Khandaker Ahmed

Khandaker Ahmed

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Khandaker Jafor Ahmed is a Bangladeshi doctoral student in the Department of Geography, Environment and Population at the University of Adelaide (UoA), Australia. Jafor's research interest falls within the broader field of population and environment, with a special focus on human fertility. Given the academic qualification (Bachelor and Master's degree in Sociology) and research experience (as a Research Associate in the Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research at BRAC University, Bangladesh), his research seeks to explain the social impacts of climate change and natural disasters.

Khandaker Jafor Ahmed received his doctoral degree from the Department of Geography, Environment and Population at the University of Adelaide (UoA), Australia. Jafor's research interest falls within the broader field of population and environment, with a special focus on human fertility. Given the academic qualification (Bachelor and Master's degree in Sociology, and PhD in environmental and population studies) and research experience (as a Research Associate in the Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research at BRAC University, Bangladesh), his research seeks to explain the impacts of climate change and extreme climate events on population dynamics.

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2022 Kuddus, M. A., Sunny, A. R., Sazzad, S. A., Hossain, M., Rahman, M., Mithun, M. H., . . . Raposo, A. (2022). Sense and Manner of WASH and Their Coalition With Disease and Nutritional Status of Under-five Children in Rural Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 12 pages.
    DOI
    2022 Ahmed, M. N. Q., Ahmed, K. J., Chowdhury, M. T. A., & Atiqul Haq, S. M. (2022). Teachers' Perceptions About Climate Change: A Comparative Study of Public and Private Schools and Colleges in Bangladesh. Frontiers in Climate, 4.
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    2022 Islam, M. N., Atiqul Haq, S. M., Ahmed, K. J., & Best, J. (2022). How Do Vulnerable People in Bangladesh Experience Environmental Stress From Sedimentation in the Haor Wetlands? An Exploratory Study. Water Resources Research, 58(7), 24 pages.
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    2021 Sunny, A. R., Mithun, M. H., Prodhan, S. H., Ashrafuzzaman, M., Rahman, S. M. A., Billah, M. M., . . . Hossain, M. M. (2021). Fisheries in the context of attaining sustainable development goals (Sdgs) in bangladesh: Covid-19 impacts and future prospects. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(17), 22 pages.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS5
    2021 Chen1, M., Haq, S. M. A., Ahmed, K. J., Hussain, A. H. M. B., & Ahmed, M. N. Q. (2021). The link between climate change, food security and fertility: The case of Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 16(10 October), 18 pages.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS1
    2021 Atiqul Haq, S. M., Islam, M. N., Siddhanta, A., Ahmed, K. J., & Chowdhury, M. T. A. (2021). Public Perceptions of Urban Green Spaces: Convergences and Divergences. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 3.
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    2021 Chowdhury, M. T. A., Ahmed, K. J., Ahmed, M. N. Q., & Haq, S. M. A. (2021). How do teachers' perceptions of climate change vary in terms of importance, causes, impacts and mitigation? A comparative study in Bangladesh.. SN social sciences, 1(7), 174.
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    2020 Haq, S. M. A., & Ahmed, K. J. (2020). Perceptions about climate change among university students in Bangladesh. Natural Hazards, 103(3), 3683-3713.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS3
    2019 Ahmed, K. J., Haq, S. M. A., & Bartiaux, F. (2019). Nexus between extreme weather events, sexual violence and child marriage: a study on vulnerable areas of Bangladesh. Population and Environment, 40(3), 303-324.
    DOI Scopus13 WoS12
    2019 Belayeth Hussain, A. H. M., Endut, N., Das, S., Chowdhury, M. T. A., Haque, N., Sultana, S., & Ahmed, K. J. (2019). Does financial inclusion increase financial resilience? Evidence from Bangladesh. Development in Practice, 29(6), 798-807.
    DOI Scopus14
    2019 Haq, S. A., & Ahmed, K. J. (2019). Is Fertility Preference Related to Perception of the Risk of Child Mortality, Changes in Landholding, and Type of Family? A Comparative Study on Populations Vulnerable and not Vulnerable to Extreme Weather Events in Bangladesh. Population Review, 58(2), 61-99.
    DOI Scopus1
    2018 Haq, S. M. A., & Ahmed, K. J. (2018). Changes in age at marriage, birth order, and fertility preference: a study on a flood prone area in Bangladesh. Romanian Journal of Population Studies, XII(1), 71-102.
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    2017 Haq, S. M. A., & Ahmed, K. J. (2017). Does the perception of climate change vary with the socio-demographic dimensions? A study on vulnerable populations in Bangladesh. Natural Hazards, 85(3), 1759-1785.
    DOI Scopus26 WoS22

  • Book Chapters
    Year Citation
    2022 Ahmed, K., & Tan, Y. (2022). The disaster–fertility nexus in Sub-Saharan African countries. In C. O. Odimegwu, & Y. Adewoyin (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of African Demography (pp. 363-379). London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
    2021 Ahmed, K., & Tan, Y. (2021). Assessing and mapping spatial variations in climate change and climatic hazards in Bangladesh. In G. M. Monirul, M. O. Erdiaw-Kwasie, G. J. Nagy, & W. L. Filho (Eds.), Climate Vulnerability and Resilience in the Global South: Human Adaptations for Sustainable Futures (pp. 465-486). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
    DOI
    2021 Hussain, A. H. M. B., Islam, M., Ahmed, K. J., Haq, S. M. A., & Islam, M. N. (2021). Financial Inclusion, Financial Resilience, and Climate Change Resilience. In Handbook of Climate Change Management (pp. 1-23). Springer International Publishing.
    DOI
    2021 Haq, S. M. A., Ahmed, K. J., Islam, M. N., Hussain, A. H. M. B., & Islam, M. (2021). Climate Change, Debate and Dimensions of Coping Strategies. In Handbook of Climate Change Management (pp. 1-25). Springer International Publishing.
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    2021 Ahmed, K. J., Chowdhury, M. T. A., Ahmed, M. N. Q., & Haq, S. M. A. (2021). Understanding Climate Change Perception of Teachers and Students: An Overview. In Climate Change Management (pp. 395-408). Springer International Publishing.
    DOI Scopus1
    2018 Ahmed, K. J., & Haq, S. M. A. (2018). Early marriage to cope with poverty: a study on vulnerable population to extreme events in Bangladesh. In M. S. U. Rahman (Ed.), Spatial Planning Practice in Bangladesh: Selected Papers from BPRC 2016. Dhaka, Bangladesh: A H Development Publishing House (AHDPH).

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2018 Ahmed, K. J., & Haq, S. M. A. (2018). How does the perceived risk of infant/child mortality influence fertility preference? A comparative study in Bangladesh.. In http://www.populationassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/Full-Program-PDF.pdf (pp. 101). Denver, Colorado.
    2017 Ahmed, K. J., & Haq, S. M. A. (2017). Is fertility preference related with the perception of risk of infant dying, landholding and family type? A comparative study on vulnerable populations to extreme weather events in Bangladesh. In https://iussp.confex.com/iussp/ipc2017/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/3822. Cape Town, South Africa.

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2017 - ongoing Member International Union of the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) France
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