Director
Aynul Islam is the Director at the Microgovernance Research Initiative (MGR) and Associate Professor of Political Science in Dhaka University. His teaching and research concentrate on the micro foundation of conflict and violence in societies and the impact on the communities. Academically, he studied politics, conflict, governance and development at Ghent University (Belgium), University of Antwerp (Belgium), and University of Dhaka (Bangladesh). Mr. Islam attended a post-graduate diploma program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (USA). He also attended specialized post-graduate program on Political Violence and Terrorism at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Mr. Islam has received Development and Cooperation Award 2010 by the Provincial Council of Antwerp (Belgium) for his outstanding research on ‘Inside Violence in Mindanao, Philippines’. He is also the recipient of 9 different global scholarships and awards. He has extensively published research and academic papers, articles, and chapters in different journals at home and abroad. He visited at least 24 countries around the world for research and academic participation. He is also a research director at CBGA.
He can be reached at: aynul.islam@du.ac.bd