Biographical note

Md. Nazrul Islam is an Associate Professor of Digital Social Science at the Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, BNU-HKBU United International College. He is an International Visiting Member at the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies at the University of Sydney. Dr. Islam holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Hong Kong, and an MSc in Community Health and Health Management from Heidelberg University, Germany. His articles have been published in Current Sociology, Health Sociology Review, Social Theory & Health, and Asian Journal of Social Science. His edited book Silk Road to Belt Road: Reinventing the Past and Shaping the Future published by Springer (2019) has been downloaded over twenty-five thousand times and translated into Chinese language. Dr. Islam has held visiting positions at the University of Sydney; the University of British Columbia; The University of Hong Kong; and Ateneo de Manila University. He is honored as Guangdong Provincial High Level Talent (China since 2019), and Global Talent (Australia since 2021).

Prof. Akbar Hussain is currently a Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University. He completed his PhD from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He was a Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and conducted research as a Post-doctoral Fellow. He was engaged in Advanced Research at York University, Canada. Prof. Hussain’s research falls into a range of areas including Environment, Development, Health, Social, and Cultural Issues.