Prof. Bijoy Barua
East-West University, Bangladesh
Former Dean (recently completed tenure),
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
East-West University, Bangladesh
- Worked as researcher, teacher, trainer, program manager and consultant in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Ghana, Switzerland and Canada
- Recipient of the 2002 CASAE (Canadian Association for Study of Adult Education) Student Paper Award
- Senior fellow of the Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences, Guild Independent Scholars, USA
- Offers courses at both Graduate and Undergraduate levels in the areas of Development Studies, Research Methodology, Civil Society, Ecology, Indigenous Knowledge, Development Management, Gender and Development and Sociology
- Published in various academic journals and contributed to the edited collections: Global Perspectives on Adult Education (Palgrave Mcmillan, 2009), Education Decolonization and Development (Sense Publishers, 2009) and Education, Participatory Action Research and Social Change: International Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)
- Published book: Western Education and Modernization in a Buddhist Village: A Case Study of the Barua Community in Bangladesh (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009)
- Co-edited a book entitled, ‘Globalization, Culture and Education in South Asia: Critical Excursions’ (Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2012)
