Prof. Dr. Nahreen I. Khan
Prof. Dr. Nahreen I. Khan Professor, Department of Geography & Environment

PROFILE

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Nahreen I. Khan is a human geographer with over 19 years of experience in research, teaching, and policy formulation in Bangladesh and Germany. She possesses extensive expertise in development cooperation and multi-partite relationship management, focusing on collaborations among government, academia, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Her professional portfolio also includes substantial contributions to media, having worked as a program producer, presenter, and feature writer for various television and print platforms.

Dr. Khan earned her PhD in Geography of Service, Communication, and Knowledge Innovation from the University of Marburg, Germany. She holds a Bachelor and Master’s degree in Geography and Environment from Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh, and an additional Master’s degree in Environmental Governance, Sustainability, Policy Analysis, and Environmental Conflict Management from the University of Freiburg, Germany.  She also earned a Diploma in Gender Studies  from the University of BOKU, Vienna , Austria . She also held an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship to work as a visiting scientist at the University of Oldenburg in Germany. 

Dr. Khan currently serves as a Director at the Conflict and Resilience Research Institute Canada (CRRIC), an organization dedicated to fostering innovative approaches to conflict resolution, resilience-building, and peacebuilding. CRRIC engages in evidence-based research, transformative dialogue, and policy advocacy to address contemporary challenges of conflict and resilience both locally and globally (www.crric.org).  Currently, she is the co-director of CRRIC's Peace in Myanmar project. She looks after CRRIC's operation in the global South.

In addition, Dr. Khan is an Advisor to the Rules of Law on Earth project (www.rulesoflawonearth.org), which focuses on promoting the rule of law and environmental justice through collaborative research, advocacy, and global dialogue. The project aims to ensure the alignment of environmental governance and legal frameworks with principles of sustainability, contributing to equitable solutions for planetary challenges.

Dr. Khan’s interdisciplinary expertise and her leadership roles reflect her commitment to advancing sustainable development, conflict transformation, and global governance.
 

Specialty

Driving integrated communication initiatives from concept to completion;

Executing projects in complex matrix organizations;

Building and sustaining stakeholder relationship;

Public speaking;

Creative thinking.

Awards

Cronstett Research Grants 2014.

Erasmus Mundus Grants 2012 for Gender Spring School in Boku University, Austria.

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) scholarship 2010.

▪Nominated for the International Visitor Leadership Program 2010 (the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program) as a female emerging leader from Bangladesh .

Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship 2007 at Oldenburg University, Germany.

Asian Institute of Technology Full Scholarship 2005 in Urban Management Program, Thailand

Fellow ,Ministry of Science, Information and Technology , Bangladesh Government 2004

Jahangirnagar University Merit Grants Bangladesh.

National award winning debater school and university debating team. 

 

Language Skills

Trilingual: Bengali, English, German

 

 

RESEARCH INTEREST

Environmental Governance and Policy analysis, Sustainability,Political Ecology. Gender Geography ,Antropogeography, Environmental Conflict Management , Resilience, Innovation and Knowledge Dynamics

JOURNAL PAPER

Khan, N.I. & Nawer, A., Women’s Body Mass Index (BMI): An Analysis of The Covid 19 Lockdown Case, The Jahangirnagar Review, 48, 2024.
Khan, N.I., Exploring the Confluence of Knowledge and Local Practices to Comply with Global Standard: A Case Study on Selected Small and Medium Scale Bangladeshi Leather Industries., The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Science, 47(2). ISSN 1682-7422., 2023.
Khan, N.I., Community Conflict on Environment: A Case of Humanitarian Context in Bangladesh., The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Science, 47(1). ISSN 1682-7422., 2023.
Khan, N.I., Nahar, K., Post relocation Scenario of Bangladesh Tannery and management Strategies towards Sustainable Development., The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Science, 46(1): 115-124. ISSN 1682-7422., 2022.
Khan, N.I., Ahmed, K. and Khalil, Ms. Z.T., Desperate Time Calls for Desperate Measures: Exploring the Coping Mechanisms of the Rohingyas in Camps., The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Science, 45(2): 389-398. ISSN 1682-7422., 2021.
Khan, N.I., Ahmed, K. and Khalil, Ms. Z.T., A Hybrid Approach of Adolescent Education for the Rohingyas in Bangladesh: A Way Forward for Sustainable Future., The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Science, 43(2):343-353. ISSN 1682-422., 2020.
Khan, N.I., Nahar, K., Reconciling Conflict in the Industrial Hog Feedlot: An Integrative Conflict Analysis and Resolution Proposal., The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Science, 41(2): 15-27. ISSN 1682-7422., 2020.
Haidar, F.H., Khan, N.I., Refugee Crisis or Environmental Crisi? A Ukhiya Rohinga Camp Review., Jahangirnagar University Bhugol O Paribesh Samikkhon. Department of Geography and Environment., Vol.37:2018. ISSN 1027-8567., 2019.
Nahar, K., Khan, N.I., Relocation of Tannery in Bangladesh: A SWOT Analysis., Samaj Biggayan Samikkha (Social Science Review), 4:65-74, ISSN 2309-6934., 2020.

 

Khan, N.I., Ahmed, K. 2018. External Aid and Environmental Conflict: A Case Study in Protecting Biodiversity of a Wetland Sanctuary in Bangladesh. International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Germany.  Vol. 47, Issue 3/4, ISSN 0020-9449

 

Khan, N. I., Falk, G.C. 2013. Eco-Tourism, Nature Conservation and Monetary interests at Baikka Beel Wetland Sanctuary, Bangladesh. Local People as Victims of Conflictive Approaches? Geographien Sudasiens, Germany. ISSN: 2198-6770.http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/savifadok/2870/

 

Momen, A., Khan, N.I. 2009. Open Cut Coal Mine in Phulbari: A Great Threat to the environment of Northwest Part in Bangladesh. Journal of Social Science Review, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ISSN: 1682-7422.

 

Khan, N. I.,Sydney, T.A. 2007. Nature in Jibananada's Poetry: Geographer's Analysis. In: Journal of Geography. Bd. 26, 2007, Jahnangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ISSN: 1027-8567.

 

Khan, N.I., Basir, J. 2007.Poverty and Mental Health of Women in Bangladesh. In, Local Governance and Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh. Hiroyuki, T., Hossain, G. (eds.), Published by Asia Pacific Research Center (APRC), KOBE, Japan.

 

Khan, N. I. 2006. Globalization through Satellite Media in South Asia: Are we losing Our Cultural Values? APRC Annual Report. Asia Pacific Research Centre, Kobe Gakuin University, Japan.

 

 

 

Conference Paper (selected)

 

Khan, N.I. 2014. Improving Standards of Leather Industries through Formal and Informal Education: A Case Study on the Tanneries Located in Hazaribagh, Bangladesh. Oral Presentation in third conference on Bengal Related Studies for Students and Young Scholars, October 24-26, 2014, University of Halle, Germany.

 

Khan, N. I., Falk, G. C.2013. Eco-Tourism, Nature Conservation and Monetary interests at Baikka Beel Wetland Sanctuary, Bangladesh. Local People as Victims of Conflictive Approaches? Oral Presentation in regional seminar on Arbeitskreis Suedasien in der Deutschen Gesellschaft Fuer Geographie, January 25-26, 2013, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

 

Khan, N.I. 2007. Coping with Poverty: A Case Study on Rural Women in Northern Bangladesh. Oral Presentation in an International Conference on Poverty Reduction and and Food Security, March,2-4, Asia Pacific Research Center, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan.

 

Khan, N.I.2005. Impact of Globalization on South Asian Culture. Oral Presentation in an International Conference on Globalization and Human Security,December 26-28, 2005, Asia Pacific Research Center, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan.

 

 

 

Seminar Presentation (selected)

 

Khan, N.I.2015. A Blueprint for Bangladeshi Leather Industries: A Case on Tanneries Located in Hazaribagh, Bangladesh. Oral Presentation in PH Freiburg, Funded by the Gender commission.

 

Khan, N.I.2014. The Magic Weavers: The Brands Fabricated by the Hands of Poverty. Oral Presentation in PH Freiburg, Funded by the Gender commission.

 

Khan, N.I.2013.The RMG Workers in Bangladesh. Oral Presentation on Globalization Seminar in PH Freiburg, Funded by the Gender commission.

 

Khan, N.I.2013.The RMG Workers in Bangladesh. The Truth behind the Veil. Oral Presentation in PH Freiburg, Funded by the Gender commission.

 

Khan, N.I.2011.Gender Equality and Bangladesh. Oral Presentation on DAAD Scholarship holders Conference in Heidelberg.

 

 

 

Panel Discussion (selected)

 

Khan, N.I. 2015. Climate Change Mitigation. 4th International Convention of Environmental laureates.European Environmental Foundation. UWC Robert Bosch College, Freiburg, Germany.

 

Khan, N.I. 2013. Conflict Region (South Asia). Geogrpahentags 2013, University of Passau, Germany.

 

 

 

Term paper (selected)

 

Khan, N.I.2011. Gender Quota: Affirmative Action and Adaptation Strategies:  Genders Spring School, University of BOKU, Austria.

 


BOOK CHAPTER

Khan, N.I., Ahmed, K., Cost of Burden Sharing: A Cursory Level Glance at the Socio-Environmental Impacts of Rohingya Displacement in Bangladesh., Rohingya Crisis and the Two-Faced God of Janus: What Lies Ahead., Lexington Books, Maryland, USA., 2022.

OTHER

Khan, N.I., Understanding Resilience: Bangladeshi Micro-Tanneries (McTs) in a Changing Global-Local Environment., Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany, 2021.

Academic Info

Institute: Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
Period: 2018

PhD in Communication, innovation and knowledge management.

Institute: Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
Period: 2013

MSc. in Environmental Governance

Institute: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Austria
Period: 2011

Diploma in Gender Studies. 

Institute: Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Period: 2007

Research Scientist 

Experience

Organization: RTV
Position: Program Producer and presenter
Period: 2005-2009
Organization: Bangladesh Television
Position: News reporter
Period: 2002-2003

Contact

Prof. Dr. Nahreen I. Khan

Professor
Department of Geography & Environment
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Email: nahreen@juniv.edu , nahreen@daad-alumni.de