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Asif Shahan, PhD

Asif Shahan, PhD

Senior Research Fellow

asif.shahan@bracu.ac.bd

Asif M. Shahan, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University.

He is currently a Professor at the Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka. His key areas of research are: the politics-administration relationship, the emergence, evolution, and performance of democratic political institutions especially the institutions of accountability, performance-based accountability, and the politics of policy process.

Dr. Shahan has a PhD in Political Science and a Master’s of Public Administration from George Mason University, USA.

Report

Rupture, Reform, and Reimagining Democracy: Navigating the Agony of Transition

Date: 2026

Author(s): Hassan, Dr. Mirza M.; Ahsan, Inteemum; Ananna, Rabeena Sultana; Antara, Iffat Jahan; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Nazneen, Dr. Sohela; Proma, Aishwarya Sanjukta Roy; Rahman, Sadiur; Shahan, Dr. Asif; Sultan, Maheen.

Publisher: BIGD

Report

Preserving Institutional Memory in the Bangladesh Civil Service: Existing Practices, Challenges, and the Way Forward

Date: 2025

Author(s): M Shahan, Asif; Akter, Nahida; Ahamed, Raihan; Aktar, Taslima; Rahman, Md. Sadiur

Publisher: BIGD

Working Paper

Evolution of Village Social Order in Rural Bangladesh: A 50-Year Analysis

Date: 2025

Author(s): Hassan, Mirza; Aziz; Syeda Salina; Shahan, Asif; Proma, Aishwarya Sanjukta Roy; Nur, Jahid; Tasnim, Sumaiya; Ahamed, Raihan

Publisher: BIGD

Position Paper

Suggestions for Constitutional Reform for a Functional, Accountable Democracy

Date: 2025

Author(s): M Shahan, Asif

Publisher: BIGD

Policy Brief

Delegating Authority in Bangladesh to Manage the Covid-19 Pandemic

Date: 2023

Author(s): Shahan, Asif; Rahemin, Raeesa; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Hassan, Mirza Masood

Publisher: Chronic Poverty Advisory Network

Policy Brief

The Role of Local Resources in Mitigating the Impact of Covid-19

Date: 2023

Author(s): Tafere, Yisak; Shahan, Asif; Rahemin, Raeesa; Diwakar, Vidya

Publisher: Chronic Poverty Advisory Network

Report

Chronic Poverty Report 2023: Pandemic Poverty

Date: 2023

Author(s): Bizoza, Alfred; Lenhardt, Amanda; Shepherd, Andrew; Moonga, Arthur; Shahan, Asif; Banerjee, Bipasa; Sean, Chanmony; Hallink, Courtney; Simbaya, Joseph; Bird, Kate; Banerji, Manjistha; Eichsteller, Marta; Chen, Marty; Hassan, Mirza; Karinten, Nashipai; Rahemin, Raeesa; Isimbi, Roberte; Pramanik, Santanu; San, Sophany; Chhom, Theavy; Diwakar, Vidya; Tafere, Yisak.

Publisher: Chronic Poverty Advisory Network

Youth Politics in Bangladesh

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz, Asif Shahan, PhD, Md. Kamruzzaman, Saklain Al Mamun, Raihan Ahamed, Rabeena Sultana Ananna, Inteemum Ahsan, Suranjit Paul, Md. Ashikur Rahman, M. M. Nuruzzaman

Topic(s): Governance and Politics

Preserving Institutional Memory in the Bangladesh Civil Service: Existing Practices, Challenges, and Way Forward

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Asif Shahan, PhD, Taslima Aktar, Raihan Ahamed

Topic(s): Governance and Politics

Changing Village

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Shahaduz Zaman, PhD, Tanvir Shatil, Khondokar Shakhawat Ali, Mirza M. Hassan, PhD, Syeda Salina Aziz, Asif Shahan, PhD, Rohini Kamal, PhD

Topic(s): Social Transformation, Climate Change, Digitization, Economic Development, Gender Justice, Governance and Politics, Skills and Jobs

State of Cities 2013: Re-thinking Urban Governance in Narayanganj

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz, Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Abdur Rahim, Asif Shahan, PhD

Topic(s): Cities, Governance and Politics

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