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Tasmiha Tabassum Sadia

Tasmiha Tabassum Sadia

Assistant Professor

Department of International Relations
Faculty of Security & Strategic Studies (FSSS)

tasmiha.tabassum@bup.edu.bd

BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSIONALS
Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216

Biography

TasmihaTabassum Sadia is an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations atBangladesh University of Professionals. She graduated in InternationalRelations from the University of Dhaka. She completed her second Masters inTerrorism and Political Violence at the University of St Andrews with the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship. Before joining the Bangladesh University of Professionals, Tasmiha worked as a Lecturer at Bangabandhu Sheikh MujiburRahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj for seven months. She alsoworked as a research intern at the Bangladesh Institute of International andStrategic Studies (BIISS). Her areas of research interest are political violence, security and gender. 

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2026

Education
S.S.C, Holy Cross Girls' High School
H.S.C, Holy Cross College
Honors, University of Dhaka
Masters, University of Dhaka
Masters, University of St Andrews

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2026

Journal Publication
1. Sadia, T. T. (2021).‘Radicalization and Youth: Role of Social Media in Bangladesh’. Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) Journal, Vol 42, No1, January. 
2. Sadia, T. T. and Rahaman, A. (2022). ‘Neoliberal Pitfalls and the COVID-19 Pandemic Challenges in Bangladesh’, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol 45, no.5.
3.  Sadia, T. T. (2022). ‘Understanding the Key Drivers of Female Involvement in Terrorism: A Case Study ofNeo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (Neo-JMB) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE)’, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies(BIISS) Journal, Vol 43, No 4, October.
4. Sadia, T. T. (2023) ‘CommunalViolence in Bangladesh: A Study of the Underlying Factors behind the PersistentAttacks on the Non-Muslim Communities’, Asian Journal of ComparativePolitics, (online version). Available at https://doi.org/10.1177/2057891123120771

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2026

Conference Papers
1. The Legacy of Religious Terrorism in Bangladesh,paper presented at the 3rd InternationalConference on Genocide and Mass Violence held on 24 -25 March 2019 at the University of Dhaka. 

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Awards
Recipient of Commonwealth Shared Scholarship by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the UK Government for the year September 2021- September 2022. 

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2026

Courses
Social Movement, Revolutions and Social Changes Low-intensity Conflict and Terrorism Regional and International Institutions Terrorism, Counterterrorism Security and Intelligence Studies Gender in International Relations

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2026

S.S.C, Holy Cross Girls' High School
H.S.C, Holy Cross College
Honors, University of Dhaka
Masters, University of Dhaka
Masters, University of St Andrews

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2026

1. Sadia, T. T. (2021).‘Radicalization and Youth: Role of Social Media in Bangladesh’. Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) Journal, Vol 42, No1, January. 
2. Sadia, T. T. and Rahaman, A. (2022). ‘Neoliberal Pitfalls and the COVID-19 Pandemic Challenges in Bangladesh’, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol 45, no.5.
3.  Sadia, T. T. (2022). ‘Understanding the Key Drivers of Female Involvement in Terrorism: A Case Study ofNeo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (Neo-JMB) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE)’, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies(BIISS) Journal, Vol 43, No 4, October.
4. Sadia, T. T. (2023) ‘CommunalViolence in Bangladesh: A Study of the Underlying Factors behind the PersistentAttacks on the Non-Muslim Communities’, Asian Journal of ComparativePolitics, (online version). Available at https://doi.org/10.1177/2057891123120771

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2026

1. The Legacy of Religious Terrorism in Bangladesh,paper presented at the 3rd InternationalConference on Genocide and Mass Violence held on 24 -25 March 2019 at the University of Dhaka. 

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2026

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Recipient of Commonwealth Shared Scholarship by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the UK Government for the year September 2021- September 2022. 

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2026

Social Movement, Revolutions and Social Changes Low-intensity Conflict and Terrorism Regional and International Institutions Terrorism, Counterterrorism Security and Intelligence Studies Gender in International Relations

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2026