DrTazrina Chowdhury
Senior Research Consultant
Institute for Sustainable Futures
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- Senior Research ConsultantInstitute for Sustainable Futures
- University of Technology Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia
BIO
Tazrina holds a PhD in Disaster Resilience from Flinders University, Australia. She joined the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) in 2021 as a research consultant with the vision to create sustainability within disaster risk reduction and community resilience.
Dr. Tazrina has over seven years of research experience in the field of disaster resilience, including teaching, training, and research activities. She also worked as a lecturer in Bangladesh and has been associated with many research projects in contemporary disaster, rehabilitation, and recovery issues. She is passionate about community-focused research to strengthen community resilience utilising local resources.
Dr. Tazrina is experienced in multi-tasking, establishment of collaborative relationships with people from diverse backgrounds by undertaking multiple skill development and leadership building activities. She has demonstrated ability to employ a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods and has extensive experience of conducting in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and interpretive data analysis.
Dr. Tazrina has over seven years of research experience in the field of disaster resilience, including teaching, training, and research activities. She also worked as a lecturer in Bangladesh and has been associated with many research projects in contemporary disaster, rehabilitation, and recovery issues. She is passionate about community-focused research to strengthen community resilience utilising local resources.
Dr. Tazrina is experienced in multi-tasking, establishment of collaborative relationships with people from diverse backgrounds by undertaking multiple skill development and leadership building activities. She has demonstrated ability to employ a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods and has extensive experience of conducting in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and interpretive data analysis.
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS
- Research ConsultantUniversity of Technology Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures, Sydney, Australia15 Nov 2021 - present
DEGREES
- PhDFlinders University, Adelaide, Australia26 Mar 2018 - 22 Sep 2021
- Master of ScienceUniversity of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh3 May 2013 - 15 Nov 2015
- Bachelor of ScienceUniversity of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh15 Feb 2009 - 18 Feb 2013
CERTIFICATIONS
- Indigenous Cultural AwarenessFlinders University, Adelaide, Australia
- Fundamentals of NVivo 12QSR International
- Qualitative Research Methods: Conversational InterviewingMITx, an online learning initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Climate Change: The ScienceUBCx, an online learning initiative of the University of British Columbia
LANGUAGES
- BengaliCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 5 Gender Equality
- 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 13 Climate Action
- 17 Partnerships for the Goals
PROFILE TYPE
- Academic
AVAILABILITY
- Collaborative projects
- Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker