Experiences
Current Positions
Associate Professor of Maritime Logistics
Department of Maritime Operations, University of South-Eastern Norway
April 2019 – present
Founder
September 2015 – present
Editorial Positions
Associate Editor
Journal of Alternative Finance, SAGE
January 2023- present.
Senior Editor
International Journal of Emerging Markets, Emerald Publishing.
November 2019 – present
Co-Editor
The Maritime Economist, IAME.
January 2020 – present
Other Experiences
Adjunct Associate Professor of Research Methods
School of Business and Law, University of Agder
March 2019 – December 2019
Assistant Professor of Research Methods
School of Business and Law, University of Agder
September 2018 – February 2019
External Consultant
Transport Canada (Govt.) Project in collaboration w. World Maritime University
January-June 2019
Visiting Scholar, CBS Maritime
Department of Strategy and Innovation, Copenhagen Business School
May – July 2018
Working project: Port governance and green port management
Credit Risk Analyst
United Finance Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
September 2011 – February 2013
Intern (Finance and Accounting)
Chittagong Port Authority, Chittagong, Bangladesh
June 2011 – September 2011
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in International Management, 2015-2018
Concentration in Maritime Economics and Logistics
School of Business and Law, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Dissertation title: Essays on Port Competitiveness: Port Efficiency, Governance and Intermodal Transhipment
Master of Engineering (MEng) in Autonomous Maritime Operations, 2023-2024
Novia University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland
Thesis title: Artificial intelligence driven accident risk assessment for autonomous maritime operations
Master of Science (MSc) in Supply Chain Management, with Honors, 2013-2015
Specialization in Transport Geography Modelling, Transport and Logistics
WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria
Thesis title: Analysis of Container Shipping Industry and Forecasting Freight Rates for FE-EU Route
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), CGPA 3.83/4.00, 2007-2011
Specialization in Finance
Eastern University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Thesis title: Financial Performance Analysis of Chittagong Port Authority
Specialised Courses
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford Leadership Program in Global Challenges in Transport
Investment, Development and Finance (September 6-9, 2016)
New Technologies and Changing Behaviours (March 14-17, 2017)
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Introduction to path-analysis and structural equation modelling (April 6-8, 2016).
Structural equation modelling: Longitudinal and multi-group models (April 11-12, 2016).
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts, United States
Supply Chain Analytics (via edX.org) (March 22- June 26, 2017).
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Structural Equation Modelling in R (April 25-27, 2018).
University of Aalto, Helsinki, Finland
Work and Career in Business Schools (May 14-16, 2018).
Awards
The KLU Young Researcher Best Paper Award
Annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2018
September 11-14, 2018. Mombasa, Kenya.
Palgrave Macmillan Best Paper Award
Annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2016
August 23-26, 2016. Hamburg, Germany.
Magna Cum Laude
For Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Degree
Faculty of Business Administration, Eastern University February 11, 2013. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Technical Skills and Competencies
- Data analysis: R, SPSS
- Optimization: Excel Solver, SAS, IBM Cplex
- Simulation: Anylogic
- Transport geography: ArcGIS
- Network analysis: Gephi
- Qualitative analysis: NVivo
- Bibliometric analysis: Bibliometrix in R, HistCite, VosViewer
Research Interests
- Maritime logistics
- Port governance
- Forecasting
- Green port management
- Supply chain management
- Crowdfunding
- Literature review methods
Research Methods
- Structural equation modeling, both covariance based and partial least squares
- Linear programming, mixed integer programming
- Bibliometric analysis
- Time series modelling, e.g. ARIMA, ANN, VAR, VECM, TBATS
- Multi-criteria decision-making, e.g. ANP, BWM
Journal Reviewer (selected)
- Resources, Conservation and Recycling
- Journal of Transport Geography
- Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Production Planning & Control
- Maritime Policy and Management
- Maritime Business Review
- IEEE Access
- Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
- International Journal of Emerging Markets
- European Journal of International Management
- Baltic Journal of Management
- International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics
- Aquaculture and Fisheries
- Scientometrics
- Journal of International Humanitarian Action
- Mathematical Problems in Engineering
- Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal
- The Service Industries Journal
- International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
- Asian Academy of Management Journal
