Pushing the Boundaries of Social Sciences

Through innovative research, policy engagement and social outreach.
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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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Decolonizing (applied) linguistics in Pakistan

Decolonizing (applied) linguistics in Pakistan

There is a growing tendency globally that suggests decolonizing the social sciences by disrupting colonial legacies. It is argued that the social sciences, including the field of linguistics, are heavily influenced by Eurocentric Enlightenment thinking.1 In the words of Ngugi wa Thiong'O, an...

Captive Minds, Coloniality and International Relations

Captive Minds, Coloniality and International Relations

Ever since Stanley Hoffman1 exposed International Relations as a hegemonized discipline, there has been a growing trend among International Relations scholars to unveil the knowledge and power structures which sustain the hegemony of the West in knowledge production processes. Among the various...

America in Crisis: Will there be a peaceful transfer of power?

America in Crisis: Will there be a peaceful transfer of power?

The United States enters 2024 with a deep sense of foreboding. As Republican primaries loom to find their nominee for the November presidential election, US politics hits new lows. Donald Trump’s CV plumbs new depths as several states are contemplating barring him from the primaries altogether, on...

Reading Between the Lines: The Devil is in the Interpretation

Reading Between the Lines: The Devil is in the Interpretation

“…now is not the moment to blame the victim,” writes Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Steven Tian, and Dan Raviv in Time Magazine1 while defending the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has made Gaza the world’s largest ‘open-air prison’2 and killed thousands of innocent civilians including...