Marufa Akter

Dr. Marufa Akter is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Global Studies and Governance at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Bremen, Germany, focusing her dissertation on women’s political participation and substantive representation in the Bangladesh parliament. A recipient of the prestigious DAAD scholarship, she earned a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt, alongside holding both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s in Social Sciences in International Relations from the University of Dhaka. Additionally, she completed a graduate course in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation at the SIT Graduate Institute in Vermont, USA. Her extensive research and teaching specialize in women and politics, gender and governance, human security, and peacebuilding.