The Pakistan Hub, a partnership with the Mahbub ul Haq Research Centre (MHRC) at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, co-hosts a number of events series.
Our events include panel discussions on the political economy of development and global challenges and the Mahbub ul Haq Distinguished Lecture which aims to encourage globally renowned speakers to share knowledge, research and contribute towards ‘building forward differently’ in Pakistan and globally.
Our events are open to all and attract a global audience of academics, policy makers and practitioners.
A selection of past speakers
Mahbub ul Haq Distinguished Lecture
- Esther Duflo, MIT, J-PAL, 2019 Nobel prizewinner in Economic Sciences, Social Experiments to Fight Poverty (watch here)
- Pradeep Chhibber, Berkeley, The Rise of Populism in South Asia (watch here)
- Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale, The Economics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poor Countries
- Dr. Adnan Q. Khan, London School of Economics, Bureaucracy, state capacity, and development (watch here)
- Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot, Centre de Recherches Internationales at Sciences Po, Paris, Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy (watch here)
- Mariana Mazzucato, University College London, Rethinking the state: from public goods to public value (watch here)
- Leonard Wantchekon, Princeton University, State capture and the breakdown of democratic institutions (watch here)
- Zeba Sathar, Population Council, Pakistan’s divergent fertility transition (watch here)
- Tahir Andrabi, Pomona College, The impact of natural disasters on student learning in Pakistan (watch here)
- Professor James Robinson, University of Chicago, Polarized democracies: causes and consequences (watch here)
- Ms. Sima Kamil, Deputy Governor of the State Bank, Pakistan, Gender, equality and microfinance
- Naila Kabeer, London School of Economics, Three faces of agency in feminist economics: capabilities, empowerment and citizenship (watch here)
- Daron Acemoglu, MIT, Technical change, inequality and capitalist development (watch here)
- Mala Htun, UNM. Causes and Consequences of the Global ‘Rights Revolution’ for Women (watch here)
- Mazhar Waseem, Manchester, Fiscal Challenges and Tax Reforms in Pakistan (watch here)
- Edward Glaeser, Harvard, Urbanization and Economic Development after Covid-19 (watch here)
Panel Discussions
- Ayesha Razzaque, Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training; Afiya Shehrbano Zia, Wesleyan University; Sara Malkani, Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan; Zeenia Shaukat, The Knowledge Forum; Maryam S. Khan, Economic Alternatives (IDEAS), Book Lauch: Womansplaining (watch here)
- Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Harvard; Homi Kharas, Brookings, Ijaz Nabi, IGC/CDPR, Income inequality under Covid-19
- Syed M. Hasan; Steven Rubinyi; Sana Riaz; Nasir Javed; Adeel Shah; Hasaan Khawar, Using satellite data for planning sustainable cities
- Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, Assistant Professor of Politics & Global Studies at the University of Virginia; Patrick Heller, Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences and professor of Sociology and International Studies at Brown University; Umair Javed, Assistant Professor of Political Sociology at LUMS and a Fellow of MHRC, Deepening democracy: the role of associational politics (watch here)
- Richard Jolly, IDS Research Associate; Ajay Chhibber, IIEP; Adil Najam, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University; Frances Stewart, University of Oxford, Human development, climate change and the anthropocene (watch here)
- Dr. Mariam Mufti, University of Waterloo; Dr. Asad Liaqat, Facebook; Dr. Sarah Khan, Yale University; Dr. Umair Javed, LUMS. Book launch: Political economy of development and Book launch: Pakistan’s political parties (watch here)
- Tanveer Ahmad, Sujag, Rabia Ezdi, NCA, Fahad Malik, Praxis Legal, Sajjad Warraich, Social Activis), Dispossession for Development? Land Struggles in Contemporary Pakistan (pt 2) (watch here)
- Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, Pittsburgh, Informal Institutions, Property Rights, and the Foundations of Political Order in Afghanistan (watch here)
- Adam Auerbach (AU), Asad Liaqat (Facebook), Jennifer Bussell (Berkeley). Distributive Politics in India and Pakistan (watch here)
- Naomi Hossain, AU; Erum Haider, College of Wooster; Ijlal Naqvi, SMU, Development and Contention: Energy Politics in the Contemporary Era (watch here)
- Ayesha Shahid, Citizen Planner; Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, QAU, APAKA; Sikander Ajam, Federal Commission to Review Islamabad’s Master Plan; Jawad Aslam, AMC; Housing Futures in the City of Islamabad (watch here)
- Ayesha Khan, IDS, CSSR; Khawar Mumtaz, Former Chairperson NCSW; Umair Javed, LUMS; Sarah Khan, Yale, IDEAS; and Miguel Loureiro, IDS. Against All Odds: Social and Political Action for Empowerment and Accountability (watch here)
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