Academic interests
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Climate change
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Evictions & Collective action
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Religious extremism
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Migration & Enculturation
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Gender in(equality)
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Conflict & Peacebuilding
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Cross-cultural research
My ongoing research projects explore various social and psychological vulnerabilities associated with climate change, religious extremism, migration, and gender identity. I work in the areas of Social, Cultural, Political, Evolutionary, and Climate Psychology using correlational, experimental, qualitative, and triangulation methods. Due to the cross-disciplinary and intersectional nature of my research, I frequently collaborate with evolutionary biologists, human geographers, urban planners, political scientists, and international law scholars. My work has received several prestigious research and community engagement grants from institutes such as Max Planck Institute (Germany), USAID (USA), International Institute of Education (IIE, USA), Higher Education Commission (HEC, Pakistan), and International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada).
Courses taught
PSY4130 - Promoting Change through Social Psychology
PSY4110 - Applied Qualitative Methods
PSYC3511 - PSYC3511 – Health promotion and preventive work (3): Cultural and social psychological perspectives
PSY4506 - Human Rights, Democracy and Reconstruction after Conflict; A community based approach
PSY2506 - Green Mediation: Conflict, Collaboration, and Change Towards a Sustainable Future
PSY4111 - Applied Social Psychology
PSY2507 - Klima-, miljø- og økopsykologi
Background
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2022 – Associate Professor - University of Oslo
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2021-2022 – Visiting Professor - Simon Fraser University
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2021 – Psychology Instructor - Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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2020-2021 – Associate Professor - Institute of Business Administration
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2016-2020 – Assistant Professor - Institute of Business Administration
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2016 – Assistant Professor - Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
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2015 – Visiting Researcher - University of Kent (German Research Foundation Fellowship)
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2015 – Ph. D. Social Psychology Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena (Max Planck - IMPRS Fellowship)
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2012 – MS Psychology - The New school (Fulbright Scholarship)
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2010 – M.Phil. Psychology Quaid-i-Azam University
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2008 – M. Sc. Psychology – Quaid-i-Azam University
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2006 – B.Sc. Psychology - Punjab University (National Talent Scholarship)
Partners
Climate Change and Urban Violence Network (Kenya, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United Kingdon)
Karachi Urban Lab (Pakistan)