Zia Uddin is a PhD Student in Public Policy Track at the Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy, and International Relations at Central European University (CEU). Zia is also serving as the Technical Adviser at the Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ), Brac University. Since 2015, he has been working with the centre’s both the research and project team together with other activities, such as, fund-raising, documentation, communication and advocacy. Zia has coordinated several projects at the centre namely (1) Empowered Women Peaceful Communities Project funded by the UN Women; (2) AHA! Awareness with Human Action Project funded by the European Union, among others. He has facilitated an innovative and pioneering student-led initiative titled ‘Women Peace Café’ as hubs that promote civic engagement and experiential learning for a just, peaceful and inclusive society. He also coordinates the ‘Bangladesh Peacebuilders’ Network’ at CPJ. He supported the compilation of the Bangladesh Justice Working Paper Series project funded by DFID, now FCDO.
Zia was employed by a joint venture between BRAC and the Cambridge Judge Business School (University of Cambridge, UK) as a Research Analyst. He coordinated the establishment of the Human Rights Support Society, and the Centre for Inclusive Society and Development. He received his Bachelor and Master’s Degree from the University of Dhaka in Public Administration, and an LL.B from National University, Bangladesh. His research interest includes policy dilemma, civic engagement of students in higher education, Campus peace, among others.