Faculty Member Profile

Md Mehedi Hasan Shohag
Associate Professor
Political Science
BSS (Hon's), MSS
01779764856
shohag.du9@gmail.com

Research Interests
Political Thought and Political Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Lenin, Gramsci, Althusser, Anderson, Taylor, Huntington and Others; Religion, Ethnicity and Culture: Politics of Identity, Politics of Ethnicity and Religion, Politics of Secularism and Nationalism, Primordialism and Multiculturalism; Bangladesh Politics: History of the Partition Studies, Politics of Internal Colonialism, Liberation War and Emergence of Bangladesh, Post Independence Bangladesh History, Prospects of Bangladeshi Nationalism; International Politics: War and Genocide Studies, Post Cold War Politics, Resource Politics, Politics of Nuclear Weapons, Political Economy of Globalization, Global Village and Global Politics; Security Studies: Geo-Politics and Geo-Economics, Political Economy of Natural Resources, Labour Migration, Remittance, Refugee Studies, Development Studies, Public Policy Analysis, Environment and Migration.


Research Publications
01. “Democracy and Authoritarianism: Understanding Three Decades of Bangladesh Politics”, Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, ISSN (Print): 2224-5766, ISSN (Online): 2225-0484, International Institute for Science, Technology & Education, Vol.6, No.24, December 2016.
02. “The Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord (CHTPA) in Bangladesh: Analysis in Light of Liberalism and Realism”, Journal of Humanities And Social Science-JHSS, ISSN (Print): 2279-0845, ISSN (Online): 2279-0837, International Organization of Scientific Research, Vol. 22, Issue 10, Ver. IV, October 2017.
03. “Political Parties and Political Development in Bangladesh: Revelation of a Pragmatic Nature of Populist Authoritarian Rule and Military Dominated Rule”, International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies-IJHSSS, ISSN (Print): 2349-6711, ISSN (Online): 2349-6959, Scholar Publication, Vol. IV, Issue III, November 2017.
04. “Corruption in the Service Sectors: Revelation of a Pragmatic Explanation in Context of Bangladesh”, Journal of Humanities And Social Science-JHSS, ISSN (Print): 2279-0845, ISSN (Online): 2279-0837, International Organization of Scientific Research, Vol. 23, Issue 8, Ver. 10, August 2018.
05. “The Emergence of Bangladesh as a Nation State: A Study of Inter-Regional Inequality in Pakistan”, Barisal University Journal, ISSN: 2411-247X, Faculties of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities and Law University of Barisal, Part-2, Vol. 2, 2018.
06. “Democracy without Liberalism: An Analysis in Context of Bangladesh Politics”, Bangladesh Political Studies, ISSN: 2078-1481, Department of Political Science, University of Chittagong, Volume XX1, 2018.
07. "The Tipaimukh Dam Project and Environmental Security Vulnerability of Bangladesh: An Analysis on Non-Traditional Security Perspective", Development Compilation, ISSN: 2072-3334, Department of Political Science, University of Rajshahi, Vol. 16, No. 01, October, 2020.
08. "The Assessment of US-Iran Conflicting Relations Making Sense with Samuel Phillips Huntington’s ‘The Clash of Civilizations’", Barishal University Journal of Social Sciences, ISSN: 2411-247X, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Barishal, Vol. 2, Issue -1, 2021.
09. "China-Bangladesh Relations: Analysis in Light of Geo-Political and Geo-Economic Perspectives", Journal of Humanities And Social Science-JHSS, ISSN (Print): 2279-0845, ISSN (Online): 2279-0837, International Organization of Scientific Research, Vol. 27, Issue -2, Series -1, February 2022.
10. "The Hydrological Impact Assessment of Farakka Barrage and Proposed Tipaimukh Dam Project of India in the Context of Bangladesh: A Hydro Security Perspective", Journal of Asian Politics and Society-JAPS, ISSN: 2521-845X, Center for Asian Studies-CAS, Department of Political Science, University of Chittagong, Volume VI, No. I & II January & July 2022.
11. "Integrating Environmental Governance into Sustainable Urban Development in Bangladesh", International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, ISSN (Print): 1743-7601, ISSN (Online): 1743-761X, International Information and Engineering Technology Association, Vol. 17, No. 5 August 2022.
12. "The Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: Analysis in Light of Non-Traditional Security Perspective'', Barishal University Journal of Social Sciences, ISSN: 2411-247X, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Barishal, Vol. 3, Issue -1, 2022.


Research Projects as Research Director
01. "Local Governance in Bangladesh: Pragmatic Assessment of the Functioning of Union Parishad", financed by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.
02. "The Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: Analysis in the Light of Traditional and Non-Traditional Security Perspectives", financed by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.
03. "Efficacy of Local Public Service Departments in the Adaptation to Climate Change in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh", financed by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.
04. "The Assessment of Paurashava’s Initiatives in Achieving Environmental Sustainability of Bangladesh", financed by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.