Muhammad Mahbubul Islam Bhuiyan
Founder | Researcher | Anthropologist
20 years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing research projects, using various methods and tools such as interviews, focus groups, observations, and case studies.
About me
Founder and Director of Operations at Centre for Qualitative Research (CQR). Lead a team of researchers and consultants who conduct rigorous and innovative qualitative studies and evaluations for various clients in the public health, nutrition, gender, and social sectors. Have over 20 years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing research projects, using various methods and tools such as interviews, focus groups, observations, and case studies.
Mission is to generate evidence-based insights and recommendations that inform policy and practice, and that contribute to social change and development. I am also an adjunct faculty at Jahangirnagar University, where I teach qualitative research methodology to postgraduate students.
Duty towards Allah
duty towards parents
duty towards mankind
duty towards country
Experience
Lead Consultant
Manusher Jonno Foundation
Conducting Formative Research on Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) and Analysis on Nutrition Governance in the CHT Region – PRLC Project
Lead Consultant
Food for the Hungry Bangladesh · Freelance
Lead Consultant
International Labour Organization · Freelance
Consultant
NETZ Partnership for Development and Justice · Freelance
Consultant
Pathfinder International · Freelance
We’re working with and a2i and Pathfinder International Bangladesh team in ten Schools.
Lead Consultant & Principal Investigator
World Vision Bangladesh · Freelance
1. BASELINE SURVEY_ RAMU AREA PROGRAM
2. Listening to Brides: Identifying experiences and needs of adolescent girls and young women married before age 18 years.
Lead Consultant
ActionAid Bangladesh · Freelance
End-line Project Evaluation:
Promoting Women and Girls’ Empowerment Through Enhancing Protection and Economic Resilience of Rohingya women and adolescent girls in three camps
Consultant
Heifer International · Freelance
Economic EnhancementThrough Strengthening Beefand Goat Market System(EES) Project BD2015
Principal Investigator
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) · Freelance
Qualitative Study to analyze phone survey interviews of Bangladeshi women migrant returnees from the garment sector in Jordan.
Evaluation Consultant
icddr,b · Freelance
End of the Project Evaluation:
Pilot intervention for poverty reduction, economic empowerment, and providing food support for transgender women (hijra), male sex workers (MSW), and people who use drugs (currently under OST programme).
Principal Investigator
FHI 360 · Freelance
Working for Alive and Thrive Bangladesh team.
Project name: Study on feasibility of integrating growth monitoring and promotion into the Expanded Program on Immunization platform in selected rural upazilas in Bangladesh
Lead Consultant
Nutrition International · Freelance
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Nutrition International · Freelance
Co-Investigator
Plan International · Freelance
Study Name: Understanding referral linkages from the community to healthcare facilities for strengthening adolescent friendly healthcare services for the adolescents.
Lead Consultant
ACCESS Health International · Freelance
Consultant
The World Bank · Freelance
Study Name: Bangladesh COVID Qualitative Survey
Consultant
World Health Organization · Freelance
Study Name:
Assessment of the food environment around young children (< 5 years of age) on availability and consumption of commercial complementary foods, other commercial snack foods and out of home foods
Project Manager
Nutrition International · Full-time
Oct 2017 - Mar 2021
Project 1: School Nutrition for Adolescents Project (SNAP)
Project 2: Nutrition of Working Women (NoWW)
Consultant | Integration of Nutrition into BRAC Programs
Micronutrient Initative · Full-time
Feb 2016 - Sep 2017
Country Representative of the Intervention Development Research. Design, management and executed the study in Bangladesh.
Qualitative Research Coordinator
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) · Full-time
Apr 2010 - Jan 2016
Team Lead, Qualitative Research Team, Bangladesh
Team Lead, IFPRI team at Agriculture Policy Support Unit (APSU), Ministry of Agriculture
Research Officer | Ethnographer | Field Supervisor | Senior Research Assistant |
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Nov 2001 - Oct 2010
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