External Research Associate
ishrat.sultana[at]northsouth.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology, North South University
Research Keywords:
Rohingya; refugees; migrants; policies
Dr. Ishrat Zakia Sultana is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Sociology at NSU. She received her PhD in Sociology from York University. During her doctoral study, she worked closely with the Centre for Refugee Studies and the York Centre for Asian Research. Her research interests include refugees, migrants, citizenship, identity, children, gender, policy and governance and Asia. Her doctoral research focuses on identity construction of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Dr. Sultana holds an Honours and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Later she received a Masters in Women's Studies from the same institution, and an MA in Child and Youth Studies from Brock University. Before pursuing doctoral studies, she spent 10 years in the government and development sector of Bangladesh. Dr. Sultana worked with the National Tourism Organization of Bangladesh, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Bangladesh, offering technical and strategic advice to the concerned government and development partners on empowerment of disadvantaged people that includes the coastal fishing communities, street children and children without parental care in Bangladesh. She also worked closely with the Ministry of Social Welfare of Bangladesh in designing and organizing training on proactive approaches to child friendly social work for the government and NGO personnel.
Dr. Sultana loves reading, traveling, and meditation.