"Let me be to someone else what no one ever was to me" — Wentworth Miller

Hello! I am Johir.

I am a Senior Research Associate at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University, attached to the Gender and Social Development Cluster.

I work under the supervision of Dr. Munshi Sulaiman, Dr. Khandker Wahedur Rahman, and Dr. Shaila Ahmed. Previously, I worked as a Research Associate at the same institution and as a remote Research Assistant for Dr. Naila Kabeer at the London School of Economics (LSE).

I hold a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, and I am currently pursuing a master's in Mathematics at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST).

To know more details, you can see my CV here.

Research Interests

My research interest lies at the intersection of Development Economics, Data and Computational Science. I am passionate about addressing challenges in developing countries through:

Experimental Research
Economic/Mathematical Modeling
Data and Computational Tools

Focus Areas: Child marriage, social protection, poverty, social networks, intimate partner violence, empowerment, education, mental health, microcredit, and parenting.