Lipon Mondal is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Dhaka. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology (2020) from Virginia Tech (USA), where he was among the top 1% of all doctoral students and became a life member of two most distinguished Honor Societies: Phi Kappa Phi and Golden Key International. He received a Master's degree in Sociology from the University of Dhaka, earning first place in the first class and the prestigious Nazmul Karim Memorial Gold Medal. He also earned a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Dhaka, securing the first position in the first class and receiving the Dean's Award.

Dr. Mondal's research focuses on global political economy, world-systems analysis, urban sociology, labor control/rights, and sociological theory. He has published more than eight peer-reviewed journal articles in his area of expertise. Notably, two of his recent articles, which advance two new theories in the field of global capitalism, have appeared in two top-notch journals: Urban Studies (SAGE) and Journal of World-Systems Research (American Sociological Association). Two of his book chapters are forthcoming. One of his journal articles is forthcoming, and two are currently under review.

Recently, Dr. Mondal signed a book contract (edited volume, editors: Lipon Mondal & David Brunsma) with Brill Academic Publishers, especially with David Fasenfest's Studies in Critical Social Sciences book series. This book is titled The Regimes of Urban Dispossession: A Global South Perspective. He is also preparing his second book manuscript, From Dispossession to Surplus Production: The Urban Logic of Capitalism in the Global South, for Oxford University Press. Moreover, he is working on several journal articles, including the sociological question of justice and the boundary-making of the global political economy.

Dr. Mondal's teaching interests include Sociological Theories, Marxist Thoughts, History of Global Capitalism, Urban Sociology, Social Stratification, Global Studies, Global Apparel Industry, Research Methodology, and Introductory Sociology.

Dr. Mondal serves national and international research communities by regularly reviewing articles from a dozen leading sociology and urban studies journals. He is actively engaged in various international professional organizations, including the American Sociological Association (ASA), the International Sociological Association (ISA), and the Southern Sociological Society (SSS).