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DLGS 2019 (2019-2022)

Working title:
Three Essays on the Determinants of Radicalization - A Case of North-Western Pakistan

Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Marcel Thum, TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics

Abstract:
While radicalization continue to flare across the world, empirical evidence and consensus regarding its determinants remain scarce. Radicalization research predominantly focuses on the biographies of the agents of violence for distilling causal mechanisms innate to individual psychology or cognitive function, thereby impeding a broader investigation into the external contextual factors and social processes. This cumulative dissertation, based on three papers, aims to go beyond the individual level approach and undertake a broader study for understanding the determinants of radicalization. The first paper will undertake an in-depth review of the existing literature on radicalization for identifying the potentially contributing factors. These will be empirically tested in the second paper through primary data that will be collected by conducting a household survey in the north-western region of Pakistan. Some parts of this region are marginalized and economically backward as they deviate from their potential development due to floods, earthquakes, wars and distributional policies. The influence of these factors on radicalization will be investigated in the third paper by using satellite data as well as secondary data on economic indicators

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Education

Since 03/2019
Doctoral Candidate at the TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics

10/2013 – 08/2016
Studied Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Academic Degree: Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Economics

09/2009 – 08/2013
Studied Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Academic Degree: BS in Economics

Experiences

01/2015 – 02/2019
Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

Awards

03/2019
Scholarship for doctorate at the TU Dresden by the Dresden Leibniz Graduate School (DLGS)