Center of Excellence in Higher Education
The First Private University in Bangladesh

Raihana Sharmin

Full-Time Faculty
Lecturer 

M.Sc., SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland

Phone: +880-2-55668200 Ext: 6166
Email: raihana.sharmin@northsouth.edu
Office: NAC 1146

Curriculum Vitae

Boski, P., Sharmin, R., Tariq, R., Ospanova, S., & Kurapov, A. (2025). Bicultural Competencies and Identities in Acculturation and Intercultural Relations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221251333123

Sharmin, R., & Boski, P. (2024). Bicultural Identity Integration and Life Satisfaction: Two Generations of Bangladeshi in the UK. In E. E. Buchtel & W. Friedlmeier (Eds.), Year of the Golden Jubilee: Culture Change in the Past, Present and Future. Proceedings from the 26th Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.4087/TOLL1733 

 

Erasmus Mundus Scholarship 

Erasmus Mundus European Master's in the Psychology of Global Mobility, Inclusion & Diversity in Society (Global-MINDS), 2021

SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland & Koc University, Turkey.

I have completed the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree in the Global-MINDS program with the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. It's a 2-year master's degree funded by the European Union and delivered by 5 European universities. 

 

MS in Clinical Psychology, 2015

University of Dhaka

 

BS in Psychology, 2013

University of Dhaka

 

Internship and Placements

Intern, 2021

University of Sussex

Project: Examining cultural differences in social orientation and cognitive styles.

 

Visiting Fellow, 2020

Migration Research Centre, Koc University

 

Trainee Clinical Psychologist, 2017

BSMMU

 

Trainee Clinical Psychologist, 2015

Dhaka Medical College & Hospital

 

Trainee Clinical Psychologist, 2014

National Institute of Mental Health 

Lecturer, North South University, 2023-Present

IBDP Psychology Teacher, International American School of Warsaw, Poland, 2022

Ongoing Research Projects

Title: Social chatbot for addressing the mental health of university students in Bangladesh, CTRG Grant 2024-2025

Role: Principal Investigator

Title: Effectiveness of Familiarization with Co-learning Method in Technology Learning of Women, CTRG Grant 2024-2025

Role: Co-Investigator

Title: Exploring suicide related myths among health care professionals in the Rohingya refugee context

Role: Co-Investigator

BRAC: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Coordinator, Humanitarian Crisis Management Program, Cox's Bazar

Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK)- Médecins du Monde: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Supervisor, Forcibly Displaced Myanmar National Project, Cox's Bazar

PSY101: Introduction to Psychology

PSY101L: Introduction to Psychology Lab

Member, International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology

Associate Member, Bangladesh Clinical Psychology Society

Acculturation, Migration and Forced Migration, Social and Cultural Identity, Mental Health, Prejudice & Discrimination