Dr. Sadik Hasan

Dr. Sadik Hasan is a Professor of Public Administration at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Professor Hasan earned his PhD on impact of e-governance in Bangladesh Public Administration from the University of Sydney, Australia and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from the University of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

His research focuses mainly on governance, e-governance, e-transparency, ICT policy, South Asian politics, local government, women in South Asia, the right to information, and parliament. Professor Hasan has extensively published research articles and book chapters on those issues nationally (e.g., University Press Limited, A H Development Publishing House) and internationally (e.g., Sage, Routledge, Springer, and Palgrave Macmillan). So far, he has authored a book titled "Women in Local Government in Bangladesh" and has recently edited another book, "Contemporary Issues and Problems of Public Administration in Bangladesh," which was published in January 2025.

Beyond his research and teaching, he actively serves as a peer reviewer for prominent international journals—including Governance, Administration & Society, Sage Open, and the International Journal of Electronic Governance—and evaluates book proposals and manuscripts for leading global publishers such as Springer Nature, Palgrave Macmillan, Bloomsbury, and Peter Lang.

Professor Hasan has long experience of conducting academic research, commissioned research, and assessing and evaluating different public and private sector projects and programs for various government agencies, e.g., Governance Innovation Unit, Prime Minister's Office; ICT Division, Anti-Corruption Commission, etc and development partners, e.g., UNDP, UNICEF, World Bank, USAID BMEL Activity, European Union Delegation, Asian Development Bank (ADB), etc.

Professor Hasan can be reached at s.hasan@du.ac.bd