I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Prior to this, I was a postdoctoral prize fellow in sociology at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, where I also obtained my DPhil (PhD). I am an associate member at Nuffield College and also affiliated with Young Lives, the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and the International Inequalities Institute.
I currently serve as an Associate Editor for European Societies and as an editorial board member of the British Journal of Sociology of Education. I also co-organise the seminar series: Education Policy and Research in International Perspective hosted by EduHub, LSE Social Policy. You can sign up to participate or present at the online seminars here.
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.
Journal articles
Hossain, Mobarak & Jukes, Matthew. (2024). Gender Differences in Socioemotional Skills Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. Journal of Development Studies. Open access
Hossain, Mobarak. (2024). Risk Factors Associated with Rohingya Refugee Girls’ Education in Bangladesh: A Multilevel Analysis of Survey Data. British Journal of Sociology. Open access
Hossain, Mobarak. (2024). The Mismatch between World Bank Actions and the Decentralization of Educational Systems in LMICs. American Educational Research Journal. Open access
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 & Beretta, Martina. Intergenerational Educational Mobility during the Twentieth Century. Pre-print and replication materials
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
