My primary research interests are focused on understanding the social-ecological system’s resilience, community and local-led climate change adaptation, community resilience, social learning, environmental disaster management and sustainable natural resources management. My research emphasizes understanding complex human-environment interactions through a social-ecological systems approach in the context of a highly globalized and multilevel, changing world. I am interested in exploring inbuilt social and human capacity to reduce social vulnerability and enhance resilience to climate change; measuring eco-biosocial systems’ ‘blind spots’ beyond disciplines; and achieving development that promotes human well-being while conserving the environment and supporting adaptation to climate change. I focus on the level of connection (or “disconnect”) between people, society, and their environment, and explore this as a question of environmental sustainability and reducing vulnerability to climate change. My work postulates that to understand the components of ecosystem services, social capital, resilience attributes, social learning, climate change adaptation, and social-ecological system sustainability, especially focusing on vulnerable communities and natural resources in the developed and developing world, there is a need to examine the many facets of human-environment linkages.
Assistant Professor
Publications
Selected Publications
Journals:
I.S. Zen, M. Salim Uddin, A. Q. Al-Amin, M. R. B. Majid, A. I. Almulhim and B. Doberstein. 2022. Socioeconomic determinants of household carbon footprint in Iskandar Malaysia. Journal of Cleaner Production, 347 (131256)
B. Roy, G. P. Penha-Lopes, M. Salim Uddin, Md. Humayain Kabir, T. C. Lourenco and A. Torrejano. 2022. Sea level rise induced impacts on coastal Bangladesh and local-led climate change adaptation. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 73(102905)
M. Salim Uddin, C. Emdad Haque, Mohammad Nuruzzaman Khan, Brent Doberstein and Robin S. Cox. 2021. “Disaster threats livelihoods, people recover from it”: An analysis of livelihood dynamics and the role of community resilience in livelihoods reconstruction after disasters. International Journal Disaster Risk Reduction, 63 (102444)
M. Salim Uddin, C. Emdad Haque, David Walker and Mahed-Ul-Islam Choudhury. 2020. Community resilience to cyclone and storm surge disasters in coastal communities of Bangladesh. Journal of Environmental Management, 264 (110457)
Mahed-Ul-Islam Choudhury, M. Salim Uddin and C. Emdad Haque. 2019. “Nature brings us extreme events, some people cause us prolonged sufferings”: the role of good governance in building community resilience to natural disasters in Bangladesh. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, (1513833)
Book Publication:
Mohammed Salim Uddin. 2011. Microcredit and Community Organizations in a Wetland of Bangladesh. Saarbrücken, Germany: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing Gmbh & Co. KG. pp117.
Awards and Recognition
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Post-Doctoral Fellowship ($90,000), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada (2021-2022) • University of Manitoba Graduate Student’s Association Awards (Doctoral Program) ($16,000), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (2017-2018). • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Research Fellowship ($40,000), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (2013-2015) • International Development Research Center (IDRC) Doctoral Research Awards ($20,000), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (2013-2015) • University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (UMGF) ($36,000), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (2011-2013) • International Graduate Student Scholarship (IGSS), University of Manitoba, Canada (2011-2013) • Manitoba Graduate Scholarship (MGS), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (2009-2010) • Stephen and Alison Philips Awards in Environmental Studies (Excellence), Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, University of Manitoba (2015-17). • International Graduate Student Scholarship (IGSS), University of Manitoba, Canada (2009-2010) • Faculty of Graduate Studies Travel Award, University of Manitoba, Canada (2011, 2012) • University of Manitoba Graduate Students Association Conference Travel Grant Awards, University of Manitoba, Canada (2010, 2011, 2012 & 2016) • Graduate Research Fellowship, Canada Research Chair in Community-Based Resource Management, (2008 - 2009) • International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship (IGSES), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (2008-2009, 2011) • Alfred H. Shephard Bursary, St. John’s College, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (2009, 2010)
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
Instructional programs: Forestry, Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Social-Ecological Systems Resilience; Community Resilience to Climate-Change Induced Natural Disasters; Social Learning; Impacts of Global Environmental Changes; Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Policy; Nature-Based Solutions; Community-Based Natural Resources Management; Community Development; Environmental Justice and Disaster Governance.
Education
- Ph.D. Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Manitoba, Canada 2021
- M.S. Natural Resource Management, University of Manitoba, Canada 2011
- M.S. Forestry, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh 2004
- B.S. Forestry, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh 2003
- Certification in Higher Education Teaching, University of Manitoba, Canada 2019
Contact
- o: 802-656-4449
- c: 802-310-7772
Aiken Center - 308C
Courses Taught
Climate Change Fundamentals; Sustainability: The Future We Want; Environmental Science-Issues; Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation; Assessment of Climate Change Impacts; Environmental Sustainability; Human-Environmental Interactions; Issues in Sustainable Cities; Human Geography; Physical Geography; Environmental Responsibilities and the Law