PROFILE
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
I am a dedicated policy analyst, consultant, tertiary teacher and researcher examining sustainable urban and environmental policy and contemporary climate change crisis and issues in this rapidly changing world. I am an experienced researcher of the Global South and North and look forward to developing my career in multidisciplinary research for a more sustainable future.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
- Research Fellow (Mar 2017 – Present), Center for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), University of Surrey, United Kingdom. & Sustainable Citizenship Civic Imagination (SCCI), Civics Lab, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
- Co-investigator (Dec 2019 - Feb 2020), CYCLES international questionnaire survey-Dhaka, (Funded by Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), UK). Center for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), University of Surrey, UK.
AWARDS/FUNDS
- Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), UK 2019
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK 2017
- University of Canterbury Doctoral Fellowship, NZD: 21,000/annum 2017
- Wageningen University Fellowship Program (WUFP): 27,000 € 2013
- Anne van den Bon Fund (ABF), NL: 19,920 € 2013
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Climate Change Policy and Issues
- Sustainable Planning and Development
- Environmental Planning and Management
JOURNAL PAPER
Dr. Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, Thinking and Application of Sustainability in Bangladesh in the Lense of Caring for Nature, Jahangirnagar Planning Review, 21, pp.16-23, 2023.1. Prendergast K, Hayward B, Aoyagi M, Burningham K, Hasan MM, Jackson T, Jha V, Kuroki L, Loukianov A, Mattar H, Schudel I, Venn S and Yoshida A, Youth Attitudes and Participation in Climate Protest: An International Cities Comparison Frontiers in Political Science Special Issue: Youth Activism in Environmental Politics, Frontiers in Political Science, 2021. doi: doi: 10.3389/fpos.2021.696105
Sylvia Nissen; Kate Prendergast; Midori Aoyagi; Kate Burningham; Mohammad Mehedi Hasan; Bronwyn Hayward; Tim Jackson; Vimlendu Jha; Helio Mattar; Ingrid Schudel; Sue Venn; Aya Yoshida, Young people and environmental affordances in urban sustainable development: insights into transport and green and public space in seven cities, Sustainable Earth, 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42055-020-00039-w
Kate Burningham, Susan Venn, Bronwyn Hayward, Sylvia Nissen, Midori Aoyagi, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, Tim Jackson, Vimlendu Jha, Helio Mattar, Ingrid Schudel & Aya Yoshida, Ethics in context: essential flexibility in an international photo-elicitation project with children and young people, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2020. doi: 10.1080/13645579.2019.1672282
Shabab, S A & Hasan M M, Public Investment Environment in the Planning Sector of Bangladesh: the Process, Challenges and the Reform Actions, Jahangirnagar Planning Review, 14, June 2016.
ISSN: 1728-4198, Published by: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Hasan M M, City Networks in International Climate Regime: An Analysis from the Frame of Transnational Governance, Jahangirnagar Planning Review, 13, 2015.ISSN: 1728-4198, Published by: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
The Best Practices of Coping Strategies during Hazards: A Lesson from Local Charland Women,Coping strategies during hazards, a lesson from local Charland women
Rapid Visual Screening: An Assessment of the Impact of Earthquake on Critical Infrastructures in Two Wards of Dhaka City,Earthquake in Dhaka city
Urban Intensification: the Evolution of Urban Sprawl and its Evidence on Land Use Transformation of Savar Municipality,Land use transformation at Savar paurashava
Sharbari A & Hasan M M, Planned Development for Urban Growth Management: A Case Study on two Wards of Dhaka City, Journal of Bangladesh Institute of Planners, 3, pp.113 - 127, 2010.ISSN: 2075-9363, Published by: Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Hasan M M, & Khan A M, Management of Playground by City Corporation: An Investigation into the nature of Problems and Future Directions for Improvement, Jahangirnagar Planning Review, 8, pp.59 - 66, 2010.ISSN: 1728-4198, Published by: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka-1342, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
CONFERENCE PAPER
Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP): A Field Study on Rangamati Pourashava,Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) at Rangamati paurashava.
BOOK CHAPTER
Dr. Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, Green spaces for restoration: A wellbeing and spiritual perspective, pp.123-125, 2021.Book: Children, Citizenship and Environment, (2nd ed.) #SchoolStrike Edition By Bronwyn Hayward
Teaching
| Course Code | Course Title | Semester/Year |
|---|---|---|
| MURP-5012 | Sustainable Management of Resources | Masters |
| URP-2201 | Urban Planning-II | 2nd Semester/ 2nd Year |
| URP-2206 | Urban Planning-II (Practical) | 2nd Semester/ 2nd Year |
| URP-3203 | Environmental Planning and Management | 2nd Semester/3rd Year |
| URP-3207 | Environmental Planning and Management-II (Practical) | 2nd Semester/3rd Year |
Academic Info
Period: 2017 - 2021
Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy
Doctoral Thesis Title:
Towards a PLAY model of Youth Participation in Sustainable Urban Decision Making: Investigating Young People’s Experiences, Expectations and Empowerment in Green Space and Public Transport Planning in Dhaka City
Period: 2013-2015
Master of Science in Climate Studies (MCL) (Major: Environmental Policy)
Thesis title: Loss and damage: Thinking beyond adaptation
Period: 2008-09
Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP)
Position: 3rd; CGPA: 3.83 (4.00)
Thesis title: Coping Strategies to Survive from Climate Change Hazard: A Case Study on the Women of Two Chars of Southern Bangladesh
Period: 2002-06
Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (BURP)
Thesis title: Playgrounds in Dhaka City: Current Issues, Problems and Need for Retrieval
Experience
Position: Associate Professor
Period: 03 April 2022 to present
Teaching, research, administrative duties and responsibilities
Position: Assistant Professor
Period: 03 Feb 2013 to 02 April 2022
Teaching and research
Position: Lecturer
Period: 20 Dec 2009 to 02 Feb 2013
Teaching and research
Activity
Position: Member Secretary
Period: 2016
Organizing Bangladesh Planning Research Conference (BPRC)
Position: Sports Advisor
Period: 19 July 2010 to 18 July 2011 & June 2022 to July 2023
Football, Cricket, Basketball, Table Tennis, Handball
Position: Assistant House Tutor
Period: 09 March 2013 to 31 July 2013
Regular activities as hall administrator
Contact
M Mehedi Hasan, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Urban & Regional Planning
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: +8801911924434
Work Phone: (PABX) +8802-7791045-51 ext. 1490
Email: hasan@juniv.edu
