Enam is an international development practitioner turned anti-colonial thinker, seeking answers to the questions around decolonising environmental governance in the global south – especially Bangladesh. Growing out of a forest village on the South-East coast of Bangladesh (once part of historic Arakan), he has seen the dispossession of natural resources from the marginalised communities first-hand.
He has worked with international and national organisations to enable inclusive and participatory environmental governance for more than 14 years, through evidence-based advocacy, grassroots community mobilisation and civil society-led programmes.
Enam holds a Master of Science degree in Inequalities and Social Science (with distinction) from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences and a Master of Social Science and a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) degree in Sociology from the University of Dhaka.
Enam’s research at LSE Geography and Environment Department is on ‘Coloniality, Commons and the Commoners: Past, Present and Future of Environmental Governance in Bangladesh’.
Selected Publications:
- Badhon, M. K., Uddin, M. K., Nitu, F. K., & Siddique, E. M. K. (2019). Identifying Priorities for Shark Conservation in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. Read paper.
- Siddique, E. M. K. (2018a). Opinion: The human cost of Hilsa conservation. The Third Pole. Read paper.
- Siddique, E. M. K. (2018b). Strengthening communities’ collective action for inclusive water governance in Brahmaputra & Meghna Basins [Policy Brief]. Oxfam in Asia. Read paper.
- Siddique, E. M. K. (2023). ‘Caught in a ghost net’ – when the fisheries policies serve neither the fish nor the fisherfolk. London School of Economics and Political Science.
Awards:
- Senior Atlantic Fellow (2024), Atlantic Institute, University of Oxford.
- Rawson Scholarship for PhD studies (2023), London School of Economics and Political Sciences
- Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity (2022), London School of Economics and Political Sciences.
- Distinguished Humphrey Fellow on Climate Change (2021), US State Department, Institute of International Education and Indiana University-Purdue University Indiana.
- Kinship Conservation Fellow (2017), Kinship Foundation, USA.