Faheem Hussain

Journals

F. Hussain (2020). From Persecution to "Prosperity": Struggles, Aspirations, and Innovations among Rohingya Refugees in Digital Entrepreneurship. Work in progress. Selected to be published in Special Issue on Refugees and Digital Work at Development and Change (End of 2020)

F. Hussain and Y. Lee (2020). Can the displaced people dream for democracy? A case study on Rohingyas’ struggles and innovations for political mobilization in the digital space. Work in progress. Selected to be published in Special Issue: The contours of digital democracy in Asia in Asiascape: Digital Asia

F. Hussain and S. Brown (2018). Developing a comparative framework of ICT4D initiatives in the global South: A critical realist approach. Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC). 2018; e12055. https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12055

F. Hussain and S. N. Amin (2018). ‘I don’t care about their reactions’: agency and ICTs in women’s empowerment in Afghanistan, Gender & Development, 26:2, 249-265, DOI: 10.1080/13552074.2018.1475924

F. Hussain and M. Mostafa (2016). “Digital Contradictions in Bangladesh: Encouragement, and Deterrence, of Citizen Engagement via ICTs”, Information Technologies and International Development Journal, Special Issue, 2016.

F. Hussain and S. Ullah (2013). “Mobile Communication and Internet in Bangladesh: Is Privacy at Risk for Youth Population?”, Media Watch, Centre for Communication Studies, May, 2013.

F. Hussain and R. Tongia (2010). “A Framework and Case Example for Evaluating Cost-Effectiveness of Information Services Across Technologies”, Information Technologies and International Development Journal, Special Issue (Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2010). 

F. Hussain (2008). “Quest for a Sustainable Community Radio Broadcasting in Nepal: Practices, Prospects and Problems”, Global Media Journal, Australian Edition (2008).

F. Hussain, “An Overview of Telecommunications Regulatory Environment in Bangladesh”, Journal of Computer Science, Dhaka University (Annual issue, 2005).

Book Chapters

F. Hussain and Suzana Brown (2017), "Information Ecology as a Framework for South-South Cooperation: Case Studies of Rwanda and Bangladesh ICT-Based Health Applications". In: Choudrie J., Islam M., Wahid F., Bass J., Pr iyatma J. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies for Development. ICT4D 2017. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 504. Springer, Cham.

F.Hussain (2016), "Women's Empowerment, SDGs and ICT, Core Module 1". Book Chapter in Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI). Published by United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development, Incheon, Republic of Korea.

F.Hussain (2016), "Enabling Role of ICT for Women Entrepreneurs, Core Module 2". Book Chapter in Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI). Published by United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development, Incheon, Republic of Korea.

F. Hussain and M. Mostafa (2015). “Political Micro-blogging in Global South: A Case Study of Twitter in the “Shahbag Movement”. Book Chapter in ICTs in Developing Country: Research, Practices & Policy Implications. B. L. Dey, K. Sorour, and R. Fillieri (Editors), Palgrave Macmillan, UK.

S. N. Amin, V. Ganepola, F. Hussain, S. Kaiser, and M. Mostafa (2015). "Impact of conducting gender research on the researchers in the context of Muslim communities in developing countries". Book Chapter in Journal Advances in Gender Research, Special Issue on "At the centre: Feminism, Social Science and Knowledge", Volume 20. M.T. Segal (Editor), Emerald, USA.

Peer-Reviewed Conferences (selected)

F. Hussain, P.J. Wall, R. Heeks. "Digital Innovation by Displaced Population: A Critical Realist search for Mechanisms in Rohingya Refugee camps in Bangladesh". 2020 IFIP WG 9.4 European Conference on the Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Manchester, U.K., June 10-11, 2020

F. Hussain, A. H. Safir, D. Sabie, Z. Jahangir, and S. I. Ahmed.. 2020. Infrastructuring Hope: Solidarity, Leadership, Negotiation, and ICT among the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh. In Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2020). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 12, 1–12. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3392561.3394640

F. Hussain, Z. Jahangir, and A.H. Safir, “Rethinking Access to Information: The Missing Links and Undiscussed Questions of Exclusion in Rohingya Camps”, International Conference on Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions, North South University, Bangladesh, July 27-28, 2019

F. Hussain, Z. Jahangir, and A.H. Safir, “Evaluating the Impact of Fake News on Displaced Population: Experience with Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar”, International Conference on the Rohingya Crisis in Comparative Perspective, University College London (UCL), UK, July 4-5, 2019

F. Hussain and A. Karim, "'When will you start teaching the REAL curriculum?'- Challenges and Innovations in Education for Rohingya Refugees", 15th IFIP Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Tanzania, May 1-3, 2019

F. Hussain and S. Brown, "Refugees and ICTs: Identifying the Key Trends and Gaps in Peer-reviewed Scholarship", 15th IFIP Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Tanzania, May 1-3, 2019

F. Hussain, M. Mostafa, and D. Usmonova. 2017. Digital Walking Dead: How Safe is the Global South? In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD '17). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 28, 1–5. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3136560.3136593

F. Hussain, S. N. Amin, M. Mostafa, " Agency and ICT in Women’s Empowerment: Experiences from Afghanistan",  Communication Policy Research (CPR) South 2016 Conference by LIRNEasia and Research ICT Africa, Zanzibar, Tanzania, September 8-10, 2016

F. Hussain and S. Brown, " South-South Cooperation: Can Rwanda's Community Health Service Learn From Bangladeshi Info Lady", Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) 2016, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

F. Hussain and P. Zander, " Impacting on Gender Equality through a Women¹s ICT program in South Asia - An exploratory study", 13th IFIP Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Sri Lanka on May 20-22, 2015

F. Hussain and M. Mostafa, “Digital Bangladesh- A boon or threat to Digital Freedom?”, Communication Policy Research (CPR) South 2014 Conference by LIRNEasia and Research ICT Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 10-12, 2014

F. Hussain and S. N. Amin, “Access to Information for South Asian Migrant Workers: Are the women falling behind?”, International Conference on "Gender and Migration: Changes and Challenges" 2013, organized by Gender Research Centre & Gender Studies Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,  December 9-11, 2013.

F. Hussain and S.N. Amin, ““Our women are better than their women”: Women’s statuses as sites of contestations among migrant workers from South Asia”, International Conference on "Gender and Migration: Changes and Challenges" 2013, organized by Gender Research Centre & Gender Studies Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 9-11, 2013.

F. Hussain, “License Renewal of Mobile Phone Services: What a Country Should Not Do (A Case Study of Bangladesh)”, Telecommunication Policy Research Conference, George Mason University, September 21-23, 2012.

F. Hussain and S. Ullah, “Mobile Communication for Development in Emerging Bangladesh: Exploring the Privacy and Security Risks within Youth Population”, 14th Annual International Conference on Electronic Commerce, Singapore Management University, Singapore, August 7-8, 2012.

F. Hussain and S. Ullah, “Youth in Cyberspace and Vulnerability: Experience from Bangladesh” Annual Conference of International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), South Africa, July 15-19, 2012.

F. Hussain, “Telecom Regulatory Environment in “Digital Bangladesh”: Exploring the Reasons behind Poor Sector specific Performance”, Sixth Communication Policy Research (CPR) South Conference by LIRNEasia and Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, December 9-10, 2011.

F. Hussain and S. Ullah, “Social networking, privacy and level of vulnerability among youths: in search of a policy framework protecting the citizens from malpractice in the cyberspace of Bangladesh”, Annual Conference of International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17, 2011.

F. Hussain and R. Tongia, “Cross Technology Comparison for Information Services in Rural Bangladesh”, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development ICTD2009, Doha, Qatar, April 17-19, 2009. 

F. Hussain and R. Tongia, “Community Radio for Development in South Asia: A Sustainability Study” (poster), IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development ICTD2007, Bangalore, India, December 15-16, 2007, full paper published in ICTD2007 Proceedings. 

Op-Eds, Newspaper, Blog, Magazine, and (selected)

F. Hussain. “Network shutdowns in Rohingya camps: how they’re damaging the fragile information ecosystem of refugees from Myanmar”. Access Now. October 2, 2019.

F. Hussain. “Digital Access Isn’t a Luxury for Refugees, It’s a necessity”. Future Tense, Slate, June 14, 2018.

F. Hussain. "Bangladesh Should Legalize SIM Cards for Rohingya Refugees", Freedom House, February 20, 2018.

F. Hussain. "Empowering Afghan women: does technology help or hinder?", Open Democracy, October 30, 2015.

F. Hussain. "Digital freedom in Bangladesh: Navigating in uncertain waters", Index On Censorship, April 10, 2014.

F. Hussain and F. Naumi, “Female Education in Bangladesh: Promising Present, Challenging Future”, Research Article on On Campus with Women, Association of American Colleges and Universities, October, 2010.