- Faculty
- Faculty Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
- Research Interest
- Sociology of Gender Sociology of Religion Livelihood Vulnerabilities Women and Migration, Gender and Water, Culture, and Social Empowerment.
- Teaching Materials
- SOC 101: Introduction of Sociology SOC 319: Early Social Thought
- Academic Background
- Ph.D. in Sociology (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) https://www.jnu.ac.in/sss/csss-doctoral_programme M.Phil. in Sociology (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) MSS in Sociology, (University of Dhaka) BSS in Sociology, (University of Dhaka)
- Awards & Achievements
- Awarded U.S. State Department Academic Scholars Program , SUSI Scholar in Religious Pluralism, The Dialogue Institute, T emple University, USA , 2018. Awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowship in 2009 at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Netherlands by the Department of Women and Gender Studies, University of Dhaka. Awarded Doctoral Research Fellowship , University Grants Commission, India
- Selected Publications
- Journal Publication Conference & Seminars Academic Work Academic and Policy Research Journal Editor/ Reviewer/ Membership of National & International Professional Bodies Submitted Article International Journal and Book Chapters/ Research Monograph : 1. Mannan , F. (2022) Veil as Religious Expression: A Sociological Study of University Students in Bangladesh , Journal of Ecumenical Studies. Volume 57, Number 2, Spring 2022, pp. 197-219, University of Pennsylvania Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2022.0017 2. Islam, S., Mannan, F, & et el. (2020) COVID-19 pandemic : An analysis of the healthcare, social and economic challenges in Bangladesh , Progress in Disaster Science , December 2020, Volume8,100135. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2020.100135 . 3. Islam, S. Islam, R., Mannan, F. & et el. (2020) COVID-19 Pandemic: How is Bangladesh coping with the rapid spread of coronavirus infection?, Journal of Infection in Developing Countries , 2020, 14(10):1098-1105. doi:10.3855/jidc.13289. 4. Mannan, F., Banu A. (2020) Women in Politics: Gender Quota and Women’s Movements in Bangladesh, Rajasthan Journal of Sociology Volume 12, October 2020, India. 5. Mannan. F. (2019) Breaking the Chain: Dynamics of Intra-Household Relationships & Non-Governmental Organizations in Bangladesh, International Journal of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies, Volume 4 Number 1, DAKAM, Turkey. https://www.dakam.org/archive-ijssis 6. Mannan , F. ( 2018) Are Organizations Accountable? Disconnect Between Gender and Sanitation in Bangladesh , Environment and Urbanization ASIA journal, Volume 9 Issue 1, March 2018, Sage Publication. 7. Mannan, F. (2012) Gender-based Violence in Dhaka’s Slums , Book Chapter: The Future of Asian Feminisms: Confronting Fundamentalisms, Conflicts and Neo-Liberalism , Eds., Nursyahbani Katjasungkana and Saskia E. Wieringa, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 12 Back Chapman Street, Newcastle uponTyne, NE6 2XX, UK. p182. https://www.amazon.com/Future-Asian-Feminisms-Fundamentalisms-Neo-liberalism/dp/1443834505 8. Joshi, D., Fawcett, B., and Mannan, F. (2012) Sanitation for the Urban Poor: Gender Matters , book chapter in Diverting the Flow : Gender Equity and Water in South Asia , edited by Margreet Zwarteveen, Sara Ahmed and Suman Rimal Gautam. – Zubaan, New Delhi. 9. Joshi, D., Fawcett B., Mannan F. 2011 Health , hygiene and appropriate sanitation: experiences and perceptions of the urban poor , Environment and Urbanization, April 2011 23: 91-111, doi: 10.1177/0956247811398602, (by) Sage Journal. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956247811398602 10. Holmes, R., Jones N., Mannan F. (2011) Addressing gendered risks and vulnerabilities through social protection: examples of good practice from Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Peru . Gender and Development Journal , Vol 19:2 July 2011, Oxfam, UK. PP 255-270. : Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group . https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13552074.2011.592637 11. Mannan, F. 2013 ‘ The Times of Hope and Despair’: Gender at the Crossroads of Water and Sanitation in Bangladesh. South Asian Water Studies , Volume 3, Issues 3, February, 2013, (www. sawas journal.org) 12. Holmes, R., Mannan, F, Dhali, H, Parveen,S. (2010) Gendered Risks, Poverty and Vulnerability in Bangladesh, Case Study of the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction Programme (CFPR), Specially Targeted Ultra Poor II (STUP II), Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, United Kingdom . https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/6244.pdf 13. Mannan, F. (2002) Gender and Development: An Analysis of Selected NGO Interventions in Bangladesh and India – Thesis submitted to the Center for the Study of Social Systems (CSSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi in partial fulfillment of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). National Journal /Book Chapters/ Working Paper: 1. Mannan,F., and Banu, A (2017). Livelihood Vulnerability and Elderly Women in Urban Slums
- Professional Experience
- Chairperson , Department of Sociology, East West University, Dhaka, from 2022- at present Dean , Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, East West University, Dhaka, from 2016 -2022 Professor, Department of Sociology , East West University, Dhaka, from Fall 2021- till at present Associate Professor , Department of Sociology, East West University, Dhaka, since 2017-2021 Associate Professor , Department of Social Relations, East West University, Dhaka, from fall 2014 -2017, and Adjunct Faculty in 2013 . Associate Professor (under the Institutionalizing of the Department of Women Studies Project), Department of Women and Gender Studies, University of Dhaka , 2009- 2010 and Part time faculty, Department of Women and Gender Studies, University of Dhaka, fall 2013 - 2014. Assistant Professor (under the Institutionalizing of the Department of Women Studies Project), Department of Women and Gender Studies, University of Dhaka , 2006-2009. Assistant Professor (Part-time faculty), (under the Institutionalizing of the Department of Women Studies Project), Department of Women and Gender Studies , 2005. Research Fellow, School of Development Studies, BRAC University, Teaching at post-graduate level (course Gender and Development), 2007- 2008 Guest Lecturer, Teaching at graduate level (Course WFM 6104: Gender and Water) in Integrated Water Resources Management, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 2005.
- Affiliation Professional Membership
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Congress on Women in a Global World IV: Struggle for Equality (WGW2024 ), Topkapı University, Istanbul, Turkey. Member of the International Sociological Association (ISA) since 2023. Life member of the Indian Sociological Society (ISS), India, since 2024. Life member of Rajasthan Sociological Association, India, since 2018. Reviewed East West Journal of Business and Social Studies, East West University, Bangladesh. Reviewer of the Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, East West University, Bangladesh, since 2014 till present. Was a member of the Scientific Committee of Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center (DHAKAM), Turkey 2018.