Shajeda Aktar

Shajeda Aktar is Chairperson at the Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. She has 18 years of research and teaching experience at the university level. Her research interests include public policy, electoral representation, women empowerment, capacity building, gender mainstreaming, poverty, public health, and household dynamics. She has published numerous papers in reputed journals, edited books and presented her works in conferences at home and abroad. She...See more

Shajeda Aktar is Chairperson at the Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. She has 18 years of research and teaching experience at the university level. Her research interests include public policy, electoral representation, women empowerment, capacity building, gender mainstreaming, poverty, public health, and household dynamics. She has published numerous papers in reputed journals, edited books and presented her works in conferences at home and abroad. She is skilled in managing team-based research projects, keen to share knowledge and promote open discussions. She obtained her PhD from Flinders University (Australia) with the prestigious award of Vice-Chancellor's Gold Medal for Excellence in PhD Thesis, and Honours and Master's from University of Rajshahi. See less