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I started my career as a Lecturer (promoted to Assistant Professor) in the Department of Sociology at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Bangladesh. I then worked as a Statistical Researcher in the Research Team of The Children’s Society in Leeds, UK for just under six years. I have joined the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) within the Department of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University as a Research Associate in November 2012. I have been working as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology since March 2014 and recently been promoted to a Reader.
I love teaching quantitative methods especially the applicaiton of statistical techniques in social research. It gives me immense pleasure when I see students are enjoying the applicaiton of quantitaitve methods in their research and they find the skills useful for their career and further study.
You do not need to be a wizard at math to be successful with quantitative research. Strong determination, open to ask for help with difficult questions, giving enough time to practice, good organisation skills will take you to the level you need to be eventually.
Drawing on real life research especially demonstrating how quantitative techniques can help in finding answers to real life situaitons.
I have Honours and Master’s degrees in Sociology from the University of Dhaka and obtained a first class in both degrees. For my Masters thesis, I tested a Durkheimian model on social disorganisation (measured by crime rates) in the context of Bangladesh.
I was awarded a PhD by Hiroshima University, Japan. The Japanese Government fully funded the study through Monbugakakuso Scholarship. Under the supervision of Professor Asako Uehara, I explored intergroup relations between Hindus (minority group) and Muslims (majority group) in Bangladesh. Focusing on the dynamics of power relationship between these two groups in the context of history; my Doctoral research examined the prejudicial and discriminatory aspects of relationships between the members of these two groups in contemporary Bangladesh.
Research with children and young people
Quantitative methods
Survey design
Multivariate analysis of data
Subjective well-being
Inter-ethnic group relations
G. Pollock, H. Goswami, A. Szymczyk (2021). Towards a comparative cohort survey of child well-being. In: Sustainable Human Development Across the Life Course: Evidence from Longitudinal Research. Bristol University Press,
G. Pollock, J. Ozan, H. Goswami, G. Rees, A. Stasulane (2018). Measuring Youth Well-being How a Pan-European Longitudinal Survey Can Improve Policy. Springer.
H. Snee, H. Goswami Who Cares? Social mobility and the ‘class ceiling’ in nursing. Sociological Research Online: an electronic journal.
H. Goswami, C. Fox, G. Pollock (2018). Erratum to: The Current Evidence Base and Future Needs in Improving Children’s Well-Being Across Europe: is There a Case for a Comparative Longitudinal Survey? (Child Indicators Research, (2016), 9, 2, (371-388), 10.1007/s12187-015-9323-5). Child Indicators Research. 11(2), pp.705-705.
H. Goswami, C. Fox, G. Pollock (2016). The Current Evidence Base and Future Needs in Improving Children’s Well-Being Across Europe: is There a Case for a Comparative Longitudinal Survey?. Child Indicators Research. 9(2), pp.371-388.
M. Franks, R. Hunwicks, H. Goswami (2015). Barriers to the uptake of emergency accommodation by young runaways and thrown-out children and the role of the 'transitional person'. Children and Society. 29(2), pp.146-156.
H. Goswami (2014). Children’s Subjective Well-being: Socio-demographic Characteristics and Personality. Child Indicators Research. 7(1), pp.119-119.
M. Franks, R. Hunwicks, H. Goswami (2013). Barriers to the Uptake of Emergency Accommodation by Young Runaways and Thrown-out children and the Role of the 'Transitional Person'. Children and Society.
H. Goswami (2012). Social Relationships and Children's Subjective Well-Being. Social Indicators Research. 107(3), pp.575-588.
J. Bradshaw, A. Keung, G. Rees, H. Goswami (2011). Children's subjective well-being: International comparative perspectives. Children and Youth Services Review. 33(4), pp.548-556.
M. Franks, H. Goswami (2010). Rural runaways: Rurality and its implications for services to children and young people who run away. Children and Society. 24(2), pp.123-135.
H. Goswami (2004). Everyday Forms of Discrimination Experienced by the Minority: An Exploratory Study in a Village in Bangladesh. . 10 (2), pp. 121-150. Journal of International Development and Cooperation. 10(2), pp.121-150.
H. Goswami, Z. Nasreen (2003). Discourses on Minority Representation: The Case of Hindu Religious Minority in Bangladesh. Himalayan and Central Asian Studies. 7(3-4), pp.81-102.
Z. Nasreen, H. Goswami, R. Akhtar (2003). Cultural Constructions of the Reproductive Health of Pregnant and Lactating Mothers: Experiences of Some Village Women in Bangladesh. Journal of Asian Women’s Studies. 12, pp.62-77.
H. Goswami (2001). Division of Labour, Anomie and Social Disorganization: A Test of Durkheimian Model in the Context of Bangladesh. The Journal of Social Studies. 92(April-June), pp.38-60.
H. Goswami, MI. Khalil, BK. Banik (2022). Influence of Vulnerability on Subjective Well-Being and Self-Perceived Safety Among Bangladeshi Children. In: Handbook of Children’s Risk, Vulnerability and Quality of Life Global Perspectives. Springer Nature,
G. Pollock, J. Ozan, H. Goswami (2021). Life-course inequality and policy: a focus on child well-being. In: The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Inequalities and the Life Course. Routledge,
G. Pollock, H. Goswami, A. Szymczyk (2021). Towards a comparative cohort survey of child well-being. In: Sustainable Human Development Across the Life Course: Evidence from Longitudinal Research. Bristol University Press,
P. Gary, J. Ozan, H. Goswami (2018). Notions of Well-Being, the State of Child Well-Being Research and the MYWEB Project. In: Measuring Youth Well-being: How a Pan-European Longitudinal Survey Can Improve Policy. Springer,
J. Ozan, G. Pollock, H. Goswami, P. Lynn (2018). Challenges in Conducting a New Longitudinal Study on Children and Young People Well-Being in the European Union. G. Pollock, J. Ozan, H. Goswami, G. Rees, A. Stasulane. In: Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research. Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp.111-130.
G. Pollock, J. Ozan, H. Goswami (2018). Notions of Well-Being, the State of Child Well-Being Research and the MYWeB Project. In: Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research. Springer International Publishing, pp.1-13.
G. Pollock, J. Ozan, H. Goswami, C. Fox (2018). With a View Towards the Future: Working Towards an Accelerated European Cohort Survey. G. Pollock, J. Ozan, H. Goswami, G. Rees, A. Stasulane. In: Children's Well-Being: Indicators and Research. Cham: Springer, pp.163-178.
C. Fox, M. Sefton, K. Albertson, H. Goswami (2013). Evaluation of Grandmentors. Manchester: Policy Evaluation and Research Unit, Department of Sociology
G. Rees, H. Goswami, L. Pople, J. Bradshaw, A. Keung, et al. G. Main. (2013). The Good Childhood Report 2013. London: The Children's Society, The Children's Society.
A. Franklin, H. Goswami (2012). Communicate Together: Final Evaluation Report. London: The Chilldren's Society, Big Lottery.
G. Rees, H. Goswami, L. Pople, J. Bradshaw, A. Keung, et al. G. Main. (2012). The Good Childhood Report 2012: A Review of Our Children’s Well-being. London: The Children's Society, The Children's Society.