Research
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Impact Ink
ImpactInk applies a critical, human-centered lens to the world's most pressing issues. We move beyond the headlines to deconstruct global power dynamics, from international policy debates to grassroots social movements, always centering the voices of those most impacted.
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Policy Residency
The Residency brings together graduate students from top universities to publish research on a pressing social problem. They author targeted recommendations with advice from subject-matter experts from diverse professional backgrounds, and present the final report at UN-forums.
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Young Voices
Our annual essay competition for high school students (Grades 9-12) in English Medium schools in Bangladesh to tackle pressing global issues through the lens of public policy, using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a guiding framework.
2025-2026
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Issue #1: Behind Garment Boom
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2025-26 Policy Residency
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![Poster for Policy Research Cohort 2024-25 featuring diverse group of six women and one man smiling, with text highlighting the cohort and academic year.]()
2025-26 Policy Brief
2024-2025
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![Cover photo of a policy brief titled 'Scaling with Cause' showing a colorful illustration of a community with a river, houses, and people, including a community clinic in Bangladesh.]()
Policy Brief: Scaling with Cause
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![Graphic design for Impactink Special Series featuring a statue of Lady Justice holding scales, a gavel on a desk, and blocks of green and yellow background with text.]()
Impact Ink #7: Shalini Konanur on Settlement of South Asian Newcomers in Canada
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![Collage showing a piggy bank, stacks of coins, a hand placing a coin, a graduation ceremony with students in caps and gowns, and a building with columns, all on a background with green and yellow rectangles.]()
Impact Ink #7: Cash Cow to Scapegoat: The Evolving Narrative on International Students
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![A collage showing a black-and-white photo of a woman and a child inside a rustic room on the left, and a color photo of a modern cityscape with high-rise buildings and a river on the right.]()
Impact Ink #6: Discrimination at Home: The Human Side of Rural-to-Urban Migration
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![A collage of two men with light and medium skin tones, wearing plaid shirts, one looking directly at the camera and the other with his hand on his chin, against a pastel-colored background.]()
Impact Ink #5: Indigenous Autonomy & CHT Accord
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![Portrait of a woman with shoulder-length wavy black hair, wearing a yellow saree with a silver border, smiling against a black background with pastel-colored geometric shapes.]()
Impact Ink #4: Runa Khan on Climate Change
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![Illustration of Lady Justice holding scales in her right hand and a sword in her left hand, with a blindfold covering her eyes, set against a red background with layered rectangles.]()
Impact Ink #3: Special Issue on July Protests
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![Group of women and children protesting with signs, a woman holding a plow, and another woman with a megaphone.]()
Impact Ink #2: Bandhobon Shangho
2023-24
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![Illustration of a woman reading a book to a group of girls in a classroom setting. The scene is framed within an orange circle, with the text "Policy Brief" at the top and "Ending Period Poverty" at the bottom on a dark background.]()
Policy Brief: Ending Period Poverty
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![A man and a woman appear in a photo with a light green, yellow, black, and light teal background, with the woman resting her chin on her hand.]()
Impact Ink #1: Zilur & Zillur on the Non Profit Sector
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![Group of diverse people gathered around a table with green paper and sticky notes, participating in a collaborative activity.]()
Synopsis: MHM Workshops
