Social Work

    Faculty Profile

    Md. Fakhrul Alam

    Associate Professor

    Contact Information:

    • Office Address: Room no. 4004, 3rd Floor, D Building, SUST
    • Phone: +8801712346856
    • Email: fakhrulsust@gmail.com, fakhrul-scw@sust.edu

    Biography:

    I was born in Brahmanbaria district of Bangladesh. I passed the SSC examination in 1994 from Kheora Anandamoyee High School. Then I got admission at Sylhet MC College from where I passed the HSC examination in 1996. I completed my Undergraduate and Graduate (with First position) programs in Social Work from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet. My professional career as a teacher began at Cambridge Grammar School, Sylhet in 2005. Then I was recruited as a lecturer of Social Work in Siddeshwari Girls' College, Dhaka. After serving for two years, I worked as a Senior Officer (Probationary) for six month in the Sonali Bank Limited. In June 21, 2009, I began to work as a lecturer of Social Work in Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. My ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1910-3491

    Education:

    • BSS (Honours) and MSS in Social Work from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
    • Master of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University (ANU), Australia.

    Research Interests:

    • Street children
    • Social policies
    • Poverty and vulnerabilities
    • Gender-based violence
    • Sex work
    • Migration and refugees
    • Capability approach
    • Couple conflicts

    Active Research Project

    1. Challenges and Prospects of Field Education in Social Work: A Qualitative Study in Sylhet. (2023-24), Principal Investigator
    2. HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh: An exploratory study (2018-19 to 2020-21) (Co-investigator)

    Previous Research Project

    1. Situation Analysis of Children’s Primary Education of Tea Garden Workers: A Study Conducted in Malnicherra Tea Estate in Sylhet (Co-investigator)
    2. Psychosocial Aspects of the Tortured Married Women: A Study Conducted in Sylhet City (Co-investigator)
    3. Living with Nightmare: Street Children in Sylhet City (Co-investigator)
    4. Nature, causes and effects of dowry practice: A study on slum dwellers in Sylhet city (Co-investigator)
    5. Capability development through education: A study in ethnic communities of Sylhet region (Principal investigator)
    6. COVID-19 and Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Exploring the Risks, Vulnerabilities, Preparedness, and Challenges. (2020-21) Project ID: SS/2020/1/34
    7. Rape cases in Bangladesh: Exploring the barriers and sufferings in institutional interventions and services”. (Project ID: SS/2021/1/34) (2021-21) (Principal Investigator)
    8. Couple Conflicts and Institutional Intervention: A Qualitative Study in Sylhet”. Project ID: SS/2022/1/48 (2022-23), Principal Investigator

    External Affiliations:

    • Member of SONAK, Sylhet (An organization under Transparency International Bangladesh, Sylhet)

    Awards & Recognition:

    • Full scholarship for joining WSF-RC55 conference 2023 at the University of Melbourne, Australia
    • Scholarship for joining HDCA conference 2022 at the University of Antwerp, Belgium
    • Book prizes for obtaining First position with A- Grades in both BSS (Honours) and MSS program
    • ADB JSP scholarship for Masters program at ANU

    Journal Publications

    1. The Role of First-Line Managers in a Pandemic in Reducing the Spread of Infections and Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Rohingya Refugees
    2. COVID-19 Risks and Vulnerabilities of Street-connected Children: A Qualitative Study in Bangladesh
    3. Managing the Pandemic in the South Asian (SAARC) Countries
    4. In-Depth Semi-Structured Interviewing: Researching Domestic Violence as a Public Health Issue in Bangladesh. (Case) (2020). DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529719840
    5. The outbreak of COVID-19, response, and the vulnerabilities of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. (2020). International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 14 (06), 259-284.
    6. Living with risks of abuse, harassment, and vulnerabilities: Explaining the experience of female sex workers in Sylhet. (2020). SUST Journal of Social Sciences,31(1), 23-50.
    7. Community-Based Interventions for Vulnerable Women: a Case of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust. (2020). Global Social Welfare, 7, 327–337.
    8. Researching domestic violence in Bangladesh: Critical reflections. (2018). Ethics and Social Welfare, 12(4), 314-329.
    9. Psychosocial effects of domestic violence and implications for social work practice in Bangladesh. (2017). Bangladesh Journal of Social Work, 3(1), 1-22.
    10. Domestic Violence in Sylhet, Bangladesh: Analysing the Experiences of Abused Women. (2016). Social Change, 46 (1), 106-123.
    11. Causes and Contexts of Domestic Violence: Tales of Help-Seeking Married Women in Sylhet, Bangladesh. (2015). Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 9(2), 163-176.
    12. Experiencing vulnerability, abuse, and deception: Why women in Sylhet City of Bangladesh enter into prostitution. (2014). International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice, 2(3), 66-75.
    13. Micro social work practice in the context of Bangladesh. (2013). SAMAJA KARYADA HEJJEGALU (Journal of Social Work): Communitarian Social Work- Building Resilient Communities (Special Issue), 13(8), 103-120.
    14. The socio-economic condition of the day laborer women: A study on Sylhet city. (2011). SUST Studies, 13(1), 42-59. (In Bangla Language).
    15. Tea estate labourers in Bangladesh. (2009). Social Science Review, 26(2), 36-52.
    16. Community based fisheries management (CBFM) in Sunamganj district of Bangladesh: The nature of cooperation and conflicts. (2007). Bangladesh Journal of Fisheries Research, 11(1), 93-104.

    Conference Proceedings

    1. Exploring the contexts of primary education in Malnicherra Tea Estate of Sylhet district, Indigenous Community and Environment of Sylhet, 1st Convention, Proceedings and Papers (pp. 172-190). (2013). Dhaka: Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA).

    Teaching

    • Social policy
    • Rural Development
    • Gender and social work practice
    • Research methods
    • Poverty
    • Family and child welfare
    • Social Problem analysis
    • Social Work Practice with Migrants and Refugees
    • History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh

    Graduate Supervision

    1. Poverty and Tea Estate Labourers: A Qualitative Study in Lakkatura Tea Estate. (Master's thesis completed)
    2. Social and Economic Effects of Domestic Violence on Abused Women: A Study in Sylhet City (Master's thesis completed)
    3. Survival Strategies of Young Widows in Sylhet: A Qualitative Study (Master's Thesis, Continuing)