Dr. Md Saidul Islam
Author・Educator・Speaker
Author・Educator・Speaker
The ways we feed ourselves, protect our environment, and structure our societies are not separate challenges, they are deeply interconnected.
To secure a future that is equitable and sustainable, we must address development and justice as shared commitments, guided by a vision that upholds human dignity while respecting the limits of the Earth.
– Dr. Md Saidul Islam
Dr. Md Saidul Islam Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and the Postgraduate Coordinator of Sociology, as well as the former Coordinator of the Environment and Sustainability Research Cluster at the School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, and is also co-appointed with the Asian School of the Environment. He is the co-deputy director of the Max Planck—NTU Singapore Centre for Biocultural Worlding. Dr. Islam previously served as a Visiting Scholar at the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2018.
His research interests lie in environmental sociology and international development, with a particular emphasis on industrial aquaculture, the global agro-food system, climate change, food security, environmental sustainability, the political economy of Bangladesh, and Islam in modernity. To date, he has authored ten books on these topics.
Unveiling the Interplay of Climate Vulnerability and Social Capital: Insights from West Bengal, India
Misra, S., Md Saidul Islam, and S. Roy. 2025. Climate 13(8), 160. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli13080160
Rethinking Climate Justice: Insights from Environmental Sociology
Islam, Md Saidul. 2024. Climate 2024, 12(12), 203; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli12120203
Averting the Existential Threat of the Planet: Islamic Environmental Ethics to Address the Contemporary Environmental Crisis
Adha Shaleh and Md. Saidul Islam. 2024. Intellectual Discourse 32(1): 239-264. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31436/id.v32i1.1937
State and Politics in the Transitional Era of Globalization: Twisting and Turning toward Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes
Hafijur Rahman, Md Saidul Islam, and Naguib Gounjaria. 2024. Politics and Policy DOI: 10.1111/polp.12603
The United Nations Environment Assembly resolution to end plastic pollution: Challenges to effective policy interventions
Islam, Md Saidul, Zach Lee, Adha Shaleh, and Han Sen Soo. 2023. Environment, Development and Sustainability, DOI 10.1007/s10668-023-03639-6
7-8 April 2026
Unequal Ecologies: Climate Change and Ecological Justice in Bangladesh and Southeast Asia
8th NTS-Asia Annual Conference, themed “Global Governance Adrift - Pathways Forward for Non-Traditional Security,” Park Royal Hotel on Beach Road, Singapore.
27 June 2026
Singapore Green Plan and Green Islam
Kopi (Keep it succinct, One question per person, Personal questions offline, Identify yourself first) with Sustainability 2026, Al-Mizan Singapore, AMP Singapore supporting Singapore Green Plan 2030.
17 April 2026
The July Revolution 2024 in Bangladesh
Panelist at Asian Disruptors and Disruptions, The Global Asia Research Centre workshop.
28 March 2026
Bangladesh from Kleptocratic Fascism to Democratic Optimism
Invited Panelist at the Kuala Lumpur Roundtable, Organized by Islam & Liberty Network, An Ormond Hotel, KL.
16 March 2026
Bangladesh After the 2026 Election: What Comes Next?
Panelist at KAS-ISAS seminar, NUS, Singapore.
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