Professor Dr. Muhammad Badiuzzaman

Biography

Badiuzzaman's research analyzes rural household livelihood decisions in post-conflict settings, specifically located in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region of Bangladesh. His work aims to understand vulnerable people's choices in the aftermath of violence and how trauma influences risk-taking behavior. His principal interest lies in assessing the effects of perceptions of future violence and actual past experiences of violence on households' decisions regarding consumption expenditure, child school enrollment, investment choices, and risky cash crop cultivation. Furthermore, he focuses on the role of social capital in livelihood development, employing empirical analysis guided by prospect theory and influenced by various psycho-social phenomena. His quantitative and qualitative research methods utilize triangulation to ensure robustness. Badiuzzaman is currently linked with the International Institute of Social Studies.

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