Updated: December, 2021
MD RAKIB HOSSAIN
Research Associate
BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) BRAC UNIVERSITY
Email: [email protected]
Website/ Homepage:Orcid,Goole Scholar,ResearchGate
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Social and Political Psychology Quantitative Research Methodology Theology
Philosophy
EDUCATION
Masters of Social Science in Development Studies Dhaka University, 2020
Thesis: Explaining the causal relationship between human capital and economic growth in selected Asian countries
Supervisor: Dr. Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir EMPLOYMENT
BRAC Institute of Governance and Development
● Research Associate, December 2021-Present BRAC Institute of Governance and Development
● Trainee Research Associate, August-December 2021 Unnayan Onneshan
● Intern, March 2021 PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
● Hossain, M. R. (2021). Impact of Religiosity and Supernatural Belief on Individuals’ Visitation to Religious Healers. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 11(04), 371–381.
https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.1980426
Updated: December, 2021
Op-ed
● Hossain, M. R. (2018). Violence against women and justice: Deconstructing role of hijab. The Daily Observer.http://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=132869
● ধু কমসং ান বৃি ই নয় বকার ােসর জন চাই মানস ত িশ া, দিনকইনিকলাব,২০১৯, https://www.dailyinqilab.com/article/229912
Blog
● Hossain, M. R., Rezvi, M. R. (2019). Health financing in Bangladesh: scarcity and its impact.
South Asian Journal.
http://southasiajournal.net/health-financing-in-bangladesh-scarcity-and-its-impacts
RESEARCH PROJECTS
● GIZ Adolescents’ transition during Covid-19
● Increasing Vaccine Uptake (RCT)
SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/DISCUSSIONS
● Champion of the policy presentation contest at Development Expo, 2017 HONORS AND ACCOLADES
● First prize winner in the writing competition 'youth economics-4’ held by SANEM, 2019
