Lailufar Yasmin is a Professor in the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a doctoral candidate in the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University, Sydney. She has written extensively on secularism in Bangladesh and on South Asian issues. Her latest research involves religion and politics, ethnic issues, maritime security and gender and conflict related issues. She offers courses on International Relations theories, nationalism and ethnicity, and gender and development.

Participant in: February/March 2021 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes