I am an incoming Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics. I am currently a postdoctoral prize fellow in sociology at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, where I also obtained my PhD. I specialise in social and educational inequalities, gender disparity, cross-border policy diffusion, and the political economy of education and social sector reforms. My research primarily focuses on emerging and developing economies while I have experience working on advanced economies.

Email: mobarak.hossain[at]nuffield.ox.ac.uk 

Brief CV

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


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