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Shahjahan Bhuiyan

  • Position: Professor and Associate Dean for Administration and Undergraduate Studies
  • Department: Department of Public Policy and Administration
  • Email: [email protected]
Brief Biography

Shahjahan Bhuiyan is a tenured professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration (PPAD). He is the associate dean for administration, undergraduate studies, and public outreach in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP). He served as GAPP interim associate dean for graduate studies and research. Bhuiyan is a former chair of PPAD. His teaching and research are in the areas of public administration/management, governance, public policy, non-profit management, human resources management, service delivery and sustainable development. Prior to joining The American University in Cairo (AUC), he served as dean of the College of Social Sciences at KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. He also chaired the university’s public administration department for two consecutive terms. He was a visiting research fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Aging (OIA) at Oxford University (2010) and the Inaugural Democratic Governance Fellow at UNDP’s Oslo Governance Center (2013).

Bhuiyan holds a PhD (2004) in development studies (with a specialization in development policy and planning) from the University of Bonn, an MPhil (2001) in public administration from the University of Bergen, and an MPA and a BSSPA both from the University of Chittagong. He is the recipient of the 2023 Transition and Developing Economies Award by the International Public Policy Association (IPPA).

Research Interest
  • Governance
  • Public Management
  • Public Policy
  • Sustainable Development
  • Nonprofit Management
Awards
  • Transition and Developing Economies Award, International Public Policy Association (IPPA), 2023
  • GAPP Outstanding Research Award 2022
  • GAPP-Moataz Al Alfi Research Award, 2014 and 2015
  • Bhuiyan’s doctoral thesis has been named one of the outstanding theses of the Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the University of Bonn (2004)
  • Bhuiyan won an Outstanding Paper Award at the Emerald Literati Network Awards Excellence 2012
Services
  • Associate Editor, Public Organization Review: A Global Journal (Springer) (since 2021)  
  • Commissioner, Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation (COPRA), the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) (since 2023) 
  • Member, College Board, International Public Policy Association (IPPA) (Since 2014)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Public Organization Review: A Global Journal (Springer)
  • Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Public Administration (Routledge/Taylor & Francis)
  • Member, International Editorial Review Board, International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IGI Global) (since 2012)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Gulf Studies Book Series (Springer)
  • Section Editor for Central Asia (since 2015), Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer. 
  • Member, NASPAA 2023 Annual Conference Committee, Pittsburg, PA
  • Member, NASPAA 2022 Annual Conference Committee, Chicago, IL. 
  • Member, International Advisory Committee, Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society, NASPAA (since 2021). 
  • Member, Jury Board, 2021 Transitional and Developing Economies Award, International Public Policy Association (IPPA).
  • Book Review Editor (Asia), Poverty and Public Policy (Wiley) (2009-2012)
  • Member, NASPAA Standards Committee (2016-2022)
  • Member, NASPAA International Committee (2016-17)
  • Member, AUC Accreditation Steering Committee
  • Member, AUC Assessment and Planning Committee
Courses
  • Human Resources Management for Government and Nonprofit Organizations
  • Essentials of Public Policy and Administration
  • Managing NGOs in Developing and Transitional Countries
  • Organizational Behavior for Government and Nonprofit Management
  • Special Topics in Public Policy and Administration: Governance and Development
  • Fundamentals of Financial Planning and Management
  • Research Seminar

Editing Journal Symposia

  • Special Issue of Urban Climate on Cities and Climate Change in Developing Countries (with José Puppim de Oliveira) (in progress). Elsevier.
  • Special Issue of International Journal of Public Administration (IJPA) on Society and Public Policy in the Middle East and North Africa, 43(5), 2020 (with Ali Farazmand). Routledge/Taylor & Francis. 
  • Special Issue on the Public Administration in the Middle East and North Africa, International Journal of Public Administration, 41(10), 2018 (with John Dixon and Yilmaz Üstüner). Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
  • Special Issue on E-Government in Developing and Transitional Countries, International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, 2(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 and Francis. ISBN: 978-1-032-48621-5. (Foreword by B. Guy Peters).   

  • Ali, H.E. & Bhuiyan, S. (Eds.) (2022). Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-3-030-82256-9. (Foreword by Alasdair Roberts) 

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2005). Benefits of Social Capital: Urban Solid Waste Management in Bangladesh, London, Hamburg, and Münster: LIT Verlag. ISBN: 3-8258-8382-5.  A review of the book has been published in Progress in Human Geography, 31(2), 2007, pp. 273-274. 

Book Chapters

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2023). Introduction. In: Bhuiyan, S. Public Administration in the Middle East and North Africa (pp. xxi-xxvii), Abington, OX: Routledge/Taylor & Francis. 

  • Ali, H.E. & Bhuiyan, S. (2022). Introduction: Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South. In: Ali, H.E. & Bhuiyan, S. (Eds.), Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South (pp. 1-16), Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 

  • Bhuiyan, S. & Ali, H.E. (2022). Conclusion: Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South. In: Ali, H.E. & Bhuiyan, S. (Eds.), Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South (pp. 289-298), Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.

  • Mostafa, G. & Bhuiyan, S. (2012). Overcoming Electoral Corruption: The Case of Bangladesh. In: Mendilow, J. (Ed.), Money, Corruption and Political Competition in Established and Emerging Democracies (pp. 177-192), Lanham, MA: Lexington Books.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  • Bhuiyan, S. & Perry, J.L. (2023). Building Global Public Administration: Leveraging the Power of Collaboration, Public Administration Review. Wiley. [Q1, IF: 8.3]

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2023). The Pandora Papers Opens Up Pandora Box: Integrity in Crisis, Public Integrity, 25(2), 245-256. Routledge/Taylor and Francis. [Q1, Impact Factor (IF): 1.6]  

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2022). COVID-19 Vaccine Equity in Doldrums: Good Governance Deficits, Public Administration and Development, 42(5), 293-304. Wiley. [ABDC: A, IF: 2.5]

  • 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, 52(2), 269-275. Sage. [Q1, IF: 3.4]

  • Kaye-Essien, C. & Bhuiyan, S. (2022). Capital City Boosterism as Policy Legitimation: A Discursive Perspective of Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, City, Culture and Society, 28, 100437. Elsevier. [Q1] 

  • Ali, H.E & Bhuiyan, S. (2022). Governance, National Resources Rent and Infrastructure Development: Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa, Politics & Policy, 50(2), 404-440. Wiley. [Q2, IF: 1.3]    

  • Ahsan, S.A., Hossain, F., Eldridge, D., & Bhuiyan, S. (2022). Advancing Public Service Innovation through Empathy: Bangladesh’s Intrepid Approach, South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management, 9(2), 250-270. [IF: 1.7]

  • Bhuiyan, S., & Farazmand, A. (2020). Society and Public Policy in the Middle East and North Africa, (Special Issue Introduction), International Journal of Public Administration, 43(5), 373-377. Routledge/Taylor & Francis. [Q2, IF: 1.8].

  • Dixon, J., Bhuiyan, S., & Üstüner, Y. (2018) Public Administration in the Middle East and North Africa (with John Dixon and) (Special Issue Introduction), International Journal of Public Administration, 41(10), 759-764. Routledge/Taylor & Francis. [Q2, IF: 1.8] 

  • Rahman, T. & Bhuiyan, S. (2016). Multipurpose Community Telecenters in Rural Bangladesh: A Study of Selected Union Information and Service Centers, Information Development, 31(5), 5-19. Sage. [Q1, IF: 1.9] 

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2015). Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh: Good Governance Barriers, South Asia Research, 35(3), 349-367. Sage. [Q2, IF: 0.8] 

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2015). Can Democratic Governance Be Achieved in Egypt? International Journal of Public Administration, 38(7), 496-509. Routledge/Taylor & Francis. [Q2, IF: 1.8]

  • Bremer, J., & Bhuiyan, S. (2014). Community-led Infrastructure Development in Informal Areas in Urban Egypt: A Case Study, Habitat International, 44, 258-267. Elsevier. [Q1, IF: 6.8] 

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2012). Political Leadership and its Role in Achieving Good Governance in Kazakhstan, International Journal of Public Administration, 35(6), 379-388. Routledge/ Taylor & Francis. [Q2, IF: 1.8]

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2012). Teaching Public Administration in Kazakhstan, Teaching Public Administration, 30(1), 59-68. Sage. [Q2, IF; 1.7] 

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2011). Social Capital and Community Development: An Analysis of Two Cases from India and Bangladesh, Journal of Asian and African Studies, 46(6), 533-545. Sage. [Q2, IF: 1.0]

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2011). Trajectories of E-Government Implementation for Public Sector Service Delivery in Kazakhstan, International Journal of Public Administration, 34(9), 604-615. Routledge/Taylor & Francis. [Q2, IF: 1.8]

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2011). Transition Towards a Knowledge-based Society in Post-Communist Kazakhstan: Does Good Governance Matter? Journal of Asian and African Studies, 46(4), 404-421. Sage. [Q2, IF: 1.0]

  • Bhuiyan, S., Khan, H. Climate Change and Its Impacts on Older Adults’ Health in Kazakhstan, (with Hafiz Khan), NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, 4(1), 97-119. De Gruyter. [Q2, IF: 1.1]

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2011). Modernizing Bangladesh Public Administration through E-governance: Benefits and Challenges, Government Information Quarterly, 28(1), 54-65. Elsevier. [Q1, IF: 7.8]

  • Bhuiyan, S., & Amagoh, F. (2011). Public Sector Reform in Kazakhstan: Issues and Perspectives (with Francis Amagoh) International Journal of Public Sector Management, 24(3), 227-249. [Q1, IF: 2.8] This paper has been chosen as an Outstanding Paper Award Winner at the Emerald Literati Network Awards Excellence 2012.  

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2010). A Crisis in Governance: Urban Solid Waste Management in Bangladesh, Habitat International, 34(1), 125-133. Elsevier. [Q1, IF: 6.8]. This article has been named one of the 25 most cited articles published in Habitat International since 2010

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2010). Decentralization and Local Governance in Kazakhstan, International Journal of Public Administration, 33(12-13), 658-672. Routledge/Taylor & Francis. [Q2, IF: 1.8] [Reprinted in Rees, C.J., and Hossain, F. (Eds.) (2013), Public Sector Reform in Developing and Transitional Countries: Decentralisation and Local Governance, Abingdon, Oxford: Routledge.]  

  • Bhuiyan, S. (2010). E-Government in Kazakhstan: Challenges and Its Role to Development, Public Organization Review: A Global Journal, 10(1), 31-47. Springer. [Q1, IF: 1.9]