DPhil in Sociology
Supervisor: Dr Michael Biggs
Thesis: Students of the Street: Understanding Contemporary Youth Social Movements in Bangladesh
Anupam Debashis Roy is a Bangladeshi researcher, author, journalist, communications professional and activist. He has previously worked at Amnesty International, BRAC, and The Daily Star and held internships at Cato Institute and Manhattan Institute. He has written eight books, including fiction, poetry and nonfiction titles.
His work has appeared in South Asia Research, NYU Undergraduate Law Review, Himal Southasian, The Daily Star, Suddhashar, Frontline-The Hindu, Dhaka Tribune, Prothom Alo, Ittefaq etc. His 2020 book Not All Spring Ends Winter on Bangladeshi social movements received acclamation from readers and critics and has been used as a course textbook at universities.
Anupam has conducted research on the 2013 Shahbag Movement and the 2018 Road Safety Movement in Bangladesh in his undergraduate and master’s theses respectively and is currently analysing the 2024 July Uprising. His DPhil thesis will explore the similarities and differences among these movements to ascertain why some movements were more “successful” than others.
His tentative ideas about social movements include the theories of cumulative learning and strategic malleability of movement tactics. He aspires to use empirical data from Bangladesh to extrapolate novel theories on social movement and make an original contribution to existing knowledge.
Research Interests: Social movements, political sociology, South Asia, Bangladesh
Previous Education: BA Interdisciplinary Studies, Howard University; MSc Political Sociology, LSE