Hi!
I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick and Co-Coordinator for the Urban Violence Research Network (UVRN), an international platform connecting academics and researchers working on urban violence and related issues. I am also a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
My research is interdisciplinary and draws from Security Studies, Criminology, Sociology, Law and Politics. My research interests include policing, security/insecurity, armed violence, state violence, counterinsurgency, informality, militarism, and migration in Pakistan, South Asia, and beyond. While I am especially interested in the global South, I also explore minority and diaspora experiences with policing in the UK.
I have thus far published in the World Development, Security Dialogue, Journal of Urban Affairs, Policing and Society, the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, and the Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics. My book, Insecure Guardians, based on my doctoral research, has been published by Hurst & Co. (UK) and Oxford University Press (US) (2022).
Previously, I was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Global City Policing, University College London (UCL). I completed my PhD from the School of Security Studies, King’s College London (KCL) and I have taught international security at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). I have an MA in ‘Terrorism, Security and Society’ from KCL and an LLB (Hons) from SOAS as well.
I frequently contribute to media outlets, policy analysis, commentary, and research. I am open to public engagement and outreach. You may contact me on zoha.waseem@gmail.com.
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