Tahsina Akbar
t.akbar.1@research.gla.ac.uk
Research title: Exploring Conceptions of Gender and Career Aspirations of young people utilizing a gender-sensitive curriculum in Rural Bangladesh (
Research Summary
Research Interest:
Education and Gender, Educational Culture, the construction, and performance of gendered identities (young students), Education and Gender Policy, Children’s literature, Critical and Poststructuralist theory.
Publications
Akbar T. Political Quota for Women and Gender-equitable Policies in Bangladesh. ANTYAJAA: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change. 2018;3(1):36-48. doi:10.1177/2455632718778377
Mahmud, K.T., Akbar, T., and Parvez, A., 2020. Can microcredit improve the risk management capacity of the poor fish farmers? Evidence from Bangladesh. Journal of Poverty, 1–20. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2020.1799286
Akbar (2018) “Middle Income Trap: Is there a way out, GRIN publications, ISBN: 9783668644908
Supervisors
Conference
“How Education Links to Economic Growth: A Qualitative Analysis in the Context of Bangladesh” by Tahsina Akbar and Ahmed Ameya Prapan- Selected for Conference presentation at the “Economics and Finance Conference of 2015” arranged by International Management Institute Kolkata, India
Additional Information
Academic & Professional Awards
- College of Social Science (CoSS) scholarship, University of Glasgow
- Won World Bank- LSE dissertation funding on a competitive basis
- First Class, 1st, Master of Development Studies, University of Dhaka
- International Summer School Scholarship, University of Oslo
- Duke of Edinburgh Bronze AwardDuke of Edinburgh Bronze Award
- Spot Award by The World Bank- 2015 for Excellent Team Work
- Spot Award by The World Bank- 2016 for Outstanding performance
London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
MSc. in Local Economic Development (2016-17)
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Master of Development Studies (2013-15)
North South University, Bangladesh
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A) (2009-12)
