Faculty Profile
Dr. Abiha Zahra
Assistant Professor SSLA
Department: Social Sciences
Specialization:Political and Social Science
Onboard Status: Available
Email: abiha@iba.edu.pk
Work Experience
- Assistant Professor at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Aug-2026 to PRESENT)
- Post-doctoral Research Fellow at University of Lausanne (Nov-2025 to Jul-2026)
- Chairperson - Department of Governance and Global Studies at Information Technology University (Jan-2024 to Oct-2025)
- Visiting Research Scholar at Queen`s University Belfast (Feb-2023 to Feb-2026)
- Assistant Professor at Information Technology University (Mar-2021 to Oct-2025)
- Assistant Professor at University of Management & Technology (Oct-2020 to Feb-2021)
- Research Fellow at KU Leuven Belgium (Oct-2016 to Sep-2020)
- Lecturer at University of Central Punjab (Feb-2014 to Sep-2016)
Academic Qualification
- PhD Political and Social Science, KU Leuven, Belgium - 2020
- MPhil Public Administration (Management), Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab - 2013
- MBA HRM, COMSATS University Islamabad - 2010
- BA Economics & Psychology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan - 2008
Research Interests
- Political and Social Science
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Research Output
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Projects
- The Political Dynamics of Bureaucratic Turnover funded by RASTA
- Jean Monnet Modules on Governance and Policy funded by the EU