Pushing the Boundaries of Social Sciences
Through innovative research, policy engagement and social outreach. About usOur ValuesOur People
We are an assemblage of scholars dedicated to achieving higher standards of intellectual excellence and integrity with the goal of helping bridge the gap between the theory and practice of social sciences.
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Our team of senior experts are internationally published on a wide array of themes which are relevant to Pakistan’s policy discourse and at the same time contribute significantly to the field of social sciences.
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Our research is geared to provide knowledgeable expertise on matters of policy. Additionally, we also aspire to bring cutting-edge research, in social sciences, to the fore.
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At Roads Initiative, our mission and objective is to help empower academics
to generate meaningful discussions on policy matters while at the same time enabling them to help transform the social sciences culture in Pakistan.
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Inspiring scholars to foster communication between the academia and the policy community through scholarly research, policy discussions, and publications.
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ROADS Initiative Winter School (Online)
November 18 -December 6, 2024
The ROADS Initiative winter school on “Alternative ROADS in Social Sciences” aspires to offer postgraduate and undergraduate Social Sciences students the opportunity to develop their knowledge on alternative insights by providing them expert lectures and guidance from top researchers and academics who work on alternative ideas in a variety of Social Sciences disciplines.
Integration Workshop
February 4, 2023
Pearl Continental Hotel,
Lahore.
Dr. Ahmed Waqas Waheed consulted with the Australia Awards to deliver a Reintegration Workshop to the returned scholars. Through the workshop, the alumni were introduced to different strategies of knowledge management so that they could deploy their newly acquired skills more effectively.
Conference Presentation
Aug 22–26, 2022
University of Innsbruck,
Austria
Madeeha Hassan will present her paper “A Critical View on Regional Security and SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Fund” in the panel on Global Economic Governance during COVID-19 – Perspectives from the Global South at the ECPR General Conference, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
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Locating Colonialism, Imperialism and Coloniality in Post-Colonial Pakistan
Imperialism derived from the Latin word “Imperium” meaning “power”, is often understood in terms of exercising power, acquisition, and control by one state or territory over other states or territories. It is a systematic formative study of the making and maintenance of empires. It studies the...
Colonial Legacies: Inherited Structures constrain Women’s Mobility, Economic Power, and Access to Rights
Exploitative governance structures and cultural impositions left by colonial powers have detrimentally impacted postcolonial societies. Women, in particular, have been disproportionately affected by these legacies through restrictive gender roles, limited economic opportunities, and constrained...
Surveillance as a Tool of Control: The Panopticon in Occupied Palestine
Israeli state terrorism and settler colonial political practices are tools of control and dispossession in occupied Palestine. Through violence, surveillance, and legal architecture, the Israeli state seeks to control and subordinate Palestinians, simultaneously expanding the settlements on...
Reshaping Global South Feminism in International Relations
International relations (IR) have long been shaped by Western-centric perspectives, often sidelining the lived experiences of the Global South. Specifically, the situation of women in the postcolonial world does not enter the mainstream feminist debates very frequently. If it does, their concerns...
Digital Colonialism: Navigating New Forms of Servitude in Industry 4.0
Although the world has undergone four waves of industrial revolution, one phenomenon remains intact: the exploitation of weaker nations at the hands of stronger ones. Industry 4.0 is essentially characterized by data and the deployment of emerging technologies to process and commercialize the...
Undermining Decolonisation
The term ‘decolonisation’ is generally believed to have been coined by a German scholar named Moritz Julius Bonn in 1932,1 but as a comparison of the number of scholarly articles containing the term before and after the year 2000 shows,2 its use has risen sharply in more recent times. While it is...