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Shahjahan Bhuiyan

  • Position: Professor
  • Department: Department of Public Policy and Administration
  • Email: sbhuiyan@aucegypt.edu
Brief Biography

Shahjahan Bhuiyan is a tenured professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at The American University in Cairo. He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, an organization chartered by the United States Congress. He holds the distinction of being the first scholar affiliated with an academic institution in the Middle East and Africa to be elected a NAPA fellow.

Bhuiyan has received numerous prestigious international awards recognizing his outstanding contributions to public administration and public policy scholarship, academic leadership, and professional service. These include the 2026 Allan Rosenbaum International Public Administration Award from the American Society for Public Administration, the 2024 Nadia Rubaii Distinguished Service Award from the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration,and the 2023 Transition and Developing Economies Award from the International Public Policy Association. He was also honored with AUC’s 2024 Excellence in Research and Creative Endeavors Award, recognizing his scholarly achievements and contributions to research.

Bhuiyan holds several distinguished leadership positions in major international academic and professional associations.He is an elected member of the NASPAA Executive Council and previously served as a commissioner of NASPAA’s Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation from 2026 to 2026, contributing to the advancement of quality assurance and international accreditation in public affairs education. He has also been a member of the College Board of IPPA since its establishment in 2014. He currently serves as president of the Association for Middle Eastern Public Policy and Administration, spearheading initiatives to strengthen academic collaboration, research, and professional engagement across the Middle East and beyond.

Bhuiyan currently serves as an associate editor of Public Administration and Development and the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, having previously served as an associate editor of Public Organization Review. He also serves on the editorial boards of several leading journals, including Public Administration Review, Public Administration, Review of Public Personnel Administration, International Journal of Public Administration, and South East Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal.

Bhuiyan has extensive experience in academic leadership and institutional development across different international contexts. At AUC, he served as associate dean for undergraduate studies and administration in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy for nearly 11 years (2016–2026). He has also served as interim associate dean for graduate studies and research at GAPP and, on two separate occasions, as chair of PPAD. Before joining AUC, he was dean of the College of Social Sciences at KIMEP University, Kazakhstan, where he also twice served as chair of the Department of Public Administration.

His international academic and professional experience also includes appointments as a visiting research fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, and as the inaugural democratic governance fellow at the United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre, Norway.

Research Interest
  • Governance
  • Public administration/management
  • Public policy
  • Public service delivery
  • Sustainable development
  • Nonprofit management
Education
  • PhD in development studies (specialization: development policy and planning), University of Bonn, Germany, 2004
  • Master of Philosophy in public administration, University of Bergen, Norway, 2001
Courses
  • Human Resources Management for Government and Nonprofit Organizations
  • Essentials of Public Policy and Administration
  • Managing NGOs in Developing and Transitional Countries
  • Volunteer Management
  • Organizational Behavior for Government and Nonprofit Management
  • Special Topics in Public Policy and Administration
  • Fundamentals of Financial Planning and Management
  • Research Seminar

Editing Journal Symposia

  • Special Issue of Financial Accountability & Management on "Accounting for What Matters: Rethinking Public Sector Accounting and Accountability for Social Sustainability and Equity" (with Iris Saliterer, Denita Cepiku, Andre Lino and Sean McCandless), forthcoming, Wiley
  • Special Issue of Urban Climate on "Cities and Climate Change in Developing Countries," volume 58, 2024 (with José Puppim de Oliveira), Elsevier
  • Special Issue of International Journal of Public Administration on "Society and Public Policy in the Middle East and North Africa," volume 43, issue 5, 2020 (with Ali Farazmand), Routledge/Taylor & Francis
  • Special Issue of International Journal of Public Administration on "Public Administration in the Middle East and North Africa," volume 41, issue 10, 2018 (with John Dixon and Yilmaz Üstüner), Routledge/Taylor & Francis
  • Special Issue of International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age on "E-Government in Developing and Transitional Countries," volume 2, issue 3, 2015 (with Hamid Ali), IGI Global

Books

  • Bhuiyan, S. (Ed.) (2023). Public Administration in the Middle East and North Africa. Abington, OX:Routledge/Taylor & Francis (foreword by B. Guy Peters). A review of the book was published in Public Administration Review, volume 85, issue 2, 2025, pages 598–603.
  • Ali, H.E. and Bhuiyan, S. (Eds.) (2022). Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan (foreword by Alasdair Roberts). A review of the book was published in Public Administration Review, volume 86, issue 1, 2026, pages 279–281.

Book Chapters

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2023). "Introduction." In: Bhuiyan, S., Public Administration in the Middle East and North Africa(pages xxi–xxvii), Abington, OX: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
  • Ali, H.E. and Bhuiyan, S. (2022). "Introduction: Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South." In: Ali, H.E. and Bhuiyan, S. (Eds.), Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South (pages 1–16), Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Bhuiyan, S. and Ali, H.E. (2022). "Conclusion: Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South." In: Ali, H.E. and Bhuiyan, S. (Eds.), Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South (pages 289–298), Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Mostafa, G. and Bhuiyan, S. (2012). "Overcoming Electoral Corruption: The Case of Bangladesh." In: Mendilow, J.(Ed.), Money, Corruption and Political Competition in Established and Emerging Democracies (pages 177–192),Lanham, MA: Lexington Books.

Journal Articles

  • Chudnovsky, M., Elliott, I.C., Bhuiyan, S., Brown, P.R., Chen, W.D., Dadze-Arthur, A.F. et al., "How to Get Published in Leading Public Administration Journals" (editorial), Public Administration and Development.Published online first: October 8, 2026.
  • Kaye-Essien, C., Bhuiyan, S. and Ali, G. (2026). "Navigating the Rapids: How Non-Governmental Organization Managers Develop Strategic Adaptation to Repressive Political Environments," Public Administration and Development, volume 46, issue 3, pages 354–368.
  • Ali, H.E., Aghdam, M.M. and Bhuiyan, S. (2025). "Oil Extraction, Grievances, and Conflict: Evidence from Niger Delta and South Sudan," Defence and Peace Economics. Published online first: September 17, 2025.
  • Bhuiyan, S. and Perry, J.L. (2024). "Building Global Public Administration: Leveraging the Power of Collaboration," Public Administration Review, volume 84, issue 3, pages 426–431.
  • Puppim de Oliveira, J. and Bhuiyan, S. (2024). "Cities and Climate Change in Developing Countries" (editorial introduction), Urban Climate, volume 58, article 102169.
  • Bhuiyan, S. (2023). "The Pandora Papers Opens Up Pandora Box: Integrity in Crisis," Public Integrity, volume 25,issue 2, pages 245–256.
  • Bhuiyan, S. (2022). "COVID-19 Vaccine Equity in Doldrums: Good Governance Deficits," Public Administration and Development, volume 42, issue 5, pages 293–304.
  • Bhuiyan, S. (2022). "Risking Lives to Save Others During Covid-19: A Focus on Public Healthcare Workers in Bangladesh and Egypt," International Journal of Health Services, volume 52, issue 2, pages 269–275.
  • Kaye-Essien, C. and Bhuiyan, S. (2022). "Capital City Boosterism as Policy Legitimation: A Discursive Perspective of Egypt's New Administrative Capital," City, Culture, and Society, volume 28, article 100437.
  • Ali, H.E. and Bhuiyan, S. (2022). "Governance, National Resources Rent and Infrastructure Development:Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa," Politics & Policy, volume 50, issue 2, pages 404–440.
  • Ahsan, S.A., Hossain, F., Eldridge, D. and Bhuiyan, S. (2022). "Advancing Public Service Innovation through Empathy: Bangladesh's Intrepid Approach," South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management, volume 9,issue 2, pages 250–270.
  • Bhuiyan, S. and Farazmand, A. (2020). "Society and Public Policy in the Middle East and North Africa" (special issue introduction), International Journal of Public Administration, volume 43, issue 5, pages 373–377.
  • Dixon, J., Bhuiyan, S. and Üstüner, Y. (2018). "Public Administration in the Middle East and North Africa" (special issue introduction), International Journal of Public Administration, volume 41, issue 10, pages 759–764.
  • Rahman, T. and Bhuiyan, S. (2016). "Multipurpose Community Telecenters in Rural Bangladesh: A Study of Selected Union Information and Service Centers," Information Development, volume 31, issue 5, pages 5–19.
  • Bhuiyan, S. (2015). "Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh: Good Governance Barriers," South Asia Research, volume 35, issue 3, pages 349–367.
  • Bhuiyan, S. (2015). "Can Democratic Governance Be Achieved in Egypt?" International Journal of Public Administration, volume 38, issue 7, pages 496–509.
  • Bremer, J. and Bhuiyan, S. (2014). "Community-led Infrastructure Development in Informal Areas in Urban Egypt:A Case Study," Habitat International, volume 44, pages 258–267.
  • Bhuiyan, S. (2012). "Political Leadership and its Role in Achieving Good Governance in Kazakhstan," International Journal of Public Administration, volume 35, issue 6, pages 379–388.
  • Bhuiyan, S. (2012). "Teaching Public Administration in Kazakhstan," Teaching Public Administration, volume 30,issue 1, pages 59–68.
  • Bhuiyan, S. (2011). "Social Capital and Community Development: An Analysis of Two Cases from India and Bangladesh," Journal of Asian and African Studies, volume 46, issue 6, pages 533–545.
  • Bhuiyan, S. (2011). "Trajectories of E-Government Implementation for Public Sector Service Delivery in Kazakhstan," International Journal of Public Administration, volume 34, issue 9, pages 604–615.
  • Bhuiyan, S. (2011). "Transition Towards a Knowledge-based Society in Post-Communist Kazakhstan: Does Good Governance Matter?" Journal of Asian and African Studies, volume 46, issue 4, pages 404–421.
  • Bhuiyan, S. and Khan, H. (2011). "Climate Change and Its Impacts on Older Adults' Health in Kazakhstan," NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, volume 4, issue 1, pages 97–119.
  • Bhuiyan, S. (2011). "Modernizing Bangladesh Public Administration through E-governance: Benefits and Challenges," Government Information Quarterly, volume 28, issue 1, pages 54–65.
  • Bhuiyan, S. and Amagoh, F. (2011). "Public Sector Reform in Kazakhstan: Issues and Perspectives," International Journal of Public Sector Management, volume 24, issue 3, pages 227–249. This article was selected as a recipient of the Outstanding Paper Award at the 2012 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence.
  • Bhuiyan, S. (2010). "A Crisis in Governance: Urban Solid Waste Management in Bangladesh," Habitat International, volume 34, issue 1, pages 125–133.
  • Bhuiyan, S. (2010). "Decentralization and Local Governance in Kazakhstan," International Journal of Public Administration, volume 33, issues 12–13, pages 658–672.
  • Bhuiyan, S. (2010). "E-Government in Kazakhstan: Challenges and Its Role to Development," Public Organization Review, volume 10, issue 1, pages 31–47.