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). Currently, he also holds the honorary position of Professor Extraordinarius at the Institute for Social & Health Sciences (ISHS) at the University of South Africa.
He is deeply committed to advancing his work on rediscovering and decolonising Bangladesh-centred sociological knowledge and realities. His current academic focus includes developing a sociology-centred knowledge base in the fields of suicide studies and violence against men. He is also engaged in exploring and addressing the ambivalences and vulnerabilities associated with men and masculinities in Bangladesh. In particular, he seeks to bring symmetry to gender-related research, scholarship, and policy advocacy. Accordingly, his work critically highlights the need to move beyond the conventional, linear women-centred focus towards a more inclusive, gender-neutral approach that explicitly incorporates men's experiences and perspectives.
He earned his higher academic degrees from the University of Dhaka, the University of York, UK, the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) in Bangkok, Thailand, and the Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS) at the University of South Africa. He has attended several professional training programmes, workshops, and academic conferences both 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 internal and external research grants.
Khan, A. R. Hussain, R. & Islam, M. Z. (2026). Motivation for Civil Service Jobs in Bangladesh: Implications of the Weberian Model of Social Stratification, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, [Taylor & Francis, Scopus Indexed, Q1 Journal, Impact Factor, 2.0] https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2026.2686445
Khan, A. R., & Hussain, R. (2026). Suicide in Prisons and Other Custodial Settings in Bangladesh: Key Challenges for Prevention, Criminal Behavior and Mental Health [Wiley, Q3 Journal, Impact Factor, 1.3] https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.70028
Khan, A. R., Shimul, S. M. A. K. (2026). Men’s suicide in Bangladesh: Impressions from the Socio-ecological system theory. Omega-Journal of Death and Dying, 93(2), 1155-1174. [SAGE, Q2 Journal, Impact Factor, 1.5] https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228241257135 [First Published in 2024]
Khan, A. R., & Nuhash, M. R. I (2025). Fatherhood Experiences of Some Selected Young Adults in Bangladesh. Journal of Child, Family, and Consumer Studies, 4(3), 193–205. [A journal of IPB University, Indonesia] https://doi.org/10.5590/JERAP.2025.15.1761
Khan, A. R., & Hussain, R. (2025). Abuse towards elderly parents by adult children: A sociological reflections from Bangladesh society. Journal of Community Positive Practices, XXV (4), 3-24. [Scopus indexed, Q4 Journal]. https://doi.org/10.35782/JCPP.2022.3.01 [Scopus indexed, Q4 Journal].
Khan, A. R. (2025). Social factors of rural male suicide in Bangladesh, Mortality [Taylor & Francis, Q1 Journal, Impact Factor, 1.0] https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2025.2594053
Khan, A. R., & Arendse, N. (2025). Understanding male suicide in rural Bangladesh: A narrative case analysis through hegemonic masculinity and the interpersonal theory of suicide, OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 0(0). [SAGE, Q2 Journal, Impact Factor, 1.5] https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228251362651
Khan, A. R., & Hussain, R. (2025). A content analysis of prison and custodial suicide in Bangladesh, Journal of Social, Behavioral, & Health Sciences, 19, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.5590/JERAP.2025.15.1761
Islam, M.Z. & Khan, A. R. (2025). Application of the system model of industrial relations in a leading manufacturing organization in Bangladesh, Habitus: Journal of Sociology, 6, 251-266. [A journal of Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey] https://doi.org/10.62156/habitus.1620827
Khan, A. R. (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/PFUX3298 [A Journal of Asociación Española de Análisis del Rendimiento Deportivo, Alicante, Spain]
Khan, A. R. & Arendse, N. (2023). Male suicide cases in Bangladesh: Lensing through Durkheim’s sociological typology, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 33(6), 879–894. [Taylor & Francis, Scopus Indexed, Q1 Journal, Impact Factor, 2.0] https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2022.2164543
Khan, A. R., Shimul, S. M. A. K. & Ratele, K. (2023). Psychological Perspective of Suicidal Behavior in South Africa, Journal of Suicide Prevention, 5, 3-16. http://isssp.ir/article-1-51-en.pdf [A Journal of Iran University of Medical Sciences]
Khan, A. R., Ratele, K., & Arendse, N. (2023). Intimate Relationship and Suicidal Behavior of Men in Bangladesh, Mortality, 28(1), 106-125 [Taylor & Francis, Scopus Indexed, Q1 Journal, Impact Factor, 1.0]. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2021.1879755 [First Published in 2021]
Arafat, S. M. Y., Hussain, F., Zaman, M. S., Tabassum, T., Islam, M. K., Shormi, F. R., Khan, A. R., Islam, M. R., Redwan, A. S. M., Giasuddin, N. A., Mubashir, A., & Khan, M. A. S. (2022). Thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and acquired capability for suicide among university students of Bangladesh: Scales validation and status assessment, Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 1025976. [Scopus Indexed, Q1 Journal, Impact Factor, 3.8] https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1025976.
Khan, A. R., Ratele, K. Dery, I., & Khandaker, S. (2022). Men and Climate Change: Some Thoughts on South Africa and Bangladesh. Norma: International Journal for Masculinity Studies, 18(2), 137-153. [Taylor & Francis, Scopus Indexed, Q2 Journal, Impact Factor, 2.1] https://doi.org/10.1080/18902138.2022.2077082.
Khan, A. R., Hussain, R., Ratele, K. & Rahman, M. R (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 [A Journal of State Islamic University of Sjech M. Djamil Djambek Bukittinggi, Indonesia].
Khan, A. R., Dlamini, S., & Ratele, K. (2022). Khan, A. R., Dlamini, S., & Ratele, K. (2022). Social Meanings of Attempted Suicide of Men in Bangladesh, Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 15(4), 553-571. [Springer, Scopus Indexed, Q1 Journal, Impact Factor, 1.5] https://doi.org/10.1007/s40647-022-00355-9
Khan, A. R., Uddin, H., Shimul, A. K. and Billah, M. (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. [Scopus indexed, Q4 Journal]. https://doi.org/10.35782/JCPP.2022.3.01
I, Dery, Baataar, C., & Khan, A.R. (2022). Everyday peacebuilding among Ghanaian men: Ambiguities, resistances and possibilities, Journal of the British Academy, 10(s1), 35–53. [A British Academy journal, Scopus Indexed, Q2 Journal].https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/010s1.035
I, Dery, Makama, R., Khan, A.R., & Baataar, C. (2022). Configuring Traditional Masculinities Among young adults in Northwestern Ghana: Surveillance, Ambivalences, and Vulnerabilities, Cogent Social Sciences, 8(1). [Taylor & Francis, Scopus Indexed, Q2 Journal, Impact Factor, 1.3]. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2022.2038849
Khan, A. R., Ratele, K., Helman, R., Dlamini, S., & Makama, R. (2022). Masculinity and suicide in Bangladesh, Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 86(1), 218-240 https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222820966239 [SAGE, Scopus Indexed, Q2 Journal, Impact Factor, 1.5]
Khan, A. R., & Arendse, N. (2021). Female perpetrated domestic violence against men and the case for Bangladesh, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 3(4), 519-533. [Taylor & Francis, Scopus Indexed, Q1 Journal, Impact Factor, 2.0] https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2021.1927281
Khan, A. R., Dery, I., & Helman, R. (2021). Masculinity and Men’s Suicide Attempts in Bangladesh, Journal of Loss and Trauma, 27(4), 367–385. [Taylor & Francis, Scopus Indexed Q1 Journal, Impact Factor, 2.1] https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2021.1987037.
Khan, A. R., Ratele, K., & Arendse, N. (2023). Intimate Relationship and Suicidal Behavior of Men in Bangladesh, Mortality, 28(1), 106-125 [Taylor & Francis, Scopus Indexed, Q1 Journal, Impact Factor, 1.0]. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2021.1879755
Khan, A. R. (2021). Hegemonic masculinity in the marginal societal context, Agathos-An International Review of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 12, 1 (22), 223-234 [ESCI indexed Journal].
Khan, A. R., Shimul, S. M. A. K. & Arendse, N. (2021). Suicidal Behavior and Coronavirus (COVID-19): Insights from Durkheim’s Sociology of Suicide, International Social Science Journal, 71, 7-21. [Wiley, Scopus indexed, Q2 Journal https://doi.org/10.1111/issj.12269
Khan, A. R. & Ratele, K. (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, Q4].
Sarchiapone, M….Khan, A.R…..(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_81a14.html
Arendse, N., Khan, A. R., Billah, M., Ratele, K. & Islam, M.Z (2021). Seasonality of suicide in Jhenaidah district, Bangladesh, 2011-2018, Journal of Social Health, 4(1), 64-75. [ Journal of University of Santo Tomas, Philippines] http://socialhealthjournal.org/2021/02/23/seasonality-of-suicide-in-jhenaidah-district-bangladesh-2011-2018/
Khan, A. R., Shimul, S. M. A. K. & Uddin, H. (2021). Demographic risk factors and motives of male suicide in Bangladesh: A retrospective content analysis, Acta Counseling and Humanities, 1(2), 66-68. [Journal of Southeast Asia Mental Health and Counseling Association] https://doi.org/10.46637/ach.v1i2.7
Khan, A. R., Ratele, K., & Arendse, N. (2021). Suicide prevention intervention in Bangladesh: The current state and the way forward, Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 15(1), 15-23. [Wiley, Scopus indexed Q2 Journal, Impact Factor, 1.2] https://doi.org/10.1111/aswp.12214
Khan, A. R., Ratele, K., Arendse, N., Islam, M. Z., & Dery, I (2020). Suicide and attempted suicide in Jhenaidah district, Bangladesh, 2010-2018, CRISIS: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 41(4), 304–312. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1027/0227-5910/a000631 [Impact Factor, 2.6]
Khan, A. R., Ratele, K., & Arendse, N. (2020). Men’s reflections on post-suicide attempt episode in Bangladesh. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 84(2), 582–595. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0030222820904878 [SAGE, Scopus Indexed, Q2 Journal, Impact Factor, 1.5]
Khan, A. R., Ratele K., & Helman, R. (2020). Suicidal behavior in South Africa and Bangladesh: A review of empirical literature. African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention (current name Social and Health Sciences), 18(1), 1-35. https://www.samrc.ac.za/content/social-and-health-sciences-journal
Khan, A. R., Ratele, K., & Arendse, N. (2020). Men, Suicide and Covid-19: Critical Masculinity Analyses and Interventions, Postdigital Science and Education, 2, 651–656. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-020-00152-1 [Springer, Scopus Indexed, Q1 journal]
Khan, A. R., Ratele, K. & Dery, I. (2020). (Re)Animating Sociology of Suicide in Bangladesh, Italian Sociological Review, 10 (1), 55-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.13136/isr.v10i1.317 [Scopus indexed, Q3 journal]
Khan, A. R. & Ratele K. (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. [Taylor & Francis, Scopus indexed, Q2 journal, impact factor, 0.8] https://doi.org/10.1080/21528586.2020.1741443
Khan, A. R. & Shimul, S. M. A. K. (2020). Methodological issues in suicide research in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, 28 (2), 93-96. https://doi.org/10.36609/bjpa.v28i2
Ratele, K., Verma, R., Cruz S., & Khan, A. R. (2019). Engaging men to support women in science, medicine, and global health, Lancet, 393 (10171), 609-610. [Elsevier, Scopus indexed, Q1 journal, Impact factor 104.8]. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736
Zohurul, M. I. & Khan, A. R. (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, Q4 journal]
Hossain, S. M. S., Khan, A. R., Zohurul. M. I., & Khandaker, S. (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
Khan, A. R. & Rahman, M. M. (2018). Challenges and Coping Strategies of Women Leaders at the Local Level in Bangladesh, Italian Sociological Review, 8 (1), 43-63. [Scopus Indexed, Q3 Journal] http://dx.doi.org/10.13136/isr.v8i1.155
Khan, A. R. & Khandaker, S. (2017). Analyzing Masculinity from the Key Theoretical Lenses and Searching for Linkages with Violence against Women, Masculinities and Social Change, 6 (3), 257-287. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/mcs.2017.2593 [Scopus & ESCI Indexed, Q2 journal].
Khan, A. R. (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. [BB Ambedkar University Journal, India].
Khan, A. R. (2017). Factors associated with Domestic Violence against Rural Bangladeshi Women, Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies, 6(1), 1208-1230. [Scopus Indexed, Q3 journal]. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/generos.2017.2085
Khan, A. R. & Rahman, M. M. (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.
Khan, A. R. (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 Q3 journal]. https://doi.org/10.14456/sujsha.2016.11
Khan, A. R. & Khandaker, S. (2016). Public and Private Organizations: How Different or Similar are They? Journal of Siberian Federal University, Humanities and Social Sciences, 12(9): 2873-2885. [Scopus Indexed Q2 journal]. 10.17516/1997-1370-2016-9-12-2873-2885
Khan, A. R. & Khandaker, S. (2016). A Critical Insight into Policy Implementation and Implementation Performance, Public Policy and Administration, 16(4), 538-548.
[Scopus Indexed, Q3 journal]. https://doi.org/10.13165/VPA-16-15-4-02
Khan, A. R. (2016). Policy Implementation: Some Aspects and Issues. Journal of Community Positive Practice, XVI (3), 3-12. [Scopus Indexed, Q4 journal].
Khan, A. R. (2015). Consequences of Domestic Violence against Women: Some Reflections from Rural Bangladesh, Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 9(3): 210-223. [Wiley, Scopus indexed Q2, Impact Factor, 1.2]. https://doi.org/10.1111/aswp.12059
Khan, A. R. (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]
Khan, A. R. (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. [Taylor & Francis, Scopus, Q2, Impact Factor, 1.4]. https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2015.1072941
Khan, A. R. (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 Q3 journal].
Khan, A. R. (2015). Who is Old and When is a Woman Old? Cultural, Social and Economic Meanings, Thai Journal of Public Administration, 13(2), 131-146. https://doi.nrct.go.th/ListDoi/listDetail?Resolve_DOI=10.14456/pa.2015.8
Khan, A. R. (2015). Gender and Diaspora: The Bihari Community in Bangladesh, NIDA Case Research Journal, 7 (2), 83-94. https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/NCRJ/article/view/44290
Khan, A. R. (2014). Rural Bangladeshi Women’s Experiences of Domestic Violence: An Exploratory Study, Journal of Social Research and Policy, 5 (2), 1-24. [Scopus indexed].
Khan, A. R. (2014). Community Perceptions and Activisms Regarding Domestic Violence against Women: Perceptions from Rural Bangladesh, Journal of Community Positive Practice, XIV (3), 79-98. [Scopus Q4 journal].
Khan, A. R. (2013). Constructions of Masculinity and Domestic Violence against Women: Perspectives from Ghana and Nepal, Thai Journal of Public Administration, 11 (2), 101-135.
Khan, A. R. (2012). A Review of Studies on Violence against Women in Bangladesh, Empowerment, 19, 29-42.
Khan, A. R. (2009). Quality of Implementation of 100 Days Employment Generation Program, Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, XVIII (2), 89-116.
Khan, A. R. (2007). Are Women Treated Fairly in the Labor Market: A Study on the British Labor Market. Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, XVII (2), 27-41.
Khan, A. R. (2006). Problems, Factors and Consequences Associated with South-Asian Women in Realizing their Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Well-being, Public Administration Quarterly, 37, 33-48.
Khan, A. R. (2004). Max Weber: on Structures of Authority in Society, Bangladesh Journal of Administration and Management, 10, 57-65.
Khan, A. R. (2003). Minority Groups in Society- Some Aspects and Issues: A Sociological Insight with a Reference to Bangladesh, Bangladesh Public Administration Quarterly, 26, 51-75.
Khan, A. R. (2003). A Sociological Search for Uncovering Different Dimensions of Crime and the Context of Bangladesh Society, Bangladesh Public Administration Quarterly, 29, 61-84.
Khan, A. R. (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.
Khan, A. R. (2003). Role of Geographical Factors in Shaping Society: Bangladesh Perspective, Bangladesh Lok Prashashan Patrika, 8, 1-24.
Khan, A. R. (2002). Family and Marriage Systems in Bangladesh, Changes and Future therein: A Sociological Discussion, Bangladesh Public Administration Quarterly, 25, 9-62.
Khan, A. R. (2002). Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh: A Discussion, Bangladesh Lok Prashashan Patrika, 7, 41-56.
Paper Published as Conference Proceeding
Khan, A. R. (2014). Men in feminist research: Debates over exclusion and inclusion, Proceedings of the Social Sciences Research ICSSR (e-ISBN 978-967-11768-7-0).
Khan, A. R. (2023). Intimate Partner Violence against Men in South Asia, Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences 2023 (IC-HUSO 2023), Khon Kaen University, Thailand, 1, 1-17. https://ichuso.kku.ac.th/papers
Haque, A. Saad, K.I. and Khan, A. R. (2024). Experiences of Tertiary EEE programmes in Bangladesh to address the Washington Accord Graduate Attributes in the Affective Learning Domain, Proceedings of 34th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference (AAEE2023), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia. . https://search.informit.org/doi/epdf/10.3316/informit.T2024110400005891197762629
Paper Presented at Conferences
Khan, A. R. (2026). Occupational Stress and Well-being among BCS (Administration) Officers in Bangladesh: A Mixed-Method Study, paper presented at the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) Conference 2026, 1-5 June, held at Dalhousie University, Canada [online]
Khan, A. R. (2025). Readiness for school-based suicide prevention: A study of schools in Dhaka city, paper presented at the International Conference on Challenges and Trends in Arts and Social Sciences, 11-12 December, Faculty of Social Science, American International University (AIUB), Bangladesh.
Khan, A. R. (2025). Developing a suicide surveillance framework for Bangladesh, paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, 16-18, September, Department of Information Studies, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Khan, A. R. (2025). Suicide and SDGs in the context of Bangladesh, paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Building Inclusive Futures: Society, Development and Governance in the 21st Century, 12-13, September, Faculty of Social Science, Rajashai University, Rajsahai, Bangladesh
Khan, A. R. (2025). Knowledge management, self-organization, and learning organization: keys to organizational survival, Paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Social Sciences, 15 May 2025, Faculty of Social Sciences, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh
Khan, A. R. (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
Khan, A. R. (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
Khan, A. R. (2025). 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
Khan, A. R. (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
Khan, A. R. (2019). Interface between masculinity and suicide, 26th, South African Sociological Association Congress, 15-17 July 2019, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa
Khan, A. R. (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
Khan, A. R. (2018). 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
Khan, A. R. (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
Khan, A. R. (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
Khan, A. R. (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
Khan, A. R. (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
Khan, A. R. (2015). Gender and Diaspora: The Bihari Community in Bangladesh, NIDA International Conference for Case Studies on Development Administration, 6-7 August 2015 Bangkok, Thailand
Khan, A. R. (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.
Khan, A. R. (2014). Politics, Ethics and Professionals in Evaluation, Paper Presented at the World Conference for Public Administration, 25-27 June, 2014, Daegu, South Korea, organised by The Korean Association for Public Administration (KAPA)
Khan, A. R. (2014). Who Opened Our Eyes and Ears, and What have We Achieved So Far? Global Movement Towards Violence against Women, Paper Presented at the World Conference for Public Administration, 25-27 June 2014, Daegu, South Korea, organised by The Korean Association for Public Administration (KAPA)
Khan, A. R. (2014). Men in Feminist Research: Debates over Exclusion and Inclusion, Paper Presented at the Second International Conference on Social Sciences Research, 9-10 June 2014, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
2025 Rapid Needs Assessment Tools and Validation Workshop organized by UGC-UNESCO, Dhaka (06 May)
2020 Strategic planning approach to suicide prevention (online training), Suicide Prevention Resource Centre, USA (04 April)
2019 How Does It Feel To Be a Problem? Decolonizing 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 Program, 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
Khan, A. R. (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). Nova Science Publishers.
Hearn, J., Ratele, K., Sheffer, T. & Khan, A. R. (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). Routledge.
Khan, A. R. (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). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0289-7_4
Khan, A. R. (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). Bangla Gabeshana. [In Bangla, translation]
Khan, A. R. (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). Springer [Published February 2024] [In German language] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7773-4_4
Arafat, S.M.Y. & Khan, A. R. (2024). Suicidal behaviour in Bangladesh. In S.M. Yasir Arafat, M. Rezaeian and M. M.Khan (eds.) Suicidal behaviour in Muslim majority countries (pp 45-58). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2519-9_4
Arendse, N. & Khan, A. R. (2025). Suicide and mental illness. In W. Cockerham (ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118410868.wbehibs1082
Khan, A. R. (2026). Cultural Perspectives of Suicide in Bangladesh. In: Arafat, S.M.Y. (Ed) Suicidal Behavior in Bangladesh (2nd Ed pp. 51-59). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-8321-8_4
Khan, A. R. & Arafat, S. M. Y. (forthcoming). National Suicide Prevention Polices South Asia: An Assessment against the WHO’s LIVE LIFE Policy Guidelines. In S.M. Yasir Arafat and S K Kar (eds.) South Asian Perspectives in Mental Health and Psychology. Springer.
2004 Challenges of Institutionalizing Gender within Public Organizations: A Study on Some Selected Government Organizations 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 [PhD 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, Center for Research and Training, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh [Funded Research]
2023 Motivation for Civil Service Jobs in Bangladesh: Explanation from Weber's Social Stratification Theory, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Cener, Savar, Dhaka [completed]
2024 Fatherhood experiences of some selected young adults in Bangladesh [completed]
2025 Civil Service Careers Through the Lens of Weber’s Social Stratification Model: A Qualitative Study, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre, Savar, Dhaka [Funded]
2025 Men's Experiences of Female-Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence in Bangladesh, Centre for Research & Training (CRT), East West University [Funded]
2025 Managing Occupational Stress and Promoting Wellbeing among BCS (Admn) Officers: Policy Implications for Sustainable Administrative Efficiency, BIAM Research Center [Funded]
Invited Speaker
Community Enquiry Framework: Rural System, Rural Institutions & Rural Livelihood on 5 March 2026 for 79th BCS Foundation Training Course Participants, Bangladesh Public Adminsitration Tranining Centre (BPATC), Savar, Dhaka
Masculinity, Suicide and IPV: Messages for Men’s Mental Health Interventions on 31 May 2025 for Youth Policy Forum-a platform for policy dialogue, policy advocacy and policy research for the Youth, Dhaka
World Suicide Prevention Day, for Child Foundation, Dhaka, 10 September 2025, https://www.facebook.com/
Suicide Prevention through Local Level Institutions: A Situational Analysis of the Union Parishads in Jhenaidah District, National Institute for Local Government (NILG), 04 May, 2025
Civil service career through the lens of Weber's social stratification model: A qualitative study, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), Savar, Dhaka, 27 May, 2025
Occupational stress & its impact on health & social well-being among BCS (Adm) & BCS (Police) officers in Bangladesh, Bangladesh public Administration Training Center (BPATC), Savar, Dhaka, 27 May, 2025
Motivation for Civil Service jobs and the Weberian model of social stratification, Department of Sociology Seminar, East West University (23 April, 2025)
Social and cultural context of male suicide in Bangladesh, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, UK, 28 April 2022
COVID-19 and suicide, Young People Mental Health Trust, & Faculty of Medicine, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe, 12 August 2020
Suicidal behavior of the students in Bangladesh, Mind Shaper, a psycho-social counselling centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 10, September 2022
Violence against men and rights of men, Radio City FM, Dhaka, 03 January, 2021
Suicidal behaviour and masculinity, Monobikash, a psycho-social counselling centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 29 October, 2019
Experience of Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in South Africa, organised CRT, East West University, 22 September, 2019
Hegemonic masculinity and suicide in the seminar titled “Suicide: Context and Prevention” organized by the Department of Sociology, East West University, 10 October, 2019
Media writing
Division Between the Rich and the Poor in Bangladesh: A Deep Field of Social Inequality, on 14 May in the Daily Bangldesher Alo. https://dailybangladesheralo.com/epaper/2026-05-15/4
The Dark Shadow of Lightning: Crises in Rural Life and Years of Governmental Negligence, on 4 April 2026 in the Daily Bangldesher Alo. https://dailybangladesheralo.com/epaper/2026-04-06/4
Bangladesh’s New Government in the Global Context: Geopolitical and Economic Challenges and the Path to Overcoming Them on 30 March 2026 in the Daily Bangldesher Alo. https://dailybangladesheralo.com/epaper/2026-03-30/4
Castration by a Female Intimate Partner: An Overlooked Crisis of Violence in Bangladesh on 23 December 2025 in the Sottonews. https://www.sottonews.com/article/10332
Suicide, sustainable development & Bangladesh on 10 September 2025 in the Daily Kalbela. https://www.kalbela.com/ajkerpatrika/joto-mot-toto-path/221582
Domestic violence against men: a silent reality and an unacknowledged crisis on 12 July 2025 in the Sottonews. https://www.sottonews.com/article/3554
Prison/custodial Suicide in Bangladesh: A neglected problem on 6 July 2025 in the Sottonews. https://www.sottonews.com/article/3172
Suicide: Problems & Interventions, on 10 Sep 2024 in the Daily Kalbela. https://www.kalbela.com/ajkerpatrika/joto-mot-toto-path/119820
Suicide is a mental health issue, not a crime, published by 360info, an open-access global wire agency based at Monash University, Australia. https://360info.org/suicide-is-a-mental-health-issue-not-a-crime/
Covid-19, Suicide, and Social Anomie on 10 Sep 2020 in the Daily Samakal. https://samakal.com/editorial-subeditorial/article/36552
Japan Debt Cancellation Fund Scholarship for studying MA in the UK (2006-2007)
NIDA PhD scholarship, Government of Thailand (Bangkok, Thailand) (2012-2015)
University of South Africa Post-doctoral scholarship (Cape Town, South Africa) (2018-2019)
Palgrave Prize for outstanding work in women's studies, University of York, UK (2007)
Best Researcher Award at Associate Professor Level from Faculty of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, East West University (2025)
Best Researcher Award at Associate Professor Level from Department of Sociology, East West University (2025)
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 107 Social Problem and Analysis
SOC 202 Social Psychology
SOC 203 Social Group & Development
SOC 205 Rural Sociology
SOC 209 Industrial Sociology
SOC 219 Sociology of Race & Ethnicity
SOC 310 Qualitative Research Methodology
SOC 310 Sociology of Organization
SOC 320 Social Gerontology
SOC 406 Sociology of Development
SOC 411 Human Rights & Social Justice
SOC 412 Social Interventions and Practice
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Advisor
Honorary Advisor to Society for Voluntary Activities (SOVA), an organisation working to prevent suicide prevention in Jhenaidah district, Bangladesh
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