Dr Habib Zafarullah

Adjunct Faculty - School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Habib Zafarullah

Biography

Habib Zafarullah retired in 2016 after serving UNE for 28 years but has been continuing as an adjunct faculty in Sociology. His research interests include: public/social policy, globalisation, international development, democratisation and civil society, comparative bureaucracy and public management. He seeks to integrate theory and practice in his research and looks at issues from a pro-people perspective. He believes in an inclusive development approach for poverty-stricken countries and argues for a strong public-private nexus in development. He has published extensively on social, political, developmental and environmental issues.

Qualifications

PhD, University of Sydney

Research Interests

Habib Zafarullah's expertise and research interests cover democratic governance, public and social policy, and international development with a focus on South and Southeast Asia.

Research Supervision Experience

Supervision Areas

  • Social Policy (with focus on welfarism, social security, education and housing policies)
  • Development Governance (with special interest in globalisation and glocalisation, role of the state and international regimes, development policy making)
  • Democratisation (the 'third' sector, decentralisation and citizenship)
  • Comparative Bureaucracies and Public Management (focusing on both liberal democracies and Third World countries)
  • Public Policy Analysis (policy networks and policy implementation)

Publications

Selected Publications (2012-2021)

(2021). Zafarullah, H. and A.S. Huque eds. Handbook of Development Policy. London: Edward Edgar (Forthcoming).

(2020/2021). Zafarullah, H. and A.E. Sarker. ‘Contemporary Issues in Civil Service Management in South Asia: Principles and Practice in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh’, in H. Sullivan and H. Dickinson eds., The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant. London: Palgrave-Macmillan. (Currently, online) Print edition to be released in 2021.

(2020). Zafarullah, H. and A.S. Huque. ‘Corruption and Its Control: The Pursuit of Probity in Bangladesh’ in K.K. Tummala ed., Corruption in the Public Sector: An International Perspective. Bradford: Emerald Publishing (in press).

(2020). Rahman, R. and H. Zafarullah. ‘Impact of Climate Change on Health: Adaptation Challenges in Queensland, Australia’, Climate Research, 80: 59–72.

(2019). Zafarullah, H. and F. Nawaz, 'Pathways to Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh: Employment and Microfinance as Interventions', Asian Education and Development Studies, 8 (4): 387-404.

(2019). Sarker, A.E. and H. Zafarullah. Political Settlements and Bureaucratic Reforms: An Exploratory Analysis Focusing on Bangladesh. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 55(2) 235–253.

(2019) Acharya, K. K., and H. Zafarullah. Community governance and service delivery in Nepal: an assessment of influencing factors. Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, (21), Article ID 6739. https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.v0i21.6739

(2018). Khan, A. and H. Zafarullah. ‘Whither Bangladesh: Accomplishments, Opportunities, Challenges and Future Options’, South Asia Journal, Special Issue: 9-15.

(2017). Acharya, K. and H. Zafarullah. ‘Service delivery and development at the grassroots: The evolution and contribution of community-based organizations in Nepal’, Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 39 (4): 276-286.

(2016). Zafarullah, H. and B. Banik. ‘Muddling through: Limitations and challenges of the health policy process in Bangladesh’, Journal of Asian Public Policy, 9 (3): 211-26.

(2016). Zafarullah, H. and A. E. Sarker. ‘Public Management Reforms in Developing Countries: Toward a New Synthesis’, in N. Ahmed ed., Public Policy and Governance in Bangladesh: Forty Years of Experience. London & New York: Routledge, 42-52.

(2016). Zafarullah, H. ‘Public Administration and Bureaucracy’, in A. Riaz and S. Rahman eds., Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh. London & New York: Routledge, 94-108.

(2015). Zafarullah, H. ‘Network Governance and Policy Making: Developments and Directions in Asia’, in Jamil, I., S.M. Aminuzzaman, S.T.M. Haque eds., Governance in South, Southeast, and East Asia - Trends, Issues and Challenges. Springer International, pp. 45-63.

(2014). Zafarullah, H. Colonial Bureaucracies: Politics of Administrative Reform in Nineteenth Century Australia. Boca Raton, FL: Universal Publishers.

(2014). Huque, A.S.  & H. Zafarullah. ‘Public Management Reform in Developing Countries: Contradictions and the Inclusive State’, in C. Conteh and A.S. Huque eds., Public Sector Reforms in Developing Countries: Paradoxes and Practices. London: Routledge, pp. 10-22.

(2012). Zafarullah, H. and A.S. Huque. Managing Development in a Globalized World: Concepts, Processes, Institutions. Boca Raton, FL: CRC/Taylor & Francis.

Complete list of Habib Zafarullah's publications (PDF)

Memberships

  • American Society for Public Administration
  • Society for International Development
  • International Political Science Association
  • Commonwealth Association of Public Administration & Management
  • Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Life Member)