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Saiful Islam

Saiful Islam

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FASS)

saiful.islam@bup.edu.bd

BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSIONALS
Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216

Biography

Saiful Islam is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). He completed his B.S.S. (Hons.) and M.S.S. (in Sociology) degrees from the Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He joined the Department of Sociology at Bangladesh University of Professionals in 2017. Before joining as an Assistant Professor, he worked as a lecturer at Dhaka International University and Central Women's University. He also worked with several reputed international development organisations. His research focuses on gender, urban sociology, poverty and the political economy of development.

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

Education
Alim
, Tamirul Millat Kamil Madrasah
Dakhil
, Mizmizi Abdus Samad Alim Madrasah
Honors, University of Dhaka
Masters, University of Dhaka

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

Journal Publication
1. 1     Saiful Islam, 2020, Political Economyof Industrial Disaster in RMG Sector: A Sociological Study of Rana PlazaCollapse, International Journal of AdvancedResearch,Vol. 8(04), Page- 986-1001, ISSN:2320-5407.
2. 1     Josinta Zinia and Saiful Islam, 2018, Urban Slum Women Confronting Violence inDhaka: A Sociological Study In Bangladesh, BUPJOURNAL, Vol. 6(01), Page- 74-93, ISSN:2219-4851.
3. Md Mostafizur Rahman, Saiful Islam, Naushin Ashraf Mahi, Ifta Alam Shobuj, Sajjad Hossain, Ali Hasan Md RedwanulHaque, Taj Tania Meem, Farhana Alam, Md. Tanvir Hossain, Edris Alam : Public View Towards Fire Insurance: A Studyon Fire Hazard-Prone Urban Areas, Bangladesh., Public Organization Review, vol.26 ,Springer Nature ,2025
4. Md Mostafizur Rahman, Saiful Islam, Naushin Ashraf Mahi, Ifta Alam Shobuj, Sajjad Hossain, Ali Hasan Md RedwanulHaque , Taj Tania Meem, Farhana Alam, Md. Tanvir Hossain, Edris Alam : Willingness to Pay for Fire Insurance: ACase Study in Fire Hazard-Prone Urban Areas, Bangladesh, Fire Technology, vol.62 ,Springer Nature ,2026
5. Saiful Islam and Josinta Zinia : INEQUALITY AND VIOLENCE IN URBAN SPACE: A CASE OF NEOLIBERAL DHAKA,International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), vol.8 ,Jana Publication and Research LLP ,2020
6. Farzana Akhter Akhi and Saiful Islam : The Silent Struggle: Rural Muslim Women's Inheritance Claims in Bangladesh,FASS INQUEST, vol.5 ,Bangladesh University of Professionals ,2025

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

Conference Papers
1. Academic Staff Development, UniversityGrant Commission(UGC)

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

Researchs
Medical Sociology Sociology of Education Gender and Society Poverty Urban Sociology

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

Courses
Introduction to Sociology Gender and Society Social Demography Sociology of Education Sociology of Law Medical Sociology Social Change and Social Movement Theories of Social Change Social Gerontology Risk and Communication Sociology of Race, Ethnicity and Minority Social Anthropology Sociology of Human Sexuality

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

Alim
, Tamirul Millat Kamil Madrasah
Dakhil
, Mizmizi Abdus Samad Alim Madrasah
Honors, University of Dhaka
Masters, University of Dhaka

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

1. 1     Saiful Islam, 2020, Political Economyof Industrial Disaster in RMG Sector: A Sociological Study of Rana PlazaCollapse, International Journal of AdvancedResearch,Vol. 8(04), Page- 986-1001, ISSN:2320-5407.
2. 1     Josinta Zinia and Saiful Islam, 2018, Urban Slum Women Confronting Violence inDhaka: A Sociological Study In Bangladesh, BUPJOURNAL, Vol. 6(01), Page- 74-93, ISSN:2219-4851.
3. Md Mostafizur Rahman, Saiful Islam, Naushin Ashraf Mahi, Ifta Alam Shobuj, Sajjad Hossain, Ali Hasan Md RedwanulHaque, Taj Tania Meem, Farhana Alam, Md. Tanvir Hossain, Edris Alam : Public View Towards Fire Insurance: A Studyon Fire Hazard-Prone Urban Areas, Bangladesh., Public Organization Review, vol.26 ,Springer Nature ,2025
4. Md Mostafizur Rahman, Saiful Islam, Naushin Ashraf Mahi, Ifta Alam Shobuj, Sajjad Hossain, Ali Hasan Md RedwanulHaque , Taj Tania Meem, Farhana Alam, Md. Tanvir Hossain, Edris Alam : Willingness to Pay for Fire Insurance: ACase Study in Fire Hazard-Prone Urban Areas, Bangladesh, Fire Technology, vol.62 ,Springer Nature ,2026
5. Saiful Islam and Josinta Zinia : INEQUALITY AND VIOLENCE IN URBAN SPACE: A CASE OF NEOLIBERAL DHAKA,International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), vol.8 ,Jana Publication and Research LLP ,2020
6. Farzana Akhter Akhi and Saiful Islam : The Silent Struggle: Rural Muslim Women's Inheritance Claims in Bangladesh,FASS INQUEST, vol.5 ,Bangladesh University of Professionals ,2025

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

1. Academic Staff Development, UniversityGrant Commission(UGC)

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

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Medical Sociology Sociology of Education Gender and Society Poverty Urban Sociology

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

Last Updated:

Introduction to Sociology Gender and Society Social Demography Sociology of Education Sociology of Law Medical Sociology Social Change and Social Movement Theories of Social Change Social Gerontology Risk and Communication Sociology of Race, Ethnicity and Minority Social Anthropology Sociology of Human Sexuality

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026