·                 §  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Urban Design), Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, 2009

§  Master of Science (MSc) (Urban Planning, Best Dissertation 2002), The University of Hong Kong, 2002

§  Bachelor of Architecture (BArch), Architecture Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh, 1997

 

Post-doc

§  Fulbright Visiting Research Scholarship, 2015, for post-doctoral research on “Autonomous Adaptation in Built Environment: Towards Resilient Informal Settlement”, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.

§  Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship, 2012, for post-doctoral research on “Indigenous Knowledge in Disaster Adaptation”, Development Planning Unit, University College London, UK

§  Habitat and Culture

§  SDG 11 – Inclusive Cities and Communities

§  Social Space in Rural Settlement (re)Planning

§ Housing Architecture (housing for socially excluded communities; housing for special needs; slum housing upgrading; self-building process in informal settlements)

§  Disaster Resilient Cities and Built Environment

§  Social Logic of Urban Space Syntax

§  Leadership and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and

§  Contextual Architectural Pedagogy and Curriculum

Current Research Project/Collaboration

FACULTY POSITIONS

§  Professor, Architecture Discipline, Khulna University, 28.12.2011 till date

§  Associate Professor, Architecture Discipline, Khulna University, 25.11.2007 to 27.12.2011

§  Assistant Professor, Architecture Discipline, Khulna University, 23.08.2000 to 24.11.2007

§  Lecturer, Architecture Discipline, Khulna University, 19.10.1997 to 22.08.2000

 

ACADEMIC-ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

§  Dean, Science, Engineering and Technology School, Khulna University, 2020 to present 

§  Director (in-charge), Institute of Fine Arts, Khulna University, 2009-2012

§  Head, Architecture Discipline, Khulna University, 2012-2015

§  Director, Centre of Excellence in Teaching & Learning, Khulna University, 2015-2018

§  Deputy Director, Centre of Excellence in Teaching & Learning, Khulna University, 2014-2015

§  Provost, Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall, Khulna University, 2018

ACADEMIC-STRATEGIC RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS HELD DURING LAST 10 YEARS

(selected ones)

1.        Member, Syndicate, Khulna University

2.        Chancellor Nominated Member, Syndicate, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology

3.        UGC Nominated Member, Syndicate, Khulna Khan Bahadur Ahsanulla University

4.        Dean, Science Engineering and Technology School, Khulna University

5.        Dean (in charge), Fine Arts School, Khulna University

6.        Director, Centre of Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL), Khulna University

7.        Head, Architecture Discipline, Khulna University

8.        Member, Academic Council, Khulna University

9.        Provost, Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall, Khulna University

10.     Member, Board of Advanced Studies (BOAS), Khulna University

11.     Member-Secretary, Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee, Khulna University

12.     Member, Committee for the Investigation of teaching and non-teaching staff recruitment process of Khulna Agricultural University, formed by the UGC

13.     Member, Committee for developing guidelines for essential academic infrastructure for the commencement of academic activities in newly established public universities in Bangladesh, formed by the UGC

14.      Member, Executive Committee of Arts and Humanities School, Khulna University

15.      Member, Executive Committee of Fine Arts School, Khulna University

16.      Member, Research Cell Advisory Committee, Khulna University

17.      Director, Research and Design Consultancy Unit, Architecture Discipline, Khulna University

18.      Coordinator, Master of Science in Human Settlements Program, Architecture Discipline, Khulna University

19.      Coordinator, Architecture Discipline Seminar Series, Khulna University

20.      Coordinator, Visiting Scholar and Visiting Researcher Program (VSVRP) at ArchKU 

21.     Member, Selection Board (higher grade officer), Khulna University

22.      Member, Selection Board (Officer), Khulna University of Engineering and Technology

23.      Member, Planning and Development Committee, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology

24.      Member, Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee, Jashore University of Science and Technology

25.      Member, Teaching Staff Selection Board, Science, Engineering and Technology School, Khulna University, Khulna

26.      Member, Teaching Staff Selection Board, Department of Architecture, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna

27.      Member, Teaching Staff Selection Board, Department of Architecture, Shahjalaj University of Science and Technology, Sylhet

28.      Member, Teaching Staff Selection Board, Department of Architecture, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna

29.      Member, Teaching Staff Selection Board, Department of Architecture, Haji Danesh University of Science and Technology, Dinajpur

30.      Member, Committee of Courses, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna

31.      Member, Teaching Staff Selection Board, Department of Urban and Rural Planning, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi

32.      Member, Planning & Development Committee, Pabna University of Science and Technology

33.      Member-Secretary, Board of Governors, Institute of Fine Arts, Khulna University

34.      Member, Selection Committee (Upper Board for Registrar, Director of PND, Chief Engineer, Chie Medical Officer), Khulna University

35.      Member, MPhil/PhD Ordinance Revision Committee, Khulna University

36.      Member-Secretary, Fine Arts School’s Organogram Revision Committee, Khulna University

37.      Member-Secretary, Construction of Liberation War Sculpture Committee, Khulna University

38.      Member, Liberation War Sculpture Committee, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology

39.      Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Fine Arts, University of Rajshahi

40.      Member, Scientific Committee, The Sundarbans and Environment in the Southwest of Bangladesh (SESB) National Conference, 10 February, 2010, Khulna University, Bangladesh

41.      Member, Editorial Committee, Khulna Bishwabidyaloyer Itihas (History of Khulna University), Khulna University, 2012

42.      Theory Course Coordinator, Bachelor of Architecture program, Architecture Discipline, Khulna University

43.      Member, PAC (Project Advisory Committee), “Khulna Detailed Area Plan” Project for Khulna Master Plan-2001 area, KDA (Khulna Development Authority)

44.      Member, PEC (Proposal Evaluation Committee) of “Consultancy Services for Reconstruction of Extension of KDA New Market” Project by KDA (Khulna Development Authority)

45.      Member, Organizing Committee, 15^th Asian Biennale Art Exhibition, Bangladesh 2012

46.      Member, Sub-Committee of Rabindranath Tagore’s 150^th Birth Anniversary Celebration, by India and Bangladesh

47.      Member, Organizing Committee, 14^th Asian Biennale Art Exhibition, Bangladesh 2009

48.     Resource person for the “Post Graduate Diploma on Disaster and Disaster Management” at Environmental Science Discipline, Khulna University in collaboration with Comprehensive Disaster Management Program (CDMP), MoFD, March, 2010

PROFESSIONAL/RESEARCH/SOCIAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP

1.        Senior Fellow – Higher Education Academy, UK

2.        President – Khulna University Teachers’ Association, 2018

3.        Member, The Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers’ Association, 2018

4.        Member, Research Group on Climate Change Adaptation (RGCCA) ICCIRP, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany

5.        Member – SEED (Social Economic Environmental Design) Network

6.        Member - U.S. Department of State’s International Exchange Alumni

7.        Member - Bangladesh Association of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows (BACSAF)

8.        Diamond Jubilee Alumni - Commonwealth Scholarships-Fellowship Alumni 

9.        Associate Member - IAB (Institute of Architects Bangladesh)

10.      Member, Bangladesh Association of Commonwealth Staff and Fellows (BACSAF)

11.      Member – Advisory Committee, SASIP (Shadhinota Shikkhok Parishad), Khulna University

12.      Member – RAiN (Resource Available in Nature) Forum

13.      Member – Convening Committee, Peshajibi Shomonnoy Parishod, Khulna

14.      Member – Shammilito Nagorik Committee, Mayor Election, Khulna City Corporation, June, 2013

15.      Member - Convening Committee, India-Bangladesh Friendship Forum, Khulna

16.      Member - Bangladesh History Congress (Bangladesh Itihash Sommiloni)

17.      Member – Bangladesh Shilpokola Academy, Khulna

18.      President – ITP-SUWAS Khulna Alumni Association

EXTERNAL EXPERT EXAMINER IN DOCTORAL AND MASTER’S STUDIES

§  Expert Member of Doctoral Committee of PhD course by Md. Tariquzzaman, (Roll No.: 0420014001, Session: April, 2020) in Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka

§  Former Chair of Doctoral Studies Committees of eight disciplines (Architecture, Computer Science, Electronics & Communication, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, and Urban and Regional Planning) 

§  External Examiner of Doctoral Thesis by Amy MacMahon (2017), Titled: Climate Change Adaptation in Southwest Bangladesh: Vulnerability, Gender and Social Justice, from The University of Queensland, Australia

§  Expert Member of Doctoral Committee of PhD course by Catherine Daisy Gomes (Roll No. P 04050101, Session: April, 2005) in Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka

§  External Examiner of an M. Arch. Thesis, titled - “A study on physical requirements of housing for low-middle income families in Dhaka City – an attempt towards affordability”, by Asma Akter (Roll No. 100701014, Session: October 2007) in Architecture Department, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, 31 January 2009

§  External Examiner of an M. Arch. Thesis, titled - “A study on the morphological transformation and the emerged built form along Gulshan Avenue, Dhaka”, by Nuzhat Zereen (Roll No. 100101005, Session: October 2001) in Architecture Department, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, 31 January 2009

§  Member of Board of Examiners of an MPhil Thesis, titled – “Daru shilpe lokayoto shomaj o shangskriti”, by Monir Uddin Ahmed (Roll No. 07024, Session: 2007-2008, Batch-July 2007) in Department of Fine Art, University of Rajshahi

SPEAKING

(Selected ones)

§  Invited Speaker of Peter Blundell Jones Memorial Lecture Series, Title: “The Art of Living with the Impermanence of Deltaic Landscape”, online lecture, hosted and invited by the School of Architecture, University of Sheffield, on 7 December 2021.

§  Invited Speaker, on the book titled: গ্রাম-নগর রূপকল্প - ফরিদপুরের কুমার নদ তীরবর্তী বসতির সামাজিক-পারিসরিক পুনরুজ্জীবন ; Envisioning Ru-Ban: Socio-Spatial Re-Vitalization Along Kumar Nod in Faridpur in The Seventh Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-7), 15-17 October 2019, Penang, Malaysia. Invited by Urban Development Directorate of Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Bangladesh Government.

§  Presenter of Country Seminar as the Team Leader in the opening of the International Training Program on Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation – Integrated Processes” (ITP SUWAS Asia 2019 A), 6 May, 2019, Stockholm, Sweden. Initiated and invited by SIDA in partnership with NIRAS and WaterAid.

§  Guest Speaker, Training on ‘Role, Responsibility & Ethical Principles in Higher Education’, 7 October, 2018, hosted and invited by Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST), Jashore, Bangladesh.

§  Exchange Seminar Speaker, as the Director, CETL-KU, on “Quality Assurance in Teaching-Learning: Reflections on CETL-KU Experience”, 5 April 2017, hosted and invited by Arena, University College London, UK.

§  Fulbright Outreach Lecture on “Autonomous Adaptation in Built Environment: Towards Resilient Informal Settlements”, 28 January, 2016, hosted and invited by Dillard University, New Orleans.

§  Fulbright Scholar Speaker, Fulbright Research Seminar in the Alumni Outreach Initiative, 17 November Thursday 2016, organized and invited by The American Center, Dhaka.

§  Lecture for graduate students on ‘Conducting Qualitative Research Using NVivo’, 6 December 2015, hosted by The School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin.

§  Invited Speaker of the City Forum seminar series, 6 November, 2015, hosted and invited by the Community and Regional Planning Program (CRP) at the University of Texas at Austin.

§  Invited speaker, ClimbUrb International Workshop, on Living in Low-income Urban Settlements in an Era of Climate Change: Processes, Practices, Policies, and Politics, 9-10 September 2013, hosted and invited by The University of Manchester, UK.

§  Invited Speaker, DPU Dialogues in Development, on 5 December 2012, hosted and invited by The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London, UK.

§  UGC Nominated Resource Person, Workshop on Challenges of 4IR and The Way Forward, Participants: VC, Pro-VC, Deans and Directors from 52 Public Universities of Bangladesh, from October 2021 to June 2022.

SPECIAL TRAINING, WORKSHOP AND COURSES ATTENDED

§  Trainee, “International Training Program on Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation – Integrated Processes” (ITP SUWAS Asia 2019 A), from February 2019 to April 2020, initiated by SIDA in partnership with NIRAS and WaterAid, held in Sweden, Nepal, and Bangladesh. 

§  Invited expert member, “Wuhan Place-making Week”, December 6-13, 2018, (meeting, advocacy and action events) at Wuhan, P.R. China, jointly organized by UN-Habitat and Wuhan Land Resources and Planning Bureau.  

§  Director, CETL, Exchange Visit to Centre for Advancing Learning and Teaching (CALT), University College London (UCL), under the CETL-KU and UCL-CALT Link Program, initiated by the British Council, in April 2017.

§  KU nominated ‘Future Academic Leader’, “Strengthening Leadership Capacity in Higher Education” program, delegate of Khulna University, from April 2012 to November 2013, mentoring at The University of Manchester, UK, jointly organized by University Grants Commission of Bangladesh and British Council.

§  Invited expert member, National Workshop on Incorporating Earthquake Resilience Feature in Engineering and Technological Universities Curriculum, 30 November 2014, UGC Dhaka, jointly organized by University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC) and National Alliance for Risk Reduction and Response Initiatives (NARRI).

§  Invited expert member, Workshop on Implementation of Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC), 19 November 2014, Khulna, conducted by Housing and Building Research Institute (HBRI).

§  Invited expert member, Stakeholder Orientation Workshop on “Incorporating Earthquake Resilience Feature in Engineering and Technological Universities Curriculum”, 24 September, 2014, UGC Dhaka, participated as Head, Architecture Discipline, jointly organized by University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC) and National Alliance for Risk Reduction and Response Initiatives (NARRI).

§  Trainee, Training Course on “Teaching-Learning, Curriculum & Quality Assurance for University Teachers”, 16 to 21 August 2014, as Deputy Director of Centre of Excellence in Teaching & Learning, Khulna University, organized by GTI (Graduate Training Institute) Bangladesh Agriculture University, Mymensingh.

§  Workshop on “Strengthening Teaching and Learning Capacity in the Higher Education Sector of Bangladesh”, 15-17 June, 2014, UGC, Dhaka, as the Deputy Director of Centre of Excellence in Teaching & Learning, Khulna University, jointly organized by British Council and University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.

§  Invited research paper presenter, ClimUrb International Workshop, 9-10 September 2013, at The University of Manchester, UK.

§  Invited expert, International Workshop on an IDS Research Case Study on Cyclone and Climate Change, 28-30 April, 2013 Dhaka.

§  Invited expert, Training on Land Administration, organized by Urban and Rural Planning Discipline, Khulna University, under the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP), 14-16 January 2013.

§  Invited woman scientist, Workshop on Challenges of Young Women Scientists in New and Emerging Sciences, 24-25 March 2012, Dhaka, organized by Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS).

§  Invited panelist, International Conference on Gender Participation in the Development of Science, 14-15 November 2009, Dhaka, organized by Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS).

§  Trainee, Training Program on Urban Rainwater Harvesting System, 8 to 11 August, 2011, conducted by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), India in collaboration with WaterAid, Bangladesh.

§  Trainee, Training Program on Decentralized Wastewater Management System, 11 to 13 November 2014, conducted by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), India in collaboration with WaterAid, Bangladesh.

§  Trainee, Training Course on GIS, 2010, by PDRC, Urban and Rural Planning Discipline, Khulna University.

§  Certificate of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, by Graduate School, The University of Hong Kong, 2006.

§  Special Course on Culture and the Built Environment, offered by ACP (Architectural Conservation Program, The University of Hong Kong), September 2004 to January 2005.

§  Special Course on Logic and Critical Thinking, offered by Graduate School, The University of Hong Kong, September 2003 to January 2004.

§  Special Course on Topics in Heritage Conservation, offered by Architectural Conservation Program, The University of Hong Kong, September 2004 to January 2005.

§  Special Course on Basic Research Skills and Methods – Basic Quantitative Research Methods, offered by Graduate School, HKU, September 2003 to January 2004.

§  Special Course on Intermediate Research Skills and Methods – Intermediate Quantitative Research Methods”, offered by Graduate School, The University of Hong Kong, March 2003 to July, 2003.

§  Workshop on Teaching Awareness, Business Administration Discipline, Khulna University, 1998.

EXCELLENCE IN SCHOLARSHIP

§  Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.

§  Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow, Development Planning Unit, University College London, UK

§  Postgraduate Research Scholarship, 2003, Doctoral Study in Urban Design, The University of Hong Kong

§  Asian Development Bank (ADB) Scholarship, 2000, Graduate Study in Urban Planning, The University of Hong Kong

§  Vice-Chancellor Commendation Certificate – in recognition of Excellent Academic Achievement in Winning International Award, 2007, The University of Hong Kong

§  Best Dissertation of the Year 2002 Award, HKIP (Hong Kong Institute of Planners), for MSc Dissertation in The Centre of Urban Planning & Environmental Management, The University of Hong Kong

§  Best Doctoral Student Paper Award, AUBEA 2006, The Australian Building Educators Association, Sydney, Australia

§  Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP) Merit Award, 2002

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1.      Parvin, A., Mostafa, A., Siddiqua, L., Towfique, M. S., & Hasan, M. M. (2024). Assessing spontaneous public spaces in Khulna city: Implications for inclusive urban design. Paper presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Cities and Urban Landscapes (ICSULA 2024), Selçuk University, Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic (Kyrenia).

2.      Parvin, A., Mostafa, A., Tisha, T. T., & Ghosh, S. (2024). Exploring the built environmental dynamics of sociability in a planned residential area in Khulna, Bangladesh. Paper presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Cities and Urban Landscapes (ICSULA 2024), Selçuk University, Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic (Kyrenia).

3.      Parvin, A., Mostafa, A., & Syangadan, R. (2023). Disaster Adaptive Housing Upgrading: Insights from Informal Settlements in Bangladesh and Nepal. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Springer. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-023-10031-3

4.      Parvin, A., Hakim, S. S., & Islam, M. A. (2022). Policy, Design, and Way of Life in Resettlement Projects: the Case of Ashrayan, Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Elsevier. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103073

5.      Parvin, A., Piashi, S. R., & Das, A. (2022). A spatial model towards renewable energy and water safe village. Khulna University Studies (Special Issue).

6.      Parvin, A., Das, A., & Piashi, S. R. (2022). Women-led Integrated homestead agro-farming: A designerly perspective. Khulna University Studies (Special Issue).

7.      Piya, A. R., & Parvin, A. (2024). Exploring Disaster Vulnerability of Children in Urban Informal Settlements: A Built Environment Perspective. Paper presented at the 6th International Symposium on Innovation in Architecture, Planning and Design, Ankara, Türkiye.

8.      Siddiqua, L., Evan, A. A. Z., Shahriar, A. T. M., Moni, A. H., & Parvin, A. (2022). Designing coexistence of social-cultural-economic spaces in traditional settlement: learning from Bang-Phli, Thailand. Khulna University Studies (Special Issue).

9.      Biswas, M. H. A., Parvin, A., Hakim, S. S., Ahsan, M. S., & Rahman, M. A. U. (Eds.). (2022). Khulna University Studies Special Issue: International Conference on STEM and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (ICSTEM4IR), Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh, 01-03 July 2022: Khulna University.

10.   Parvin, A., & Moore, S. A. (2020). Educational colonialism and progress: An enquiry into the architectural pedagogy of Bangladesh. Pedagogy, Culture & Society, Routledge, Taylor & Fransis Group. 28(1), 93-112.

11.   Parvin, A. (Ed.) (2019) (Bi-Lingual). গ্রাম-নগর রূপকল্প - ফরিদপুরের কুমার নদ তীরবর্তী বসতির সামাজিক-পারিসরিক পুনরুজ্জীবন; Envisioning Ru-Ban: Socio-Spatial Re-Vitalization Along Kumar Nod in Faridpur. Dhaka: UDD & ArchKU.

12.   Parvin, A. (2018). Leadership and management in quality assurance: insights from the context of Khulna University, Bangladesh. Higher education, Springer. 77(4), 739-756. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-018-0299-1

13.   Parvin, A., Alam, A.F.M., and Asad, R. (2016), “A Built Environment Perspective on Adaptation in Urban Informal Settlements, Khulna, Bangladesh”, in M. Roy, S. Cawood, M. Hordijk, and D. Hulme (eds.) (2016), Urban Poverty and Climate Change: Life in the slums of Asia, Africa and Latin America, Routledge, pp. 73-91.

14.   Parvin, A., and Johnson, C. (2014), “Disaster Vulnerability in the Policy Context of Bangladesh: A Critical Review” in Walter Leal Filho (ed), Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation, International Climate Change Information Programme (ICCIP) and Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-40455-9 (online). http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-642-40455-9_26-1

15.   Alam, A.F.M., Asad, R., and Parvin, A. (2014), “Climate change adaptation through grassroots responses: learning from the ‘Aila’ affected coastal settlements of Bangladesh”, Walter Leal Filho (ed), Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation, International Climate Change Information Programme (ICCIP) and Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-40455-9_16-1 (online).

16.   Parvin, A., Alam, A.F.M., and Asad, R. (2013), “Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Urban Informal Settlements in Khulna: A Built Environmental Perspective”, ClimbUrb International Workshop, on Living in Low-income Urban Settlements in an Era of Climate Change: Processes, Practices, Policies, and Politics, 9-10 September 2013, The University of Manchester, UK.

17.   Parvin, A., and Johnson, C. (2012), “Learning from the indigenous knowledge: towards disaster-resilient coastal settlements in Bangladesh”, Proceedings of the 1^st International Conference on Urban Sustainability and Resilience, 5-6 Nov. 2012, University College London, UK.

18.   Mostafa, A., and Parvin, A. (2012), “Learning from the Living Laboratory: Towards Responsive Design Pedagogy”, in the Proceedings of the International Seminar on Architecture: Education, Practice and Research, 2-4 February, 2012, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka pp. 292-301. 

19.   Parvin, A., and Mostafa, A. (2010), “Re-thinking Disaster-Prone Vernacular Settlement: A Comprehensive Strategic Planning towards Disaster-Adaptive Settlements in Bangladesh”, Proceedings of 5^th International Seminar on Vernacular Settlements (ISVS 5), 30-31 July, 2010, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

20.   Parvin, A, and Mostafa, A (2010), “Sustainable re-invention of the industrial areas of Khulna: Strategic Planning Implications”, Proceedings of the 16^thAnnual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, 30 May-01June, 2010, Hong Kong, http://www.kadinst.hku.hk/sdconf10/Papers_PDF/p401.pdf

21.   Parvin, A. (2009), “Integrating Open Space in Compact Layout: Study of a High-Density Residential Development in Hong Kong”, Protibesh, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 43-53.

22.   Parvin, A. Ye, A. M., and Jia, B. (2008), “Effect of visibility on multilevel movement: a study of the high density compact built environment in Hong Kong”, Urban Design International, Vol.13, pp.169-181,

                                                i.     http://www.palgrave-journals.com/udi/journal/v13/n3/pdf/udi200822a.pdf

23.   Parvin, A. Ye, A. M., and Jia, B. (2007), “Multilevel Pedestrian movement: does visibility make any difference?”, Proceedings of the 6th International Space Syntax Symposium, June 2007, Istanbul, Turkey. http://www.spacesyntaxistanbul.itu.edu.tr/papers/longpapers/040%20-%20Parvin%20Ye%20Jia.pdf

24.   Parvin, A., Ye, A. M., and Jia, B, (2006a), “Multilevel spatial configuration and its effect on pedestrian movement: A study of high-density built environment in Hong Kong”, Proceedings of iNTA 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design in Tropical Regions, 3-5 April, 2006, Jogjakarta, Indonesia, pp. A6-1 – A6-9, ISBN 979-25-2110-0. 

25.   Parvin, A., Ye, A. M., and Jia, B, (2006b), “Spatial configuration and its effect on community space use: A study of compact built environment in Hong Kong”, Proceedings of 12th International Sustainable Development Research Conference, 6-8 April, 2006, Hong Kong, pp. 154-164, ISBN-13:978-962-7589-27-3, ISBN-10: 962-7589-27-6.

26.   Parvin, A., Ye, A. M., and Jia, B. (2006c), “Modeling multilevel spatial configuration and its effect on pedestrian movement: study of high density built environment in Hong Kong”, Proceedings of the Australasian Building Educators Association Conference, 12-14 July, 2006, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-15, ISBN-09775325-0-X.

27.   Parvin, A., Ye, A. M., and Jia, B. (2006d), “Multilevel pedestrian movement: does configuration make any difference?”, Proceedings of the Global Built Environment Network Conference, 11-12 September, 2006, Preston, United Kingdom, pp. 7-16, ISBN 978-1-84728-396-2.

28.   Parvin, A., Ye, A. M., and Jia, B. (2006e), “Visual accessibility and pedestrian movement: A study of the compact spatial environment in Hong Kong”, Proceedings of The Second Mega-Cities International Conference, December, 2006, Guangzhou, China, pp. 258-265.

Sustainability and The Built Environment 2 hours per week, 2 credits, No of students 45

Architecture of the World 3 hours per week, 3 credits, No. of Students 50

Contemporary Architecture 3 hours per week, 3 credits, No. of Students 37

Cultural Anthropology 3 hours per week, 3 credits, No of students 50

Design Ethnography Design Ethnography Running

Public Interest Architecture Public Interest Architecture Running

Research Methodology Research Methodology

History and Theory of Urban Design History and Theory of Urban Design

Independent Study Module (ISM) Independent Study Module (ISM)

• Sustainability and The Built Environment

• Architecture of the World

• Contemporary Architecture

• Cultural Anthropology

• Design Ethnography

• Public Interest Architecture

• Research Methodology

• History and Theory of Urban Design

• Independent Study Module (ISM)