Umme Marzana

Senior Lecturer , Moderator, Economics Club
Department of Economics

Faculty

Faculty of Business and Economics

Address

A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh

Office

Ext: 473 || Room No# m.zaman@ewubd.edu
marzana@ewubd.edu

Academic Background

M.Sc. in Economic Development & Policy Analysis, University of Nottingham (UK) - Distinction
B.Sc. in Economics, North South University - Summa Cum Laude (First in the Department of Economics, 5th in the graduating batch)

I have been teaching at East West University since 2019. I started my teaching journey right after my master's graduation. Since then I have been teaching a host of introductory and intermediate level undergraduate courses. Apart from teaching I am engaged in various administrative activities such as being one of the internship viva panelists, co-moderator of the Economics Club since 2021, among others, and non-departmental activities such as consultancy.

Professional Experience

December 2025 - Present: Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, East West University

April 2019 - November 2025: Lecturer, Department of Economics, East West University

July 2014 - December 2014: Content and Marketing Intern at Foodpand Bangladesh, Rocket Internet SE

Research Interest

Microeconomics, Gender, and CSO advocacy.

Amin, S. B. and Marzana, U., 2018.
Relationship between Aggregate and Disaggregate Energy with Socio-Economic Development of Bangladesh: An Examination. Journal of Accounting, Finance and Economics, 8(2), 85–97.

Amin, S.B., Ali, T.I. and Marzana, U., 2017.
The Dynamics of Good Governance in Promoting Energy Security: The Case of Bangladesh. Acta Universitatis Danubius. Relationes Internationales, 10(1), 61–78.

A Socio-Economic Analysis of the Meghna Region, Bangladesh under ACD, as part of the IUCN’s project called “BRIDGE”. (Co-researcher, alongside Professor A K Enamul Haque, Sarah Enamul Haque and Fahima Laskar. https://acdonline.org/meghna-basin-socio-ecological-analysis/)

Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh. (2025).
A dignified future for women: Progress, gaps and next steps. In Implementing 2030 agenda in Bangladesh: Experiences of the left behind communities. Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh. (Penholder for the chapter “A Dignified Future for Women: Progress, Gaps and Next Steps”. )