Mobarak Hossain

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Associate Member

Dr Mobarak Hossain is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

His research interests include educational inequalities and social mobility, comparative education policies and institutions, and cross-border policy diffusion, with a particular focus on emerging and developing economies.

Before joining the LSE, he was a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, where he also obtained his DPhil (PhD). He also currently serves as an Associate Editor for European Societies and as an editorial board member of the British Journal of Sociology of Education.

For updates on his research activities, please refer to his personal website.

Journal articles

Hossain, Mobarak. (2023). The linkage between school autonomy and inequality in achievement in 69 countries: Does development level matter? Journal of Development Studies. Open access

  • Annual travel award, International Sociological Association, Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28)

 

Hossain, Mobarak. (2023). Perceptions of key education actors towards PISA: The case of Scotland. Oxford Review of Education. Open access

 

Hossain, Mobarak. (2022). Diffusing "destandardization" reforms across educational systems in low- and middle-income countries: the case of the World Bank, 1965 to 2020. Sociology of Education. Open access

  • Barnett Prize for Best Paper, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford.

 

Hossain, Mobarak. (2021). Does Greater Community Involvement Mean More Parent-Teacher Interaction? Evidence from Seven Developing Countries. International Journal of Educational Development, 83, 102378. link  pre-print

 

Hossain, Mobarak. (2021). Gender Differences in Experiencing Coronavirus-Triggered Economic Hardship: Evidence from Four Developing Countries. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 71, 100555. link  free access

 

Hossain, Mobarak. (2021). Unequal Experience of COVID-Induced Remote Schooling in Four Developing Countries. International Journal of Educational Development, 85, 102446. open access  pre-print

 

Hossain, Mobarak. (2021). COVID-19 and gender differences in mental health in low- and middle-income countries: Young working women are more vulnerable. SSM - Mental Health, 100039. open access

  • Graduate Student Paper Award, Sociology of Mental Health Section, American Sociological Association.

Working papers 

Hossain, Mobarak & Jukes, Matthew. (2023). Gender differences in socioemotional skills among adolescents and young adults in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. Research Report, Oxford: Young Lives. 

 

Book chapters 

Hossain, Mobarak. (2018). The Effects of Governance Reforms on School Supervision: An Analysis of Six Developing and Emerging Economies. Pp. 127-160 in Cross-nationally Comparative, Evidence-based Educational Policymaking and Reform, edited by Alexander W. Wiseman and ‪ Petrina Davidson‬. Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing.‬ link

 

Policy papers

Hossain, Mobarak. (2017). The State of Accountability in the Education Sector of Bangladesh: A Critical Overview. GEM Report Background Paper. Paris: UNESCO. link

Website: https://www.mobarakhossain.net/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mobarakhossa