Mohammad MoradShahjalal University of Science and Technology · Department of Sociology
Mohammad Morad
PhD in Sociology (University of Padova) & Joint European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations (University of Oldenburg, University of Stavanger and University of Nova Gorica)
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Introduction
Dr Morad is a Professor of Sociology at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. His fields of expertise cover International Migration, Transnationalism, Social Networks, Citizenships, Diaspora, and Intra-EU Mobility. His work appeared in several peer-reviewed journals, such as The British Journal of Sociology, International Migration and Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Additional affiliations
October 2022 - October 2022
September 2022 - September 2022
Universität Oldenburg
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- Visting Faculty
April 2019 - June 2019
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Publications (23)
Bangladesh is one of the main labour source countries for the Gulf Cooperation Council. Since the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic, a large number of Bangladeshis have returned home while many others are about to be repatriated. Drawing on qualitative research conducted with Bangladeshi migrants who returned from the Gulf Cooperation Council countrie...
This article analyzes previous multiple migratory trajectories of Bangladeshi first generation migrants before arriving in Italy and within Italy. It also uncovers the role of social networks and transnational ties in their multiple migrations. The findings show that their first international migration was mainly shaped by their family’s socio-econ...
Referring to the case studies of two cities in Northern Italy, this article seeks to understand how Bangladeshi migrants use associations to seek transnational “ways of belonging” and “ways of being”. It analyses how this transnational attachment to their home country has played an important role in building their own “community”. The findings reve...
In this study, we analyse the reasons for the onward migration of Bangladeshis in Italy to the UK after they obtain Italian citizenship. The findings of 51 in-depth interviews and participant observation with Bangladeshi migrants with Italian citizenship in three cities of north-eastern Italy and two cities of the UK indicate that Italian Banglades...
Drawing on multi-sited qualitative research in Italy and the UK, this paper documents the dark side of onward migration and the experiences faced by Italian-Bangladeshis in the UK after the Brexit referendum. The findings show that compared to their position in Italy, Italian-Bangladeshis experienced a downgrading in symbolic, identity-related, and...
The scope of this paper is to gain a better understanding of how Bangladeshi migrants in Italy maintain transnational family attachments, across multiple destinations, with the home country as well as with several host countries. The data comes from fieldwork in Northeast Italy. Research methods include in-depth interviews and participant observati...
The paper looks at the recent phenomenon of Bangladeshi immigrants in Italy who are onward-migrating to London, after their acquisition of the Italian citizenship. Adopting an intersectional approach, we seek to answer two questions: what were their mobility trajectories before arriving in Italy and within Italy? Why do they onward-migrate from Ita...
In the current age of globalization, migration is no longer a one-way mobility between a country of origin and a destination, it sometimes be multiple. However, the multiple migration experiences of international migrants still identified as an under-researched issue. This is especially applicable in the case of Bangladeshi migrants since the resea...
Recent research has indicated that the term ‘diaspora’ attains a broad semantic field and its uses have been flourished in a variety of directions. While the classical notion of diaspora involves an involuntary migration, the newer notion refers to any kind of dispersal - voluntary and involuntary migration. And all types of migrant communities als...
Most of the studies on Bangladeshi migration to Italy have been conducted in cities and towns that already have a relatively long tradition of hosting Bangladeshi communities, such as Rome, Vicenza and Venice. This article focuses on two recent local contexts of Bangladeshi migration to Italy: Padova and Cadoneghe in the Veneto region. The study at...
The paper brings the argument of public opinion on legal immigrants in Europe with the reference of two countries, Germany and France. The both countries experienced a strong international immigrant character for a long period. For instance, Germany introduced the integration policy in 1870, where as France in 1880. The main data source for this st...
ABSTRACT
In this study we sought to understand the transnational linkages and “ways of belonging” of Bangladeshi migrants in Italy with their country of origin. Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies were applied. A total of 100 Bangladeshis were surveyed and 12 Bangladeshi migrants from the Province of Padova, Italy were subsequently int...
As immigrants are often under-represented in the political arena, in recent years, political participation of immigrants has become one of the most significant issues in many immigrant receiving countries in Europe. Based on secondary data, this paper has examined the political participation of immigrants in Norway through discussions of immigrants...
This paper attempts to examine immigrants’ access to citizenship and their social rights in liberal democratic immigrant welcoming states, especially in Norway. Based on secondary information, this paper finds that immigrants need to acquire citizenship through naturalization process in order to get equal chances to participate in various social ri...
This paper attempts to examine immigrants' access to citizenship and their social rights in liberal democratic immigrant welcoming states, especially in Norway. Based on secondary information, this paper finds that immigrants need to acquire citizenship through naturalization process in order to get equal chances to participate in various social ri...
This paper analyses how the media interprets Bangladeshian fertility trends by analyzing 11 online available articles from two Bangladeshi leading dailies, The Daily Star and the Prothom Alo. The exploration of the newspaper articles reveals that print media in Bangladesh has shown concern notably on the present scenario of the country’s declining...
In this study we contextualize the diaspora formation of Bangladeshi immigrants in the UK by analyzing three broad types of diaspora characteristics- dispersion; connection with the homelands; and maintaining a distinctive identity in the host society. Based on secondary data, this study revealed that Bangladeshi diaspora members in the UK are main...
In this study we contextualize the diaspora formation of Bangladeshi
immigrants in the UK by analyzing three broad types of diaspora
characteristics- dispersion; connection with the homelands; and maintaining a
distinctive identity in the host society. Based on secondary data, this study
revealed that Bangladeshi diaspora members in the UK are main...
Children of developing countries, by and large, have been working in different kinds of economic activities either on territorial (urban/rural) distribution or on sectoral (formal / lnformal and / or organized / unorganized) allocation basis. They used to work in manufacturing plants, small factories, metal and construction works. The inductive stu...
Based on immigrants’ ties with their homeland, several authors have addressed immigrants group as a diaspora. In a similar vein, in this study I sought to understand the diaspora formation of Bangladeshi immigrants by identifying their transnational and diasporic linkages with their country of origin, Bangladesh. I applied both quantitative and qua...
This study aims at examining women’s participation in workplace and its impact on their fertility behaviour. The study utilizes data collected from various workplaces in Sylhet city, Bangladesh through a stratified random sampling. The size of the total population was 267 and total sample size was 120 that covered 45% of the population. Here univar...
Projects
Projects (4)
The principal aim of this project is to explore the drivers and transnational networks that determined the process of undocumented migration from Bangladesh to Europe. In addition, this research will
focus on the types and actors of organized crime related to this undocumented Bangladeshi migration. More specifically the main objectives of this study are threefold. First, this project aims to find out the socio-economic and political key drivers that account for facilitating irregular migration from Bangladesh to Europe. Second, this research is keen to analyze the role and forms of transnational networks in facilitating irregular migration from Bangladesh to Europe. Third, this study evaluates the everyday hardship of Bangladeshi migrants experienced by the organized criminal group during their irregular migration trips across the borders until arriving at the EU country of destination.
This project aims to analyse the experiences of Bangladeshi labourers in the Middle East and Southeast Asian countries during the pandemic in order to develop a better understanding of their return migration and the socio-economic hardship of their families back home.
Drawing on qualitative research with returned migrants from Gulf countries, this study aims to examine the relationship between coronavirus crisis and return migration.
