Dr. Shahin Alam

Postdoctoral Researcher (Project: Waste2Feed, Phase I)

Department of Human Geography

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

As an animal scientist, I research sustainable livestock systems in urban and peri-urban areas, focusing on food waste as animal feed within circular economies. In Phase I of the "Food Waste as Animal Feed" project, I examine the integration of food waste into livestock farming in South Asian countries of the Global South, emphasizing mainstreaming food waste as feed within circular economy frameworks. My work also explores closing the loop in urban Bangladesh through an actor-network approach, engaging policymakers, dairy farmers, waste collectors, and city dwellers in food waste-to-feed systems.

Research Interests

·       Urban farming system

·       Circular economy in livestock farming

·       Revalorization of food waste

·       Environmental sustainability

Affiliation in Bangladesh

Associate Professor (Dairy Science)

Dept. of Dairy and Poultry Science (Study leave)

Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University

Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Email: shahindps@hstu.ac.bd

Education

PhD, Animal Nutrition, University of Kassel, Germany

MSc, Animal Science, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands

MSc, Dairy Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

BSc, Animal Husbandry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Analytical skills

MAXQDA, FarmDESIGN, Q-GIS, R Studio, ICP-OES, GC-FID

Major achievements:

·       PhD scholar in Indo-German project, Funded by DFG, Germany

·       Netherlands Fellowship Programme for MSc study

·       National Science and Technology fellowship for MSc study in Bangladesh

·       Exim Bank merit scholarship for BSc study in Bangladesh

·       Best poster award @ Tropentag 2022 conference

Teaching experience

From conceptualisation to communication: Key steps in empirical research (Germany), Fundamentals of dairy science, Dairy technology, Dairy microbiology, Dairy animal production, Technology of meat, poultry and dairy products (Bangladesh)

Languages

English, Bengali, German (B1)

Selected publications

Alam, S, Velayudhan, S M, Dey, D K, Adilieme, C, Malik, P K, Bhatta, R, König, S, Schlecht, E, 2023. Urbanisation threats to dairy cattle health: Insights from Greater Bengaluru, India. Trop. Anim. Health Prod. 55:350, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-023-03737-7

Yousefian, N, S Alam, K B Ramappa, E Schlecht, and C Dittrich. 2024. Cows in the city: How consumer demands sustain urban dairying in the IT capital of India. Urban Agric. Reg. Food Syst.1–19. https://doi.org/10.1002/uar2.20070

Alam, S, Schlecht, E, Reichenbach, M, 2022. Impacts of COVID-19 on small-scale dairy enterprises in an Indian megacity—Insights from Greater Bengaluru. Sustainability 14, 2057, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042057