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DR. MD. ABDUL MALAK

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Journal Publications:
1. Riffat Mahmood, Urme Akter, Md Fuad Hassan, Edris Alam, Md. Abdul Malak, “Spatially explicit socio-ecological framework for indicator-based assessment of climate loss and damage: Evidence from coastal Bangladesh”, Environmental and Sustainability Indicators , Elsevier BV, Volume - 30, Page No. - 101283, 2026 Click here for details
2. Karolina Sobczak-Szelc, Magdalena Chułek, Astrid Espegren, Md. Abdul Malak, Małgorzata Jenerowicz-Sanikowska, Mohammad Abdul Quader, “Exploring the Role of Common Pool Resources and (Mal)Coping in Socio-Environmental Dynamics: A Case Study of the Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh”, Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies , Informa UK Limited, Page No. - 1-18, 2026 Click here for details
3. Md. Abdul Malak, Hasiba Afrose Tamanna, Mohammad Abdul Quader, Sumaiya Ferdous, “"There was no advantage to being old in the shelter": experiences of older adults to tropical cyclone in the Coastal Bangladesh”, Journal of Disaster Science and Management , Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Issue - 1, Volume - 1, 2025 Click here for details
4. Omur Faruq, Md. Abdul Malak, Nahrin Jannat Hossain, Md. Shamsudduha Sami, Abdul Majed Sajib, “Investigating the relationship between land use and water quality in urban water bodies”, Cleaner Water , Elsevier BV, Volume - 3, Page No. - 100070, 2025 Click here for details
5. Mohammad Abdul Quader, Hasiba Afroze Tamanna, Md. Abdul Malak, Md. Masud-All-Kamal, ““A neighbor said that the storm was coming”: social capital and older adults’ evacuation in the Bangladeshi coast”, Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal , Emerald, Page No. - 1-15, 2025 Click here for details
6. Md. Abdul Malak, Nazia Khan Lina, “Tropical Cyclones and the Mobility of Older Persons: Insights from Coastal Bangladesh”, Sustainable Development Goals Series , Springer Nature Singapore, Page No. - 17-33, 2024 Click here for details
7. Md Abdul Malak, Md Mafizur Rahman, Seam Ur Rahman Khan, Mohammad Abdul Quader, “Riverine Community Vulnerability to Flooding: An Insight from the Bramhaputra-Jamuna River at Harirampur Upazila, Manikganj”, Jagannath University Journal of Life and Earth Sciences , Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Issue - 2, Volume - 9, Page No. - 195-214, 2024 Click here for details
8. Md Abdul Malak, Nazia Khan Lina, Mohammad Abdul Quader, Riffat Mahmood, “Immobility, Older Adults and Adaptation to Tropical Cyclones: Insights from Coastal Bangladesh”, Migration and Development , SAGE Publications, 2024 Click here for details
9. Nahrin Jannat Hossain, Nethea Islam Nitu, Md Abdul Malak, Mohammad Abdul Quader, Mahfuzul Haque, Kamruzzaman Akand, “Livelihoods under pressure: insights from riverine community in Bangladesh”, Asian Geographer , Informa UK Limited, Issue - 1, Volume - 41, Page No. - 69-93, 2023 Click here for details
10. Mohammad Abdul Quader, Amanat Ullah Khan, Md. Abdul Malak, Matthieu Kervyn, “Mainstreaming Decentralization and Collaboration in Disaster Risk Management: Insights from Coastal Bangladesh”, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science , Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Issue - 3, Volume - 14, Page No. - 382-397, 2023 Click here for details
11. Hassan Hosseinzadeh, Zubair Ahmed Ratan, Kamrun Nahar, Ann Dadich, Abdullah Al-Mamun, Searat Ali, Marzieh Niknami, Iksheta Verma, Joseph Edwards, Mahmmoud Shnaigat, Md Abdul Malak, Md Mustafizur Rahman, Anthony Okely, “Telemedicine Use and the Perceived Risk of COVID-19: Patient Experience”, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , MDPI AG, Issue - 4, Volume - 20, Page No. - 3061, 2023 Click here for details
12. Mohammad Abdul Quader, Hemal Dey, Abdul Malak, Zakiur Rahman, “A geospatial assessment of flood hazard in north‐eastern depressed basin, Bangladesh”, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography , Wiley, Issue - 2, Volume - 44, Page No. - 277-299, 2023 Click here for details
13. Mohammad Abdul Quader, Md. Farhad Hasan, Md. Habibur Rahman, Md. Abdul Malak, “Does Salinity Intrusion Increase the Rate of Chronic Illnesses for the Coastal Communities?”, Coastal Disaster Risk Management in Bangladesh , Routledge, Page No. - 44-59, 2023 Click here for details
14. Md. Abdul Malak, Sumaiya Fahim Prema, Abdul Majed Sajib, Nahrin Jannat Hossain, “Livelihood of Independent Waste Pickers (Tokai) at Dhaka City in Bangladesh: Does it Incidental Choice of them?”, Indonesian Journal of Geography , Universitas Gadjah Mada, Issue - 1, Volume - 54, 2022 Click here for details
15. Md. Abdul Malak, Nahrin Jannat Hossain, Mohammad Abdul Quader, Tania Akter, Md. Nazrul Islam, “Climate Change-Induced Natural Hazard: Population Displacement, Settlement Relocation, and Livelihood Change Due to Riverbank Erosion in Bangladesh”, Springer Climate , Springer International Publishing, Page No. - 193-210, 2021 Click here for details
16. Mohammad Abdul Quader, Hemal Dey, Md. Abdul Malak, Abdul Majed Sajib, “Rohingya refugee flooding and changes of the physical and social landscape in Ukhiya, Bangladesh”, Environment, Development and Sustainability , Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Issue - 3, Volume - 23, Page No. - 4634-4658, 2020 Click here for details
17. Md. Abdul Malak, Abdul Majed Sajib, Mohammad Abdul Quader, Humayra Anjum, ““We are feeling older than our age”: Vulnerability and adaptive strategies of aging people to cyclones in coastal Bangladesh”, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction , Elsevier BV, Volume - 48, Page No. - 101595, 2020 Click here for details
18. Md. Nazrul Islam, Md. Abdul Malak, M. Nazrul Islam, “Community-based disaster risk and vulnerability models of a coastal municipality in Bangladesh”, Natural Hazards , Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Issue - 3, Volume - 69, Page No. - 2083-2103, 2013 Click here for details
19. Khan, MM., Tauhiduzzaman, M., Malak, MA., and Mazumdar, M. “Challenges of the Coastal Communities towards Coping Strategies and Adaptation Options to the Scarcity of Safe Drinking water”, SUST Journal of Social Science (ISSN 1682-895X) , Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Issue - 01, Volume - 34, Page No. - 97-114, Click here for details
20. Tania, TI., Malak, MA., Anjum, H., and Rahman, MZ “Riverbank erosion and human mobility: An insight from the bank of Padma River, Bangladesh”, Journal of Life and Earth Sciences; ISSN || 3005-4389 (Print); 3005-4397 (Online). , The faculty of life and earth sciences, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh, Click here for details
21. Quader, MA., Tusher, MJI., and Malak, MA “Factors of land cover change of Dhaka city through geospatial techniques”, The Journal of Life and Earth Sciences (ISSN: 2414-1402) , Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences, Jagannath University, Bangladesh, Issue - 02, Volume - 08, Page No. - 105-120, Click here for details
22. Alam, M.A., Malak, M.A., Quader, M.A., and Hossain, N.J. “Challenges of freshwater supply systems in south-west coastal area of Bangladesh”, The Journal of Life and Earth Science , The Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences, Jagannath University, Bangladesh, Issue - 02, Volume - 05, Page No. - 131-145, Click here for details
23. Alam, M. R., Malak, M.A., and Quader, M. A. “Livelihood vulnerability of char land people in Brahmaputra-Jamuna River system”, The Journal of Life and Earth Science (ISSN: 2414-1402) , The Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences, Jagannath University, Bangladesh, Issue - 01, Volume - 04, Page No. - 54-64, Click here for details
24. Islam, M. N., Malak, M. A., Pivetau, S. “A Comparison between Dhaka and Paris Air Pollution from Urban Traffic: Some Policy Implications”, The Jahangirnagar Review , Faculty of Social Sciences, Volume - XXXII, Page No. - 311-318, Click here for details
25. Islam, M. N. and Malak, M. A “An Application of DPSIR Model for Assessing the Environmental Change of Turag River Basin”, Bhugal Patrika (A Journal of Geography) , Department of Geography, Jahangirnagar University, Volume - 29, Page No. - 77-93, Click here for details
26. Malak, M.A., Islam, M.N. and Islam, M.N “Population Growth and Food Supply in Northern Bangladesh”, The Journal of Bangladesh National Geographical Association , Bangladesh National Geographical Association (BNGA), Issue - 1, Volume - 38, Page No. - 39-58, Click here for details
27. Ullah, H., Islam, M N., and Malak, M.A “Charland Dynamics of the Bramhaputra- Jamuna River of Bangladesh”, Jahangirnagar Review (Part 2) , Faculty of Social Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh, Volume - XXXIV, Page No. - 165-182, Click here for details
28. Siddik, M. A., Moniruzzaman, M., and Malak, M.A “Role of Private Sector in Post Cyclone Rehabilitation and Restoration in Bangladesh”, Eastern Geographer , Eastern Geographical Society, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, Issue - 01, Volume - XXIV, Page No. - 1-8, Click here for details
29. Khan, MM, Kamal, AHM, Rahman, AKA, Dilara, Z., and Malak, MA “Why Is Women's Leadership Important for Enhancing Disaster Resilience to Natural Perturbations? Important Insights from Coastal Communities of Bangladesh”, Taylor and Francis , Taylor and Francis, Page No. - 153-170, Click here for details

Conference Publications:

Membership:
1. Bangladesh National Geographical Association
2. Asia Pacific Academic Network on Disaster Displacement (APANDD), Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sweden
3. Advisory Committee Member, Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD)

Workshop:
1. The Co-Creation Workshop for Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) Integration into Course Modules was organized by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Regional Asia-Pacific Office (RWI), in Manila, the Philippines, from September 11–13, 2023.
2. The Workshop on Climate and Migration: Historical and Present Perspectives was held on June 3–4, 2024, at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
3. The Workshop on Climate Change, Human Mobility, and Human Rights was organized by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Regional Asia-Pacific Office (RWI RAPO), in Bangkok, Thailand, from October 25–27, 2022.
4. The Kick-off and Author Workshop for the Edited Volume on “Climate-Related Human Mobility in Asia and the Pacific: Interdisciplinary Rights-Based Approaches” was organized by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Regional Asia-Pacific Office (RWI), and South Asian University (SAU) in Kathmandu, Nepal, from August 15–16, 2023.
5. The Co-Creation Symposium on Risk Index for Climate Displacement (RICD) was held on July 11–12, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand, organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand, and the University of the Philippines.
6. Regional Capacity-Building Workshop for Higher Educational Institutions on Human Rights Approaches to Climate Change and Human Mobility was organized by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Regional Asia-Pacific Office (RWI RAPO) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from May 27–29, 2025.
7. International Symposium on Himalayan River Systems: Transboundary Approaches to Land and Water Governance in South Asia held from 16–17 April 2025 at Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal.
8. 2nd Climate Mobility Innovation Lab (CMIL) – Climate Displacement Symposium held from 25 to 26 June 2025, and the RICD Technical Workshop from 26-27 June 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand, organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Regional Asia Pacific.
9. The 4th International Symposium on Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development (DRSD 2025), from 24-26 November 2025, organized by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand.

Project List:
1. 2024-2025 (PI): Empowering Minds: Unraveling Psychological Resilience and Coping Mechanisms among Cyclone and Salinity Affected Population in Coastal Bangladesh. Population Council’s PERCC Case Studies Grant (112), USA.
2. 2024-2025 (Co-PI): Gender-based migration in the context of climate change in coastal Bangladesh: A socio-historical analysis. RSGI Grant Award, 2024, Brac University, Bangladesh
3. 2023-2024 (PI): Climate-induced rural-urban mobility dynamics: An investigation into the coastline of Bangladesh. Jagannath University Research Fund.
4. 2023-2024 (Co-PI): Community centred response strategies to climate change using geo-spatial techniques along the coast of Bangladesh. Funded by Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
5. 2022-2023 (Co-PI): A multi-directional analysis of refugee/IDP camp areas based on HR/VHR satellite data. Name of the Partner: POLNOR, The National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR), Norwegian Research Center (NORCE), National Foundation for Environmental Protection, UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre, and Center of Migration Research, University of Warsaw (UW). https://arica.gridw.pl/en/partners/jagannath-university-dhaka-bangladesh
6. 2022-2023 (PI): Older people (im)mobility and climate change adaptation: An insight from coastal Bangladesh. Jagannath University Research Fund
7. 2017-2021: PhD Researcher: Resilient livelihoods?: Insights from Tanguar Haor in Bangladesh. Supervisors: Associate Professor Jennifer Atchison, Associate Professor Natascha Klocker and Professor Noel Castree. School of Geography and Sustainable Communities, University of Wollongong, NSW.
8. 2016-2017 (PI): Knowledge, Attitude and Preparation-some insights from Cyclone Roanu. Jagannath University Research Fund.
9. 2015-2016 (Co-PI): Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaption Plan: A Case Study on Patuakhali Municipality, Bangladesh. Funded by Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
10. 2024-2025 (PI): Exploring the Integration Challenges of Climate Migrant: An Insight from Dhaka City. Jagannath University Research Fund.
11. 2024 (Junior Researcher): Community Perspectives on Border Externalization and Militarization A Global Analysis. Funded by American Friend Service Committee (AFSC)
12. 2025-2026 (Co-PI): Mapping Diurnal Tide Induced Coastal Flooding using Geospatial Techniques. Funded by University Grants Commission, Bangladesh
13. 2025-2026 (PI): Planned Relocation and Rights-Based Adaptation: An Investigation of Khurushkul Relocation Project in Coastal Bangladesh. Jagannath University Research Fund.

Administrative Responsibilities:
1. Founding Director (May 2024-September 2024), Office of the External Affairs, Jagannath University
2. Director (May 2024-), Centre for Climate Society and Environment (CCSE), Jagannath University.

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ResearchGate Link:
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Google Scholar Link:
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ORCID Link:
1. https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-0295-2617

Country Visit for Research Purpose:
1. Australia, Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, Nepal, India, Fiji, Sri Lanka