Shamael Ahmed.docx

(1)

Updated: September 2021

Research Associate

BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) BRAC University

Email:shamael.ahmed@bracu.ac.bd FIELDS OF INTEREST

Politics Economics EDUCATION

Bachelors of Arts in Politics, Philosophy and Economics Asian University for Women, Chattogram, Bangladesh, 2019 EMPLOYMENT

BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)

● Research Associate, Research Policy and Governance, 2019-Present Asian University for Women

● Teaching Assistant, 2019 Grameen Bank

● Intern, 2017-2018 Jaago Foundation

● Fellow, 2016-2017

PUBLICATIONS Op-ed

● “Better jobs: A strategy to end fraud in skills training in Bangladesh” by SOAS University Blog

● Stories from the Field: From TV Bans to Facebook Groups – The Spectrum of Digital Literacy in Bangladesh, 2020

(2)

Updated: September 2021

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Urban Social Protection and Jobs Program, 2019-2020

● Digital Readiness Assessment, 2020 - 2021

● Slums during COVID-19: Ethnography on Korail, Gabtali and Mohammadpur slum

● Effectiveness of social accountability intervention in low and middle income countries: An evidence and gap map

● The effect of digital payments in social safety net programs in lower middle income countries: A systematic review

SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/DISCUSSIONS

● Fundamentals of Qualitative Research by Dr. Shahaduzzaman from University of Sussex, 2020

● Introduction to Systematic Review and Evidence Gap Map by Campbell Collaboration, 2020

● An Introduction to Behavioural Economic Research: Insights and Methods by Dina Tasneem, 2020

HONORS AND ACCOLADES

● Magna Cum Laude, 2019

● Scholarship from Yonsei University, South Korea, 2018