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Rohini Kamal, PhD

Rohini Kamal, PhD

Assistant Professor, Research Fellow, and Head of the Environment and Climate Change Cluster

rohini.kamal@bracu.ac.bd

Rohini Kamal, PhD, is a Research Fellow at BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University. An Assistant Professor for the Master of Development programme at BIGD, she also leads the institute’s environment and climate change research.

Her last appointment was as a research fellow in the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University where she investigated the environmental and distributional impacts of energy financing made by Chinese and other key regional/global banks, and development institutions. Prior to her doctoral studies, Dr Kamal worked at Urban Climate Change Research Network, a project under NASA/GISS and the Earth Institute, on using climate information for urban policy as part of her master’s degree at Columbia University. Some of her work includes using macroeconomic models to estimate employment and environmental interdependencies between different sectors of the economy. She also uses field experiments, including randomized controlled trials, to assess more localised and household-level impacts of programmatic, policy, and information interventions in the field of climate change.

Dr Kamal earned her PhD in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, USA, and completed her Master’s in Climate and Society from Columbia University.

Working Paper

Sustaining Escapes From Ultra-Poverty: A Mixed Methods Assessment of Layered Interventions in Coastal Bangladesh

Date: 2022

Author(s): Diwakar, Vidya; Kamninga, Tony; Mehzabin, Tasfia; Tumusiime, Emmanuel; Kamal, Rohini; Pabony, Nuha Anoor

Publisher: Chronic Poverty Advisory Network

Journal Article

Perceptions of Climate Change Across Different Climate-Risk Zones in Bangladesh

Date: 2022

Author(s): Kamal, Rohini; Islam, Md. Saiful; Risha, Adeeba Nuraina

Topic(s): Climate Change

Publisher: Agriculture for Development

How friendships build resilience to climate change

How friendships build resilience to climate change

  • 6 November 2022

As the world increasingly faces rising disasters, crises and conflict, insights from Bangladesh share how the most vulnerable communities can build resilience, and how supporting people to form the right networks is a more powerful investment than we may realise.

Time for ground-up climate policy

Time for ground-up climate policy

  • 25 April 2022

This Earth Day begins with the largest study on perceived climate risks ever conducted in Bangladesh. Commemorating Hugh Brammer’s work in Bangladesh, findings from the study drive home the need for ground-up, evidence-based experience to inform climate policy.

The Gendered Impacts of the Climate Crisis: Building a Sustainable Tomorrow

The Gendered Impacts of the Climate Crisis: Building a Sustainable Tomorrow

  • 8 March 2022

How Research can Tackle the Dual Threat of Climate Change & Inequality

How Research can Tackle the Dual Threat of Climate Change & Inequality

  • 5 June 2021

International Recognition of Dr Saleemul Huq and the Imperative for Establishing the Voice of the Global South in Climate Science

International Recognition of Dr Saleemul Huq and the Imperative for Establishing the Voice of the Global South in Climate Science

  • 26 April 2021

Capacity Building of Factories in Sustainability and Climate Action

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD, Rohini Kamal, PhD, Tahmid Bin Mahmud, Saadman Faisal

Topic(s): Climate Change

Sustainable Business Model for Agrivoltaic Pilot Project in Bangladesh

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Rohini Kamal, PhD, Mohammad Tofail Bin Azam

Topic(s): Climate Change

Bricks to Blocks: Information and Coordination Challenges for Transitioning to a Cleaner Building Technology

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD, Rohini Kamal, PhD, Md. Mohsin Hossain

Topic(s): Climate Change

Economic Recovery of the Climate Migrants and New Poor Living in Climate-Vulnerable Urban Low-Income Settlements

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Rohini Kamal, PhD, Md. Mohsin Hossain, Md. Mahbub Ul Hassan Sharan, Mohammad Tofail Bin Azam, Mirza Mahmuda Ferdous

Topic(s): Climate Change

Enhancing Adaptive Capacity of the Climate-Vulnerable Ultra-Poor Households Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Md. Mohsin Hossain, Rohini Kamal, PhD, Md. Mahbub Ul Hassan Sharan

Topic(s): COVID-19, BRAC Programs, Climate Change

Improved Early Action Through Precise Targeting, Timely Cash and Early Warning to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Shocks in Bangladesh

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD, Rohini Kamal, PhD

Topic(s): Climate Change

Environmental and Economic Impacts of Agrivoltaics in Bangladesh

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Rohini Kamal, PhD, Mohammad Tofail Bin Azam

Topic(s): Climate Change

Strengthening Economic Recovery Capacity of Climate- Vulnerable New Poor, Especially Returnee Migrants Impacted by COVID-19

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Md. Mohsin Hossain, Rohini Kamal, PhD, Md. Mahbub Ul Hassan Sharan

Topic(s): BRAC Programs

Strengthening Recovery Capacity of the COVID-19 and Climate Change-Affected Households Through Skills Training Targeting the Youth in the Families

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD, Rohini Kamal, PhD, Md. Mohsin Hossain, Md. Mahbub Ul Hassan Sharan

Topic(s): Climate Change, COVID-19

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

Sustainable Livelihood Opportunities for the Climate Migrants and New Poor Through Skills Training and Empowerment of Cottage, Micro, and Small Enterprises in Bangladesh

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Rohini Kamal, PhD, Munshi Sulaiman, PhD, Md. Mohsin Hossain, Md. Mahbub Ul Hassan Sharan

Topic(s): Climate Change

Empowering Unemployed and Underemployed Youth of the Climate-Vulnerable Households Through Market-Driven Skills and Employment Opportunities

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD, Rohini Kamal, PhD, Md. Mohsin Hossain, Md. Mahbub Ul Hassan Sharan, Mirza Mahmuda Ferdous

Topic(s): Climate Change

Sustaining Escapes From Ultra-Poverty: A Mixed Methods Assessment of Layered Interventions in Coastal Bangladesh

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Rohini Kamal, PhD

Topic(s): Ultra-Poor Graduation, BRAC Programs, Climate Change

Bricks to Blocks: An Exploratory Study of Policy and Practices in the Construction Sector of Bangladesh

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz, Rohini Kamal, PhD, Munshi Sulaiman, PhD

Topic(s): Climate Change, COVID-19

Enhancing Economic Recovery Capacity of COVID-19-Affected Climate-Vulnerable Farmers Engaging in Dairy, Crop, and Vegetable Farming

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD, Rohini Kamal, PhD, Md. Mohsin Hossain, Md. Mahbub Ul Hassan Sharan

Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Climate Change

Enhancing Safe Drinking Water Security and Climate Resilience Through Rainwater Harvesting

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Rohini Kamal, PhD, Md. Mohsin Hossain

Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Climate Change

Climate Resilience and Graduation: Evidence From Bangladesh

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Rohini Kamal, PhD

Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Climate Change, Ultra-Poor Graduation

Strengthening Resilience of Climate-induced Migrants in Vulnerable Urban Communities in Khulna and Rajshahi

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Rohini Kamal, PhD

Topic(s): Ultra-Poor Graduation, BRAC Programs, Climate Change

Addressing Resilience Losses of Climate-Induced Migrants in Southwest Bangladesh Affected by COVID-19

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Rohini Kamal, PhD

Topic(s): Climate Change, COVID-19, Gender Justice

Managing Climate Migration: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Rohini Kamal, PhD

Topic(s): Climate Change

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