Dr. Aisha Rizwan is an Assistant Professor at the Institute, where she has served as a faculty member for the past 20 years. She holds a PhD in Public Management from the Utrecht University, School of Governance, Netherlands. Her academic record includes a Gold Medal for securing first position in her Master of Public Administration and a Roll of Honour in her MPhil for outstanding academic achievement. Prior to her academic career, she gained four years of corporate experience as an Assistant Product Manager at Packages Limited. Dr. Rizwan teaches courses in Public Management, Public Policy, Governance, Citizenship and Public Ethics, as well as research-oriented modules at the BS, MPhil, and PhD levels.

Dr. Aisha Rizwan welcomes postgraduate research proposals (MPhil, MPA and PhD) that engage critically with governance and public management challenges in developing country contexts, particularly Pakistan and South Asia. Her supervision interests span public management, collaborative and participatory governance, digital governance, environmental governance, and the Sustainable Development Goals, with a common thread of examining how institutions, stakeholders, and citizens interact to produce more effective, inclusive, and accountable public service delivery. She is especially interested in working with students whose research bridges theory and practice, and who are keen to generate policy-relevant insights.

Postgraduate Research Supervision Interests

• Digital Governance
  • E-governance adoption, implementation, and citizen uptake in developing countries
  • Digital public service delivery and administrative reform
  • Digital divide and equity in access to e-government services
  • Use of technology in public sector decision-making
• Public Management
  • Public sector reform and organizational performance
  • Autonomy, accountability, and control of public sector agencies
  • Human resource management and capacity building in the public sector
  • New Public Management and post-NPM governance models in developing contexts
• Collaborative Governance
  • Cross-sector partnerships (public-private-civil society) in service delivery
  • Inter-agency coordination and network governance
  • Multi-stakeholder approaches to policy design and implementation
  • Trust, negotiation, and conflict resolution in collaborative arrangements
• Participatory Governance
  • Citizen engagement and participation in local governance
  • Community-based and grassroots participation mechanisms
  • Gender and inclusion in participatory decision-making processes
  • Transparency, accountability, and social audit mechanisms
• Environmental Governance
  • Institutional frameworks for climate change adaptation and mitigation
  • Resource management and environmental policy implementation
  • Multi-level governance of environmental and climate initiatives
  • Disaster risk governance and resilience-building
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Institutional and policy frameworks for SDG localization
  • Stakeholder integration and resource mobilization for SDG implementation
  • Monitoring and evaluation of SDG progress in developing countries

Intersection of governance quality and sustainable development outcomes