Implication of Cultural Spaces and Infrastructure in the Emotional Rehabilitation of Refugee Children in Shelter Camps of Balukhali

Project ID: AIRG/2024/ARCH/06/20

Funding Source: AUST Internal Research Grant

Project Awarded: 23rd October 2024

Principal Investigator:

 M. Arafat Hossain

Assistant Professor

Arch Department, AUST

 

Co-principal Investigator/s:

Dr. Apurba Kumar Podder

Associate Professor

Department of Architecture, BUET, Dhaka

 

Dr. Quazi Mahtab-uz-Zaman

Chair, Border Urbanism Research Centre

Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment Robert Gordon University, Scotland

 

Naimul Aziz

Associate Professor

Arch Department, AUST

 

Project Duration: 2 Years

Budget Approved: 1000000

Expected Research Outcomes:

  1. The research findings will help to develop a spatial framework that could serve as a cultural infrastructure for psychosocial healing of the Rohingya children suffering from childhood trauma.
  2. At least one journal article to be published in Scopus/Clarivate indexed journal.
  3. At least one international conference article in peer-reviewed proceedings.