Meghna Guhathakurta is the Executive Director of Research Initiatives, Bangladesh (RIB), aresearch-based organization that specializes in participatory action research with marginalised communities. She has a Ph.D in Politics from the University of York, UK and taught International Relations at the University of Dhaka from 1982 to 2006. Her research interests concern gender, marginalisation, migration and political economy. Her recent publications include The Bangladesh Reader: History, Culture, Politics, which she co-edited with Willem van Schendel.