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About Me
About Me
I am an Associate Professor and the post-graduate co-ordinator of Sociology and the past coordinator of the Environment and Sustainability Research Cluster in the School of Social Sciences and Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU). I am a former Visiting Scholar in the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2018).
My research interests include environmental sociology and international development, with a particular focus on industrial aquaculture, global agro-food system, climate change, food security, environmental sustainability, and Islam in modernity. So far, I have published eight books on these topics.
Recent Books
Recent Books
The jamaat question in bangladesh: islam, politics and society in a post-democratic nation
The jamaat question in bangladesh: islam, politics and society in a post-democratic nation
Separating fact from fiction, the volume attempts to uncover the truth about Jamaat, the largest Islam-based political party in Bangladesh. Suppressed and marginalized by the Awami regime, Jamaat remains active in the social landscape of Bangladesh. What makes Jamaat so resilient against all odds? Can it peacefully coexist with rival political parties in a polarised nation such as Bangladesh? This book seeks to answer these crucial questions.
Climate Change & Food SecuRity In Asia Pacific: Response & Resilience
Climate Change & Food SecuRity In Asia Pacific: Response & Resilience
Climate Change and Food Security in Asia Pacific: Response and Resilience evaluates the complex nexus between climate change and regional food security in Asia Pacific. It also examines the regional initiatives on, the current state of, and the future prospects for mitigations and resilience regarding climate change and food security vis-à-vis other regions of the world.
ISLAM & Democracy in south asia: THE case of Bangladesh
ISLAM & Democracy in south asia: THE case of Bangladesh
Grounded in the Weberian tradition, Islam and Democracy in South Asia: The Case of Bangladesh presents a critical analysis of the complex relationship between Islam and democracy in South Asia and Bangladesh. The book posits that Islam and democracy are not necessarily incompatible, but that the former has a contributory role in the development of the latter.
Recent Articles
Recent Articles
Islam, Md Saidul. 2024. Rethinking Climate Justice: Insights from Environmental Sociology. Climate 2024, 12(12), 203; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli12120203
Adha Shaleh and Md. Saidul Islam. 2024. “Averting the Existential Threat of the Planet: Islamic Environmental Ethics to Address the Contemporary Environmental Crisis. Intellectual Discourse 32(1): 239-264. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31436/id.v32i1.1937
Hafijur Rahman, Md Saidul Islam, and Naguib Gounjaria. 2024. “State and Politics in the Transitional Era of Globalization: Twisting and Turning toward Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes.” Politics and Policy DOI: 10.1111/polp.12603.
Islam, Md Saidul, Zach Lee, Adha Shaleh, and Han Sen Soo. 2023. “The United Nations Environment Assembly resolution to end plastic pollution: Challenges to effective policy interventions.” Environment, Development and Sustainability, DOI 10.1007/s10668-023-03639-6.
Hui, Ng Xin, Kuan Shu Wen, and Md Saidul Islam. 2023. “Out of Sight, out of the Mind: The Invisible Society of Waste in Singapore.” Nature and Culture, Vol. 18, No. 3.
Kais, S. M., and Md Saidul Islam. 2023. “Climate Change, Ecological Modernization, and Disaster Management: The Coastal Embankment Project in Southwestern Bangladesh.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20(6086): 1-20 [Scopus Indexed; Citescore: 5.4; Shared role in conceptualization, data collection and writing; Corresponding author; Equal authorship]
Recent Presentations
Recent Presentations
“Geopolitics of Climate Change: Deals, Disturbances, and Power Dynamics”, Canadian Sociological Association Meeting, York University, Canada, 31 May-04 June 2023.
“Anthropocene, Inequality and Climate Change: Towards an Integrated Climate Justice Framework”, Canadian Sociological Association Meeting, York University, Canada, 31 May-04 June 2023.
“Restoring Climate Justice in the Unequal World” 2nd International Conference on Social Work and Sustainable Social Development 2023, Department of Social Work Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh, 5-7 January 2023.
“Food Self-Sufficiency for Resilient Development and Economic Growth in Small Island Developing States”, in Science Summit at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA77), New York, 26 September 2022.
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