Dr. Md Mizanur Rahman

Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies

Dr Md Mizanur Rahman received his Ph.D. in Sociology with a thesis on ‘Bangladeshi Labour Migration to Singapore’ from National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2004. Dr Rahman was awarded the NUS Research Scholarship to undertake his PhD at NUS. He was also awarded the Social Science Research Council (SSRC-USA) Bangladesh Fellowship during his PhD candidature. Dr Rahman was a postdoctoral fellow at Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, from 2005-2007 and was a research fellow at the Department of Sociology, NUS, from 2007-2010. He has had a short-term stint as a visiting scholar at the Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, Canada and Graduate School of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. Dr Rahman was involved in the Ford Foundation project on non-traditional security in South Asia in 2004. He was commissioned to write reports on international migration issues in Asia by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and United Nation (UN.

Area of Specialization (keywords):   international labour migration, diaspora engagement, migrant businesses, immigrant integration, migration and development, migration policy and remittances.