Dr Zahid Ahmed
Associate Professor
Institution
National Defence College, Abu Dhabi
Research Area Keywords
Terrorism; Radicalization; Religious extremism; Preventing violent extremism through education.
Contact: zahid.ahmed@deakin.edu.au
About Zahid
Zahid Shahab Ahmed is an Associate Professor at the UAE’s National Defence College in Abu Dhabi. Before that, he was based at Deakin University’s Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation in Melbourne, Australia, where is still an honorary fellow. During 2013-16, he was an Assistant Professor at the Centre for International Peace and Stability, National University of Sciences and Technology in Pakistan. He earned his Ph.D. from University of New England in Australia, and M.A. from United Nations mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica. His focuses on causes and consequences of radicalisation, extremism, and terrorism, and he has published in prominent peer reviewed journals like Civil Wars, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, Global Policy, and Conflict, Security & Development. He is also a co-editor of Religion, Extremism and Violence in South Asia(Palgrave, 2022). As a practitioner in preventing violent extremism through education, Dr. Ahmed has an ongoing collaboration with Hedayah, and previously has led projects in Central, South and Southeast Asia in collaboration with the United States Institute of Peace, UNESCO, USAID, and Peace Direct.
Key Publications
Journal Articles
Understanding the resurgence of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (2023)
Ahktar S & Ahmed Z
The role of peace education in countering violent extremism in Pakistan (2021)
Ahmed Z and Shahzad R
Military, authoritarianism and Islam: A comparative analysis of Bangladesh and Pakistan (2021)
Sheikh M and Ahmed Z
Impacts of the ‘War on Terror’ on (de-)humanization of Christians in Pakistan: A critical discourse analysis of media reporting (2020)
Ahmed Z and Zahoor M
Drivers of violent extremism in higher education institutions of Pakistan (2020)
Ahmed Z and Jafri QA
Challenges and opportunities for peace educators: Lessons from a youth-led effort in Pakistan (2020)
Bokhari F and Ahmed Z
Structural violence and terrorism in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan (2019)
Zeb K and Ahmed Z
Book Chapters
The persistence of terrorism in Pakistan: An analysis of domestic and regional factors (2021)
Basit A and Ahmed Z
in Terrorism, security and development in South Asia: National, regional and global implications, Izarali M. R. & Ahlawat D. (eds.)
Assessment of foreign-funded interventions of preventing violent extremism through education in madrassas: The case of Pakistan (2021)
Ahmed Z and Shahzad R
in Researching the evolution of countering violent extremism, Atamuradova F & Zeiger S (eds.)
Religious fundamentalism and violent extremism (2020)
Ahmed Z and Bashirov G
in The difficult task of peace: Crisis, fragility and conflict in an uncertain world, Rojas-Aravena F (ed.)
Idealism versus pragmatism in teaching peace in Pakistan (2018)
Ahmed Z
in Teaching peace and war: Pedagogy and curricula, Donahoe M and Wibben ATR (eds.)
Madaris and peace education in Pakistan: A case study of Peace and Education Foundation (2020)
Ahmed Z and Bukhari R
in Locally led peacebuilding: Global case studies, Connaughton SL and Berns J (eds.)
Impacts of terrorism and counterterrorism on children in Pakistan: A case study of displaced children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2016)
Ahmed Z
in Children and violence: politics of conflict in South Asia, D’Costa B (ed.)
The political economy of Pakistan’s ‘War on Terror’ (2015)
Brasted H and Ahmed Z
in The political economy of conflict in South Asia, Webb M and Wijeweera A (eds.)
Grants and Projects
‘Patterns of humanization and dehumanization and the development of trust: Unity and divisions within and between the Muslim world’
Ahmed Z, Christie D, Noor N, Montiel C, Govindasamy S, McKeown C, Haji R
US Department of Defence, 2015 - 2016
‘Peace education in Pakistan’
Ahmed Z
United States Institute of Peace, 2015 - 2016