Conference and Seminars

• Seminar conducted on the ‘Role of Faculty and Youth in the Perception Management and Peace Building in the light of Paigham-e-Pakistan’ in University of Swabi on October 6, 2021. Spoke as a speaker on the topic ‘Counternarrative: A key constituent of counterinsurgency strategy.
• Seminar conducted on the ‘Role of Faculty and Youth in the Perception Management and Peace Building in the light of Paigham-e-Pakistan’ in Women University Mardan on October 7, 2021. Spoke as a speaker on the topic ‘Counternarrative: A key constituent of counterinsurgency strategy.
• Seminar conducted on the role of ‘NAB: A constrain or catalyst of economic development in Pakistan’ in University of Swabi with the collaboration of NAB on October 12, 2021 and spoke as a key speaker on the occasion.
• Conducted seminar on ‘The Current Political Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for our youth’. Dr. S. Akbar Zaidi was Chief Guest. The seminar was conducted on December 3, 2021.
• Participated and spoke as a Key Note Speaker in seminars conducted by Islamic Research Institute (IRI), in collaboration with KP Centre of Excellence on Counter Violent Extremism, on Peace building and National Integration. They were held on Monday, 21 March 2022 in Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST), Tuesday, 22 March 2022 in FATA University, KPK and on Thursday, 24 March 2022 in Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak.

Training Workshops on Peace, Tolerance, diversity and Inclusivity
Conducted One-Day Training Workshop for the Administration and Faculty Members of the University of Swabi and Women University Swabi on Conflict Management in Academic Environment in Collaboration with Shaoor Foundation (June 23, 2023).
Represented University of Swabi in “All Pakistan Peace Societies Symposium” organized by Shaoor Foundation held on 21-22 March 2023 in Islamabad.
Conducted an interactive session on "Women International Day 2023" to discuss the inclusion challenges to women in our society (March 10, 2023).
One-day training workshop for students was organized on Peace, Tolerance and Inclusivity in collaboration with Shaoor Foundation for Education and Awareness (SFEA) (February 06, 2023).
Conducted a Peace dialogue on the topic on diversity and Inclusivity with the collaboration of Shaoor Foundation for Education and Awareness (January 05, 2023).
One Day Training for Faculty and Students on Peace and Conflict Management was organised by in collaboration with Shaoor Foundation. (December 16, 2022).
Conducted a training session on the topic of "Social Cohesion" for the students with the collaboration of the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) Islamabad (November,18, 2022).
Attended a two-day gendered research methodologies workshop in Islamabad (August 07-08, 2023).

Peer-Reviewed Research

“Securitization and Counter-Securitization of Militancy in Pakistan after 9/11,” Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs (Accepted with Christian Kaunert).

“Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism in Pakistan,” South Asia Research (Accepted with Christian Kaunert).

“US drone strikes, securitization processes and practices: A case study of Pakistan,” Critical Studies on Terrorism, Vol. 16, No, 2 (2023) (with Christian Kaunert).

Khan, A. ‘The Expansion of the Insurgency in the Erstwhile Tribal Areas of Pakistan’, Global  Strategic          &         Security           Studies Review,           Vol VI, No II, (2021).

“The Impact of External Support on Insurgency,” Global Political Review, Vol VI, No. II, (2021).

Khan, A. (2022) ‘Current Afghanistan Crisis: The Impact of External Factors on Internal Crisis’, Global Regional Review, VII(I), 118-129.

“Causes and factors responsible for Operation  Zarb-e-Azb: Perspective of internally displaced persons of North Waziristan, Pakistan,” Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal, Vol 6, No. 1 (2022) (with Khan, A and Ullah, A).

“Socio-economic impacts of North Waziristan Agency’s internally displaced persons on Lakki Marwat: 2014-2017,” Journal of Humanities, Social and  Management Sciences, Vol 3, No. 2 (2022) (with Khan, A and Ullah, A).

“Socio-economic impacts of internal displacement on the internally displaced persons of North Waziristan: 2014-2017,” Journal of Humanities, Social and Management Sciences, Vol 3, No. 1 (2022) (with Khan, A and Ullah, A).

“US policies in Afghanistan and its Impact on FATA,” A Journal of Peace and Development, (2013).

“Fighting Unconventional War In The Tribal Areas Of Pakistan Through Conventional Means,” Webology, Vol 18, No. 6 (2021) (with Khan, Faisal).

Contributing author:

Contributing author to ‘Tehreek-e-Labbaik: How Blasphemy Case in Pakistan Brought Down Hardline Religious Party’, The Conversation (2019).

Contributing author to ‘Kashmir: How Modi’s Aggressive ‘Hindutva’ Project has Brought India and Pakistan to the Brink – Again’, The Conversation (2019)