Habib Rahman

 

Muhammad Habibur Rahman  

Associate Professor

Department of Economics

Durham University Business School

Durham University

Mill Hill Lane, Durham, DH1 3LB, UK

Tel: +44 (0)191 33 46355

Email: habib.rahman@durham.ac.uk

Dr Habib Rahman is an Associate Professor of Economics at Durham University. Before Durham, he held academic appointments at Curtin University, Deakin University, Monash University, and the University of Melbourne. Before moving to academia, he worked for several international development partners such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) in Thailand. 

His research interests are at the crossroads of Development Economics and Public Policy. He has been successful in securing globally competitive external grants from several development partners such as the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction (GFDRR) Nepal, the Asian-Pacific Network (APN) Japan, the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, and Bushfire & Natural Hazard Cooperative Research Centre (BNH-CRC) of Australia, UNDP Bangladesh, and the World Bank Group. Currently, DFAT commissioned him to lead a regional initiative “Developing a Framework for Facilitating Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for Paris Commitments” in Asia (Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Thailand), Africa (Egypt), Middle East (Oman), and the Pacific (the PACER+ countries such as Samoa, Kiribati, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Tuvalu and Vanuatu) countries. Most notably, his work has informed public policies to the governments of Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam.

He has published in well-recognised academic journals such as the Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Health Economics, Energy Economics, Economic Record, Southern Economic Journal, Public Choice, and Economic Modelling. He regularly extends his technical assistance to government and non-government organisations that informs public policy in the realm of climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies.