Curiosity fuels research, propelling us forward in discovering the expected things. Curiosity tends to make us learn about the universe, which is still unknown to us. Decades of research have led us to discover the unknowns and mysteries of the universe, as well as gather knowledge and skills for human development in the practical world.
In this decade, as a participant in the global change-making process for sustainable development for humankind, Bangladesh has continuously played a noteworthy role in the areas of research, innovation, and development compared to the past. Established to promote the welfare of grassroots people, the Socioenvironmental Research Center Bangladesh (SRCB) provides insights and guidelines for addressing practical problems. SRCB has a vision of building a welfare-centered, sustainable world by searching for knowledge and applying it to solve practical problems. Through its research and educational programs, SRCB prioritizes the search for knowledge and its application to mankind. Through interdisciplinary research on development issues, SRCB suggests suitable solutions for existing problems and challenges. Through comprehensive surveys and studies, the institute contributes to the national and international communities across the country.
SRCB focuses on a variety of research-based development and educational thematic areas, including climate change, mental health, education and humanitarian development, social protection and security, gender equality, and more. SRCB provides various kinds of services, such as conducting and assisting baselines and surveys, case studies, FGDs, Key Informant Interviews (KII), developing frameworks, literature surveys, report preparation, documentation and publication, project design, research proposals, assessments, risks, and emergency needs assessments, monitoring, scoping study and research project conduction, collaboration with different national and international consultancy and research assistance services, consultancy services, and staff services for doing any kind of research. Moreover, SRCB boasts an experienced and efficient research team with expertise in research and development areas that is capable of conducting a wide range of effective and result-oriented research activities. In addition, SRCB has multidisciplinary resource persons from universities who are reputed in the field of research and development.
SRCB anticipates a range of new social, economic, and environmental challenges, including adapting to climate change, rural migration, urban poverty, acute shortages of residential facilities and life support, unemployment, a slowdown in economic development, discrimination among urban people, a shortage of skilled manpower in production houses, labor unrest, the erosion of socio-cultural values and customs, and a weakening of social and family bonds. Addressing the challenges posed by climate change, which persistently impede the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is a key focus for SRCB. Despite facing multidimensional challenges, SRCB tries to build a sustainable community with appropriate knowledge and skills in the practical world. SRCB will be an effective and inevitable key to promoting positive governance and development by establishing and promoting a knowledge-based community for a sustainable world.
Md. Abu Shahen
Founder and Director, SRCB