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Dr Ikram Shah

Dr Ikram Shah

Tenured Associate Professor

Area of Interest: Sociology & Criminology

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

Ph.D. Sociology 2015 Department
of Sociology University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

Profile / Bio

  • Assistant
    Professor, from 23 September 2018 to till
    date,
    Department of Development Studies, COMSATS University Islamabad,
    Abbottabad Campus
  • Assistant
    Professor/Departmental Operational Officer (DOO), from 13th September to 23rd September 2019, Department
    of Development Studies, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus.
  • Assistant
    Professor (Visiting Faculty), from 10th
    March to 18th January, 2018.
    Department of Development Studies,
    COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad.
  • Assistant
    Professor (IPFP), from 10th
    March, 2016 to 09th March 2017.
    Department
    of Development Studies, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad.
  • Assistant
    Professor (Visiting Faculty), from 7th
    September, 2015 to 09th March 2016.
    Department of Development
    Studies, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad.

Research Interests

  • Tourism
  • Disaster
    Management
  • e-governance
  • Education
  • Cultural
    Heritage
  • Social
    Policy

Awards

  • Received Letter of Appreciation from Campus Director,
    July 2019.
  • Received
    the Research Productivity Award, 2016.

Research Projects

  • CoPI, Media Involvement in Post-Conflict Peace
    Building Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities in Pakistan. Funded by HEC
    under the Thematic Research Grant 2.4 Million. 
  • PI, Students’ career
    decision making: Examine factors that influence career choices at higher
    secondary level in KP, Pakistan. Funded by Higher Education Commission .260
    Million.

Students Supervised

PhD Students
Supervision

  • Health
    Governance: An Assessment of Health Services Provision and Management in Khyber
    Pakhtunkhwa. Yasir Zaman. FA15-R70-006
  • Dialectics of
    Food Security in Azad Jammu and Kashmir: Analyzing the Challenges and Opportunities.
    Muhammad Qaddafi Khan Wali. FA 15-R70-004

 

MS Students
Supervision

  • Police Response to COVID 19:
    Policy implementation Practices and Challenges during first phase of COVID-19
    in Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Syed Ubaid Shah. FA19-RDS-003
  • Tourism
    Development in Mountain Regions: Identifying Challenges and Opportunities in
    Kaghan Valley. Syeda Mahnoor Riaz. FA19/RDS/016
  • Analysis
    of Health Sector Response to COVID-19 outbreak: Response and Challenges in District
    Manshira. Bibi Tabinda Ayyaz. SP19-RDS-011
  • Social
    Accountability – Assessing mechanisms and processes of Social Accountability in
    Tehsil Municipal. Haris Shah. FA18-RDS-002
  • Assessing the Effects of
    Livelihood Capitals at Household Level in Poverty Reduction of District
    Mansehra. Rehana Jabeen. SP18-R10-004
  • Analysis
    of Trickle-down effects of Quota System in Politic on Women Empowerment. Maryam
    Saeed. FA17-R10-003.
  • The
    Role of Religious Institution in Promoting Peace in Swat. Shabir Khan. SP17-R16-010
  • Analysis
    of Peace Building through cross-sector collaboration in district Swat. Dildar
    Ali. SP-17-R10-003
  • Pakistan’s
    Labor Market Regulation: Identifying gaps in Theory and Practice for Daily
    Wager Rights Protection in Small Industries. Wahid Aleem. FA16-R10-006
  • Analyzing
    the Role of Media sustaining peace in Post-conflict situation Swat. Ijaz Ali. FA16-R10-003
  • Minimization
    of Religious Sectarianism: The Potential Role of Religious Scholars. Zeeshan Khan.
    SP16-R10-009

 

Journal Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5869" title="Zaheer Ahmed">Ahmed Z</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=67" title="Mr. Hamayun Khan">Khan. H</a> Dynamics of education policy formulation after the 18th amendment in the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Otoritas: Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan, 2025
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=67" title="Mr. Hamayun Khan">Khan. H</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=677" title="Tanveer Jamal">T.Jamal</a> Who decides what? Women’s decision-making after men’s out-migration in the mountainous communities of Pakistan, Routledge Taylor and Francis: Development in Practice, 2025
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5858" title="Nisar Ahmad">Ahmad Nisar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> Higher education in 21st century: An analysis of ICT integration for teaching and learning in Pakistan. , Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal, 2024
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5858" title="Nisar Ahmad">Ahmad Nisar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> Empowering education: the transformative impact of information communication technologies on teaching and learning, International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2023
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5857" title="Kanwal Rubab">Kanwal Rubab</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=710" title="Dr. Noor Elahi">N.Elahi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=67" title="Mr. Hamayun Khan">Khan. H</a> Gender-based adjustment problems of divorcees in Hazara Division, Pakistan, PLoS ONE , 2023
6. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=710" title="Dr. Noor Elahi">N.Elahi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a> Impact of Covid-19 on informal employment: A case study of women domestic workers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, PLOS ONE, 2022
7. Jawad Ahmad,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=650" title="Mr. Shakir Ullah">Shakir.U</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> Social inclusion of minorities in Pakistan: The case of Sikh community, Sikh Formation: Religion, Culture, Theory, 2022
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1806" title="Zartashia Anwar ">Anwar. Z</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=710" title="Dr. Noor Elahi">N.Elahi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> Assessing the trends and drivers of land use land cover change in district Abbottabad lower Himalayan Region Pakistan, Geocarto International, 2022
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=710" title="Dr. Noor Elahi">N.Elahi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=62" title="Dr. Tahir Mahmood">T.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=69" title="Dr. Adnan Ahmad Dogar">A.Dogar</a> Inter-agency collaboration and disaster management: A case study of the 2005 earthquake disaster in Pakistan, Jàmbá - Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 27 January, 2022
10. Shahzad Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> Factors affecting wheat productivity of small farm households in the rural district Charsadda, Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, 2021
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=2809" title="Qaddafi Khan Wali">Wali, Q., K.</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> Household Food Security: Determinants and Perceived Challenges in Mountains of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, 2021
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=62" title="Dr. Tahir Mahmood">T.Mahmood</a>,Sajjad Ali Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> Capitalizing on religious narratives: The reconstruction of militants' reality in Northern Pakistan, Cogent Social Sciences, 2021
13. Abdullah Ijaz,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=69" title="Dr. Adnan Ahmad Dogar">A.Dogar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a>,Mohammad Saeed Lodhi,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=650" title="Mr. Shakir Ullah">Shakir.U</a> UNDERSTANDING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN RURAL COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY OF SAHIWAL DISTRICT, PUNJAB PAKISTAN, Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews, 2021
14. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=710" title="Dr. Noor Elahi">N.Elahi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a> Analyzing the Potential Role of Media in Representing Peace and Development Initiatives in Post-conflict Swat, Asian Journal of International Peace & Security (AJIPS), , 2021
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> Learning Chinese as Foreign Language in Pakistani Universities: Understanding Motivations and Perceptions of Students, Asian EFL Journal12121, 2020
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> Exploring Socio-Economic Challenges in the Repatriation of Afghan Refugees from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Elementary Education Online, 2020
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> Safeguarding Cultural Resources of Built Heritage; Identifying gaps in Policies and Practices: A Case Study of Abbottabad, Pakistan. , PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/ Egyptology, 2020
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=69" title="Dr. Adnan Ahmad Dogar">A.Dogar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> The Role of Social Media in Destination Marketing: A Case Study of Galiyat Region in Pakistan, International Journal on Emerging Technologies, 2020
19. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=113" title="Dr. Faridullah">Faridullah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=71" title="Mr. Ehsan Inamullah">E.Inamullah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=710" title="Dr. Noor Elahi">N.Elahi</a> Estimation of Farm Level Technical Efficiency in Maize Production at the High Mountain North Region of Pakistan, Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, 2020
20. Faiza Hasseb,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> Role of Peace Education in Sustainability and Development of Pakistan, International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2020
21. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=710" title="Dr. Noor Elahi">N.Elahi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=650" title="Mr. Shakir Ullah">Shakir.U</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=69" title="Dr. Adnan Ahmad Dogar">A.Dogar</a> Institutional arrangement for disaster risk management: Evidence from Pakistan, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2020
22. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=69" title="Dr. Adnan Ahmad Dogar">A.Dogar</a> Constraints to Online Teaching in Institutes of Higher Education during Pandemic COVID-19: A Case Study of CUI, Abbottabad Pakistan, Revista Românească pentru Educaţie Multidimensională, 2020
23. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=710" title="Dr. Noor Elahi">N.Elahi</a>,Marryam Saeed Content Analysis of Crime reporting in Print Media: Evidence from Pakistan, , Pakistan Journal of Criminology, 19, April , 2019
24. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> A CO-RELATIONAL STUDY OF FAMILY INCOME AND POOR PARENTING IN CHILD’S EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN DISTRICT DIR LOWER, PAKISTAN, Journal of Global Research in Education and Social Science, 2017
25. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> The Impact of Violent Conflict on the Agricultural Economy of FATA: A Case Study of Bajaur Agency Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences, 2016
26. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a> An Explorative Correlational Study of Family Background and Students’ Career Decision Making at Higher Secondary Level in Pakistan, Transylvanian Review, 2016
27. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=61" title="Dr. Arif Alam">A. Alam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a> Measuring Mission Drift in Emerging Economies: An Evidence from Pakistan Microfinance Network, Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences, 2016
28. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=650" title="Mr. Shakir Ullah">Shakir.U</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=669" title="Dr. Ikram Shah">Shah. I</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=67" title="Mr. Hamayun Khan">Khan. H</a> Archaeological Surveys of Waziristan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Its Contribution to Our Understanding, Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language PJSEL, 2016