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Dr. Hira Amin
Assistant Professor
Educational Qualifications
PhD in History
MSc in History of International Relations
Entity
College of Public Policy
Biography
Dr. Hira Amin is an Assistant Professor at the College of Public Policy at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. After completing her PhD in History at the University of Cambridge, she has been involved in various interdisciplinary projects. Her research interests broadly fall into two categories: the first is social, cultural, and religious transformations in the modern Muslim world; the second is social inclusion, accessibility, and disability.
She has undergone training in systems thinking, LEGO Serious Play, participatory co-design, and strategic foresight at the Institute for the Future. She is currently working on multiple research grants that utilize these various tools and methods, such as education for sustainability and global citizenship, strategic foresight in culture, identity, and education, and systems mapping the disability diagnostics landscape in Qatar.
PhD in History
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
2017
MSc in History of International Relations
London School of Economics, United Kingdom
2012
BSc in Mathematics and Philosophy
King’s College London, United Kingdom
2008
- Modern Muslim movements
- Migration, diaspora, and citizenship
- Social inclusion and accessibility
- Strategic foresight
Assistant Professor
College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2021 - Present
Visiting Assistant Professor
College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2018 - 2021
Lecturer
University of Kent, England
2018
Amin, H. (2022). The shifting contours of Saudi influence in Britain. In Wahhabism and the world: Understanding Saudi Arabia's global influence on Islam. Oxford University Press.
Complete Publication Listing(s): Google Scholar