Anas Ansar
Biographic Data
| ID | 305900 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anas Ansar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anas |
| FAMILY NAME | Ansar |
| SIGNATURE | ANSAR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bonn |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5537-2202 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Gendered violence and conflict in the Bangladesh–Myanmar borderlands: (Trans)local Experiences and Responses
A protracted refugee crisis has unfolded in the Bangladesh–Myanmar borderlands over the past few decades. Within this context, our paper examines the translocal dynamics of gendered violence that Rohingya refugees are subjected to and compelled to navigate. Drawing on a ‘nested understanding’ of gendered violence that incorporates insights from feminist scholarship, peace and conflict studies and human geography, we undertake three analytical ste…
Lifeworlds in Crisis: Making Refugees in the Chad–Sudan Borderlands By Andrea Behrends
Transnational social fields of Italian Bangladeshis in Europe and beyond: Towards a new geography of ways of belonging
In view of the growing onward migration and multisited transnationalism among naturalized EU citizens, this article seeks to advance the current understanding of transnational social fields, cataloguing the complex interplays of migrants' ways of being, belonging, and in‐betweenness across different places and spaces. Drawing on multisited qualitative research with Italian Bangladeshis in Italy and the United Kingdom, the paper presents how their…
Digital Diaspora Activism at the Margins: Unfolding Rohingya Diaspora Interactions on Facebook (2017-2022)
This study maps the Rohingya diaspora's digital engagement on Facebook and explores how their participation has transformed over the years. Using the CrowdTangle analytics platform, this mixed-methods study presents the Rohingya community's collective engagement on Facebook across six years, from January 2017 to December 2022. It comprises 47 Rohingya diaspora FB pages that published 34,905 posts and received nearly 8 million user interactions. R…
Bangladesh's ready-made garments sector rebound: Revisiting gendered labor precarity and dependency
Thousands of ready-made garment (RMG) workers, frequently seen as Bangladesh's lifeline for economic growth and poverty alleviation, were sacked arbitrarily just weeks after the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. The widespread cancellation of existing orders, followed by factory closures and worker layoffs, triggered an unprecedented crisis for RMG workers, the vast majority of whom are women. As the industry is slowly recovering from the initial uphea…
In search of a Rohingya digital diaspora: Virtual Togetherness, Collective Identities and Political Mobilisation
Frequently called the most persecuted minority in the world, the Rohingyas have suffered systematic violence and oppression in Myanmar since the 1970s. Today, the vast majority of the nearly three million Rohingyas are in exile, escaping state-sponsored human rights violations and persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar-a place they call "home". Neighbouring Bangladesh, which currently hosts over a million displaced Rohingya, has been a 'sanc…
Bangladeshi women migrants amidst the Covid-19 pandemic: Revisiting globalization, dependency and gendered precarity in South-South labour migration
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered unprecedented societal disruption and disproportionately affected global mobility dynamics. Within such a troubled and intensifying crisis, the intersection of migration and gender is even more unsettling. Since the pandemic outbreak, Bangladesh witnessed a colossal crisis among millions of Bangladeshi migrants working overseas-a considerable section of them are women. By highlighting the plight of the Banglade…
The pandemic has added to my miseries”: Bangladeshi migrant workers’ social protection revisited
The protection of migrant workers has received renewed attention in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article depicts how unpreparedness, inadequate social security and support services, and pre-existing socio-economic disparities disproportionately impacted Bangladeshi migrant workers during the pandemic. Adopting a qualitative approach based on findings from existing literature and surveys and primary data collected through interviews wit…
From solidarity to resistance: Host communities’ evolving response to the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Bangladesh sets an admirable example of solidarity with the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar by hosting more than a million Rohingyas despite its resource constraints. However, there is a perceptible shift from this rather unconditional solidarity to an anti-refugee sentiment. In evaluating the factors that contributed to these changing dynamics, we analysed how the host communities’ solidarity with the plight of Rohingya refugees evolved. Broadly,…
The Unfolding of Belonging, Exclusion and Exile: A Reflection on the History of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Southeast Asia
The current Rohingya refugee crisis in Southeast Asia, which has become a ubiquitous topic at the global level, requires reflection on the multifaceted history of ethnicity, identity and growing nationalism in Myanmar. This paper looks at the complex interplay of colonial history, ethnic conflicts, absence of democracy and the subsequent political erasure of the Rohingya community from Burmese history, which shaped and aggravated the current cris…
Challenges in access to health care among involuntary migrants in Germany. A case study of migrants' experiences in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony
From solidarity to resistance: Host communities’ evolving response to the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Bangladesh sets an admirable example of solidarity with the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar by hosting more than a million Rohingyas despite its resource constraints. However, there is a perceptible shift from this rather unconditional solidarity to an anti-refugee sentiment. In evaluating the factors that contributed to these changing dynamics, we analysed how the host communities’ solidarity with the plight of Rohingya refugees evolved. Broadly,…
The Unfolding of Belonging, Exclusion and Exile: A Reflection on the History of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Southeast Asia
The current Rohingya refugee crisis in Southeast Asia, which has become a ubiquitous topic at the global level, requires reflection on the multifaceted history of ethnicity, identity and growing nationalism in Myanmar. This paper looks at the complex interplay of colonial history, ethnic conflicts, absence of democracy and the subsequent political erasure of the Rohingya community from Burmese history, which shaped and aggravated the current cris…
In search of a Rohingya digital diaspora: Virtual Togetherness, Collective Identities and Political Mobilisation
Frequently called the most persecuted minority in the world, the Rohingyas have suffered systematic violence and oppression in Myanmar since the 1970s. Today, the vast majority of the nearly three million Rohingyas are in exile, escaping state-sponsored human rights violations and persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar-a place they call "home". Neighbouring Bangladesh, which currently hosts over a million displaced Rohingya, has been a 'sanc…
Bangladeshi women migrants amidst the Covid-19 pandemic: Revisiting globalization, dependency and gendered precarity in South-South labour migration
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered unprecedented societal disruption and disproportionately affected global mobility dynamics. Within such a troubled and intensifying crisis, the intersection of migration and gender is even more unsettling. Since the pandemic outbreak, Bangladesh witnessed a colossal crisis among millions of Bangladeshi migrants working overseas-a considerable section of them are women. By highlighting the plight of the Banglade…
Digital Diaspora Activism at the Margins: Unfolding Rohingya Diaspora Interactions on Facebook (2017-2022)
This study maps the Rohingya diaspora's digital engagement on Facebook and explores how their participation has transformed over the years. Using the CrowdTangle analytics platform, this mixed-methods study presents the Rohingya community's collective engagement on Facebook across six years, from January 2017 to December 2022. It comprises 47 Rohingya diaspora FB pages that published 34,905 posts and received nearly 8 million user interactions. R…
Transnational social fields of Italian Bangladeshis in Europe and beyond: Towards a new geography of ways of belonging
In view of the growing onward migration and multisited transnationalism among naturalized EU citizens, this article seeks to advance the current understanding of transnational social fields, cataloguing the complex interplays of migrants' ways of being, belonging, and in‐betweenness across different places and spaces. Drawing on multisited qualitative research with Italian Bangladeshis in Italy and the United Kingdom, the paper presents how their…
Challenges in access to health care among involuntary migrants in Germany. A case study of migrants' experiences in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony
Challenges in access to health care among involuntary migrants in Germany. A case study of migrants' experiences in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony
The Unfolding of Belonging, Exclusion and Exile: A Reflection on the History of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Southeast Asia
The current Rohingya refugee crisis in Southeast Asia, which has become a ubiquitous topic at the global level, requires reflection on the multifaceted history of ethnicity, identity and growing nationalism in Myanmar. This paper looks at the complex interplay of colonial history, ethnic conflicts, absence of democracy and the subsequent political erasure of the Rohingya community from Burmese history, which shaped and aggravated the current cris…
From solidarity to resistance: Host communities’ evolving response to the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Bangladesh sets an admirable example of solidarity with the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar by hosting more than a million Rohingyas despite its resource constraints. However, there is a perceptible shift from this rather unconditional solidarity to an anti-refugee sentiment. In evaluating the factors that contributed to these changing dynamics, we analysed how the host communities’ solidarity with the plight of Rohingya refugees evolved. Broadly,…
The pandemic has added to my miseries”: Bangladeshi migrant workers’ social protection revisited
The protection of migrant workers has received renewed attention in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article depicts how unpreparedness, inadequate social security and support services, and pre-existing socio-economic disparities disproportionately impacted Bangladeshi migrant workers during the pandemic. Adopting a qualitative approach based on findings from existing literature and surveys and primary data collected through interviews wit…
Bangladesh's ready-made garments sector rebound: Revisiting gendered labor precarity and dependency
Thousands of ready-made garment (RMG) workers, frequently seen as Bangladesh's lifeline for economic growth and poverty alleviation, were sacked arbitrarily just weeks after the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. The widespread cancellation of existing orders, followed by factory closures and worker layoffs, triggered an unprecedented crisis for RMG workers, the vast majority of whom are women. As the industry is slowly recovering from the initial uphea…
In search of a Rohingya digital diaspora: Virtual Togetherness, Collective Identities and Political Mobilisation
Frequently called the most persecuted minority in the world, the Rohingyas have suffered systematic violence and oppression in Myanmar since the 1970s. Today, the vast majority of the nearly three million Rohingyas are in exile, escaping state-sponsored human rights violations and persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar-a place they call "home". Neighbouring Bangladesh, which currently hosts over a million displaced Rohingya, has been a 'sanc…
Bangladeshi women migrants amidst the Covid-19 pandemic: Revisiting globalization, dependency and gendered precarity in South-South labour migration
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered unprecedented societal disruption and disproportionately affected global mobility dynamics. Within such a troubled and intensifying crisis, the intersection of migration and gender is even more unsettling. Since the pandemic outbreak, Bangladesh witnessed a colossal crisis among millions of Bangladeshi migrants working overseas-a considerable section of them are women. By highlighting the plight of the Banglade…
Transnational social fields of Italian Bangladeshis in Europe and beyond: Towards a new geography of ways of belonging
In view of the growing onward migration and multisited transnationalism among naturalized EU citizens, this article seeks to advance the current understanding of transnational social fields, cataloguing the complex interplays of migrants' ways of being, belonging, and in‐betweenness across different places and spaces. Drawing on multisited qualitative research with Italian Bangladeshis in Italy and the United Kingdom, the paper presents how their…
Digital Diaspora Activism at the Margins: Unfolding Rohingya Diaspora Interactions on Facebook (2017-2022)
This study maps the Rohingya diaspora's digital engagement on Facebook and explores how their participation has transformed over the years. Using the CrowdTangle analytics platform, this mixed-methods study presents the Rohingya community's collective engagement on Facebook across six years, from January 2017 to December 2022. It comprises 47 Rohingya diaspora FB pages that published 34,905 posts and received nearly 8 million user interactions. R…
Lifeworlds in Crisis: Making Refugees in the Chad–Sudan Borderlands By Andrea Behrends
Gendered violence and conflict in the Bangladesh–Myanmar borderlands: (Trans)local Experiences and Responses
A protracted refugee crisis has unfolded in the Bangladesh–Myanmar borderlands over the past few decades. Within this context, our paper examines the translocal dynamics of gendered violence that Rohingya refugees are subjected to and compelled to navigate. Drawing on a ‘nested understanding’ of gendered violence that incorporates insights from feminist scholarship, peace and conflict studies and human geography, we undertake three analytical ste…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (4 works)