Dr Razia Sultana

Razia Sultana is currently working at Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) as a core Senior Research Fellow. Razia has recently accomplished her PhD under the School of Geography and Sustainable Communities at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Razia’s PhD research interest is on issues of urban green infrastructure (UGI) technologies titled ‘Greening the Slums: Urban Green Infrastructure in Dhaka, Bangladesh’. Razia’s academic background is also anchored in International Relations and Population Sciences with a solid theoretical and empirical understanding of the disciplines. Further attainment to her academic achievement is added with the securing of an Advanced Master’s degree in ‘Development Practices’ from the University of Queensland, Australia.

Razia unfalteringly exhibited her utmost sincerity and a keen interest in research works of multi-fold nature. In her capacity as a Senior Research Fellow at BIISS, Razia looks into the non-traditional security issues in world affairs especially in South Asia. In addition, in many of her research works, she has amply demonstrated her research skill and tact that make her keen to undertake research in various sub-fields such as environment, migration, urbanization, urban greening, and ecosystem that is of interest to her. Razia, has participated in various development projects both individual and collaborative and presented scholarly research in many national and international conferences. She has quite a good number of publications to her credit in academic journals both at home and abroad.