Razia Sultana

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Associate Research Fellow at the Gender and Social Transformation Cluster BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)

Brac University

Email: [email protected] Website: ResearchGate

FIELDS OF INTERESTS

Gender and development Social Enterprise

Diversity

Organizational Culture Migration and Inequality Disability

Community Development EDUCATION

PhD Social Welfare Policy Ewha Womans University, 2016

Thesis title: Diversity-related employee attitudes and perceptions in Bangladesh: A case study of the Bangladesh rural advancement committee (BRAC)

Supervisors: Sangmi Cho, PhD

EMPLOYMENT

BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)

● Associate Research Fellow in the Gender and Social Transformation Cluster, 2021-Present

Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism, South Delhi, India

● Research Intern, 2020

Doctorate Student, department of Social Welfare. Ewha Womans University

● Research Assistant, 2012-2016

Korean Immigration office in Refugee Division

● Interpreted from Bengali to English and Bengali to Korean, 2010-2016 Good Neighbor International, Seoul, South Korea

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● Worked on International Development NGOs, PCM (project cycle management), field research and emergency relief in the perspective of disaster management, community development, Input data on field countries, report writing and maintaining liaison with donor and stakeholders, 2009

Graduate Student, department of Social Welfare, Ewha Womans University, Korea

● Research Assistant, 2007-2009

Refugee and Migratory Movement Research Unit, Bangladesh

● Conducted field research work, prepared reports, dialogues, seminars and workshops, 2008

Transparency International Bangladesh

● Conducted field interviews, ensured quality of data, checked and cross-checked the collected data, 2007

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Article

● Cho, S., Sultana, R., & Kwon, S. (2019). Social enterprise and sustainable development in Bangladesh and Korea: Opportunities and challenges. Asian Social Work and Policy Review^,13(2), 189-198.

● Cho, S., & Sultana, R. (2017). Diversity-related employee attitudes and perceptions in

Bangladesh: A case study on the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee. Asian Social Work and Policy Review^,11(2), 143-157.

● Cho, S., & Sultana, R. (2015). Journey from NGO to Sustainable Social Enterprise: Acceleratory Organizational Factors of BRAC. Asian Social Work and Policy Review^,9(3), 293-306.

Policy Brief

● Modi, R., Shaikh, N., & Sultana, R. (2020). COVID-19 Crisis in Africa: Impacts and Responses.

Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Conference paper

● Sultana, R., & Huq, L. “Increased Precariousness of Lives during COVID: the case of Domestic Workers in Bangladesh”. Unsettling Development. 28 June – 2 July 2021: Online Conference at UEA. Development Studies Association (DSA)

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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

● “COVID-19 to Change the Trajectory of Talent Migration”. DELHI POST. June 26. 2020.

● “High Skilled Migration during and post Covid 19: Perspectives from Latin America and Asia''.

India Education Diary. August 15, 2020.

SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/DISCUSSIONS

HONORS AND ACCOLADES

● July 2021, 14th International Conference. International Society for Third Sector (ISTR), Montreal, Canada

● July 2019, 11th ISTR Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Bangkok, Thailand

● June 2016, Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development, Seoul, (Korea)

● July 2015, 5th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise in Helsinki (Finland)

2016 Best Thesis Award. PhD.

2011-2016 Korean Government Scholarship for PhD 2007-2009 SK corporation Scholarship for Masters