Md Sarwar Hossain

Sarwar is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science & Sustainability at the University of Glasgow's School of Social & Environmental Sustainability. He is the Programme Director of the Environmental Risk Management (MSc) and senior associate editor of Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change.

As an interdisciplinary researcher, Sarwar uses a social-ecological systems (SES) approach and modelling to explore real-world examples in sustainability science. Within sustainability science, thematically, he is interested in climate change, water security, and food security. Currently, his research focuses on understanding the limits of sustainability, specifically examining limits to adaptation and the concept of Safe and Just Operating Space. His interdisciplinary research addresses sustainability challenges within deltas and coastal areas (e.g., GBM, Mekong, Volta, Tana), East African nations (e.g., Zambia, Kenya), and China.

Before joining the University of Glasgow, he worked for the Institute of Geography, the University of Bern and the University of Southampton. He was the recipient of Europe's most competitive and prestigious award Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship. 

He holds a PhD (2016) in Geography and Environmental Science from the University of Southampton, UK, where he specialized in interdisciplinary and social-ecological systems research. Prior to starting his PhD, he completed his MSc (2012) in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University, The Netherlands