Welcome!
I am an incoming Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Currently, I hold a postdoctoral prize fellowship in sociology at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, where I also obtained my PhD. I am affiliated with Young Lives, the Oxford Department of International Development, the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science.
My research interests include social and educational inequalities, sociology of education, and cross-border policy diffusion with a particular (but not exclusive) focus on emerging and developing economies.
Email: mobarak.hossain[at]nuffield.ox.ac.uk
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). Large-scale Data Gathering: Exploring World Bank’s Influence on National Learning Assessments in LMICs. International Journal of Educational Development. Open access
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
Hossain, Mobarak. (2017). School Inspection Challenges: Evidence from Six Countries. GEM Report Background Paper. Paris: UNESCO. link
