Muhammad Ayub Jan

Designation and Administrative Responsibilities

Associate Professor
Head of Migration Research Cell

Profile

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Peshawar, Pakistan. I have a PhD in politics from the University of York, UK. I have 22 years of teaching and research experience. I teach various courses to graduate and research students on Pakistan's gov-ernance, political change, and institutional development. I have completed various research pro-jects funded by national and international organisations. I have supervised 8 PhD and 13 MPhil stu-dents. I have published several research articles in national and international journals. My research interests include governance, migration studies, identity politics, politics and ICTs.

Research and Teaching Interests

The broader areas of interest are governance, migration studies, identity politics, politics and ICTs, and climate change.

Education

University of York, UK — PhD (Politics), 2011

University of Peshawar, Pakistan —MA (Political Science), 2002. 1st Division.

Edwardes College Peshawar, Pakistan —BA (Political Science and History), 2000. 1st Division.

Edwardes College Peshawar, Pakistan —FA (Civics, History, Islamic Studies), 1998. 1st Division.

F.G Public High School, Nowshera — Matric (Science Group), 1996, 1st Division.

University of Massachusetts, Amherst- Study of the U.S. Institute for Scholars on American Politics and Political Thought at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 8 June – 20 July 2023

Working Experience

Teaching:       22 years of Teaching experience

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR- 10 MAY 2022 –TO DATE

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR- 30 APRIL 2012 – 09 MAY 2022.

LECTURER: DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR, PESHAWAR- 30TH MARCH 2004- 29TH APRIL 2012

LECTURER: GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE BARKHALOZAI, BAJAUR AGENCY, PAKISTAN- 01 SEPTEMBER 2003- 29 MARCH 2004

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT: DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS, UNIVERSITY OF YORK, UK- AUTUMN TERM 2009

VISITED AND TAUGHT A SEMINAR SESSION AT ERFURT UNIVERSITY, GERMANY (JUNE 2012)

Grants/Funding

Research Project Grants:

  1. German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union (EU) funded project in Collaboration with ZME & GIZ on Evidence for Mobility Project. Awarded in 2026. Co-PI of the project. (in progress)
  2. UK’s Global Challenges Research Fund & UK Research and Innovation, in collaboration with the University of Sussex, for the project ‘Protracted Displacement Economies’. Awarded 2020 for three years. Co-PI of the project. (Completed)
  3. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded project Better Assistance in Crises (BASIC) in collaboration with the Institute of Development Studies (UK), on ‘Climate-Induced Displacement and Social Assistance Provision in Chitral, Pakistan’. Nov 2024- March 2026. PI of the project. (Completed)
  4. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded project Better Assistance in Crises (BASIC) in collaboration with the Institute of Development Studies (UK), Awarded in 2022 for 2 years. PI of the project. (Completed)
  5. Higher Education Commission of Pakistan’s Grant for the Project ‘Pakhtun Women and Mainstreaming of Erstwhile FATA: Gender (in)Equality, (dis)Empowerment and Reform Processes in Pakistan’. Grant Awarded in April 2022. Co-PI of the Project. (completed)
  6. Higher Education Commission of Pakistan’s Grant for the Project ‘Socio-Economic-Political Transformations and Governance Reforms in FATA’. Grant Awarded in March 2016. PI of the Project. (completed)
  7. Higher Education Commission of Pakistan’s Grant for the project ‘Digital Citizenship and Governance: Online Political Participation among the Citizens of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’. Award granted in May 2015. PI of the Project. (completed)
  8. USAID Research Grant under Pakistan Strategy Support (Competitive Grant) Program 2012 for the Project, ‘Batkhela (Malakand) Bazar: A Catalyst for Socio-Economic and Political Change’. PI of the Project. (completed)
  9. PIDE RASTA Competitive Grant for the research/PhD project of supervision of Ms. Shagufta Aman, ‘Transforming Public Sector through Digital Governance Initiatives of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Bureaucratic Conduct, Transparency in Service Delivery and Citizen Centric E-Governance’ in March 2021. My designation in the project is Co-PI/Supervisor.  (completed)
  10. University of Peshawar Research Grants for Research Projects of MPhil and Ph.D scholars. (completed)

 Study Grants:

  1. Higher Education Commission (Pakistan), Overseas Scholarship for PhD studies in the UK (2006-2010).
  2. International Travel Grants:
  3. FCDO Research Grant under BASIC project, Institute of Development Studies, UK to participate in the annual conference of IASM (International Association of Forced Migration) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 21-23 Jan 2025.
  4. UK’s Global Challenges Research Fund & UK Research and Innovation funded project ‘Protracted Displacement Economies’ travel grant to participate in a Seminar on ‘Beyond Livelihoods: A Protracted Displacement Economy’ at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford (UK) & project meeting at the University of Sussex (UK) 9-18 January 2024.
  5. UK’s Global Challenges Research Fund & UK Research and Innovation funded project ‘Protracted Displacement Economies’ travel grant to participate in the Annual Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 12-18 March 2023.
  6. UK’s Global Challenges Research Fund & UK Research and Innovation funded project ‘Protracted Displacement Economies’ travel grant to participate in the Annual Meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, from 17-22 May 2022.
  7. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Travel and Living Grant of € 2015 for participation and teaching a course on ‘Internet Politics’ at Erfurt University, Germany, under the project “The changing role of Social Media in Muslim Countries: Reviewing curricular trends of communication studies in Pakistan”. 19 to 30 June 2012. 
  8. HEC travel grant to attend Ireland India Institute Conference on South Asia at Dublin City University, Dublin (Ireland) held on 26 and 27 April 2018.

Professional and Research Experience

A. SUSI Exchange Scholar

Study of the U.S. Institute for Scholars on American Politics and Political Thought at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 8 June – 20 July 2023.  Funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, USA.

B. Research Supervision

HEC APPROVED SUPERVISOR (since 2012)

Ph.D Theses Supervised:  (8)

  1. Shagufta Aman, PhD (December 2022) titled ‘Transforming Public Sector Through E-Governance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: A Critique Of The Post 2013 Era’. PIDE-RASTA fellow.
  2. Sajjad Hussain, Ph. D (July 2019), titled ‘Information and Communication Technologies in Party Politics: Internet and the Jamat-i- Islami of Pakistan. (HEC Scholar).
  3. Syed Wasif Azim, (April 2019), titled ‘Ethnicity, Conflict and Identity: An Analysis Pakhtun Sense of Belonging in Swat, Pakistan’. (HEC Scholar)
  4. Mehmood Ahmad, Ph. D (Nov 2018). Titled ‘An Evaluation of the Sources’ Diversity and Credibility of Reports by Global Think Tanks on Pakistan’. (HEC Scholar)
  5. Saima Gul, Ph. D (Oct 2017), titled ‘Assessing the Role of Trade in Promoting Peace Between Pakistan and India’.
  6. Hassina Bashir, Ph.D (August 2020), titled ‘Women Political Leadership in Traditional Asian Societies: A Case Study of Begum Naseem Wali Khan’.
  7. Gazala Rafi, Ph.D (2025). ‘Living the Anthropocene: An Ethnographic Study of Habitability, Environmental Policy, Capitalist Discourse after the 2005 Earthquake in Balakot, Pakistan’.
  8. Abdul Waheed, Ph.D (August 2025). ‘Emerging Role of Qatar in Regional and Global Politics: A Journey Towards Self-Reliance and Global Influence’.

 

M.Phil Theses Supervised:   (13)

  1. MPhil thesis of Ms Sidra-tul-Muntaha, (2015) titled ‘Perceptions about the US Foreign Aid Policy towards Pakistan: Kerry Lugar Bill in Perspective’.
  2. MPhil Thesis of Mr. Muhammad Iqbal-ud-din, (2015) titled ‘Ethnic and Religious Factors Affecting Women’ Electoral Participation: A Case Study of District Dir (Lower)’.
  3. MPhil Thesis of Mrs Shagufta Aman (2019) titled ‘E-Governance In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: The Case Study of Police Department’.
  4. MPhil Thesis of Mr. Kamran Khan, (2021). titled ‘An Assessment of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan: A Case Study of South Waziristan Agency’.
  5. MPhil Thesis of Mr. Saeed Khalil, (2021), titled ‘An Analysis of Electronic Media’s Watchdog Role in Pakistan from 2008-2018’.
  6. MPhil Thesis of Mr. Wahid Ullah. (2021) titled ‘Social Media And Religious Political Parties: An Analysis Of Jamiat Ulema Islam (F) In Pakistan’.
  7. MPhil Thesis of Mr. Iftikhar Hussain, (2023), titled ‘Participation of Disabled People Organizations In Policy-Making Processes For Persons With Disabilities In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  8. <Phil Thesis of Mr. Sayer Ahmad Kohkan, (2024), titled ‘Police Corruption, Public Trust, and Collapse of the Regime in Afghanistan’ (2021).
  9. MPhil Thesis of Ms. Bushra Wazir, (2024), titled ‘Displacement and Political (Dis)Empowerment of Women of South Waziristan.
  10. MPhil Thesis of Mr. Najeeb Ullah, (2024), titled ‘Field of Power”and Ideological Contestation in Swat’.
  11. MPhil Thesis of Mr. Muhammad Irfan, (2024), titled “The Repatriation Challenges to the Internally Displaced Persons of District Orakzai’.
  12. MPhil Thesis of Mr. Muhamad Jalal, (2024), titled ‘The Appraisal Of Political Mobilization Beyond Electoral Politics Among The Religious Minorities Of Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’.
  13. MPhil Thesis of Sayer Ahmad (2024). An Assessment of Police Corruption Undermining Political Legitimacy of the Ashraf Ghani’s Government in Afghanistan

 

External Examiner/Evaluator

Examined more than 20 M.Phil/PhD dissertations from different universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh. 

 C. Professional Membership

Founder and member of Migration Research Network of Pakistan.

Member of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM).

Member of National Curriculum Review Committee for the Disciplines of Government and Public Policy and Public Administration.

Higher Education Commission of Pakistan’s Approved Supervisor since 2012.

Member Board of Faculty for Social Sciences at different KP universities. 

Member Scrutiny and Demonstration Committee in University of Swat, Swabi University, Malakand University and University of Peshawar.

Subject Expert for recruitment in provincial services through Public Service Commission, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Served as subject expert on Selection boards (for faculty) in University of Malakand, University of Buner, University of FATA and University of Swat.

 D. Reviewer of Research Journals

Reviewed various research articles for international journals such as Ethnic and Racial Studies (impact factor 0.9) and Progress in Development Studies (impact factor 1.38), and local journals such as Review of Human Rights, PUTAJ, and Pakistan Journal of Criminology.

E. Reviewer of HEC Project Proposals

Reviewed more than 10 research project proposals submitted to Higher Education Commission of Pakistan for funding.

Reviewed project proposals for National Innovation Award, under Prime Minister’s Youth Programme carried out by HEC in Dec 2022.

F. Voluntary and Professional Organizations’ Membership

Elected as Literary Secretary, Peshawar University Teachers’ Association (PUTA) in November 2011.

Founding Member of TAQ-Takra Qabaili Khwande– Brave Tribal Sisters. (A voluntary organization working for the rights women in FATA).

Founding member of Society of Social Science Academics, Pakistan.

Remained a member of British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS).

Member of Law and Society Association (US).

G. Trainings

    1. Faculty Mentoring Workshop series on ‘Conflict and Peacebuilding’ conducted by Dr Paula Newberg, University of Texas, Austin, organized by American Institute of Pakistan Studies, March 2014, January 2015, September-October 2015.
    2. Google Certificate course on Foundations of Project Management. Coursera.
    3. Deeplearning AI Certificate course on AI for Everyone.
    4. Three months’ training from Higher Education Commission of Pakistan in teaching and research under Faculty Development Program (2005).
    5. Served as a resource person (on Teaching Skills) in Two-Day workshop on, ‘HEC Self-Assessment Model’ organized by Quality Enhancement Cell, University of Peshawar and HEC in Bara Gali (June 2006).
    6. International Computer Driving License 2005 (ICDL certificate- European Computer Driving License).
    7. Training in productivity and quality improvement (certificate) from National Productivity Organization (NPO), Government of Pakistan.
    8. Workshop on Project Cycle Management (PCM) and Logical Framework Approach in Karachi. Asia Link Programme, European Commission. (November 2005)

 

H. Organizing Conferences and Workshops

  1. Organised four annual international Conferences in Collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
  2. Organized Two International Conferences on ‘Displacement Crises in Pakistan’ in collaboration with the University of Sussex, UK. 2023 and 2024.
  3. Organised stakeholders’ policy dialogue on Displacement Crises in Pakistan for the Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar and the University of Sussex, UK, on 21 August 2023.
  4. Organised stakeholders’ policy dialogue on Better Assistance in Crises for Migration Research Cell, Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar and the Institute of Development Studies, UK, on 09 May 2024.
  5. Organized National Conference at the Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar. 21 December 2011.
  6. Organized International Summer Schools for Pak-Afghan Students in Collaboration with Hanns Seidel Foundation in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
  7. A seminar organized on ‘Digital Citizenship and Governance: A Discussion With Academia’ at University of Peshawar on 13 Jan 2016. Funded under HEC project.
  8. Organizing Committee member of the 3rd International Social Science Conference, ‘State and Society in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities’, May 13-14, 2015. Organized by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and Faculty of Social Science, University of Peshawar.

 

I. Languages: Proficiency in speaking, writing, and reading English, Urdu, and Pashto.

Publications

RESEARCH PAPERS

HEC Recognised W Category  (2 papers)

  1. Mahmood Ahmad and Muhammad Ayub Jan (2019). Diversity of information sources: An evaluation of global think tanks’ knowledge construct. Research Evaluation. 28(3). Pp 273-278 (impact factor 2.57). Publication Date: 12-05-2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvz011
  2. Muhammad Ayub Jan (2017). The Emergence and Transformation of Batkhela (Pakistan) Bazaar: Ethnic Entrepreneurship, Social Networks, and Change in Underdeveloped Societies. Journal of South Asian Development. 12 (3), pp. 308-330. (impact factor 1.26). Publishing date: 31-10-2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0973174117733554

 

HEC Recognised X Category   (10 papers)

  1. Muhammad Ayub Jan (2025). Democratic Disconnect in E-government Policy Initiatives of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. FWU Journal of Social Sciences, Spring 2025, 19(1), 113-121.
  2. Muhammad Ayub Jan, Muhammad Zubair & Shahida Aman. (June 2023). Panarchies of transformation and resilience: Delineating systemic change in the society, economy, and ecology of Malakand. Asian Journal of Comparative Politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/20578911231153257. 8(2), 576-593. Published Date: June 2023. 2057-8911 (Online ISSN: 2057-892X).
  3. Hassina Bashir, Muhammad Ayub Jan, Muhammad Arif Khan, Tayyaba Zia, Rafia Kanwal, Muhammad Aqeel Khan, Qaiser Shah. (2021). Invisible Shackles in the Feet of Pakhtun Women Hampering their Political Progress. Webology. 18(5), 866-882. (ISSN: 1735-188X).
  4. Syed Sami Raza and Muhammad Ayub Jan (July 2016). The North-western Colonial Frontier of India: The Rule of Difference and the Rule of Similarity. Pakistan Horizon. 69 (3), pp. 89-100. ISSN: 0030980X
  5. Farmanullah and Muhammad Ayub Jan (July 2016) Party Identification as a Determinant of Voters’ Behaviour in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Case Study of General Elections 2008. FWU Journal of Social Sciences, 10 (1), pp. 175-186. ISSN:1995-1272
  6. Shahida Aman and Muhammad Ayub Jan (Dec 2016). State-Building Interventions and their Impact on Formal and Informal Institutions: Paradox of Contestation and Cooperation in Post-2001 Afghanistan. IPRI Journal, XVI (1), pp. 22-41. ISSN 1684-9787
  7. Muhammad Ayub Jan and Sami Raza (July 2015). New Institutionalism: Identifying Informal Institutions in the Political Process of Pakistan. Journal of Political Studies. 22(1), pp. 181-195. ISSN: 1994-1080
  8. Shahida Aman and Muhammad Ayub Jan (July-Dec 2015). A Historical Analysis of Trends in Pakhtun Ethno-Nationalism. South Asian Studies. 30 (2), pp. 231 – 246. ISSN: 1026 – 678 X
  9. Syed Sami Raza, Lubna Abid Ali, Muhammad Ayub Jan, Ambrin Fatima, Ahmad Ali Naqvi and Syed Ali Raza Zaidi (Dec 2014). Desiring Enemy: An Ontological Reading of the Military Operations on North Western Frontier, Journal of Political Studies, 21 (2), pp. 91-107. ISSN: 1994-1080
  10. Syed Ali Raza Zaidi, Lubna Ali, Ahmad Ali Naqvi, Muhammad Ayub Jan, Syed Sami Raza and Anbarin Fatima. (Dec 2014). War Making and State Making in Pakistan, South Asian Studies, 29 (2), pp. 379-394. ISSN: 1026 – 678 X

 

HEC Recognized Y Category  (22 papers)

  1. Ilyas, M. & Jan. M. A (2025). Tribal Legacies and the State: Re-examining Post-Merger Policing Governance in Khyber. Advance Social Science Archive Journal. 4(2), 3963–3975). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18547066
  2. Khan, W. & Jan, M. A (2025). The Impacts of Elite Capture and Apathy Towards Decentralisation in Education and Health in Balochistan. Policy Journal of Social Science Review, 3(10), 274–283. Retrieved from https://policyjssr.com/index.php/PJSSR/article/view/544
  3. Kohkan, S. M. and Jan, M. A. (2025). Police Corruption and Political Legitimacy of Ashraf Ghani’s Government in Afghanistan. Pakistan Social Sciences Review. 9(1). 725-740.
  4. Jan, M. A., Aman, S., Zubair, M., & Ali, S. (2025). Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Women’s Political Participation and the Socio-Cultural and Infrastructural Barriers in the Newly Merged Tribal Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Regional Tribune, 4(2), 231-248. https://doi.org/10.55737/trt/SG25.113
  5. Aman, S.; Jan, M. A; Zubair, M. and Ali, S. (2025) Gender Mainstreaming, Religious Discourse, Customary Practices and Discrimination against Women in the Newly Merged Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Journal of Social Sciences Research & Policy (JSSRP). 3, (2), 316-313.
  6. Rafi, Ghazala., Jan, Muhammad. Ayub., & Raza, Sami. Syed. (2025). Natural Disasters and Built Environment: Reconstruction and Rehabilitation after the Earthquake (2005) in Balakot, Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, X(I), 289 303.https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).24
  7. Israr, Hamza., Jan, Muhammad Ayub., & Ali, Shahzad. (Sept 2024). Negotiating and contextualising the meanings of the cultural norms: Ghairat and Pardah among female students at the University of Peshawar, Pakistan. Journal of Humanities, Social and Management Sciences (JHSMS), 5(2), 136-149. https://doi.org/10.47264/idea.jhsms/5.2.9.
  8. Abdul Waheed and Muhammad Ayub Jan (2024). FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: A Tool of Soft Power Image. Pakistan Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences Research. 7(2).47-57.  
  9. Shagufta Aman and Muhammad Ayub Jan (June 2022) Are We Moving Towards a Managerial Model of E-Governance? Building a Case for Citizen Centric E-Participation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Journal of Humanities, Social and Management Sciences (JHSMS), 3(1), 500-523. (eISSN: 2788-4791).
  10. Hassina Bashir & Muhammad Ayub Jan (June 2021). Political Apprenticeship and Women Leadership in a Patriarchal Society: Nasim Wali Khan’s Political Strive Through Acquired Skills. Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ), 5(1), 320-337. https://doi.org/10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.21 (eISSN: 2664-8148)
  11. Fazal Wahab, Syed Wasif Azim and Muhammad Ayub Jan (Sept 2020). The Testimony of Traumatic and Violent Conflict: Pukhtu Poetry in Swat in Retrospect. Journal of Peace, Development and Communication, 4 (2), pp.16-42.  (ISSN: 2663-7898)
  12. Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Ayub Jan, Wajid Mehmood and Irfan Mahsud. (April 2019). Electronic Crimes, Internet and Violence; Jamaat-e-Islami and the progressive Civil Society of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Criminology. 11(2), pp. 83-94. (ISSN: 2074-2738)
  13. Muhammad Ayub Jan. (Jan 2018). Current Conflict and the Ensuing Debates about Identity among the Pakhtuns in Cultural and Virtual Spaces. Pakistan Journal of Criminology. 10(1). Pp. 18-39. (ISSN: 2074-2738).
  14. Mahmood Ahmad and Muhammad Ayub Jan (Sept 2018). Evaluating Research: Diversity and Credibility of Information Sources. The Dialogue: A Quarterly Research Journal. 13 (3), Pp. 353-368. ISSN: 1819-6470
  15. Syed Wasif Azim, Muhammad Ayub Jan and Nathalie Williams. ( July 2018). Conflict and Ethnic Identity: Pakhtunwali and Purdah in Conflict Ridden Swat, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Criminology, 10 (3), Pp. 64-85. (ISSN: 2074-2738).
  16. Hassina Bashir and Muhammad Ayub Jan. (April 2018). Political Oppression, Resistance and Leadership Change: The Rise of Nasim Wali Khan as a Leader. Pakistan Journal of Criminology. 10(2). Pp. 151-162.  (ISSN: 2074-2738).
  17. Muhammad Ayub Jan and Shahida Aman (April 2016). War and Local Economy: Imprints of Violent Conflict on Batkhela Bazaar. Pakistan Journal of Criminology. 8(2), pp. 33-42. (ISSN: 2074-2738).
  18. Syed Sami Raza, Muhammad Ayub Jan and Ghazala Rafi. (Oct 2016). War and Game Theory: Reflecting on the War on Terror on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Borderland. Pakistan Journal of Criminology. 8 (4), pp. 15-29. (ISSN: 2074-2738).
  19. Syed Wasif Azim, Muhammad Ayub Jan and Hassan Shah. (Dec 2016). Pak-India Trade Relations: From Rivalry to Friendship, The Dialogue. XI (4). Pp. 428-443. ISSN: 1819-6470
  20. Muhammad Ayub Jan and Shahida Aman (Dec 2015). Islam and Pakhtunwali: Convergence and Divergence of Religious and Cultural Identities among the Pakhtuns of Pakistan. Peshawar Islamicus. 6 (2), pp. 15-27. ISSN: 2305-154X
  21. Muhammad Ayub Jan and Sami Raza (Dec 2015). Socio-Economic and Political Change in the Tribal Society: Awami-khel’s Struggle for Equality, Emancipation and Honour in Batkhela, Malakand. Historicus: Pakistan Historical Society, LXIII (4), pp. 55-73.
  22. Anisa Qamar, Muhammad Ayub Jan (2023). Contemporary challenges to women’s education in Pakistan. AIP Conf. Proc.17 November 2023; 3040 (1): 050029. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0175932

 

Book Chapters

Oeppen, C, Aman. S; Jan, M.A; Rauf, A (June 2025). ‘Pakistan’.  In Oeppen, C; Ali, A; Collyer, M Deshingkar, P; Fechter, A and Zaman, T ed. (2025). Refugees in a world without Aid. Open Press, University of Sussex. Brighton. Pp, 138-166.

Collyer; M; Oeppen, C; Tufa, F.A; Ali, A; Aman, S; Jan, M.A; Deshingkar, P;  Fechter, A.M; Fedda, Y; Lakshman, R; May, E; Mhaissen, R; Mitchell, R; Bazonzi, J. M; Nzogo, R; Rauf, A; Samaha, C; Schroeder, T; South, A; and Zaman, T (2025). ‘Conclusion: A new political economy of displacement’. In Oeppen, C; Ali, A; Collyer, M Deshingkar, P; Fechter, A and Zaman, T ed. (June 2025). Refugees in a world without Aid. Open Press, University of Sussex. Brighton. Pp. 167-180.

Working Papers

Ayub Jan, M.; Aman, S.; Zaman, T. and Aman, S. (2025) Fragmented Adaptive Social Protection in Contexts of Climate-Induced Displacement in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, BASIC Research Working Paper 54, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/BASIC.2025.035

Muhammad Ayub Jan (2014). ‘The Emergence and Transformation of Batkhela (Malakand) Bazaar: Ethnic Entrepreneurship, Social Networks, and Change in Disadvantageous Societies’, PSSP working paper No 021, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C.

Ali, A., Ayub Jan, M., Samaha, C., May, E., Aung, A., Paw, J., Fechter, A.-M., Mi Kun Chan Non, M., Collyer,

M., Bogale, A., Lakshman, R., & Gamage Kalpani Yasoda, V. (2026). Support, Care and Mutual Aid in Protracted Displacement Economies. SCMR Working Paper 107. University of Sussex. https://hdl.handle.net/10779/uos.31541269.v1

 

Policy Briefs

Jan, A. M.; Aman, S.; Zaman, T. and Aman, S. (2025) ‘Social Protection and Climate-Induced Displacement in Pakistan’, BASIC Research Policy Briefing 18, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/IDS.2025.048  

Oeppen, C; Aman, S; Jan, M.A; and Rauf, A. (26 March 2023) Afghan refugees in Pakistan–Protracted displacement or protracted settlement? Asian Displacement Solutions Platform (ASDP) and Samuel Hall. ASDP Expert Commentary No 1. Available at: https://adsp.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Afghan-refugees-in-Pakistan.pdf

Rauf, A; Aman, S; Oeppen, C; Jan, M. A. (August 2023). Protracted Displacement Economies. Policy Brief. Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar and University of Sussex.  

 

Opinion and blog Posts

Blog/Opinion Post (24 Jan 2023) co-authored with Tahir Zaman and Shahida Aman. How has social assistance responded to climate-related disasters in Pakistan? Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex under BASIC project funded by FCDO. Available at: https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/how-has-social-assistance-responded-to-climate-related-disasters-in-pakistan/

Blog/Opinion Post (14 June 2024) New migration research in Pakistan. A collaborative blog post with Dr. Ceri Oeppen, Dr. Shahida Aman, Dr. Tahir Zaman and Michael Collyer. Sussex Center for Migration Research blog. Available at. https://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/sussex-centre-for-migration-research/2024/06/14/new-migration-research-in-pakistan/

Book Review

  1. Muhammad Ayub Jan (2015). Dispatches from Pakistan, Ethnic and Racial Studies. Book Review. 38 (13), pp. 2443-2444. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2014.987796 (Book Review) ISSN: 0141-9870 / 1466-4356.

 

Conference Proceedings Edited

Muhammad Ayub Jan and Shahida Aman eds. (2012). Conference Proceedings, Annual International Conference (14-15 November 20111) on the Dynamics of Change in Conflict Societies: Pakhtun Region in Perspective. Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar and Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad. 

Muhammad Ayub Jan and Shahida Aman. eds, (2014). Conference Proceedings, The Dynamics of Change in Conflict Societies: Pakhtun Region in Perspective.2nd International Conference, 25-26 June 2013, Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar and Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad. 

Muhammad Ayub Jan, et.al. eds. (2015). Conference Proceedings, 3rd International Social Science Conference, ‘State and Society in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities’, May 13-14, 2015. Organized by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and Faculty of Social Science, University of Peshawar.

 

Recent Research Projects

  1. Research Project on ‘Climate-induced Displacement and Social Assistance in Chitral, Pakistan’, under the Better Assistance in Crises (BASIC) project in collaboration with the Institute of Development Studies. Funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) from 2024 to 2025. PI of the project.
  2. Research Project on ‘Better Assistance in Crises (BASIC) Research’ in collaboration with the Institute of Development Studies. Funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) from 2022 to 2024.
  3. Research Project on ‘Protracted Displacement Economies’ in collaboration with University of Sussex. Funded by UK’s Global Challenges Research Fund & UK Research and Innovation. 2020-2023. Co-PI of the project.