Ahsanul Haque Rifat
Lecturer
Professional Experience:
1. Field Research Assistant at Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS), Employment Period: 1 April to 30 April, 2026.
2. Field Enumerator at Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), Employment Period: 09 November, 2025 to 18 December, 2025.
3. Enumerator (team leader) at Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management (BIGM), Employment Period: 11 September, 2025 to 14 October, 2025.
4. Field Research Assistant at Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS), Employment Period: 01 September 2025 to 30 September, 2025.
5. Vice president at Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University Research Society, Trishal, Mymensingh. Period: 2024 to December, 2025.
Area of Interest
Public Health, Career Development, Women Empowerment, Poverty, Unemployment, Research Methodology.
1. Islam, M. R., Rahman, M. W., Islam, S., Rifat, A. H., & Dostogir, M. G. (2026). A qualitative study of maternal health knowledge and healthcare-seeking behaviour among rural married women in Bangladesh using the social-ecological model. Discover Public Health 23, 652 (2026). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-026-01983-2
2. Islam, M. R., Islam, S., & Rifat, A. H. (2025). Lost dreams, broken paths: The silent crisis of youth unemployment in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Social Science, 4(1), 32–58. Faculty of Social Science, JKKNIU.
3. Rifat, A. H., & Sony, S. F. (2025). Career aspirations, preparedness, and skill development: A study among university students in Bangladesh. Indonesian Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 4(1), 15–35. Papanda Publisher https://doi.org/10.56916/ijess.v4i1.779
4. Islam, M. R., Ahmed, S., & Rifat, A. H. (2025). Reducing poverty in Bangladesh: A secondary analysis. Social Science Review (GSTU), 1(3). Faculty of Social Science, GSTU. https://doi.org/10.64172/ssr.2025.i3.01
5. Rahman, M. M., & Rifat, A. H. (2024). Depression, career frustration, and suicidal tendencies among university students in Bangladesh. Journal of Bangladesh Studies. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/27715086-02601004
6. Sony, S. F., & Rifat, A. H. (2024). Female day laborers and empowerment: A study on some selected rural areas in Kishoreganj District, Bangladesh. International Journal of Sociology and Humanities, 6(1), 84–97. Prime Publications. https://doi.org/10.33545/26648679.2024.v6.i1b.79
7. Sony, S. F., & Rifat, A. H. (2024). Women entrepreneurship and empowerment in Bangladesh: Opportunities and challenges. Bangladesh Journal of Rural Development, 47(1), 1–41. Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD).
8. Rifat, A. H., & Bithi, I. J. (2023). Mental stress, socioeconomic status, and academic performance: A critical analysis among university students of Bangladesh. In Education and Human Development. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.109795
9. Islam, M. R., & Rifat, A. H. (2023). Impact of natural disaster in Bangladesh: A secondary analysis. Manababidya Gabesanapatra (The Research Journal of Humanities) (7th Issue), 257–282. Faculty of Arts and Humanities, JKKNIU. ISSN 2518-5853.