Academic Work of M Aslam Alam
Edited Journal/Books/Proceedings
M Aslam Alam, Fakrul Alam and Dilara Begum (Editors), (2020), Knowledge Management, Governance and Sustainable Development, Routledge, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. ISBN: 9780367546281 (PBK).
M Aslam Alam, Quamrul Alam, Rizwan Khair, Mohammad Rezaul Karim (Editors), (2020), Managing Change for Better Public Service Delivery, Routledge, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. ISBN: 9780367472429 (PBK).
M Aslam Alam, Executive Editor, (2019), Proceedings of the International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management: Next Generation Information and Knowledge Dissemination to Realize the Agenda 2030 of Sustainable Development, Dhaka: 25-27 April 2019
M Aslam Alam, Editor-in-Chief, (2019), Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Achieving Agenda 2030 of Sustainable Development (ISAASD), 07-09 February 2019
M Aslam Alam, Editor-in-Chief: Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 25, No.1 & 2 (2017); Vol. 26, No. 1 & 2 (2018); Vol. 27, No. 1 (2019), Dhaka: Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre. URL: http://bjpa.bpatc.org.bd/bjpa/index.php/bjpa/issue/archive.
M Aslam Alam, Editor, PROSHIKHYAN—A Journal of Training and Development, Vol. 26, No.2, July-Dec 2018; Vol 29, No. 1, Jan-June 2021.
M Aslam Alam, Editor-in-Chief, (2017), Proceedings of the International Conference on Managing Change for Better Public Service Delivery: South and Southeast Asian Experience held from 5-6 November 2017
Journal Article/ Book Chapter
M Aslam Alam, (2020), “Leading in the shadows: understanding administrative leadership in the context of COVID-19 pandemic management in Bangladesh”, International Journal of Public Leadership, Vol. 17 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPL-06-2020-0050.
Md. Mizanur Rahman, M. Aslam Alam and Muhammad Abu Yusuf, (2020), “Regulatory and Institutional Framework for the Conservation of Coral Reefs in Bangladesh: A Critical Review” in M Aslam Alam, Fakrul Alam and Dilara Begum (Editors), Knowledge Management, Governance and Sustainable Development, Routledge, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3794550
Md. Mizanur Rahman, M. Aslam Alam, Md. Moshiur Rahman, Mohammad Mamun, Muhammad Abu Yusuf and Ashraful Alam, (2020), “Challenges of Artisanal Fishermen: A Case Study from Sonadia Island, Bangladesh” in M Aslam Alam, Fakrul Alam and Dilara Begum (Editors), Knowledge Management, Governance and Sustainable Development, Routledge, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3773504
M Aslam Alam (2020), “Information Literacy and Public Service Management: Towards better public service delivery in Bangladesh”, in M Aslam Alam, Quamrul Alam, Rizwan Khair, Mohammad Rezaul Karim (Editors), Managing Change for Better Public Service Delivery, Routledge, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4972723
M Aslam Alam, Quamrul Alam, Rizwan Khair, Mohammad Rezaul Karim (2020), “Shifts in public administration paradigms and challenges for managing change,” in M Aslam Alam, Quamrul Alam, Rizwan Khair, Mohammad Rezaul Karim (Editors), Managing Change for Better Public Service Delivery, Routledge, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
M Aslam Alam (2016), “Social Protection for Inclusive Growth: A Training and Development Perspective.” PROSHIKHYAN, A Journal of Training and Development (Dhaka), vol 24, no. 1, pp. 1-9. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4967610
M Aslam Alam, (2006), “The Impact of Floods on Primary Education and Mitigation Options”, in Kamal Uddin Siddiqui and A.N.H. Akhtar Hossain (Editors), Options for Flood Risk and Damage Reduction in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh: The University Press Limited. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4972618
M Aslam Alam, (2004), “Trainer’s Skill as a Marketable Product in Bangladesh.” PROSHIKHYAN, A Journal of Training and Development (Dhaka), vol 12, no. 2, pp. 1-13, 2004. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4967909
M Aslam Alam (1998), “Juxtaposing Bangladesh to Meiji Japan: A Study on Initial Conditions for Development.” Development Review (Dhaka), vol. 9/10, no. 1, pp 23 – 36. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4972570
M Aslam Alam (1998), “Japan-Soviet Relations During the Years of Super Power Détente”, Journal of International Relations (Dhaka), vol. 5, nos.1-2, pp. 1-31.
M Aslam Alam (2006), “Insight into Rural Poverty in Bangladesh”, Development Review (Dhaka), vol. 9, no. 1 & 2, pp. 18-40. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4968361
M Aslam Alam (1996), “Development Perceptions of Junior Public Administrators in Bangladesh.” Journal of Administration and Diplomacy, vol. 4, no. 1, pp.135-146.
Md Firoj Mia and M Aslam Alam, (1996), Field Administration in Bangladesh (in Bangla: co-authored, contribution: 50%), Dhaka: Roddur Publications.
M Aslam Alam (1995), “Effectiveness of Programme Evaluation System in Management Training: A Case Study on BCS (Administration) Academy, PROSHIKHYAN, A Journal of Training and Development (Dhaka), vol 2, no. 1, pp. 54-69. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4972303
M Aslam Alam, (1995), “Population Growth, Resources and Environment: An Overview- Bangladesh Perspective”, Journal of Administration and Diplomacy, 3(1 & 2), 113–129. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4985360
M Aslam Alam, (1994), “Administrative Development: Approaches and Issues in Bangladesh Perspective”, Journal of Administration and Diplomacy (Dhaka), vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 46-55, 1994.
M Aslam Alam and M Mahbubur Rahman, (1993), “Civil Servants in Bangladesh: A Study on Their Socio-economic Background.” Journal of Administration and Diplomacy (Dhaka), vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 62-79. (Co-authored: contribution– 50%).
Conference Presentations
M Aslam Alam, (2020), Open Access: Opportunities and Challenges, Presentation made to the 9th International Library Information Professional Summit (I-LIPS) on Academic Libraries: Latest Trends, Challenges and Opportunities, Gwalior, India: February 14 – 16, 2020
M Aslam Alam, (2019), Inclusive Governance and Leaving No One Behind to Accelerate SDG Implementation, Presentation made to the UN DESA/ UNPOG Symposium on “Leveraging Public Governance to Accelerate the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals – Transformation, Innovation & Inclusion”, Incheon, Republic of Korea: November 20-22, 2019
M Aslam Alam (2019), Information Access for All: Issues and challenges in the context of SDGs- the Bangladesh perspective, Presentation made to the International Conference on Digital landscape: Digital transformation for an agile environment (ICDL 2019), New Delhi, India, November 6-8, 2019
M Aslam Alam, (2019), An Overview and Impact of the Asian Taskforce of the Global Initiatives for Schools of Public Administration on Implementing the SDGs, Presentation made to the Workshop 7: Mobilizing and equipping public servants to realize the 030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the UN Public Service Forum, Baku, Azerbijan: June 24-26, 2019
M Aslam Alam (2019), Information Literacy for Public Policy Decision Making, Presentation made to the Sixth International Conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL 2019), New Delhi, India: 14-16 February 2019
M Aslam Alam (2018), Mobilizing and equipping public servants to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Presentation made at the UN DESA/ UNPOG Regional Symposium on “Strengthening the Capacities of Public Institutions & Developing Effective Partnerships to Realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, Incheon, South Korea: October 24-26, 2018
M Aslam Alam, (2018), Equipping Public Services to achieving the SDGs by 2030, Presentation made to the 2018 United Nations Public Service Forum on “Transforming governance to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”, Marrakesh, Morocco: June 21-23, 2018
M Aslam Alam, (2018), Leading change, shaping leaders in Public Service to tackle the challenges of achieving the SDGs by 2030, Presentation made to the 2018 United Nations Public Service Forum on “Transforming governance to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”, Marrakesh, Morocco: June 21-23, 2018
M Aslam Alam, (2017), Building Effective, Inclusive and Accountable Institutions and Public Administration for Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Strategies for Bangladesh, Presentation made to the UN DESA / UNPOG Regional Symposium on “Building Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions and Public Administration for Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, Incheon, South Korea: December 5-8, 2017
M Aslam Alam (2017), Mobilizing Public Servants and Transforming Mindsets – Advancing a Curriculum on the SDGs, Presentation made to the UN DESA / UNPOG Regional Symposium on “Building Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions and Public Administration for Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, Incheon, South Korea: December 5-8, 2017
M Aslam Alam (2017), Information Literacy and Public Service Management: Towards better public service delivery in Bangladesh, Paper presented to the International Conference on Managing Change for Better Public Service Delivery: South and Southeast Asian Experience, Savar, Dhaka: 5-6 November 2017
M Aslam Alam (2006), Bangladesh’s Approach to Risk Reduction, Paper presented to the Regional Conference on Hazards of Nature, Risks and Opportunities for Development in South Asian Countries: Learning the Lessons from Past Disasters – Preparing for the Future, organized by the World Bank Institute (WBI) in association with the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), India, New Delhi, December 19-20, 2006.
M Aslam Alam, (2006), Nowcasting Applications in Bangladesh—Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Aspects, Paper presented to the PWS Workshop on Warnings of Real-Time Hazards by Using Nowcasting Technology, 2006, organized by the Public Weather Services Programme of the WMO in association with Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, Sydney, October 9-13, 2006
M Aslam Alam, (2006), Disaster Management Framework of Bangladesh, Paper presented to the International Workshop on South Asia Policy Dialogue on Disaster Risk Reduction, organized by the Practical Action South Asia, NIDM India, UNDP, New Delhi, India, August 21-22, 2006
M Aslam Alam, (2006), Implementing HFA: The Bangladesh Experience through the Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme, Paper presented to the Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2006, Seoul, Korea, March 15-17, 2006.
M Aslam Alam, (2005), National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework- Bangladesh, Paper presented to the Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2005, Beijing, China, 27-29 September, 2005
M Aslam Alam, (2004), The Impact of Floods on Primary Education and Mitigation Options, Paper presented to the National Workshop on Options for Flood Risk and Damage Reduction in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 7-9 September, 2004.
M Aslam Alam, (2002), Social Construction of Environmental Problematique vis-à-vis Environmental Policy-making in Developing Countries—the case of Bangladesh, Paper presented to the XV World Congress of Sociology (RC 24 -environment and society), Brisbane, Australia, 7-13 July, 2002.
M Aslam Alam, (2002), Institutions, Environment and Policy-making in South Asia, Paper presented to the Asia Pacific Sociological Association 2002 Conference (environment and society stream), Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Sociological Association 2002 Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 4-7 July, 2002.
M Aslam Alam, (2002), Social Framing of the Environmental Problematique in Developing countries, Paper presented to the Conference on Environment, Culture and Community, Proceedings of the Conference on Environment, Culture and Community, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2-5 July, 2002
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M Aslam Alam, (2001), Policy Challenges of Green Governance: State-Society Interface in South Asia, Proceedings of the Ecopolitics XII Conference, Ecological Association of Australia, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2001
M Aslam Alam, (2001), Environmental Policy-Making in Developing Countries: Social Construction or Mimetic Process? Proceedings of the Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA) Conference 2001, Brisbane, Australia, Available at: http://www.gu.edu.au/school/ppp/APSA2001/secure/Environmental_Politics_Papers.html, 2001.
Theses (unpublished)
M Aslam Alam, (2003), Institutions in Transition: Environmental Policy-making in Developing Countries — The Case of Bangladesh, PhD Thesis, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2003
M Aslam Alam, (1998), Japan’s Official Development Assistance to Bangladesh: A Study on Contribution to Development, MA Thesis, International Un