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Farhana Akhter
Lecturer
farhana.evs@sub.edu.bd
MA, Nara Women’s University, Japan; MSc. and BSc. University of Dhaka
Farhana Akhter is a Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science at State University of Bangladesh (SUB). She holds an MA in Geography from Nara Women’s University, Japan, and an MSc. and BSc. in Geography and Environment from the University of Dhaka. During her postgraduate studies at Nara Women’s University, she conducted research on flood-risk perception and GIS-based building location analysis and served as a Graduate Research Assistant. While at University of Dhaka, her research work was on solar photovoltaic-based irrigation systems and their potential for carbon emission reduction in Bangladesh. She has expertise in GIS and Remote Sensing analysis using ArcGIS, QGIS, satellite-image analysis, SPSS, quantitative and qualitative research methods. Her academic and research activities have been supported by the Disaster Research Training and Management Centre (DRTMC) Research Grant, Nara Women’s University Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship and more. She has also presented her research at international workshops in Japan and continues to engage in mixed-methods research related to climate change, community resilience, disaster governance, and ecological justice.
- Haque, M., & Akhter, F. (Under Review). Influence of Social Capital Dynamism in Reshaping Disaster Management in Contemporary Urban Culture: A Case Study in Chattogram City Corporation, Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment. Manuscript ID: IJDRBE-05-2026-0100.
- Disaster Research Training and Management Centre (DRTMC) Research Grant, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, June, 2024.
- Nara Women’s University Graduate Research Fellowship, 2022
- Faizunnesa Kabiruddin Rahmani Memorial Foundation Scholarship, 2022, University of Dhaka.
- National Science and Technology Award: NST Fellowship (2019) from Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
- Bangabandhu Sheikh Fajilatunnisa Mujib Memorial Merit Scholarship, 2018, University of Dhaka.
