date	To Date
Department of Development Studies	Dhaka University	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Apr 2009	Present
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences	University Kebangsan Malaysia	Malaysia	Dec 2005	Jun 2006
Department of Political and Cultural Change, ZEF	University of Bonn	Germany	Aug 2004	Jul 2008
Department of Anthropology	Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology	Sylhet	Sep 1999	Oct 2008

Research Interest

Subject	Description	Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Research Methodology	Qualitative and feminist research methodology
Social Development	Social theories, approaches and issues
Anthropology and Sociology of Development	Approaches, theories, issues, alternative development approaches, cases of development failure
Gender, Diversity and Governance	Theories, approaches and selected cases
Gender and Health	Reproductive health, Socio-medical model on health and the critical approaches
Women and Gender Studies	Theories, concepts and history, Gender and development, Gender and health, gender and education, gender and migration, feminist geography
Migration and Refugee Studies	Rural-urban and international migration, return migration, migration and development, world refugee studies
Globalization, Diaspora and Development	Pattern of global flows, global diasporas and the Bangladeshi diaspora, diasporic identity construction and the crisis

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study	Title	Supervisor	Co-Supervisor(s)	Name of Student(s)	Area of Research	Current Completion
No project/research supervision is found

Project/Research Work

Subject	Project Name	Source of Fund	From Date	To Date	Collaboration
Co-Investigator of Centennial Research Grant University of Dhaka	Stigmatization of return migrants and mean-deviation vulnerability to poverty in the context of international migration hotspots in Bangladesh; a development nexus	Dhaka University			Dhaka University

Invited Talk

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Book
1	Nayeem Sultana The Bangladeshi Diaspora in Malaysia: Organizational Structure, Survival Strategies and Networks. Münster, Germany: LIT Verlag, January, 2009 .

Book Section
1	Israt Rayhan, Nayeem Sultana, Durjoy Dey, Anja Fasse and Ullah AKM Ahsan "'Return migrants: Mean-deviation vulnerability to poverty and Social insecurity in Bangladesh'." 'Handbook of Migration, International Relations and Security in Asia'. Ullah AKM Ahsan Springer Nature, 2024 .
2	Nayeem Sultana and Nazneen Sultana "'Development in Disguise. Bangladeshi Unskilled and Semi-skilled Workers in a Globalized World'." 'Fifty Years of Nation Building. Political Economy of Bangladesh’s Development'. Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir (edt.) Dhaka: University Press Limited, 2024 76-101 . View More
3	Nayeem Sultana "Redefining Diasporas. Intra and Inter-ethnic Networking in the Transnational Hubs. In Nribigganer Nanan Proshonga (Many Issues in Anthropology). Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh." 2013 .
4	Nayeem Sultana "The Dynamics of a Multi- Cultural Society along the Straits of Malacca: Networking and Integration of Migrant Bangladeshis in Malaysia. In ‘The Straits of Malacca-Knowledge and Diversity’, edited by Solvay Gerke, Hans- Dieter Evers & Anna-Katharina Hornidge.." 2008 .

Journal Article
1	Nayeem Sultana & Md. Israt Rayhan : Beyond convergence, divergence and resilience: identity construction of the second generation of the Bangladeshi diaspora in a globalised world, South Asian Diaspora Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group , pp.DOI: 10.1080/19438192.2024.2388398, Published online: 19 Aug 2024. , 2024 .
2	Lutfay Tariq Rahman, Reazul Haque, Nayeem Sultana, Tanzid Nahid Mustafa Sundrin : 'Exploring the Nexus of Exclusion, Capability, and Vulnerability of Sex Workers’ Children in Dhaka, Bangladesh', JOURNAL OF BANGLADESH STUDIES , vol.25 , no.2 Bangladesh Development Initiative, USA , pp.17-31 , 2023 .
3	ASM Juel Miah, Tariqul Islam, Anja Fasse, Iffat Anjum, KAM Morshed, M Elahi Akhter, Nayeem Sultana and Israt Rayhan : 'Social cohesion and reconciliation between the Rohingya and host communities in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh', Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal Emerald , 2023 .
4	Nayeem Sultana : The Discipline of Anthropology in the Contemporary World: Recent Dilemmas, Ongoing Dialectics and the Challenges Ahead, Journal of Indian Anthropological Society , vol.51 , pp.24-42 , 2016 .
5	Nazia Kabir : The Dynamics of Career Aspiration of Female Tertiary Level Students in Dhaka University. Dhaka University Journal of Social Sciences, 33(2): 71-84., , 2016 .
6	Joynul Abedin and Niaz Ahmed Khan : Life on Waters. A Sociological Account of the Kaibartta Community in the Juanshai Haor (Kishoreganj). Nribiggan Patrica, No.18: 63-81. Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh., , 2013 .
7	Niamot Ali Enayet : Contribution of Economic Remittances on Sustainable Human Development: A Study in Sonargaon, Bangladesh. Manpower Journal, Vol, XLVII, Nos, 2-4., , 2012 .
8	Nayeem Sultana : Re-visiting the Strength of Weak Ties: Bangladeshi Migration to Malaysia, Journal of Diaspora Studies, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Online. , vol.3(2) , pp.115-142 , 2010 .
9	Solvay Gerke : Inter-ethnic Marital Practice of Bangladeshi Diaspora-An Example of Diaspora Adaptation at This Age of Globalization. Journal of Identity and Migration Studies. 2(1): 57-81., , 2008 .
10	Nayeem Sultana : Trans-National Identities, Modes of Networking and Integration in a Multi-Cultural Society. A Study of Migrant Bangladeshis in Peninsular Malaysia. ZEF Working Paper Nr. 21, Page. 5-17., , 2007 .
11	Nayeem Sultana : National Identity, Mode of Networking and Integration of Bangladeshi Community in a Multi-cultural Society: An Empirical Study among the Migrant Bangladeshis in Peninsular Malaysia. In Akademika. Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities. 70: 77-101., , 2007 .
12	Nayeem Sultana : Anthropology in the Changing World Situation’. In: Society, Body and Environment, Articles of Anthropology, edited by Professor Dr. S.M. Nurul Alam. Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh, Page 32-39., , 2003 .
13	Nayeem Sultana : Education, Class and Gender Politics: Context- Institutional Education (Primary and Secondary Education). In: Nribiggan Patrica. Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 5: 83-102., , 2000 .
14	Md. Lutfay Tariq Rahman : Women Readymade Garment Workers and Their Sustainable Empowerment: Reality or Illusion? An Empirical Study in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Journal of Indian Anthropological Society , vol.55 , no.3 , pp.161-188 , 2020 .

Award Type	Title	Year	Country	Description
International	DAAD, BMZ and GTZ Scholarship	2004	Germany	Junior Researcher and PhD Candidate (DAAD Scholarship, ZEF, University of Bonn, Germany)
National	Young Professional Fellowship	2002	Bangladesh	Young Professional Fellowship (FOWSIA, Bangladesh Freedom Foundation)
International	UNU/IC	2002	Japan	Certificate of Completion (United Nations University, Japan)

Name & designation Dr. Nayeem Sultana Professor & Chairman

Department Department of Development Studies Faculty of Social Sciences

Email nayeem.sultana@du.ac.bd

Phone 880-2-9661900/6791