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Full Time Faculty PhD in Development Studies, University of Bonn, Germany MA In Migration & Intercultural Relations, University of Stavanger, Norway BSS in International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Phone: +880-2-55668200 Ext: Office: NAC-912
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Dr. Anas’ research focuses on democratic transformation in post-revolutionary societies and the politics of South Asia. His scholarly work delves into the intricate politics of migration, displacement, and identity construction in Asian borderlands. He also examines the emerging phenomena of digital diasporas and the political agency of diasporic communities in resisting authoritarianism across Asia
Book:
Ansar, A. (2025). Rohingyas and the Geographies of Precarity in Exile: Everyday Life in Bangladesh and Malaysia. De Gruyter, Berlin.
Hunger, U., Ansar, A. & Krannich, S. Ed. (2024). Migration und Covid-19 - Analysen zum Verhältnis von Migration, Arbeit, Gesundheit und sozialen Schutz. SPRINGER.
Siddiqui, T. & Ansar, A. (2019). Social Cost of Migration on Families Left Behind in Bangladesh. RMMRU, Dhaka.
Peer reviwed Journal Article:
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2025 |
Ansar, A & Jopson, T. (ed.). From Campus to Confrontation: Youth Resistance against Authoritarianism in Asia. Special issue (forthcoming). International Quarterly for Asian Studies. |
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2025 |
Etzold, B., Rashid, S. R. & Ansar, A. (forthcoming). Translocal dynamics of gendered violence in the Bangladesh–Myanmar borderland – Experiences, coping strategies and (no) solutions. Gender, Place & Culture |
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2025 |
Khaled, AFM and Ansar, A (2025). Myanmar’s Rakhine State at a Crossroads: Regional Power Struggles and Bangladesh’s Rohingya Dilemma. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2025/05/20/myanmars-rakhine-state-at-a-crossroads-regional-power-struggles-and-bangladeshs-rohingya-dilemma/ |
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2024 |
Morad, M., Sacchetto, D. & Ansar, A. (2024) Transnational Social Fields of Italian Bangladeshis in Europe and Beyond: Towards a New Geography of Ways of Belonging. Population, Space & Place. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2819 |
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2024 |
Ansar, A. & Mitra, J. (2024). Digital Diaspora Activism at the Margins: Unfolding Rohingya Diaspora Interactions on Facebook (2017-2022). Social Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051241228603 |
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2024 |
Ansar, A. & Hunger, U. (2024). Remote Data Collection in Low-resource settings: Doing Research with the Rohingya Community in Bangladesh Refugee Camps. SAGE Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529681222 |
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2024 |
Khaled AFM, Dijkzeul D, Ansar A and Sikder MJU (2024) Editorial: Rohingya refugees: humanitarian responses and implications. Frontiers in Human Dynamics 6:1479802. Doi: 10.3389/fhumd.2024.1479802 |
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2023 |
Ansar, A. & Khaled, A. F. M. (2023). In search of a Rohingya digital diaspora: virtual togetherness, collective identities and political mobilisation. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01553-w |
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2023 |
Khaled, A. F. M., & Ansar, A. (2023). Bangladesh's ready-made garments sector rebound: Revisiting gendered labor precarity and dependency. Asian Journal of Comparative Politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/20578911231170208 |
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2022 |
Ansar, A. (2022). Bangladeshi women migrants amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic: Revisiting globalization, dependency and gendered precarity in South–South labour migration. Global Networks, 23(1), 31-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12368 |
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2022 |
Rashid, S. R., Ansar, A., & Khaled, A. F.M. (2022). “The pandemic has added to my miseries”: Bangladeshi migrant workers’ social protection revisited. Asian Journal of Comparative Politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/20578911221141759 |
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2022 |
Ansar, A. & Khaled, A.F.M. (2022). Claiming Space and Contesting Gendered Refugeehood in Exile: Issues and factors of Rohingya refugee Women’s Civic Engagement in Diaspora. International Quarterly for Asian Studies. https://doi.org/10.11588/iqas.2022.2.14712 |
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2021 |
Ansar, A. & Khaled, A.F.M. (2021). From solidarity to resistance: host communities’ evolving response to the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Journal of International Humanitarian Action. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41018-021-00104-9 |
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2020 |
Ansar, A. (2020), The Unfolding of Belonging, Exclusion and Exile: A Reflection on the History of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Southeast Asia. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. September, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602004.2020.1819126 |
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2017 |
Ansar, A. et al., (2017), Challenges in access to health care among involuntary migrants in Germany: a case study of migrants’ experiences in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. Journal of International Migration, February, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12326
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Topic Co-editor
Rohingya Refugees: Humanitarian Responses and Implications”, Frontiers in Human Dynamics. 2022-2023. Frontier publishers
Book Reviews
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2023 |
Waves of Upheaval in Myanmar: Gendered Transformations and Political Transitions. NIAS Press. International Quarterly for Asian Studies. https://doi.org/10.11588/iqas.2023.3.23473 |
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2017 |
The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, Extremism and the Domestic War on Terror, New York: Verso. Nordic Journal of Migration Research. https://journal-njmr.org/articles/10.1515/njmr-2017-0004 |
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2016 |
The Global Economic Crisis and the Future of Migration: Issues and Prospects, What Will Migration Look Like in 2045? Two Homelands. http://twohomelands.zrc-sazu.si/en/articles/show/319/book-review---bimal-ghosh-the-global-economic-crisis-and-the |
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2023 |
Santander Fellowship, Institute of East Asian Studies (IAO), ENS de Lyon, France |
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2022-2023 |
Swiss Confederate Fellowship, University of Fribourg, Switzerland |
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2019-2023 |
German Research Foundation (DFG) Fellowship, University of Bonn, Germany |
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2015-2017 |
Erasmus Mundus Master Degree Fellowship, University of Stavanger, Norway & University of Oldenburg, Germany |
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2010 |
Study in the US Institutes (SUSI) Fellowship, US Department of State, University of Virginia, USA |
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2019-2024 |
PhD in Migration and Development Studies, University of Bonn, Germany. Thesis Title: “Rohingyas and Geographies of Precarity in Exile: Everyday Life in Bangladesh and Malaysia.” |
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2021 |
Diploma in B/orders in Motion, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. |
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2015-2017 |
European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations (EMMIR), University of Oldenburg, Germany and University of Stavanger, Norway. |
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2012-2013 |
Master in International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
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2010 |
Diploma in Democracy and New Media, Center for Politics, University of Virginia, USA. |
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2008-2011 |
Bachelor in International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
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2024-2025 |
Guest Lecturer, Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Catholic University of Mainz, Germany. Course offered: Microsociology, Theories and Politics of Identity
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2022-2023 |
Guest Lecturer, Dept. of Social and Cultural Studies, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Course offered: Migration and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Reconfiguration of Global Population Movement
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2024-ongoing |
Senior Researcher, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute, University of Freiburg, Germany |
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2019-2025 |
Research Associate, Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS), University of Bonn, Germany |
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2023-2025 |
Associate Researcher, Lyon Institute of East Asian Studies (IOA), ENS de Lyon, France. |
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2022-2023 |
Visiting Researcher, Department of Mass Media and Communication Research, University of Fribourg, Switzerland |
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2018-2020 |
Junior Research Fellow, Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
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2013-2015 |
Research Assistant, Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
German Network for Forced Migration Studies
German Network of Asian Studies
European Network of South Asian Studies
Bonn Platform for Forced Migration Studies
International Migration Research Network (IMISCOE-MITRA)
European Social Science History Conference (Network- Labour & Migration History)
Erasmus Mundus Association
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
Migration Politics
Social Media and Politics
Digital Diaspora
Political Transformation in Post conflict societies
Borderland Identities
Labour Migration
Refugee Governance
Resistance against Authoritarianism