A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
Anisur Rahman Khan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, East West University. Before joining East West University, he was a faculty member at the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC).
He holds immense interest in advancing his works on rediscovering and decolonizing Bangladesh-centered sociological knowledge and realities. Currently, his academic concentration includes developing a sociology-centric knowledge base in suicide studies. He is also involved in exploring and fixing the ambivalences and vulnerabilities associated with men and masculinities in Bangladesh. In particular, he strives to bring asymmetry in gender-related study, research and policy advocacy. Accordingly, his works critically reflect the need to shift the typical/linear ‘women-centric’ focus to the ‘men-inclusion’ approach.
He has obtained his higher academic degrees in Dhaka, York, Bangkok and Cape Town. He has attended several professional training, workshops and conferences at home and abroad.
Anisur Rahman Khan has published widely in national and international journals and contributed to several book chapters.
He has also received several research funding.
2024 FIFA World Cup 2022 and Bangladesh: Shedding light from the sociology of sport. Scientific Journal of Sport and Performance, 3(1), 130–144. https://doi.org/10.55860/
2023 Psychological Perspective of Suicidal Behaviour in South Africa, Journal of Suicide Prevention, 5: 3-16. http://isssp.ir/article-1-51-en.pdf
2023 Suicide is a mental health issue, not a crime, 360info. https://doi.org/10.54377/44e3-04ba
2023 Male suicide cases in Bangladesh: Lensing through Durkheim’s sociological typology, Journal of Human Behaviour in the Social Environment, 33:6, 879-894. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2022.2164543 [Routledge, Scopus & ISI indexed Journal].
2023 Intimate Relationship and Suicidal Behaviour of Men in Bangladesh. Mortality, 28(1), 106-125 [Routledge & Scopus Indexed Journal]. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2021.1879755
2022 Pathways to the studies on men and masculinities in Bangladesh, Humanisma-Journal of Gender Studies, 6(2): 18-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.30983/humanisme.v6i2
2022 Thwarted Belongingness, Perceived Burdensomeness, and Acquired Capability for Suicide among University Students of Bangladesh: Scales Validation and Status Assessment, Frontiers in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1025976 [Impact factor 5.43, ISI & Scopus indexed Journal].
2022 Masculinity and suicide in Bangladesh. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 86(1), 218-240. https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222820966239 [Sage, Impact factor Impact factor 2.858, ISI, Scopus indexed journal].
2022 Coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis and suicide in Bangladesh: Some explanations through Durkheim's sociology of suicide, Journal of Community Positive Practices, XXII(3), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.35782/JCPP.2022.3.01 [Scopus Journal].
2022 Social Meanings of Attempted Suicide of Men in Bangladesh, Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 15, 553-571. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40647-022-00355-9 [Springer, Scopus & ISI indexed Journal].
2022 Men and Climate Change: Some Thoughts on South Africa and Bangladesh, Norma: International Journal for Masculinity Studies, 18 (2), 137-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/18902138.2022.2077082 [Routledge, Scopus & ISI indexed Journal].
2022 Everyday peacebuilding among Ghanaian men: Ambiguities, resistances and possibilities. Journal of the British Academy, 10(s1), 35–53. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/010s1.035
2022 Configuring traditional masculinities among young adults in Northwestern Ghana: Surveillance, ambivalences, and vulnerabilities. Cogent Social Sciences, 8:1 https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2022.2038849 [Routledge, Scopus & ISI indexed journal].
2022 Masculinity and men's suicide attempts in Bangladesh. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 27(4), 367-385. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2021.1987037. [Impact Factor: 4.75, Routledge, Scopus & ISI indexed Journal].
2022 Female perpetrated domestic violence against men and the case for Bangladesh. Journal of Human Behaviour in the Social Environment, 3(4), 519-533. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2021.1927281 [Routledge, ISI & Scopus indexed Journal].
2021 Hegemonic masculinity in the marginal societal context. Agathos-An International Review of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 12, 1 (22), 223-234 [ISI indexed Journal].
2021 Suicidal Behaviour and Coronavirus (COVID-19): Insights from Durkheim’s Sociology of Suicide. International Social Science Journal, 71, 7-21. [Wiley & Scopus Indexed Journal]. https://doi.org/10.1111/issj.12269
2021 Increased risk for mental disorders and suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic. Position statement of the Section on Suicidology and Suicide Prevention of the European Psychiatric Association, Global Psychiatry, 4(1). https://globalpsychiatry.co.uk/article_8114.html
2021 Men and COVID-19 pandemic: Explicating the need for masculinity analysis. Journal of Community Positive Practice, XXI (1), 3-7 https://doi.org/10.35782/JCPP.2021.1.01[Scopus Indexed Journal].
2021 Seasonality of suicide in Jhenaidah district, Bangladesh, 2011-2018. Journal of Social Health, 4(1), 64-75. http://socialhealthjournal.org/2021/02/23/seasonality-of-suicide-in-jhenaidah-district-bangladesh-2011-2018/
2021 Demographic risk factors and motives of male suicide in Bangladesh: A retrospective content analysis. Acta Counseling and Humanities, 1(2), 66-68. https://doi.org/10.46637/ach.v1i2.7
2021 Suicide prevention intervention in Bangladesh: The current state and the way forward. Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 15(1), 15-23 [Willey, Scopus & ISI Indexed Journal] https://doi.org/10.1111/aswp.12214
2021 Men’s reflections on post-suicide attempt episode in Bangladesh. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 84(2), 582–595 [Impact factor 2.858, Scopus, ISI Indexed & SAGE Journal]. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0030222820904878
2020 Methodological issues in suicide research in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, 28 (2), 93-96. https://doi.org/10.36609/bjpa.v28i2
2020 Suicidal behaviour in South Africa and Bangladesh: A review of empirical literature. African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention, 18(1), 1-35. https://www.samrc.ac.za/content/social-and-health-sciences-journal
2020 Assessing the policy implementation of the Bangladeshi domestic violence act: Any lessons for protecting South African women in their homes? South African Review of Sociology, 51 (1), 17-36, [Routledge, ISI & Scopus Indexed Journal]. https://doi.org/10.1080/21528586.2020.1741443
2020 Suicide and COVID-19: Call for critical masculinity analyses and interventions, Postdigital science and education, 2, 651–656, [Springer Nature & Scopus Indexed Journal]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-020-00152-1
2020 (Re)Animating Sociology of Suicide in Bangladesh. Italian Sociological Review, 10 (1), 55-75. [Scopus Indexed Journal]. http://dx.doi.org/10.13136/isr.v10i1.317
2020 Suicide and attempted suicide in Jhenaidah district, Bangladesh, 2010-2018. CRISIS: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 41(4), 304–312 [Impact factor 2.508, IASP Journal, ISI & Scopus Indexed Journal]. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1027/0227-5910/a000631
2019 Engaging men to support women in science, medicine, and global health. Lancet, 393 (10171), 609-610. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30031-5 [Impact factor 60.10, Elsevier, ISI & Scopus Indexed Journal]. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30031-5
2019 The informal sector in Bangladesh: A case study on rural and urban street vendors. Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, 44 (3-4), 271-282. [Scopus Indexed Journal]
2019 Socio-economic situational analysis of tea plantation workers: A case study from Lubachhara tea garden, Sylhet. Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, 25 (2), 75-83. https://doi.org/10.36609/bjpa.v25i2.31
2018 Challenges and Coping Strategies of Women Leaders at the Local Level in Bangladesh, Italian Sociological Review, 8 (1), 43-63. [Scopus Indexed Journal]. http://dx.doi.org/10.13136/isr.v8i1.155
2017 Analysing Masculinity from the Key Theoretical Lenses and Searching for Linkages with Violence against Women, Masculinities and Social Change, 6 (3), 257-287. [Scopus & ISI indexed Journal]. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/mcs.2017.2593
2017 The Introduction of the National Identity Scheme: An Assessment of the Dilemma between Social Benefits and Challenges. International Journal of Social Science and Development Policy, 3 (2): 114-120.
2017 Factors associated with Domestic Violence against Rural Bangladeshi Women. Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies, 6(1), 1208-1230. [Scopus Indexed Journal]. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/generos.2017.2085
2017 The Role of Evaluation at the Stages of Policy Formulation, Implementation, and Impact Assessment. Agathos-An International Review of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 8 (1), 173-186. Agathos-An International Review of the Humanities and Social Sciences [ISI indexed journal]
2016 Politics, Ethics and Professionals in Policy Evaluation. Humanities, Arts and Social Science Studies (formerly Silpakorn University Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts), 16 (2), 41-71. [Scopus Indexed Journal]. https://doi.org/10.14456/sujsha.2016.11
2016 Public and Private Organisations: How Different or Similar are They? Journal of Siberian Federal University, Humanities and Social Sciences, 12(9): 2873-2885. [Scopus Indexed Journal]. 10.17516/1997-1370-2016-9-12-2873-2885
2016 A Critical Insight into Policy Implementation and Implementation Performance. Public Policy and Administration, 16(4), 538-548. [Scopus Indexed Journal]. https://doi.org/10.13165/VPA-16-15-4-02
2016 Policy Implementation: Some Aspects and Issues. Journal of Community Positive Practice, XVI (3):,3-12. [Scopus Indexed Journal]
2015 Consequences of Domestic Violence against Women: Some Reflections from Rural Bangladesh Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 9(3): 210-223. [Willey, Scopus & ISI Indexed Journal]. https://doi.org/10.1111/aswp.12059
2015 Domestic Violence against Women in Bangladesh: A Review of the Literature and the Gaps to Domestic Violence against Women in Bangladesh. Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 18 (3), 55-81. [ISI indexed Journal]
2015 Women’s Coping Strategies and Help-seeking Practices: Some Observations on Domestic Violence in Rural Bangladesh. Asian Journal of Women’s Studies, 21(3), 252-272. [Routledge, Scopus & ISI Indexed Journal] [Impact factor 0.291]. https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2015.1072941
2015 A Chronicle of the Global Movement to Combat Violence against Women: The Role of the Second-Wave Feminist Movement and the United Nations: The Perspective of Bangladesh. Journal of International Women's Studies, 16(2), 213-244. [Scopus Journal]
2015 Who is Old and When is a Woman Old? Cultural, Social and Economic Meanings. Thai Journal of Public Administration, 13(2), 131-146.
2015 Gender and Diaspora: The Bihari Community in Bangladesh. NIDA Case Research Journal, 7 (2), 83-94.
2014 Rural Bangladesh Women’s Experiences of Domestic Violence: An Exploratory Study. Journal of Social Research and Policy, 5 (2), 1-24. [Scopus Journal]
2014 Community Perceptions and Activisms Regarding Domestic Violence against Women: Perceptions from Rural Bangladesh. Journal of Community Positive Practice, XIV (3), 79-98. [Scopus Journal]
2013 Constructions of Masculinity and Domestic Violence against Women: Perspectives from Ghana and Nepal. Thai Journal of Public Administration, 11 (2), 101-135.
2012 A Review of Studies on Violence against Women in Bangladesh. Empowerment, 19, 29-42.
2009 Quality of Implementation of 100 Days Employment Generation Programme. Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, XVIII (2), 89-116.
2007 Are Women Treated Fairly in the Labour Market: A Study on the British Labour Market. Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, XVII (2), 27-41.
2005 Problems, Factors and Consequences Associated with South-Asian Women in Realising their Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Well-being. Public Administration Quarterly, 37, 33-48.
2004 Max Weber: on Structures of Authority in Society, Bangladesh Journal of Administration and Management, 10, 57-65.
2003 Minority Groups in Society- Some Aspects and Issues: A Sociological Insight with a Reference to Bangladesh. Bangladesh Public Administration Quarterly, 26, 51-75.
2003 A Sociological Search for Uncovering Different Dimensions of Crime and the Context of Bangladesh Society. Bangladesh Public Administration Quarterly, 29, 61-84.
2003 The Elderly and Their Problems in Society-A Sociological Interpretation with Special Focus on Bangladesh Perspective. Bangladesh Journal of Administration and Management, 9, 57-84.
2003 Role of Geographical Factors in Shaping Society and Bangladesh Perspective. Bangladesh, Lok Prashashan Patrika, 8,1-24.
2002 Family and Marriage Systems in Bangladesh, Changes and Future therein: A Sociological Discussion. Bangladesh Public Administration Quarterly, 25, 9-62.
2002 Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh: A Discussion. Bangladesh Lok Prashashan Patrika, 7, 41-56
Conference Proceeding
2023 Intimate Partner Violence against Men in South Asia, Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences 2023 (IC-HUSO 2023), 1, 1-17. https://ichuso.kku.ac.th/papers
2014 Men in feminist research: Debates over exclusion and inclusion, Proceeding of the Social Sciences Research ICSSR (e-ISBN 978-967-11768-7-0).
Paper Presented
2023 Experiences of Tertiary EEE programmes in Bangladesh to Address the Washington Accord Graduate Attributes in the Affective Learning Domain, Paper presented at the 34TH Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference, 3-6 December, Gold Coast, Australia
2023 Intimate Partner Violence against Men in South Asia, Paper presented at 18th International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, (IC-HUSO 2023), 27 November, Khon Kean University, Thailand
2020 Masculinity and suicide attempt of men, Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Public Administration and Development, 5-8 February, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2020 Demographic Risk Factors and Motives of Male Suicide in Bangladesh, 2018-2019, Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Public Administration and Development, 5-8 February, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2020 Pathways of the Studies on Men and Masculinities in Bangladesh, Paper presented at Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences; Gender, Health, Information and the Environment, East West University, February 27-29, 2020
2019 Interface between masculinity and suicide, 26th, South African Sociological Association Congress, 15-17 July 2019, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa
2019 Re-energising sociology of suicide: Case application in Bangladesh, 26th, South African Sociological Association Congress, 15-17 July 2019, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa
2019 Trends of suicidal behaviour in Bangladesh: A Descriptive analysis, 26th, South African Sociological Association Congress, 15-17 July 2019, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa
2018 The Informal Sector in Bangladesh: A Case Study on Rural and Urban Street Vendors, First National Conference, Department of Sociology, 12 May 2018, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2015 Who is Old and When a Woman is Old? Cultural, Social and Economic Meanings, Third International Conference on Social Sciences Research, 8-9 June 2015, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia
2015 Implementation Assessment of the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2010: Reflections from Two Bangladeshi Districts, 4th International Conference on Advancement of Development Administration, 28-30 June 2015, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok, Thailand
2015 Community Perceptions and Activisms Concerning Domestic Violence against Women: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh, 4th International Conference on Advancement of Development Administration, 28-30 June 2015, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok, Thailand
2015 Gender and Diaspora: The Bihari Community in Bangladesh, NIDA International Conference for Case Studies on Development Administration, 6-7 August 2015 Bangkok, Thailand
2015 Who is Old and When a Woman is Old? Cultural, Social and Economic Meanings, paper presented at the Third International Conference on Social Sciences Research, 8-9 June 2015, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia
2023 Suicide Prevention Summit, organised by Mental Health Academy, Australia [online participation], 19-21 May, 2023
2022 The social and cultural context of suicide in Bangladesh, lecture delivered at Suicide Cultures, University of Edinburgh, UK (28 April)
2020 Covid-19 and suicide, lecture delivered for Young People Mental Health Trust, Zimbabwe organised by Faculty of Medicine, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe (12 August)
2020 A Strategic planning approach to suicide prevention (online training), Suicide Prevention Resource Centre, USA (04 April)
2019 How Does It Feel To Be a Problem? Decolonising Mental Health at Academic Institutions, 07 May, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa [colloquium]
2019 The shame is not ours: Reflections on, resistances to and reattributions of shame, 19 March, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa [colloquium]
2019 Discourse Analysis workshop, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa (12-13 August)
2018 Training on Research Ethics, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa ( 06 September)
2017 University-Industry Linkage Training Programme, Peking University, China (14-17 November)
2010 Public Administration Reform, Performance Management and Service Delivery, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (9 -20 August)
2010 Human Resource Management and Economic Development, Beijing Administrative College, China (10-18 June)
2010 Administration and Development, ACN Institute for Higher Education, New Delhi, India (1 -10 June)
2010 Managing Change in the Public Service, Civil Service College, Singapore (15-25, March)
2006 Public Administration Capacity Building, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (2-11 May)
2002 Diploma in Management, Narula Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India
1996 Diploma in Human Rights and Legal Aid, Humanist and Ethical Association of Bangladesh in Collaboration with Dhaka International University
2016 Implementation Assessment of the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2010: Evidences from Two Bangladeshi districts. In M. Ortiz (Ed.) Domestic Violence: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Perspectives (pp. 189-224) New York: Nova Science Publishers.
2021 Men, masculinities, peace and violence: A multi-level overview on justice and conflict. In T. Väyrynen, É. Féron, P. Medie, S. Parashar, & C. C. Confortini (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Feminist Peace Research (pp. 313-323), London: Routledge.
2023 Cultural perspectives of suicide in Bangladesh. In S.M. Yasir Arafat and Murad M.Khan (Eds.) Suicide in Bangladesh - Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prevention (pp. 43-64). Singapore: Springer.
2023 Bangladeshe Attahattar Sanskitik Pariprekith (Cultural perspectives of suicide in Bangladesh). In S.M. Yasir Arafat and Murad M.Khan (eds.) Attahatta: Bangladesh Prekhapat (Suicide in Bangladesh - Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prevention (pp. 63-85). Dhaka: Bangla Gabeshana. [In Bangla, translation]
2024 Kulturelle Perspektiven des Selbstmords in Bangladesch (Cultural perspectives of suicide in Bangladesh). In S.M. Yasir Arafat and Murad M.Khan (Eds.) Selbstmord in Bangladesch (pp. 51-75). Singapore: Springer [Published February 2024] [In German, translation] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7773-4_4
[Forthcoming] Suicide and mental illness. In W. Cockerham (ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society. Wiley-Blackwell.
2004 Challenges of Institutionalising Gender within Public Organisations: A Study on Some Selected Government Organisatons in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre, Savar, Dhaka [Funded Research]
2007 A Wife’s Heaven is Under the Feet of Her Husband: Violence against Women in Bangladesh with a Particular Emphasis on Domestic Violence, University of York, UK [MA Thesis]
2009 Untold Realities: Violence Experienced by Women Public Officials in their Marital Life, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre, Savar, Dhaka [Funded Research]
2015 Domestic violence against women and the implementation of the domestic violence (prevention and protection) Act 2010 : Reflections from rural Bangladesh, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok, Thailand. DOI: 10.14457/NIDA.the.2015.62 [Ph.D. research]
2019 Men's suicidal behaviour and masculinity in Bangladesh, Institute for Social and Health Sciences, University of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa [Postdoctoral Research]
2023 Men, Masculinity and Suicide in Jhenaidah District, Bangladesh, Centre for Research and Training, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh [Funded Research]
Japan Debt Cancellation Fund Scholarship for studying masters in the UK
NIDA PhD scholarship (Bangkok, Thailand)
University of South Africa Post-doctoral scholarship (Cape Town, South Africa)
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