Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Pakistan

Professor Mohammad Waseem did his Ph.D. from School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London. His professional appointments include Wadham College Oxford, SOAS London and Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) Islamabad. He was Pakistan Chair at St. Antony's College Oxford (1995–1999). He has conducted research on ethnic, constitutional, electoral, federal, religious, sectarian, military and militant politics of Pakistan. His books include Political Conflict in Pakistan (Hurst, 2021), Democratization in Pakistan: A Study of the 2002 Elections (Oxford University Press, 2006) Politics and the State in Pakistan (QAU,1989) and The 1993 Elections in Pakistan (Vanguard, 1994). He has published articles in Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Arab Law Quarterly, South Asian History and Culture, Contemporary South Asia, International Journal of Multicultural Societies, Diogenes, Economic and Political Weekly and Asian Survey, among others.

Professor Waseem has been awarded several fellowships: Science Po, Paris 2018; Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford, 2016; Ford Foundation, Brookings Institution, Washington DC 2010; Delhi University, August 2008; Sciences Po, Paris 2005; Fulbright New Century Scholars Programme (Brookings Institution Washington DC) 2003; Ford Foundation, Oxford 2001-2; International Programme for Advanced Studies, MSH Paris 2004; DAAD, Heidelberg University 1992; Fulbright, Columbia University New York 1991-92; Indian Historical Research Council, New Delhi 1991; British Council, London 1989; American Political Science Association 1985-86

Professor Waseem has been on the advisory boards of the following international academic journals: Ethnicities Bristol, Contemporary South Asia, Bradford and International Studies New Delhi. Currently, he is a member of the advisory board of Asian Affairs.

Professor Waseem is the Chairman of Trust for Development and Education of Democracy (TDEA) Islamabad, Pakistan.