AKM Ahsan Ullah is Associate Professor in Geography, Environment and Development at the University of Brunei Darussalam (UBD). His research portfolio includes stints at the Southeast Asian Research Centre, Hong Kong; IPH, University of Ottawa, McMaster University; Saint Mary’s University, and Dalhousie University, Canada; the American University in Cairo (AUC); City University of Hong Kong, Osnabruck University, Germany, and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. His research areas include population migration, human rights, development, globalization and environment. He has published 15 books, 60 articles in refereed journals, and 40 book chapters. Jannatul Ferdous is Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Comilla University, Bangladesh. She received her bachelor, masters, and M.Phil. in Public Administration from the University of Dhaka. She contributed extensively to refereed journals and chapters in books. She publishedseven books. Her current interest includes governance, e-governance, trust, civil service system, gender, public policy, climate change, gender, and development. Currently, she is serving as Chair of the technical committee of the ‘Combating Gender-Based Violence’ project of UN Women. She is also serving as Assistant Proctor of Comilla University.
