Projects

Major Research Grants

[10] Principal Investigator: “Politics of Denial and Non-Recognition of Genocide“; £300,000 funded by the British Academy; April 2024 – April 2026.

[9] Co-Investigator: “Earth Observation for High-Impact Multi-Hazards Science (EO4MULTIHAZARDS)“; €1 million funded by the European Space Agency (ESA); September 2023 – September 2025 (UCL share: €144,000).

[8] Project Manager: “Resilient Futures for the Rohingya Refugees“; £500,000 funded by the Royal Society (Grant Scheme: Challenge-led Grants); 27 March 2019 – 30 April 2023.

[7] Project Manager: “Rohingya Journeys of Violence and Resilience in Bangladesh and its Neighbours: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives“; £300,000 funded by the British Academy (Grant Scheme: Sustainable Development Programme 2018); September 2018 – June 2021.

[6] Project Manager: “The Rohingya Exodus: Issues and Implications for Stability, Security and Peace in South Asia“; £50,000 funded by the British Academy (Grant Scheme: Tackling the UK’s International Challenges 2017); January 2018 – March 2019.

[5] Researcher–Investigator: “INSPIRE: Indonesia School Programme to Increase Resilience“; £120,000 funded by the Newton Fund Institutional Links Programme and British Council in the UK; March 2018 – December 2019.

[4] Project Manager: “Response of Disasters through Resilience: Addressing Extreme Climatic Disasters to Annihilate the Insecurity of Food, Nutrition and Livelihood – A Study on Disaster Affected Areas in Bangladesh“; £100,000 funded by the UNDP China and International Center for Collaborative Research on Disaster Risk Reduction (ICCR-DRR), Beijing, China; January – December 2017.

[3] Researcher–Investigator: “Increasing Resilience to Environmental Hazards in Border Conflict Zones“; £170,000 funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC); January – December 2017.

[2] Project Manager: “Evaluation of the Vulnerability to Resilience (V2R) Programme“; £20,000 funded by the British Red Cross (BRC); January – May 2016.

[1] Project Coordinator: “Developing a Dynamic Web-GIS based Early Warning System for the Communities Living with Landslide Risks in Chittagong, Bangladesh“; US$25,000 funded by the USAID and NASA. Implemented by BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety (BUET-JIDPUS), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET); June 2014 – September 2015.

Small Grants

[5] UCL Global Engagement Funds (2021-22):

Lead-Applicant: Climate Crisis, Human Migration and Security Threats: A Critical Assessment. [£3,000]

[4] UCL Global Engagement Funds (2020-21):

Lead-Applicant: Climate Change and Migration in Times of COVID-19 in Bolivia. [£3,000]

[3] UCL Grand Challenges of Human Wellbeing Small Grants Fund (2019-20):

Co-Applicant: Enhancing Rohingya children’s learning, health and well-being at refugee camps in Bangladesh. [£7,500]

[2] UCL Global Engagement Fund (2018-19):

(a) Lead Applicant: Assessing Environmental and Societal Impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis in Uzbekistan. [£2,000]

(b) Co-Applicant: Exploration of Education and Recreation Intervention for the Well-Being of Rohingya Children in Refugee Camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. [£2,000]

[1] Mentor: “Assessing Landcover Changes in Hilly Regions and the Implications for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Chittagong City, Bangladesh“; funded by the MyCOE/SERVIR Fellowship Program in the Himalayas; International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal; February – December 2013. [US$2,000]