About Md. Yosuf

Md. Yosuf is an economics graduate of Govt. Titumir College, University of Dhaka, with a foundation in quantitative research, development economics and academic writing. His interest is in the structural causes of economic exclusion, and in empirical research that can inform public policy.

In 2025 he worked as a research assistant on two health research projects, one under the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), Ministry of Planning, and one under the Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC), supporting documentation, field data collection and reporting. From November 2024 to June 2025 he was a research assistant (intern) at the Accident Research Institute (ARI) at BUET, where he drafted research proposals and technical reports on road accident causation and safety interventions, and carried out systematic literature reviews.

He co-authored two peer-reviewed articles, published in 2026 in the Asian Review of Social Sciences and the International Journal of Social Science Research and Review, from a survey of government college students in Dhaka. As first author he presented a cross-sectional study of smartphone addiction and academic performance at the 3rd LURS Student Research Conference on 1 August 2026. All three are listed under Publications.

Alongside research he teaches economics, statistics and research methods: part-time undergraduate instruction from January 2023 to October 2025, research-methods training at the GTCRC since March 2026, SPSS data analysis at Sunaru Academy since July 2026, and a six-session SPSS course for the Eden Mohila College Research Society in October 2026.

He served the Govt. Titumir College Research Club (GTCRC) as envoy, then as finance secretary of the 2nd Executive Committee (until February 2025) and as vice president of the 3rd Executive Committee (March 2025 to May 2026). He founded the 7 College Entrepreneur Forum (7CEF) and, more recently, YS Scholaria, an academic and career service, and he completed the Aspire Leaders Program in September 2026. He is preparing for graduate study in development economics and is open to remote research collaboration.