Munem Ahmad Chowdhury

Earth Lily, I/12, Block-E

Lalmatia, Dhaka-1207

Bangladesh

Bio

Currently, I am a Research Fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of Social Research (BISR) Trust. Prior to this role, I served as a Research Associate at the same institution, following my early research experience as a Research Assistant at Change Initiative.

I earned both my Bachelor’s (BSS) and Master’s (MSS) degrees in Economics from Comilla University, where I also worked as a Graduate Research Assistant under the supervision of Dr. Kazi Mohammed Kamal Uddin during and shortly after my postgraduate studies.

Research Interests

Behavioral Economics
Development Economics
Economics of Climate Change
Energy Economics

Exploring, Engaging, Evolving

Ongoing Research

Consultancy

Gender Analysis of the Waste Value Chain in Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar & Tangail (plastic circularity ecosystem and circular economy)

Funded by: UNDP Bangladesh; Role: Study Coordinator.

Research Article

Does sustainable industrialization reduce climate vulnerability? With Brice Kamguia & Xuan Hoa Nghiem
Macroeconomic Policy Uncertainty, Behavioral Mediators, and the Climate-Poverty Nexus. Munem Ahmad Chowdhury

Research and Consultancy Awards

Over the course of my career, I have successfully developed and secured multiple research and consultancy projects through competitive proposal writing, both as a team member and as a team leader.

$120,000 consultancy for an e-Parliament Feasibility Study; UNDP Bangladesh
$19,850 consultancy for a gender analysis of the waste value chain in Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, and Tangail, UNDP Bangladesh
$20,000 research grant for a study on public traffic awareness; Bangladesh Police
$15,000 consultancy for a comprehensive study on climate risk insurance; OXFAM Bangladesh

Other Engagements

For three consecutive years (2023, 2024, and 2025), I have been part of the organizing team of the Annual Conference on Social Research hosted by BISR Trust, the largest academic networking platform for social science researchers in Bangladesh. This year marks its tenth edition. In the past two years, my responsibilities included reviewing papers and moderating sessions. However, in 2026 I served as the Organizing Manager, overseeing the entire process—from handling communications with Authors to designing the full program.

In the news (2023 & 2024): 1, 2, 3, 4

Snapshots from 10th ACSR

What I am doing now!

Here’s what I’m currently focusing on:

🎓 PhD application preparation
📚 Research on Gender analysis (In 03 Cities Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar & Tangail) of waste value chain
✍️ Writing an article on the nexus between Sustainable Industrialization and Climate Change Vulnerability
📈 Learning Panel Econometrics and Spatial Econometrics
📖 Reading Behavioral Economics: The Basics by Philip Corr and Anke Plagnol

news

Jan 15, 2016	A simple inline announcement with Markdown emoji!
Nov 07, 2015	A long announcement with details
Oct 22, 2015	A simple inline announcement.

latest posts

Mar 26, 2025	a post with plotly.js
Dec 04, 2024	a post with image galleries
May 14, 2024	Google Gemini updates: Flash 1.5, Gemma 2 and Project Astra

selected publications

PhysRev

Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?

A. Einstein^*†, B. Podolsky^*, and N. Rosen^*

Phys. Rev., New Jersey. More Information can be found here , May 1935

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In a complete theory there is an element corresponding to each element of reality. A sufficient condition for the reality of a physical quantity is the possibility of predicting it with certainty, without disturbing the system. In quantum mechanics in the case of two physical quantities described by non-commuting operators, the knowledge of one precludes the knowledge of the other. Then either (1) the description of reality given by the wave function in quantum mechanics is not complete or (2) these two quantities cannot have simultaneous reality. Consideration of the problem of making predictions concerning a system on the basis of measurements made on another system that had previously interacted with it leads to the result that if (1) is false then (2) is also false. One is thus led to conclude that the description of reality as given by a wave function is not complete.