Public Scholarship

As a scholar of the political economy of development, I have been committed to disseminating my research to multiple stakeholders. During my fieldwork in Pakistan, I have remained an Affiliate with Pakistan’s Consortium for Development Policy Research. I have also presented my research at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, and shared insights from an article I wrote for the Monkey Cage in a podcast with the Center of Economic Research in Pakistan.

I am an APSA Public Scholar for the AY 2022-23. My featured blogposts at Political Science Now are listed below.

“Indigenous Communities that Resisted Historical Labor Conscription Are More Likely to Obtain Accommodation from the State,” PoliticalScienceNow.com. 27th July, 2023. Available here. “How Conflicts and Population Loss Led to the Rise of English Wikipedia’s Credibility,” PoliticalScienceNow.com. 29th May, 2023. Available here “Lockdowns for Public Health Can Also Reduce Violence,” PoliticalScienceNow.com. 20th March, 2023. Available here. “Failing Merit-Based Civil Service Exams Can Reduce Institutional Trust and National Identification,” PoliticalScienceNow.com. 6th February, 2023. Available here. “Getting Someone Else to Do the Task: When Accountability Initiatives Create Shadow States Instead of Building Bureaucratic Capacity,” PoliticalScienceNow.com. 26th December, 2022. Available here. “Should the Rich Be Taxed? People Are More Concerned about Whether the Rich Are Greedy Than Whether They Worked Their Way Up!” PoliticalScienceNow.com. 24th October, 2022. Available here. “Targeting Men could Raise Women Voters’ Turnout,” PoliticalScienceNow.com. 23rd September, 2022. Available here.

Podcasts

Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP)

I shared insights from my research on COVID-19 vaccination with the Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP) in Episode 17 of its podcast series.

Listen to CERP Podcast — Episode 17 ↗

The Academic Minute

I was featured on The Academic Minute in a discussion of how foreign aid can shape political behavior. The segment explores how recipients of foreign aid interact with local political institutions and how foreign-funded development programs can influence political behavior.

Listen to "How Foreign Aid Changes Political Behavior" ↗

The Young Podcast

I joined The Young Podcast for a conversation about democracy and development in the Global South. The discussion examines questions of political development, democracy, and the relationship between domestic politics and development in the region.

Listen to the podcast: "Democracy and Development in the Global South" ↗

AAUW

I have also participated in public-facing conversations on gender, equity, and inclusion in academia through the American Association of University Women (AAUW). These engagements reflect my broader commitment to making academic research and conversations about equity accessible to wider audiences.