Rizwana Shahzad (Ph.D.) has extensive experience conducting national and cross-country education sector research projects in Australia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and other countries. Currently a Grant Developer at the University of South Australia (UniSA), she has previously worked as a Research Assistant at UniSA and Deakin University, as well as a Research Fellow at I-SAPS (Institute of Social and Policy Sciences), Pakistan. Her research interests center around education governance and equity challenges, education policy and reforms, student assessments and datafication, gender in education, and data-based decision-making and accountability. Rizwana is also an associate member of the Laboratory of International Assessment Studies (LIAS).... Read more
About me
Rizwana Shahzad (Ph.D.) has extensive experience conducting national and cross-country education sector research projects in Australia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and other countries. Currently a Grant Developer at the University of South Australia (UniSA), she has previously worked as a Research Assistant at UniSA and Deakin University, as well as a Research Fellow at I-SAPS (Institute of Social and Policy Sciences), Pakistan. Her research interests center around education governance and equity challenges, education policy and reforms, student assessments and datafication, gender in education, and data-based decision-making and accountability. Rizwana is also an associate member of the Laboratory of International Assessment Studies (LIAS). She is an active researcher with publications including journal articles, book chapters and research reports of academic and policy significance.
About me
The Laboratory of International Assessment Studies: http://international-assessments.org/
Shahzad, R. & Gorur R. (2024). Actor-Network Theory: A Material-Semiotic Approach to Policy Analysis, in M. Stacey and N. Mockler (Ed.), Policy Analysis in Education: Theory and Method. Routledge.
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID
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Shahzad, R. (2022). Strategic Incoherence: The Assessment Multiple and Education Policy in Punjab, Pakistan (thesis). Deakin University, Australia.
Ahmed, Z. S., & Shahzad, R. (2021). The role of peace education in countering violent extremism in Pakistan: an assessment of non-governmental efforts. Conflict, Security & Development. DOI: 10.1080/14678802.2021.1943150
Ahmed, Z. S., & Shahzad, R. (2021). Assessment of foreign-funded interventions of preventing violent extremism through education in madrassas: The case of Pakistan. In S. Zeiger (Ed.), International CVE Research Conference Book. Abu Dhabi: Hedayah.
Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (I-SAPS). 2020. Empowerment of Head Teachers in Punjab. PESP-II, Lahore.
The World Bank and I-SAPS. (2019). Pakistan - District Education Management and Service Delivery Study. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. Islamabad. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/787131562572214336/Pakistan-District-Education-Management-and-Service-Delivery-Study
UNICEF and I-SAPS. (2018). Understanding Political Economy of Education Inequity in Pakistan. UNICEF. Islamabad.
I-SAPS (2016). Public financing of education in Punjab: Provincial and district level Analysis. Islamabad: I-SAPS. ISBN : 978-969-7612-10-9
Humayun, Salman., Shahzad, R. & Cunningham R. (2013). Regulating low-fee private schools in Islamabad: a study in policy and practice, in P. Srivastava (Ed.), Low-fee Private Schooling: aggravating equity or mitigating disadvantage? Oxford Studies in Comparative Education Series. (Symposium Books, Oxford, 2013). ISBN: 978-1-873927-91-5 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.15730/books.84
Research
Shahzad, R. & Gorur R. (2024). Actor-Network Theory: A Material-Semiotic Approach to Policy Analysis, in M. Stacey and N. Mockler (Ed.), Policy Analysis in Education: Theory and Method. Routledge.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
