Faculty Profile
Md. Abrar Tazwar Rijon
BS (Hons) and MS in Geography and Environment (DU)
Lecturer
Department of Geography and Environment
Pabna University of Science and Technology
Pabna, Bangladesh
Contact Information
rijon2242@gmail.com (Personal)
Total Publications: 3
Education (2)
- Master of Science (M.Sc.), 2021, Dept. of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Result; GPA: 3.90 (Out of 4.00)
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), 2020, Dept. of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Result; CGPA: 3.60 (Out of 4.00)
Administrative or Other Experience (1)
- Member, Technical Program Core Committee, Session Moderator Team, and Cultural Program Committee at the International Conference on Emerging Frontiers in Advanced Sciences and Technologies (EFAST 2026), Pabna University of Science and Technology & Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 27–28 June 2026.
Research Interests (7)
- Human Geography
- Livelihood Vulnerability & Disaster Risk
- Climate Change Impacts & Resilience
- Riverine Environments
- Heritage, Memory & Belonging
- Cultural Geography & Place Identity
- Ethnography & Qualitative Methods
Active Research Project (1)
- Assessing Riverbank Erosion-Induced Livelihood Vulnerability using LVI, GIS, and DSAS: Evidence from Begumganj Union, Ulipur, Kurigram. (UGC Funded University Research Grant, 2025-2026)
Previous Research Project (1)
- Livelihood Vulnerability of Riverine People in the Context of Flood Impacts: A Case Study of Kurigram District of Bangladesh. (UGC Funded University Research Grant, 2024-2025)
External Affiliation (1)
- Resource Person, Sustainable Microenterprise and Resilient Transformation (SMART) Project (2025–2028), jointly financed by the World Bank and Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF); implemented by PKSF through its Partner Organization Programme for Community Development (PCD), Pabna.
Journal Articles (2)
- Rijon, M. A. T., & Hossain, M. F. (2024). Assessing the Flood and Riverbank Erosion Impacts and Coping Strategies in Hatia Union of Ulipur, Kurigram, Bangladesh. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Science, 50(1), 69-88.
- Naosin, T., Rijon, M. A. T., & Hossain, M. F. (2025). Human Intervention Induced Land Use Land Cover Changes in the Chalan Beel Area of Bangladesh. Jagannath University Journal of Life and Earth Sciences, 10(1), 40–58.
Published Book Chapter (1)
- রিজন, মো. অ. ত. ও হোসেন, মো. ফ. (২০২৫)। রাজশাহী অঞ্চলে ভূ-সাংস্কৃতিক পর্যটন। রাজশাহী মহানগর: ভৌগোলিক সমীক্ষা। ঢাকা: নগর গবেষণা কেন্দ্র ও চন্দ্রাবতী একাডেমি। (পৃ. ২৮৯–৩০৫)।
Conducted Courses (8)
- Cultural and Social Geography
- Urban Geography and Environment
- World Regional Pattern
- Cultural Geography
- Geography of Natural Resources
- Historical Geography of Bangladesh
- Cultural Spaces: World Geographies
- Fieldwork III: Socio-economic Survey
