Dr. Kawser Ahmed

Professor

Department of Peace, Conflict and Human Rights
Faculty of Security & Strategic Studies (FSSS)

k.ahmed@uwinnipeg.ca

BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSIONALS
Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216

Overview

Education

Publication

Research Activites

Awards

Course Taught

Biography

Dr. Kawser Ahmed is a Canada-based peace and conflict scholar, educator, and practitioner. He earned his PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies (University of Manitoba, 2017), building on earlier graduate study in peace/conflict and defence/security. He previously served in the Bangladesh military, worked as an exchange officer in Turkey, and deployed as a UN observer-peacekeeper with MINURSO (Western Sahara, 2001–2002); he is also an alumnus of the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA), Washington, DC. He is an Adjunct Professor in Political Science at the University of Winnipeg and co-founded the Conflict and Resilience Research Institute Canada (CRRIC), with research spanning forced displacement (including the Rohingya crisis), countering radicalization through education, genocide prevention, and UN peacekeeping.

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2025

Education

Masters, National University
MPhil, University of Dhaka
Ph.D, University of Manitoba
Ph.D, University of Manitoba

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2025

Journal Publication

• 2025 - Rethinking Humanitarian Diplomacy for Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis Resolution: A Critical Analysis. Journal of Peacebuilding & Development. Sage Publication.

• 2023 - The Canadian Extradition System and its Reform: Balancing Between Rights and Freedoms and National Security. Politi Sci Int, 1(2), 78-86.

• 2023 - Nature-Triggered Disasters and the Involvement of Armed Forces: Exploring a Civil-Military Collaborative Framework, (lead author) Canadian Journal of Emergency Management, Vol 3, Number 1, May 2023.

• 2016 - Radicalism Leading to Violent Extremism in Canada: A Multi-Level Analysis of Muslim Community and University Based Student Leaders’ Perceptions and Experiences, Journal for Deradicalization 6 (2016): 231-271.

• 2014 - Perceptions of Muslim Faith, Ethno-Cultural Community-based and Student Organizations in Countering Domestic Terrorism in Canada. TSAS (Canadian network for research on terrorism, security and society), working paper series, Volume 14, Issue 12.

• 2014 - A Tapestry of Hopes and Despairs of Northern Ireland Youth: Perceptions of the Civil Society Leaders on the Impacts of the EU Peace III Fund and the International Fund for Ireland on Youth Development. Global Journal of Peace Research and Praxis 1.1: 83-97. The University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

• 2013 - Twenty Years of Western Military Intervention: An Emerging Trend for International Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding. Journal of Conflict Transformation and Security (JCTS), Centre for Strategic Research and Analysis (CESRAN) International. ISSN: 2045-1903, UK. Volume III, No II.

• 2013 - External Funding and the Promotion of Social Business for Community Development and Sustainable Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland. Ibadan Journal of Peace and Development. Volume 2, No 1, ISSN 2276-7267.

• 2013 - The Perceptions of Hope and Fears of Civil Society NGO Leaders in Northern Ireland: The Impact of the International Fund for Ireland and the European Union Peace III Funding. Humanity & Society, 37: 5-34, DOI: 10.1177/0160597612466815.

• 2012 - Meeting Rising Expectations of Hopes for Peace in Post Agreement Northern Ireland: The Role of the Good Friday Agreement and the Implications for External Economic Aid through the International Fund for Ireland and the European Union Peace III Fund. Treatises and Documents: Journal of Ethnic Studies. No. 69.

• 2012 - Northern Ireland’s Civil Society Leaders Perceptions on the Effectiveness of the IFI and the EU Peace III Fund in Promoting Equality, Equity and Social Justice and Ensuring People’s Basic Human Needs. Journal of Peace and Justice Studies. 22(2): 73-99.

• 2011 - Should nuclear capabilities remain an essential element of NATO's defence strategy? 2010-2011 Graduate Research Awards Debates on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation February 17, 2011. A joint programme of The Simons Foundation and the International Security Research and Outreach Programme (ISROP) of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT), Lester B. Pearson Building Ottawa, Canada. (http://www.thesimonsfoundation.ca/resources/2010-2011-graduate-research-awards-disarmament-arms-control-and-non-proliferation) (Online publication).

• 2010 - Battle of Narratives – Why Al Qaeda Wins, A Near East South Asia centre for strategic studies (NESA), National Defense University, Washington D.C, white paper, volume 1, Number 5.

Co-authored Journal Articles:

• 2017 - Wetland Sanctuary Co-management and Conflict: An Exploratory Study of the impacts of Baikka Beel Project in Bangladesh, IQAS – International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Volume 48, Autumn (3-4/2017).

• 2015 - Economic Assistance to Peace-building and Reconciliation Community-Based Projects in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties: Challenges, Opportunities and Evolution. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society: 1-26.

• 2014 - Peace-building and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland: The Role of the Belfast Agreement and the Implication for External Economic Aid. 2014. Edited book titled “Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process: An Introduction”. Timothy J. White (editor), University of Wisconsin Press.

• 2013 - The Role of External Economic Assistance in Nurturing Cross Community Contact and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties. 2013. Community Development Journal. 48 (4): 587-604.

• 2013 - Peace-building, Community Development, and Economic Assistance in Northern Ireland: The Impact of the International Fund for Ireland and the European Union Peace III Fund. Peace Studies Journal: Central New York Peace Studies Consortium, 6(2): 24-41.

• 2013 - The International Fund for Ireland and the European Union Peace III Fund: Economic Aid In Northern Ireland And The Border Area: Perceptions of How The International Fund For Ireland and The European Union Peace III Fund Impact Reconciliation and Peacebuilding. International Journal of Development and Conflict, 3(2013) 01–11.

• 2013 - Grassroots Peace-building in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties: Elements of an Effective Model. Peace and Conflict Studies.20 (1), 4-26.

• 2012 - Economic Aid and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland and the Border Area: Respondents Perceptions of Awareness, Fairness, Trust-building and Sustainability. Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies 19(1): 4-36.

• 2012 - Building Future Coexistence or Keeping People Apart: The Role of Economic Assistance in Northern Ireland. 2012. International Journal of Conflict Management 23.3 (2012): 248-265.

• 2012 - Perceptions about the Role of Foreign Aid in Nurturing an Atmosphere of Trust and Goodwill in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties. Journal of Human Security, 8 (2), (http://www.blogs.unbc.ca/jhs). EISSN: 1835-3800.

• 2012 - Sustainability of Peace-building Interventions: The Experience of Peace and Reconciliation Community Projects Supported by the EU Peace III Fund and the International Fund for Ireland. Peace Research: Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, 12. 44 (1), 37-62.

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2025

Conference Papers

• 2025 - International Association of Genocide Scholars Biannual Conference in South Africa (October). From Promise to Practice: The Role of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in Addressing the Rohingya Crisis.

• 2025 - CARFMS2025 (May): Canadian, Regional, and International Responses to Forced Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University, Ontario, Refugee Movements in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives: Learning from the Past to Shape a Better Future for Addressing Massive Refugee Flows

• 2024 – Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BISS), Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB), North South University (NSU), and Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) – Bangladesh.

• 2023 – International association of genocide scholars (IAGS), Barcelona University, Spain

• 2022 – Keene State College, New Hampshire, Cohen Institute of Genocide and Holocaust Studies (summer institute)

• 2021 – CDSN, 2022-year ahead conference, Role of military in disaster management. December, 1-3, Carleton University, Ottawa.

• Conflict and Resilience Research Institute Canada (CRRIC) has organized 220 webinars/e-seminar on contemporary local and global conflict issues and transformation since March 2020. These are available in www.crric.org

• 2021 – Resource person, Geo-politics of Rohingya crisis, a certificate course organized by the Centre for Peace Studies in North South University, Bangladesh.

• 2020 – Panel Speaker, Myanmar Election 2020: Impacts on Rohingya Crisis', November 10th, 2020. Centre for Peace Studies (CPS), North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh and South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG)

• 2020 - Panel Speaker, at the International E-Conference on Connecting the Rohingya Diaspora: Highlighting the Global Displacement held on August 25-26, 2020. Centre for Peace and Justice, BRAC University, Centre for Genocide Studies (CGS), University of Dhaka, and ActionAid Bangladesh.

• 2019 – Roundtable panelist: The Rohingya Refugees in Limbo: Repatriation and Resettlement, The Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID), 2019 Annual Congress of Humanities and Social Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 1-7, 2019.

• 2019 – Lecture on Rohingya Crisis and its Implications. Canadian Peace Research Association (CPRA), and Rohingya Refugees in Limbo: Repatriation and Resettlement, CASID Conference. 2019 Annual Congress of Humanities and Social Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 1-7, 2019.

• 2019 – Panelist, presenter, Rohingya Voices in the Camps and Beyond, a BRAC organized workshop titled “Reflection on Rohingya Crisis: Since and Beyond” Dhaka, Bangladesh.

• 2019 – Lecture on Rohingya Conflict and Global Local Peacebuilding Avenues, BRAC University, James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

• 2019 – Lecture on Rohingya Conflict and its Security Implications, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

• 2019 –Human Rights, Canadian National Security and the War on Terror. British International Studies Association (BISA), 44th BISA annual conference, London, UK. June 13-16, 2019.

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2025

Books

• 2025 - Rohingya Stories History and Geopolitics in a Multipolar World, edited book, Springer, UK, ISBN 978-981-96-7928-7, ISBN 978-981-96-7929-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-7929-4

• 2024 - Understanding the Rohingya Displacement - Security, Media, and Humanitarian Perspectives, edited book, Springer Nature, ISBN-10: ‎ 9819714230, ISBN-13: ‎ 978-9819714230

(editor and contributing author).

• 2023 – Keeping Peace in a Turbulent World: Reflections from the field, edited book, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, ISBN: 1-5275-5110-5 ISBN13: 978-1-5275-5110-7 (editor and contributing author).

• 2022 – The Rohingya Crisis and Two Faced God of Janus: What Lies Ahead, Lexington Books, ISBN-13 978-1666905953, (editor and contributing author).

• 2020 – The Rohingya Crisis: Analyses, Responses, and Peacebuilding Avenues, ISBN: 1498585744 (Lexington Books, Maryland, US), lead researcher and author.

• 2018 - Community-Focused Counter-Radicalization and Counter-Terrorism Projects: Experiences and Lessons Learned, ISBN-10: 1498557767, ISBN-13: 978-1498557764, (Lexington Books, Maryland, US), lead researcher and author.

• 2017 - Grassroots Approaches to Community-Based Peacebuilding Initiatives: Theory and Praxis on the Front Lines, Hardback: ISBN 978-1-4985-6206-5Oct, eBook: ISBN 978-1-4985-6207-2Oct. (Lexington Books, Maryland, US).

• 2010 - Conflict in Western Sahara and Quest for Peace, An Introspection of a Peacekeeper - A book published by Sottokotha Prokashoni (Banglabazar-Dhaka Bangladesh) 2010, ISBN 978-984-8876-02-2.

• 2010 - The Battle without Borders (La guerre sans frontier) – a book published by Osder publication, Dhanmondi, Dhaka 2010, ISBN 978-984-33-1830-5.

• Forthcoming - Countering Radicalization to Violence: A Pedagogy Driven Multi-stakeholder Intervention Approach accepted for publication by the University of Toronto Press

Book Chapters:

• 2024 – Ahmed, K., Artificial Intelligence (AI) and National Security: A Perspective on New Frontier. In the Routledge Handbook of AI and National Security Policy. Editors: Dr. Dominika Dziwisz Dr. Mary Manjikian. In press.

• 2021 - Ahmed, K., & Romaniuk, S. N. Canada’s counter-terrorism measures: Implications for human security, civil society, and charities. Counter-terrorism and civil society, pp 62-75, Manchester University Press.

• 2021 - The Changing Landscape of Violent Extremism (VE) in Bangladesh: A View from the Mezzanine in the Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems, edited by Rajendra Baikady, Sajid SM, Jaroslaw Przeperski, Varoshini Nadesan, M Rezaul Islam and Gao Jianguo. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2. eBook ISBN 978-3-030-68127-2.

• 2021- Educating Rohingya Children in Emergencies: A Reflection from the Field, in Evolving Multicultural Education for Global Classrooms, editors, Richard Gordon, Kawser Ahmed, Miwako Hosoda, IGI Global Press. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7649-6; ISBN13: 9781799876496|ISBN10: 1799876497|EISBN13: 9781799876519|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799876502

• 2021 - Ahmed, K. & Romaniuk, S. N. Canada’s Security Governance Structure and Agencies: Implications for Human Security, Civil Society, and Charities, in Romaniuk, S. N., et al. (eds.), Counter-Terrorism and Civil Society: Post-9/11 Progress and Challenges. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN: 978-1-5261-5792-8

• 2019 - Canada’s Cyber Security in A Globalized Environment: Challenges and Opportunities, Global Handbook of Cybersecurity, Routledge. Editors, Scott N. Romaniuk and Mary Manjikian. ISBN 9780367024239.

• 2018- Peacebuilding Projects as a Conflict Transformation Tool: A Meso-level Perspective from Winnipeg. In Conflict Transformation, Storytelling and Peace-building: Research from the Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice, (editors Drs. Laura Reimer, Katerina Standish and Chuck Thiessen), Lexington books, USA. Hard cover, 978-1-4985-6417-5, 978-1-4985-6418-2, eBook.

• 2017 - Canada’s National Counterterrorism Strategy and Challenges of Community Based Intervention in Countering Radicalization: A Perspective. In The Palgrave Handbook of Global Counterterrorism Policy (editor Scott Nicholas Romaniuk et al.), eBook ISBN 978-1-137-55769-8, Terrorism and Political Violence, University of Leeds, UK.

• 2017 - Ne Mutlu Turkum Diyene: The Turkish Dilemma and the Rise of Terrorism. In The Palgrave Handbook of Global Counterterrorism Policy (editor Scott Nicholas Romaniuk et al.), eBook ISBN 978-1-137-55769-8, Terrorism and Political Violence, University of Leeds, UK.

• 2017 - Twenty Years of UN Peacekeeping Operations in Western Sahara: A Reflective Study. In Peace Issues in the 21st Century Global Context, (editors, Shreesh Juyal and John Duncan), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. Hardback, ISBN-13: 978-1-4438-9884-3, ISBN-10: 1-4438-9884-8

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2025

Researchs

1. Peace, Justice, Human Rights, Forced Displacement, Extremism and Violence, Future Conflict, Qualitative Methods for research, Geo-politics of conflict

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2025

Awards

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

GlobalAffairs, Canada, Indo Pacific Strategy, Peace in Myanmar 2024-25

145,000

DigitalCitizenship Contribution Program (DCCP), Dept of Heritage, 2022-23

Gov ofCanada 48,000

CommunityResilience Fund (CRF), Public Safety, Canada 2021-24

CAD 371,069

SocialSciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 2018-20

Post-doctoralFellowship (SSHRC), University of Winnipeg, Manitoba CAD 88,000

TheJeanne Perreault and Marcel Lemaire Bursary 2016

(St.Paul’s College Dean’s Honour Roll 2015-16) CAD500

Faculty of Graduate Studies Dean’s Award 2013

CAD1000

SocialSciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 2013

DoctoralFellowship and Tri-council research award CAD25,000

CardinalMc Carrick Peace Fellowship Scholarship 2012

ArthurV. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice Studies CAD15,000

Graduatetravel award, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Graduate Studies 2010, 2012

CAD 500

Peaceand Conflict Award, Arthur V. Mauro Centre for Peace 2011

and Justice Studies CAD10,000

GraduateResearch Award (Global Disarmament, 2011

SimonsFoundation, BC and Department of Foreign Trade and Investment CAD 5000

(DFAIT,Canada)

Bestessay on social economy and aid, 2010,2011 Accountable Development Works (ADW), Winnipeg, MB CAD 300

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2025

Courses

1. MPCHRS 1303:Peacekeeping, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Peacebuilding (at BUP)

Peace Education - CR410/510: 201104 Peace and Conflict University of Manitoba , Canada

Special Topics in Geo-Politics: Terrorism and Counter-terrorism POL-4121-004, University of Winnipeg, Canada

Canada in World Affairs POL-3130-001, University of Winnipeg, Canada

Conflict Within Group (Central Mennonite University), Canada

Nonviolent Social Change CRS 2231, (Central Mennonite University), Canada

Global Politics, POL-2100-050, University of Winnipeg, Canada (2 semester course, one year)