Dr. Nurul Sakib
2022 IVLP Impact Award Project: University Students Attitudes on Whistleblowing - Awareness, Progress and Challenges of Implementation at the Public Sectors in BangladeshBangladesh
Dr. Nurul Huda Sakib received his Ph.D. from the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia in 2018. He has more than 14 years experience as a teacher, researcher and consultant. That experience includes teaching Public Sector Ethics and Corruption at the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney from 2016 to 2017 and serving as adjunct faculty of Bangladesh University of Professionals and North South University, Bangladesh since 2020.
Dr. Sakib also is a research supervisor at the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre. He has published more than 20 articles in journals such as the Asian Journal of Political Science, Routledge, and the Chinese Political Science Review, Springer. He is also one of the contributing authors of the Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, edited by Professor Ali Farazmand. Dr Sakib has presented research papers at Sydney, Melbourne, Monash, Griffith, Fudan, The Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Bangladesh. He regularly contributes to blogs at Asia Global Institute, The University of Hong Kong, The Loop in European Consortium for Political Science and South Asia Centre, London School of Economics. Dr. Sakib is working on a varieties of democracy project, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden as a country expert.
IVLP Impact Award Project: University Students Attitudes on Whistleblowing - Awareness, Progress and Challenges of Implementation at the Public Sectors in Bangladesh
Whistleblowing is a popular ethical endeavor for raising concerns about wrongdoing in the public sector worldwide. Bangladesh adopted the Whistleblower Protection Act-2011 for the legal protection of the whistleblowers, but there has been little development of the act since its implementation.
The project’s goal was to develop awareness among university students about whistleblowing around malpractices in the public sector, increasing knowledge about bringing transparency and reducing corruption. The project consisted of several intensive workshops for 80 students interested in pursuing careers in public service and majoring in political science, governance, international relations, economics, business and other related subjects. Participants were from Jahangirnagar University, Barisal University, Noakhali Science and Technology University and Gopalganj University. During the workshop, the students expressed their understanding and mentioned some of the key challenges to whistleblowing in Bangladesh, such as fear, the Digital Security Act, political elite influence, and so on. Through social media and other news outlets, it is believed that more than 10,000 people knew about the project.
IVLP Exchange Experience
Dr. Nurul participated in the IVLP Project Transparency and Accountability in Government, organized by the U.S. Department of State and Meridian International Center, in partnership with World Affairs Council – World Affairs Council – Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky & Northern Kentucky, International Visitors Council, Inc. and Charleston Council for International Visitors.
U.S. Communities Visited Virtually
Washington, DC; Cininnati, OH; Columbus, OH; Charleston, SC