Syed Sikander Mehdi

Present Position :

• Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

• Director, Refugee and Migration Studies Programme (RMSP), Department of International Relations, University of Karachi.

• Visiting Professor, Department of Peace, Conflict and Development Studies , University of Jaume 1, Castellon, Spain (teaching a course on « Peace and Nonviolence : Past , Present and Future » to the Masters class).

• Visiting Professor, Department of Mass Communication University of Karachi (teaching a course on Contemporary International Politics to the Masters class).

Area of Expertise :

• Peace Education and Peace Culture.

• Peace and Nonviolence in teaching and practice in different societies, especially in South Asian / Muslim societies.

• Human security issues with special reference to South Asian / Muslim societies.

• Refugees and other migratory movements.

Academic Experience

• Jan 95 – Present : Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

• Dec 86 – Jan 95 : Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

• Jan 84 – Dec 86 : Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

• Oct 73 – Jan 84 : Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

• August – Oct 73 : Teaching Assistant under the NDVP Scheme at the Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

• Jan 70 – Aug 72 : Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Some of his publications include :

• Islam and Nonviolence;

• Pakistan: Nonviolence in a Violent Society;

• Nuclear Weapons and Human Security;

• Internal displacement in Pakistan: A Preliminary Study ;

• War Hunger and War against Hunger;

• Refugee Memory in India and Pakistan ;

• Internal displacement in Pakistan;

• Rediscovering the culture of peace in South Asia;

• Cooperative security in Europe and South Asia;

• Peace Education and Refugees, etc.