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Tanvir Shatil

Tanvir Shatil

Research Coordinator

tanvir.shatil@bracu.ac.bd

Tanvir Shatil is a Research Coordinator under the Environment and Climate Change cluster at BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University. 

Tanvir joined BIGD as a Senior Research Associate. Prior to joining BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), Tanvir was involved with different research projects of the Research and Evaluation Division (RED) of BRAC as a Staff Researcher. Apart from research experience, Tanvir Shatil has one and a half years of development program-oriented experience at SOS Children’s Village International in Bangladesh.

Shatil completed his BSS and MSS in Anthropology from Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka. His research interests lie in socio-economic and cultural transformation of peasant society and agricultural technologies, anthropological aspects of social psychology, public health, social power structure, and gender issues, among others. 

Journal Article

Reach, Dose, and Fidelity of STAR+, an Employment Intervention for Youth With Disabilities in Bangladesh

Date: 2026

Author(s): Carew, Mark T.; Chowdhury, Soujannita; Shatil, Tanvir; Islam, Riana; Banks, Lena Morgon; Shakespeare, Tom; and Das, Narayan

Publisher: Development in Practice

Journal Article

Process Evaluation of a Disability-Inclusive Employment Programme in Bangladesh: Examining Underlying Mechanisms and Contextual Influences on the Impact of STAR+

Date: 2026

Author(s): Carew, Mark T.; Islam, Riana; Chowdhury, Soujannita; Shatil, Tanvir; Banks, Lena Morgan; Shakespeare, Tom; Kuper, Hannah; and Das, Narayan

Publisher: Oxford Development Studies

Journal Article

Data Hub for Effective Local Government Service Delivery in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Union Parishads

Date: 2026

Author(s): Hassan, Hashibul; Jebin, Lubna; Shatil, Tanvir; and Ferdous, Mirza Mahmuda

Publisher: Bangladesh Journal of Rural Development

Journal Article

Changing Landscape of Entertainment in Bangladesh: An Exploration

Date: 2026

Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir; Rabbi, Golam Ahmed; and Zaman, Shahaduz

Publisher: International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism

Working Paper

গ্রামীণ সমাজের পরিবেশগত পরিবর্তন

Date: 2025

Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir and Kamal, Rohini, PhD

Working Paper

Climate Mobility and Exploitation: Investigating the Nexus of Displacement, Trafficking, and Modern Slavery

Date: 2025

Author(s): Rasid, Tasin; Islam, Riana; Shatil, Tanvir; and Nahar, Papreen

Publisher: BIGD

Working Paper

গ্রাম পরিবর্তনঃ প্রেক্ষাপট ও গবেষণা কৌশল (Changing Village: Context and Methodology)

Date: 2025

Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir and Zaman, Shahaduz, PhD

Publisher: BIGD

Position Paper

Transparency and Accountability in Local Government Service Delivery | Kumira Union, Satkhira

Date: 2024

Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir; Rashid, Tasin; Nuruzzaman, M. M.

Publisher: BIGD

Journal Article

Process Evaluation of a Disability-Inclusive Employment Programme: Examining the Design and Implementation of STAR+

Date: 2024

Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir; Carew, Mark T.; Chowdhury, Soujannita; Biswas, Dipika; Adiba, Afsana; Banks, Lena Morgon; Shakespeare, Tom; Das, Narayan

Publisher: Oxford Development Studies

Report

Healing in Crisis: Investing in Women’s Mental Health and Child Development in Refugee Camps has Huge Benefits

Date: 2024

Author(s): Islam, Asad; Ahmed Mozumder, Tanvir; Rahman, Tabassum; Shatil, Tanvir; Siddique, Abu

Publisher: VoxDev

Journal Article

Food Security in Rural Bangladesh:
A Comparative Study of Scientific and Grassroots Perceptions

Date: 2024

Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir; Islam, Rezaul M.

Publisher: Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development

Working Paper

Community Governance During COVID-19: Case Studies from Rural Areas of Bangladesh

Date: 2023

Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir; Islam, Md. Rohmotul; Jabeen, Huraera; Zaman, Shahaduz

Publisher: BIGD

Report

Learnings From Post Graduate Diploma in Knitwear Industry Management (PGD-KIM) Program (Intake-10)

Date: 2023

Author(s): Tasnim, Nishat; Tumtumi, Nuzaba Tahreen Rahman; Shatil, Tanvir

Publisher: BIGD

Journal Article

Economic Recovery of the New Poor Created by COVID-19: Evidence From Bangladesh

Date: 2023

Author(s): Gomes, Mohima; Jahan, Nusrat; Shatil, Tanvir; Tahsin, Nabila; Das, Narayan; and Matin, Imran

Publisher: Development in Practice

Report

Learnings From the Post Graduate Diploma in Knitwear Industry Management (PGD-KIM) (Intake-9)

Date: 2023

Author(s): Tasnim, Nishat; Tumtumi, Nuzaba Tahreen Rahman; Shatil, Tanvir

Publisher: BIGD

Report

Learnings From the Postgraduate Diploma in Knitwear Industry Management (PGD-KIM) Program (Intake-8)

Date: 2023

Author(s): Tasnim, Nishat; Tumtumi, Nuzaba Tahreen Rahman; Shatil, Tanvir

Publisher: BIGD

Report

Effectiveness of Post Graduate Diploma in Knitwear Industry Management (PGD-KIM) Program

Date: 2023

Author(s): Ahmed, Md Shakil; Adiba, Afsana; Shatil, Tanvir; Tanchangya, Ratul; Das, Narayan

Publisher: BIGD

Report

A Timely Response for the Sudden Poor An Early Evaluation of BRAC’s New Poor Program

Date: 2022

Author(s): Gomes, Mohima; Shatil, Tanvir; Jahan, Nusrat; Tahsin, Nabila; Das, Narayan C; and Matin, Imran

Publisher: BIGD

Policy Brief

Social Life of Masks: Experience From Bangladesh

Date: 2022

Author(s): Zaman, Shahaduz; Matin, Imran; Shatil, Tanvir; and Hossain, Faruq

Topic(s): COVID-19

Publisher: BIGD

Working Paper

Social Life of Masks: Experience From Bangladesh

Date: 2022

Author(s): Zaman, Shahaduz; Matin, Imran; Shatil, Tanvir; and Hossain, Faruq

Publisher: BIGD

Report

The Targeting Dynamics of BRAC’s Reintegration Program for Returnee Migrants: A Process Documentation Research

Date: 2022

Author(s): Zaman, Shahaduz; Ahasan, Abu; Shatil, Tanvir; and Islam, Shafiqul

Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Economic Development

Publisher: BIGD

Working Paper

Forced Displacement, Mental Health, and Child Development: Evidence from the Rohingya Refugees

Date: 2022

Author(s): Islam, Asadul; Mozumder, Tanvir Ahmed; Rahman, Tabassum; Shatil, Tanvir; Siddique, Abu

Topic(s): Humanitarian, BRAC Programs

Publisher: Quantitative Political Economy

Evidence and Insights

Socio-Economic Reintegration of Returnee Migrant Workers of Bangladesh

Date: 2021-2022

Author(s): Neaz, Nuzaira Binte and Jahan, Nusrat

Publisher: BIGD

Working Paper

Qualitative Exploration: The End User Context of BCC Materials on COVID-19 Guidelines and Handwashing

Date: 2020

Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir; Afrin, Sonia; Saha, Swagatam; Ghosh, Dipanwita; Kamruzzaman, Md.

Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Economic Development, COVID-19

Publisher: BIGD

Policy Brief

Crisis of Communication During COVID-19: A Rapid Research Report

Date: 2020

Author(s): Zaman, Shahaduz; Rahman, Sumon; Rabbani, Mehnaz; Matin, Imran; Hossain, Faruq; Ghosh, Dipanwita; Shatil, Tanvir; Kamruzzaman, MD; Sharmin, Sazia; Syed, Samia

Topic(s): COVID-19, Governance and Politics

Publisher: BIGD

Journal Article

What Constitutes Healthcare-seeking Pathway of TB Patients: A Qualitative Study in Rural Bangladesh

Date: 2019

Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir; Khan, Nusrat; Yunus, Fakir Md; Chowdhury, Anita Sharif; Reza, Saifur; Islam, Shayla; Islam, Akramul; Rahman, Mahfuzar

Topic(s): BRAC Programs

Publisher: Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Working Paper

Behavioural Change Communication (BCC) Approach for BRAC: A Formative Research

Date: 2019

Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir; Ahmed, Rabbi and Zaman, Shahaduz

Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Development Communications

Publisher: BIGD

Working Paper

Impact of Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN) Influx on Host Community

Date: 2017

Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir; Ahmed, Md Shakil

Topic(s): BRAC Programs

Publisher: BRAC Research and Evaluation Division

Working Paper

Need Assessment of the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals

Date: 2017

Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir; Saha, Polin Kumar; Rahman, Atiya 

Topic(s): Humanitarian

Publisher: BRAC Research and Evaluation Division

Report

The Impact of Skills Development Initiatives for Adolescents on Climate Adaptive Livelihoods in South-western Bangladesh

Date: 2017

Author(s): Reza, Md Hasib; Shatil, Tanvir; Rahman, Md Sajedur; and Malek, Mohammad Abdul

Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Skills and Jobs, Economic Development, Climate Change

Publisher: BRAC Research and Evaluation Division

There Is No Progress Without Strengthening Local Governance

Year: 2025

Topic(s): Governance and Politics, Social Transformation

Large Number of Women Behind Sewing Machines but Few Behind the Desks

Year: 2023

Topic(s): Economic Development, Gender Justice, Skills and Jobs

How Traditional Games Play a Role in Connecting Children to Their Culture, Identity and Self

Year: 2022

Topic(s): Education

করোনার নতুন বাস্তবতায় খাপ খাইয়ে নেয়ার সংকট

Year: 2022

Topic(s): COVID-19

করোনার নতুন বাস্তবতায় সামাজিক সংবেদনশীলতা

Year: 2021

Topic(s): COVID-19

করোনার পরিপ্রেক্ষিতে হাত ধোয়ার প্রয়োজনীয়তা

Year: 2020

Topic(s): COVID-19

দোকান ও বাজার: গ্রামীণ সমাজে শহুরে হাওয়া

Year: 2020

Topic(s): Social Transformation

গ্রামীণ মানুষের মনস্তত্ত্ব

Year: 2020

Topic(s): Social Transformation

সংবেদনশীলতা, প্রকৃতি, পরিবেশ, প্রতিবেশ: করোনা প্রেক্ষিতে আলোচনা

Year: 2020

Topic(s): Social Transformation

‘নিউ নরমাল’ ও ঈদ, চানরাতের প্রেক্ষাপট

Year: 2020

Topic(s): COVID-19, Social Transformation

করোনা সংকট থেকে উঠে আসুক মানবিক এক পৃথিবী

Year: 2020

Topic(s): COVID-19

সরকারী বেতন-ভাতা বৃদ্ধি ও সমসাময়িকতাঃ একটি আলোচনা

Year: 2019

Topic(s): Economic Development

বিস্তৃত উন্নয়নের নিভৃত কথা

Year: 2020

Topic(s): BRAC Programs

উন্নয়ন যাত্রায় অন্তর্ভুক্তিমূলক ব্যবস্থা ও দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ

Year: 2020

Topic(s): Skills and Jobs

Handwashing Practice in the Context of the Pandemic in Bangladesh: What We Know So Far

Handwashing Practice in the Context of the Pandemic in Bangladesh: What We Know So Far

Exploring the personal and structural barriers to proper handwashing practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, this blog highlights BRAC's innovative approach to behavior change and the programmatic interventions aimed at promoting handwashing as a preventive measure against the virus.

Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Climate-Induced Displacement and Migration and Its Links to Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Tanvir Shatil; Riana Islam and Tasin Rashid

Topic(s): Climate Change

Changing Village

Status: Completed

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

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

An Early Evaluation of BRAC’s New Poor Programme

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Imran Matin, PhD; Narayan C. Das, PhD; Nusrat Jahan; Mohima Gomes and Tanvir Shatil

Topic(s): Ultra-Poor Graduation, BRAC Programs, Economic Development

The Social Life of Masks

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Shahaduz Zaman, PhD; Tanvir Shatil and Faruq Hossain

Topic(s): COVID-19, Social Transformation

Reintegration of Returnee (Failed) Migrants

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Narayan C. Das, PhD; Shahaduz Zaman, PhD; Tanvir Shatil and Sakib Mahmood, PhD

Topic(s): BRAC Programs, COVID-19

Qualitative Exploration: The End User Context of BCC Materials on COVID-19 Guidelines and Handwashing

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Shahaduz Zaman, PhD and Tanvir Shatil

Topic(s): COVID-19, BRAC Programs

Handwashing Station: A Rapid Process Evaluation and Community Perception

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Shahaduz Zaman, PhD and Tanvir Shatil

Topic(s): BRAC Programs, COVID-19

Impact of Skills Development Initiatives for Adolescents on Climate-adaptive Livelihoods in South-Western Bangladesh

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Tanvir Shatil

Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Climate Change, Skills and Jobs

System of Rice Intensification in Rural Bangladesh: Adoption, Diffusion, and Impact

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Tanvir Shatil

Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Economic Development

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