Mezbah-Ul-Azam Sowdagar
Department of Political Science

Publication of Mezbah-Ul-Azam Sowdagar

Publications:

  • Reintroducing Upazila System in Bangladesh: Quest for Autonomy -Published in the Journal of Development Compilation, Dhaka, Volume-04, Number-01, August-2010.
  • Challenges of Local Governance: A Study on New Upazila System in Bangladesh, Jagannath University Journal of Social Sciences, Vol-1, No-1-2, January 2013.
  • Global Constitutionalism: Dynamics, Opportunities and Challenges, Journal of Politics and Administration, Vol-2, No-1, December 2014, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • ASEAN+3+3+2: Explaining Trends of US-China Regional Competition in the Asia Pacific. BIISS Journal, Vol.36. No.4, October 2015, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Dhaka.
  • US-Japan Relations: Explaining Historical Events of Diplomacy in the Post World War-II Era, Published in the  the Jagannath University Journal of Arts,Vol.9 No. 1, January- June 2019, Faculty of Arts, Jagannath University, Dhaka. 
  • COVID-19 Induced Emergency and the Responsive Capacity of the Local Government in Bangladesh. Jagannath University Journal of social Science.Vol 10, No.1-2, 2019-2020
  • Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: Policy, Achievement and Setbacks, Jagannath University Journal of social Science.Vol 11, No.1-2, 2020-2021

     

Projects:

  • 2011:Working Experience in the Project on International Cooperation in the Asia Pacific Region, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Region (GSAPS) of Waseda University, Tokyo Japan. (2011-13).
  • 2015: Subproject Manager, Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) under the supervision of the World Bank and Ministry Education Bangladesh.
  • 2018: Project Director, Partisan Election and Local Government Service Delivery in Bangladesh, Funded by the Office of the Director (Research)Jagannath University Dhaka.
  • 2019: Project Director, Local Governance: Assessing Accountability Mechanism in the Union Parishad in Bangladesh, Funded by the Office of the Director (Research) Jagannath University Dhaka. 
  • 2020: Project Director, Emergency Responsive Capacity of the Local Goverment During the Pandemic Situation in Bangladesh, Funded by the office of the Research Director, Jagannath University, Dhaka 
  • 2021: Project Director: Bangladesh in International Climate Negotiation: An Analysis of the Proliferated and Fragmented Global Environmental Agreements and Institutions
  • 2023: Impact of Donald Trump’s America First Policy in South Asia: Bangladesh Perspective (Ongoing)