Faculty Profile

Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi

Professor and Chairperson - SSLA Department

Department: Social Sciences

Specialization:Ethnic Politics, Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Societal Security, Crisis Management

Onboard Status: Available

Email: fhsiddiqi@iba.edu.pk


Work Experience

  • Professor and Chairperson SSLA at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (May-2026 to PRESENT)
  • Professor at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Aug-2025 to May-2026)
  • Visiting Scholar at Weatherhead Center, Harvard University (Feb-2025 to Mar-2025)
  • Professor at Quaid-i-Azam University (Aug-2024 to Aug-2025)
  • Visiting Fellow at The Henry L. Stimson Center (Jan-2017 to Jun-2017)
  • Associate Professor at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (Aug-2015 to Aug-2024)
  • Research Fellow at Middle East Research Institute, Erbil, Kurdistan (Sep-2014 to Jul-2015)
  • Associate Professor at University of Karachi (Mar-2014 to Sep-2014)
  • Assistant Professor at University of Karachi (Oct-2009 to Mar-2014)
  • Lecturer at University of Karachi (Jan-1998 to Oct-2009)

Academic Qualification

  • PhD Ethnic Politics, Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Societal Security, Crisis Management, University of Karachi - 2010
  • MSc Theory and History of International Relations, London School of Economics - 1999
  • MA , University of Karachi - 1995
  • BA (Hons) , University of Karachi - 1994

Research Interests

  • Ethnic Politics, Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Societal Security, Crisis Management

Courses Taught


Research Output

Journal Publication(s)

  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"Territorial Reorganisation of Administrative Units in Pakistan: the demand for new provinces in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Sindh",Commonwealth and Comparative Politics,Nov 06, 2024
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"Navigating Pakistan’s religious, social and political fault lines in the 1980s: Contemporary trends and relevance",Studies in Indian Politics,Mar 17, 2024
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"Contemplating peace between India and Pakistan",Orbis,Jun 28, 2023
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"Unity in Diversity: Constituting and Constructing Pakistan’s National Identity",The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs,Dec 12, 2022
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"US Indo-Pacific Strategy and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: The Hedging Option",Strategic Studies,Jun 15, 2022
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"Ethnic identity and the demand for new provinces in Pakistan: Results from a survey data in Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa",Pakistan Journal of History and Culture,Apr 20, 2022
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"Eighteenth Amendment and the Paradox of Intra-Provincial Ethnic Discord in Pakistan",Pakistan Journal of History and Culture,Nov 10, 2020
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"Political parties as transmitters of political culture: competitive party dynamics and political sub-cultures in Pakistan",Chinese Political Science Review,Jul 26, 2020
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"Discrimination is what ethnic groups make of it: Subjective perceptions of peripherality among the Mohajirs of Pakistan",Nations and Nationalism,Aug 07, 2018
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"Security Estimations in South Asia: Alliance Formation or Balance of Power",Strategic Studies,Dec 16, 2016
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"Pakistan and Singapore as small powers: Comparative thematic evaluation and policy imperatives",African and Asian Studies,May 09, 2014
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"General Elections in Pakistan 2013: The Consolidation of Democracy?",Pakistan Horizon,Jun 07, 2013
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"Security Dynamics in Pakistani Balochistan: Religious Activism and Ethnic Conflict in the War on Terror",Asian Affairs: An American Review,Sep 10, 2012
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"India-China relations in the 21st century: Impact on Regional and Global Politics",Pakistan Horizon,Apr 04, 2012
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"Nation-Formation and National Movement(s) in Pakistan: A Critical Estimation of Hroch’s Stage Theory",Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity,Oct 15, 2010
  • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi ,"Intra-Ethnic Fissures in Ethnic Movements: The Rise of Mohajir Identity Politics in Post-1971 Pakistan",Asian Ethnicity,Mar 31, 2010

Case(s)

    Book(s)

    • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi,Muhammad Nadeem Mirza,"Introducing International Relations: Concepts, Theories and Practices"
    • Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi,"The Politics of Ethnicity in Pakistan: The Baloch, Sindhi and Mohajir Ethnic Movements"

      • Conference(s)

      Other(s)


      Projects

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