Asad Abbasi
L2002N Health Poverty and Inequality (Anthropology)
School of Global Studies
Orcid identifier0000-0002-4266-429X
- L2002N Health Poverty and Inequality (Anthropology)School of Global Studies
BIO
Asad Ali Abbasi has a PhD in the International Development from the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex. Asad holds an undergrad degree in Economics from Queen Mary University of London; a master’s degree in development economics from City University London and a master’s degree in political economy of Late Development from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Asad’s thesis, which is based on 13 months of fieldwork in 2022-2023 looks at the political economy of electricity and energy in Pakistan, with particular attention to Chinese financed coal mining and power generation projects in Sindh.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Doctoral TutorUniversity of Sussex, United Kingdom30 Apr 2022 - 31 Jul 2026
DEGREES
- PhD International DevelopmentUniversity of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom19 Sep 2021 - 25 May 2026
- MSc Political Economy of Late DevelopmentLondon School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2013 - 31 Jul 2014
- MSc Development EconomicsCity, University of London, London, United Kingdom26 Sep 2011 - 10 Dec 2012
- BSc in EconomicsQueen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom17 Sep 2006 - 15 Jul 2009
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- UrduCan read, write, speak and understand
- SindhiCan read, speak and understand
- Panjabi; PunjabiCan understand
- HindiCan speak and understand