He is a MSCA fellow at the Department of Political Science, Vrije University Brussels, Belgium.  Dr. Parvez led several research works on violent extremist (VE) propaganda, narratives, and misinformation and worked as a consultant for the USAID, World Bank, IRI, and UNDP-funded projects. His research on violent extremism in Bangladesh and VE narratives has been published in prestigious scholarly journals, including Terrorism and Political Violence and Perspectives on Terrorism. Most recently he co-edited a book on the politics of terrorism and counterterrorism in Bangladesh published by Routledge, UK. He also co-authored a research article with Professor Ali Riaz (Illinois State University) on the rigging mechanisms and role of media in the 2018 national election in Bangladesh, published in the Democratization journal.  He also worked as a journalist for a Bangladeshi TV channel, Bangla Vision, and as an assistant producer for the BBC World Service Trust. He taught Political Science and International Relations at the North South University and Chittagong University in Bangladesh.

Dr. Parvez has achieved his Ph.D. from the University of Sydney on the role of digital media in violent extremism in Bangladesh and his M.A. from George Washington University under the Fulbright program. As a Fulbright grantee at the Elliott School of International Affairs at the GWU, he took courses on strategic communication, public diplomacy, and global communications, which later helped him better understand the media, misinformation, and propaganda narratives in Bangladesh, and conduct research projects for the international development agencies.