Mohammad Swapan is an Associate Professor in Urban and Regional Planning and the Co-director of Global South Nexus at Curtin University. Swapan has a PhD (Urban and Regional Planning) awarded in 2013 from Curtin University, Australia; He received a Master of Environmental Studies in 2007 from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and a Bachelor of Urban and Rural Planning (BURP) in 2001 from Khulna University, Bangladesh. Swapan’s research interests include water sensitive cities, liveability, urban park management and urban informality. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and numerous book chapters, which have received more than 1000 citations. He is also leading a number of national and local research projects in Australia.