Muhammad Towkir Hossain is a Research Associate at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), Brac University.
Prior to this, he was a Trainee Research Associate under the Young Researcher’s Fellowship (YRF) program. Towkir Hossain has an extensive background in research, having contributed to the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB), Centre for Genocide Studies, Ghent University, and the University of Dhaka, where he held various influential research roles. He was a Don Lavoie Fellow 2023–24 at the Mercatus Center of George Mason University. Towkir has both flexibility across qualitative and quantitative research methods in social sciences. His research interests focus on public policy, development economics, political economy, international business, and global finance.
Towkir holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in International Relations, with a focus on International Political Economy both from the University of Dhaka.
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Justine Howard, PhD, Shaila Ahmed, PhD, Shamma Tasnim, Sakila Yesmin, Muhammad Towkir Hossain, Md. Johirul Islam, Subrina Sultana
Topic(s): Education
The bilateral chair application involves Swansea University and two institutes within BRAC University, BIGD, and BRAC IED (BRAC Institute of Educational Development). BIGD has a small but growing portfolio of research on psychological and mental health as an instrument for socio-economic development. BIGD and BRAC IED teams will work closely in partnership on the design and content development for the website. We intend to investigate key features of successful long-standing research websites and the websites of relevant organizations and to communicate with our intended audience from the onset.