Dr Shafiqul Islam is a full-time faculty member (Assistant Professor in Sociology), at the Department of Political Science and Sociology (PSS), North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and had his education at the University of Oslo, Norway (MPhil in Law), at the Lund University, Sweden (MSc in Gender Studies, majoring in Sociology), at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (MSS and BSS Hons. in Sociology). He has fourteen years of teaching and research experience in multidisciplinary courses. During these periods, he gathered experience in effective teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels at different national and international universities. He received extensive training on various research processes and methodology. His professional training and experience prepared him to work independently and reliably in any challenging circumstances.