Methods used in the field include participatory rural appraisal (PRA), key informant interviews, household surveys, beach profiling, river cross-sections and vegetation sampling.
- 2024–13 districts of north-west BangladeshParticipatory rural appraisal for aquifer mapping and water stress assessment (WARPO).
- 2024Sylhet regionMaster's field survey of socioeconomic dynamics, microclimate and environmental profile, including surveys with tea workers at Khadimnagar Tea Estate, now being written up as a journal article.

Our group at Lawachara National Park, Moulvibazar 
An exposed hillside showing the sandy soil profile 
Natural gas seeping and burning beside a rice field 
Interviewing visitors on a stony riverbed 
Questionnaire survey on the riverbank 
Our survey team by a hill river - 2023Sundarbans · Jamtola Sea BeachClimatic variables and plant community patterns using the Braun-Blanquet cover-abundance scale.

A rhesus macaque on the forest floor 
On the boat into the Sundarbans 
Visitor rules at Harbaria, Sundarbans East Forest Division, Bagerhat 
Mangrove trees at Harbaria 
A paw print in the tidal mud 
Pneumatophores, the breathing roots of mangroves - 2022Kuakata Sea Beach, BarishalSWOT analysis of a coastal tourism site.
- 2020Bandarban, Teknaf & Saint Martin's IslandLand use, slope analysis, beach profiling and vegetation survey, plus an economic survey with interviews on Saint Martin's Island.

Buddha Dhatu Jadi, the Golden Temple, Bandarban 
A hill market under a banyan tree, Bandarban 
Weaving on a traditional backstrap loom, Bandarban 
Preparing the group presentation at night 
Our Day 1 poster: Mahamaya Lake and the Golden Temple, with a transect walk sketch 
Heading out for beach profiling with ranging poles 
Beach profiling with a ranging pole and tape at sunset - 2019Northern Bangladesh · DinajpurRiver cross-section profiling, soil texture analysis, and interviews and a socio-economic survey with the Santal community.

Community meeting during the socio-economic survey 
Household interview during the socio-economic survey 
Walking down to the riverbank 
On a bamboo bridge at the river cross-section site 
Field briefing on the Teesta Barrage 
Salient features of the Teesta Barrage Project 
Our group at Kantajew Temple, Dinajpur 
Terracotta panels on Kantajew Temple 
A tamarind pickle stall at a local fair 
A clay figure of Krishna at the fair 
The full study tour group Photos: Musanna Rahman Ovi and Naimur Rahman Khan