GHAZAN NAWAZ

Assistant Professor

Sociology , Garden Campus

Contact Information:

ghazan.nawaz@awkum.edu.pk

His major areas of research/interests are Third Sector including Non-profit and non-governmental organisation (NGOs), INGOs, participatory development initiatives at grass root level, development practices and interventions especially in poverty alleviation, organizational analysis of NGOs with special focus on transparency and accountability in their organizations and operations, environmental sociology, sustainable development with special focus on disaster mitigations. Sociology of Knowledge, sociology of intellectuals/sociologists, critical analysis of social sciences, its current status, originality and creativity in social sciences in Pakistan, social epistemology. Before joining university teaching in 2008, Nawaz worked in various local and international NGOs including US-AID, GTZ (Germany), UNICEF, SRSP, Sungi Foundation etc. with both local community as well as refugees. These extensive field work experience enrich my teaching and research practice at university. Besides publications of various research articles and papers at national and international conferences, Ghazan Nawaz co-authored his first book in 2011 and published it from Germany, ‘Gender, Development & Women’s Empowerment: Analysis of Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Pakistan’, Saarbrücken: LAP Lambert GmbH & Co. KG. In addition to supervision of student research projects, He is currently teaching at Graduate and post graduate level various modules including Introductory sociology, Sociological theory, environmental sociology, project management, disaster management, social change and development.