Lailufar Yasmin, PhD, is Professor and former Chair of the Department of International Relations at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She studied at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Georgia State University in Atlanta, USA, and Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. She has received the US Fulbright, the British Chevening, and the Australian International Post-Graduate Research Scholarship (IPRS). Her fellowships include positions at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland; the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing; the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Hawaii as a Fellow of the FIPSS (Fellowships in Indo-Pacific Security Studies); Beyond Borders Scotland; the Marshall Center for European Security Studies (GMCC) in Germany; and Ghent University in Belgium. Her recent publications focus on women’s participation in the July Uprising in Bangladesh (“Where are the Women?”), the Rohingya issue (Palgrave Macmillan: London) and “The Development of International Relations in South Asia” (Oxford Research Encyclopedia). She is a regular speaker at various national and international seminars, and particularly on Women, Peace and Security, at the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operations and Training (BIPSOT). Her areas of expertise encompass Bangladesh’s politics, economy, and foreign policy; the Rohingya issue and maritime mixed migration; South Asian affairs; China’s foreign policy; maritime security and the Indo-Pacific Region; and women’s participation in UN Peacekeeping, among others.

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