The Gen Z Revolution in Bangladesh and Its Fallout
April 2, 2026
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The Gen Z Revolution in Bangladesh and Its Fallout
Summary
What role did Gen Z play in the popular uprising that led to the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime in the summer of 2024? And what marks have the uprising left on democratic politics in Bangladesh? We discuss these questions with Arild Engelsen Ruud, Mubashar Hasan, and Ishrat Hossain whose work on the 2024 July Revolution appeared in a special issue of Journal of Bangladesh Studies in early 2026. We also discuss what the Gen Z Revolution can tell us more generally about processes of autocratization, resistance and mass protests in the contemporary world, and about the conditions under which popular mobilization can succeed in dislodging autocratic governments.
Arild Engelsen Ruud is Professor of South Asia Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway
Mubashar Hasan is Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Western Sydney, Australia
Ishrat Hossain is an Associate at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies
Kenneth Bo Nielsen, your host, is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo, Norway
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