## RESEARCH INTERESTS
Economics of Extreme Weather Events, Environmental Economics, Economics of Climate Change, Adaptation Strategies
## RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (ARTICLES)
1. Apurba Roy and Ilan Noy (2023). Impact of Extratropical Cyclones, Floods, and Wildfires on Firms' Financial Performance in New Zealand, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-023-00369-x. 2. Apurba Roy (2022). Income and floods in New Zealand, Environmental Hazards, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17477891.2022.2142500 3. Apurba Roy, Ilan Noy, & Harold E. Cuffe (2022). Income and extratropical cyclones in New Zealand. Journal of Environmental Management, 311, 114852. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114852 4. Sudipa Basu, Apurba Roy, Md. Aynul Islam, Suparna Roy (2022). Socioeconomic Evaluation of Rickshaw Pulling as an Urban Informal Economic Occupation at Khulna City in Bangladesh, JnU Journal of Economics, 4(1), pp. 82-94 5. Bangkim Biswas, Bishawjit Mallick, Apurba Roy, and Zakia Sultana (2021). Impact of agriculture extension services on technical efficiency of rural paddy farmers in southwest Bangladesh. Environmental Challenges, 5, 100261-100261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100261 6. Satyajit Roy, Sudipa Basu and Apurba Roy (2021). Rural Livelihood Diversification Under Salinity Intrusion in Southwest Region of Bangladesh, Barishal University Journal of Social Sciences, 2(1), pp. 121-136 7. Apurba Roy and Sudipa Basu (2021). Determinants of Income Generation through Auto-rickshaw Operation in South-Central Urban Region of Bangladesh, Barishal University Journal of Business Studies, 8(1-2), pp. 2019-230 8. Apurba Roy and Sudipa Basu (2020). Determinants of Livelihood Diversification Under Environmental Change in Coastal Community of Bangladesh. Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development. https://doi.org/10.1177/1018529120946159. 9. Sudipa Basu and Apurba Roy (2020). An economic assessment of fish polyculture as an adaptation strategy against environmental change in the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2020.1754560. 10. Apurba Roy and Sudipa Basu (2020). Assessment of Auto-rickshaw Operation as a Strategy to Address Climate-induced Migration in Coastal Urban Region of Bangladesh, Barishal University Journal of Social Sciences, 1(1), pp. 101-114 11. Sudipa Basu, Apurba Roy and Sanjit Karmokar (2020). Effectiveness of Microfinance on Household Income Generation Strategy in the Southwest Region of Bangladesh. Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Legal Studies, 2(3), pp. 56-62. https://doi.org/10.34104/ajssls.020.056062 12. Sudipa Basu and Apurba Roy (2019). Economic Assessment of Commercial Guava Gardening on Submerged Wetland at South-central Region of Bangladesh. Journal of Social Science (JSS), Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh, 01(01), pp. 50-60. 13. Apurba Roy and Sudipa Basu (2019). Assessment of socioeconomic vulnerability of climate-induced migrants in southwest region of Bangladesh. Jagannath University of Economics, 1(1), pp. 1-12. 14. Apurba Roy and Sudipa Basu (2019). Technical Efficiency of Pottery Firms on South-central Region of Bangladesh, Barishal University Journal (Part-2), 3, pp. 5-18. 15. Apurba Roy and Mohammed Ziaul Haider (2018). "Stern review on the economics of climate change: implications for Bangladesh", International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 11:1, pp. 100-117. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCCSM-04-2017-0089 16. Sudipa Basu and Apurba Roy (2018). "Economic assessment of mud crab (Scylla Serrata) culture as an adaptation strategy to salinity intrusion in south-west region of Bangladesh", International Journal of Environmental Studies, 75:6, pp. 891-902, https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2018.1470402 17. Apurba Roy and Sudipa Basu (2018), "Role of International Remittance on Rural Development in South-central Region of Bangladesh", Society & Change, 12(1), pp. 35-47. OSDER Publications. 18. Apurba Roy and Dr. Shahnewaz Nazimuddin Ahmed (2017). Economic Performance of Battery-Run Easy Bike at Khulna City Corporation in Bangladesh, Barisal University Journal of Business Studies, 4(3), pp.151-163. 19. Md. Tanvir Ahmed, Sudipa Basu, Marzia Nomi and Apurba Roy (2017). Remittance and Household Welfare in Rural Bangladesh: A Micro-Econometric Analysis. Journal of Global Economics, Management and Business Research, pp. 1-9. 20. Apurba Roy (2016). Economics of mixed rice-fish farming in south-west region of Bangladesh. Research in Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries, 3(3), pp. 453-462.
Assistant Professor (Graduate and Undergraduate Level), Department of Economics, University of Barishal, Bangladesh (April
2019 - to date).
Lecturer (Graduate and Undergraduate Level), Department of Economics, University of Barishal, Bangladesh (March 2016 –
March 2019)
Director of Research, Bangladesh Relief Initiative for Communities in Khulna, Inc. (BRICK), Reston, Virginia, United States of America (January 2018 – July 2020)
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, North Western University, Khulna, Bangladesh (Spring
Semester, 2016)
## EDUCATION
2023: PhD in Economics, School of Economics and Finance, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
2015: Master of Social Science in Economics, Khulna University, Bangladesh.
Result: First Class First with Distinction.
2013: Bachelor of Social Science (Hons.) in Economics, Khulna University, Bangladesh.
Result: First Class First with Distinction.
## AWARDS
Prime Minister's Gold Medal – 2013, University Grants Commission (UGC), Bangladesh
Presidential Gold Medal – 2015, Khulna University, Bangladesh
## ACADEMIC RESEARCH (THESIS)
Apurba Roy (2023). Economic Impact of Natural Hazards on Individuals and Businesses in New Zealand, PhD Thesis, School
of Economics and Finance, Te Herenga Waka"”Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Apurba Roy (2015). Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change: Implications for Bangladesh, Masters Thesis,