Mohammad Ehsanul Kabir

Ehsan joined Lancaster University in June 2020. Currently he is working on an exciting international project GCRF LIVING DELTAS HUB focusing on 3 major deltas in Asia, The Red River, The Mekong & The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna. Ehsan’s main focus involves the patterns and drivers of livelihood shifts, with specific focus on young entrepreneurs’ role in diversifying livelihoods. Before that (May 2019 - May 2020), he worked at University of South Wales in an inter-disciplinary research project that explored the experience of violence and loss of dignity among the forcibly displaced Rohingyas in Bangladesh and Internally Displaced People in Afghanistan.

Ehsan holds a PhD in Environmental Studies (2014-2018) from Griffith University Australia. His thesis compares different drivers of vulnerability that are influencing individual’s decisions to migrate from their geographic origins in Bangladesh. He also worked as a Sessional Lecturer (teaching staff) at Griffith University and taught courses - Global Environmental Challanges; and, Climate Change and Sustainable Growth in Asia. Prior to that, he worked as an Assistant Professor (2012-2014) at Dhaka School of Economics, a constituent institution of the University of Dhaka. Ehsan also worked as a Lecturer at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (2010-2011).

Earlier, Ehsan completed a MA in International Development and Environmental Analysis from Monash University Australia and Bachelor’s degree in social science from Independent University Bangladesh.