BSS and MSS in International Relations, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Joint European Master's in Migration and Intercultural Relations, University of Oldenburg, Germany; University of Stavanger, Norway; University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia; and the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Favorite Spot on Campus
Swimming Pool, Fitness Center of AU
Bio
Masud earned both his bachelor and master’s degrees in International Relations from the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. With the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, he completed the European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations (EMMIR) program from three European and one African universities. He explored the refugee policies of Kenya and Tanzania for his EMMIR thesis. He did his first internship at the Human Development Research Centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a second internship at the Slovenian Migration Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia. By profession, Masud is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. His major research work focuses on refugees, forced migration, and international relations. Several of his research articles have been published in different peer-reviewed journals, including the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, and Migration Letters. He received competitive research grants from the Chittagong University Research Cell for two times. Moreover, he presented five papers at different national and international conferences. His latest research project focused on the Rohingya policy of Bangladesh. At SIS, Masud is a second-year PhD student.
Selected Publications
Masud, Md. M. H and Østrem, N.O. (2022) “Expression of Emotions in The Norwegian-American Immigrant Letters, 1838-1848”. Migration Letters, 19(3): 303-313. https://doi.org/10.33182/ml.v19i3.1374
Masud, Md. M. H. (2021) “Relationship between U.S. National Interest and Non-Refoulement Norm in the Early Cold War”. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, 17(1): 13-24. https://doi.org/10.18848/2324-755X/CGP/v17i01/13-24
Masud, Md. M. H. and Morshed, Md. N. (2021) “Internal Migration of Dubaiwala Families to Suburban Areas in Bangladesh: Exploring Links between Internal and International Migration”. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, 16(1): 11-27. https://doi.org/10.18848/2324-755X/CGP/v16i01/11-27
Masud, Md. M. H (2020) “International Student Migration and Polymedia: The Use of Communication Media by Bangladeshi Students in Germany”. Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 5(3): 95-110. https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.05.03.5
Conference and Seminar Papers
• (2 June 2022). “The International Community, Refugees and the State in Africa” at the Department of International Relations, the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
• (7-9 July 2021). “Non-Refoulement: National Interest and Norms in Global Forced Migration Politics” at The 18th IMISCOE Annual Conference on “Crossing borders, connecting cultures”, hosted by Luxembourg University.
• (5-7 October 2020). “Understanding the Rohingya Refugee ‘Crisis’ in Myanmar: The Individual, the State and the International System” at the Myanmar Conference 2020 Minorities in Myanmar, Stuttgart, Germany.
• (06-07 February 2020) “Housing and Internal Migration of Emigrants in Suburban Areas: Resettlement Policy at the Household Level in the Case of Bangladesh” at IMISCOE Spring Conference. University of Lisbon, Portugal.
• (13-14 December 2019). “Afghan Refugees in Hamburg: Exploring the Influences of Remittances on the Healthcare and Educational Well-being of their Left-behind Conflict-affected Families” at the EMMIR & ACMS (African Centre for Migration and Society) International Conference 2019, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany. (With Maruf Tahiri and Waseem Al-Musaw)
• (13 September 2019), “The Lives of Bedes (gypsy community) in Bangladesh” at the University of South Bohemia, the Czech Republic.
• (08 January 2015). “Drivers of Migration from the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT): Climatic, Demographic or Economic?” at The Gobeshona Conference for Research on Climate Change in Bangladesh, Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
