Aziz Rahman is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Centre to Counter Trafficking at Texas A&M International University. Before this, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Canada Excellence Research Chair Migration and Integration Program at Toronto Metropolitan University. He earned his PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Manitoba (UM), a Master’s in Criminology from the University of Toronto, a Master’s in Regional Development Planning from the University of Dortmund, and the University of the Philippines Diliman, and both a master's and an undergraduate honors degree in Sociology from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Bangladesh. Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship and perspectives, Aziz’s research and publications have focused on sociological and criminological issues, including refugee integration, public views of policing, ethnic violence, colonialism, terrorism, gig work, and human trafficking.
Aziz has received numerous scholarships, including the SSHRC Joseph Bombardier Doctoral Scholarship and the SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship. He has over a decade of teaching experience in sociology, criminology, and migration studies at universities in Canada and Bangladesh. He co-founded the Institute for Justice, Decolonization, and Peace in Canada to advance research and practices in decolonization, positive peace, and social justice globally. He serves on the Board of Winnipeg Immigrant Partnership advisory table on Immigration and Indigenous Peoples, the Canadian Association of Refugees and Forced Migration Studies, the Institute of Cultural Affairs Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Society of Criminology, and the UM President Student Leadership Program Alumni Association.
