Professor Dr. A.T.M Nurul Amin

Born in village Barjalia, P.S. Hizla, district Barisal , A.T.M. Nurul Amin , an economist is a professor of Urban Environmental Management in the School of Environment , Resources and Development at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok . He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Manitoba , Canada in 1982. He joined Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in 1987 as an assistant professor. His past institutional affiliations for education, research and employment include University of Dhaka (1966-70) for undergraduate education in economics; University of Rajshahi (1-3/1973) and Jahangirnagar University (1973-1975 and 1982-1986) as a lecturer/assistant professor/associate professor of economics; the University of Manitoba (1975-82) for graduate study; the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, England in 1977 as a Study Fellow and again in 1986 as a Visiting Fellow; the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), Nagoya, Japan in 1994-95 as a Senior U.N. Fellow; the School of Urban Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China in 2000 and 2001 as a Visiting Scholar and HEC Foreign Professor at the Department of Development Economics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2006. He was the Chairman of AIT's Division of Human Settlements Development during 1991-1993, Coordinator of the Urban Environmental Management field during 1996-1999 and 2001-2004, and Director of CIDA-AIT Partnership Project on the Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications during 2003-2004.

He has served as a consultant for ILO, ESCAP, UNDP, UNESCO, Unicef, UNCRD, GHK International, IGES and UNEP. His committee work includes serving as AIT's Chair of Academic Senate and Doctoral Program Committee; member of AIT's Faculty Appointment and Promotion Panel; the General Secretary of Bangladesh Economic Association; the General Secretary of Jahangirnagar University Teachers Association; a team member of various expert committees of several international agencies; and as founding member of Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA) and the Network of Institutions for Sustainable Development (NISD).

He teaches graduate courses in Development Economics, Sustainable Urbanization Policy, Environmental Economics, and Urban Economics & Finance at AIT. His research interests include the informal sector, urban environmental management, economic instruments, employment-income approach to poverty reduction, financing and cost recovery, policy measures to influence human behavior towards sustainable development, and incentive measures for promoting sustainable transportation. His master and doctoral students' supervision, including Ph.D. external examinership, adds up to 101 and his research publications to 81. His editorial work includes serving as a Guest Editor, member of International Editorial Advisory Board and reviewer of many international journals and publications including that of the State of the World Cities 2008/09 of UN-HABITAT.