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I am a postdoctoral researcher and practitioner (Director of Social Enterprise and Entreprenure) with over 16 years of experience in socio-technical research, digital design, ICT4D, HCI4D, and international development across the Global South. My work bridges academic inquiry and practical implementation through large-scale digital transformation projects in agriculture, health, climate resilience, and refugee services.
Current Role and Research
I currently serve as a postdoctoral researcher under the ERC-funded DecouplingIT project at the IT University of Copenhagen, focusing on -
Climate and digital transformation in disaster-prone and climate-displaced communities in Bangladesh
Policy engagement around Smart Bangladesh
My PhD (ITU Copenhagen) examined the role of human infrastructure in digital interventions in the Global South, with fieldwork in Bangladesh and Cambodia. During this time, I co-led three major mHealth and digital health projects for Syrian and Rohingya refugee communities with Novo Nordisk Foundation (DKK 3.6 million).
Publications & Teaching
Published in: Cultural Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, ICTD, IFIP 9.4, NordiCHI, PDC, EUSSET, WebSci etc.
Teaching experience: ITU Copenhagen, University of South-Eastern Norway (guest lecturer), ASA University, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
Core Areas of Work
Digital/Precision Agriculture
Digital Health & mHealth
Refugee and Displacement Technology
Climate-Smart Agriculture & Climate IT
e-Livestock Services
Water, Sanitation & Digital Advisory Systems
Director of e-Agriculture, USAID Digital Agriculture Project (USD 19.5M), impacting 110,000+ farmers
Project Lead (Bangladesh), Netherlands Government and NSO-funded precision farming (sattellite and remote sensing technology) for 50,000 farmers (EUR 3.7M)
Co-PI and Design Lead, digital mental health, child nutrition and NCD (diabetes and hyper tension) care for 11500 Rohingya and Syriyan refugees refugees (DKK 3.6M)
Digital Innovations
Agriculture Knowledge Bank
Remote Farmer Advisory Service (Farmer Query System - FQS)
Digital Mental Health, Child Nutrition & NCD screening and diagnosis service
Mobile Livestock & e-Livestock Systems
Digital Water MIS for rural planning
Contributor, World Bank’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan (CSAIP)
Expert Advisor, UNIDO Smart Agribusiness Strategy
Contributor, Bangladesh eHealth Readiness Mapping (Rockefeller Foundation)
Donor and Partner Networks
USAID, Netherlands Space Office (NSO), UKAid, World Bank-IFC, EKN, GIZ, WaterAid, ERC, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and multiple NGOs.
Swedish Institute (SI) Nobel Prize Week Fellowship
UN World Summit Award (WSA)
MIT D-Lab Design Thnking Fellowship
Swedish Institute (SI) Young Connectors of the Future (YCF)
World Bank-ETHOS Fellow in ICT & Entrepreneurship
Internet Governance Fellowship (APIGA & ICANN)
Total External Funding Mobilised: Approx. USD 25 million
People Reached: Over 200,000 in South and Southeast Asia and Middle-East
Sectors Engaged: Government, NGOs, Academia, Private Sector, Social Enterprises.
My research interests focus on Digital Development, ICT4D, Digital Transformation (Global South), HCI, International Development, SDG.
♦ Director of e-Agriculture, mPower Social Enterprises Ltd. Bangladesh (Jan 2017- Sep 2018)
Projects
- Project Lead, mPower (2016-2018): The Netherlands Space Office (NSO) funded Geo data to control late blight fungal disease in potato in Bangladesh (GEOPOTATO) project with 50,000 farmers.
- ICT Head of Operations (2013-2018): USAID funded Agricultural Extension Support Activity Project (e- Agriculture) with 110,000 farmers in Bangladesh
- Project Lead, mPower (2015-2018): The Netherlands Space Office (NSO) funded Geodata based information services for small farmers in Bangladesh (GEOBIS) project – with 50,000 beneficiaries
- Project Lead, mPower (2017-2018): World Bank-IFC funded Digital Agriculture Advisory Service for PPCR Project with 30,000 farmers in Bangladesh and Nepal
- Project Director, mPower (2017-2018): Water and delta capacity development project (DeltaCap) – 4 years long project funded by NICHE (Netherlands Government)
- Project Lead, mPower (2017-2018): USAID Feed the Future Asia Innovative Farmers Activity (AIFA) funded AgriBytes Project: A Platform that Brings Together Diverse Stakeholders in the Agricultural Sector of Bangladesh through Sharing Data, Strategies and Innovation.
- Project Lead, mPower (2017-1018): Smartphone app-based and female entrepreneur driven farmer advisory services pilot project. Implemented by mPower and iSocial Bangladesh
- Team Lead, mPower (2016-2017): Climate and Agriculture Information Service (CAIS) Project – funded by Welthungerhilfe, Germany.
- Team Lead, mPower (2016-2017): Mobile based Climate Smart Agro Information and Services for Farmers Project – funded by Christian Aid Bangladesh
♦ Senior Program and Research Manager, mPower Social Enterprises Ltd., Bangladesh (Jan 2013 - Dec 2016)
Projects
- ICT Head of Operations (2013-2018): USAID funded Agricultural Extension Support Activity Project (e- Agriculture) with 110,000 farmers in Bangladesh
- Project Lead (2013-2014): Mobile Phone based Program Management Information System (mPMIS) in water and sanitation sector – Funded by WaterAid
- Project Lead (2012-2013): Pilot intervention in ‘Intelligent’ Mobile-based Livestock Management System Project – funded by UKAid (Current name, FCDO)
- Research Lead (2012-2013): ‘Digital Monitoring and Evaluation System’ and ‘Mobile-based Change Management Evaluation System’ of ‘SHIREE Project’ – the biggest extreme poverty and economic empowerment project in Bangladesh funded by UKAid (Current name, FCDO)
Director of e-Agriculture, mPower
1 jan. 2017 → 1 sep. 2018
Project Director (mPower), Water and delta capacity development project (DeltaCap) , NICHE fund of the Netherlands Government
2017 → 2018
Project Lead, Digital Agriculture Advisory Service for World Bank-IFC PPCR project, mPower
2017 → 2018
Project Lead, USAID and Feed the Future funded AgriBytes Project in Bangladesh, mPower
2017 → 2018
Project Lead, Smartphone app based, and female entrepreneur driven farmer advisory services pilot project with iSocial Bangladesh, mPower
2017 → 2018
Project Lead (mPower), Geodata to Control Potato Lateblight in Bangladesh (GEOPOTATO)
1 jan. 2016 → 31 aug. 2018
Project Lead, Climate and Agriculture Information Service (CAIS) – funded by Welthungerhilfe, Germany, mPower
2016 → 2017
Project Lead, Mobile based Climate smart Agro Information and Services for Farmers Project – funded by Christian Aid Bangladesh, mPower
2016 → 2017
Project Lead (mPower), Geodata based information services for small farmers in Bangladesh (GEOBIS), Netherlands Space Office (NSO)
2015 → 2018
Senior Program and Research Manager, mPower
1 jan. 2013 → 31 dec. 2016
ICT Head of Operations (mPower), USAID Agriculture Extension Support Activity (Digital Agriculture) Project, USAID
2013 → 2018
Project Lead (mPower), Mobile Phone based Program Management Information System – mPMIS in water and sanitation sector funded by WaterAid Bangladesh, WaterAid
2013 → 2014
Project Lead (mPower), Pilot intervention in ‘Intelligent’ Mobile-based Livestock Management System Project – funded by UKAid, UkAiD
2012 → 2013
ICT Evaluation Lead, ‘Digital Monitoring System’ or ‘Change Management System’ evaluation lead of UkAid funded ‘SHIREE Project’, mPower
2012 → 2013
Research and Development Coordinator, mPower
23 jan. 2011 → 31 dec. 2012
Researcher (mPower), Mobile-based telemedicine Services through female community medic aides, Friendship
2011 → 2012
Program Manager (mPower), e-Health scenario mapping with the Ministry of Health, Bangladesh , Rockefeller Foundation
2011 → 2012
Researcher, Mobile-enabled Breast Cancer Case Finding, Reporting and Referral Management using Primary Care Health Workers – With International Breast Cancer Research Foundation (IBCRF), USA, mPower
2011 → 2012
Researcher, Micro Health Insurance Program through Mobile Telemedicine - with Sajida Foundation Bangladesh, mPower
2011
Assistant Project Manager, Centre for Disability in Development (CDD)
1 aug. 2008 → 31 dec. 2010
Publikation: Artikel i tidsskrift og konference artikel i tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
Publikation: Konference artikel i Proceeding eller bog/rapport kapitel › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review
Publikation: Artikel i tidsskrift og konference artikel i tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
Publikation: Konference artikel i Proceeding eller bog/rapport kapitel › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review
Publikation: Konference artikel i Proceeding eller bog/rapport kapitel › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review
Christensen, L. R. (PI) & Ahsan, H. (CoI)
01/06/2019 → 30/09/2020
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
Christensen, L. R. (PI) & Ahsan, H. (CoPI)
01/10/2021 → 01/04/2023
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
Christensen, L. R. (PI) & Ahsan, H. (CoPI)
01/11/2020 → 01/04/2022
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
Dalsgaard, S. (PI), Wang, C. (CoI), Ahsan, H. (CoI), Maguire, J. (CoI), Santos da Costa, P. (CoI), Hansen, C. B. N. (CoI), Figueiredo, F. S. (CoI) & Guo, V. (CoI)
01/11/2022 → 31/10/2027
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
Christensen, L. R. & Ahsan, H.
30/09/2021
1 Mediebidrag
Presse/medie
Ahsan, H., Rohman, I. K. & Zaber, M.
19/05/2020
1 Mediebidrag
Presse/medie
24/05/2019
1 Mediebidrag
Presse/medie
24/11/2017
1 element af Mediedækning
Presse/medie
Chowdhury, M. (Modtager), Ahsan, H. (Modtager) & Islam, N. (Modtager), 2017
Pris: Priser, stipendier, udnævnelser
Chowdhury, M. (Modtager) & Ahsan, H. (Modtager), 2019
Pris: Priser, stipendier, udnævnelser
Chowdhury, M. (Modtager) & Ahsan, H. (Modtager), 2018
Pris: Priser, stipendier, udnævnelser