I am an Associate at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg. I completed my DPhil in International Relations at Oxford University as a  Commonwealth Scholar. My research lies at the intersection between comparative and international politics and focuses on the politics of ethnicity, conflict, and refugee movements. While I take a special interest in my home country Bangladesh, I have a broader research agenda encompassing the comparative politics of the Global South, especially South Asia, and qualitative methods. 

I have held fellowships at the Hertie School in Berlin and the Cumberland Lodge in Windsor.

Before starting my DPhil at Oxford, I worked as a public information expert and political analyst, most recently at UNDP Bangladesh. I was also the Political Advisor to the German ambassador in Bangladesh in 2013-14.

Born and raised in Bangladesh, I received my BA and MA degrees in English Literature from the University of Dhaka. I received a second MA in International Relations (2012-13) from the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, where I was an Endeavour scholar and wrote an award-winning thesis on Burmese foreign policy.