Ijlal NAQVI
Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor of Sociology; Associate Dean (Curriculum and Teaching)
Qualifications
- PhD (Sociology), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011
- MALD, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2004
- BA (Economics), Middlebury College, 1998
Research and Teaching Interests
- Development
- Urban Studies
- Political Sociology
- Democracy
- Infrastructure
- Service Learning
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Sociology Study Mission
- Contemporary South Asian Societies
- Public Policy Task Force
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsIjlal Naqvi is a leading sociologist whose research on governance, infrastructure, and development in the Global South—especially Pakistan—has shaped scholarly and policy debates on state capacity, urban citizenship, and participatory governance.
Recognized for bridging methodological rigor with policy relevance, Naqvi’s work advances understanding of infrastructural governance, democratization, and state-society relations in complex urban and national contexts; his research has influenced academic, policy, and civil society circles, and he is noted for leadership in collaborative and citizen-engaged research.
Focused research areas include State capacity and infrastructural power; politics and governance of electricity and public utilities; urban citizenship and informality; participatory and community-based governance; comparative analysis of development and democracy in South Asia and beyond.
Recognized for bridging methodological rigor with policy relevance, Naqvi’s work advances understanding of infrastructural governance, democratization, and state-society relations in complex urban and national contexts; his research has influenced academic, policy, and civil society circles, and he is noted for leadership in collaborative and citizen-engaged research.
Focused research areas include State capacity and infrastructural power; politics and governance of electricity and public utilities; urban citizenship and informality; participatory and community-based governance; comparative analysis of development and democracy in South Asia and beyond.
Areas of Expertise
DevelopmentElectricityGovernanceInfrastructurePolitics of muslim-majority countries
Past Awarded Grant
- 2018-2020 Principal Investigator. Singapore Ministry of Education research grant for SGD 39,965, "Spatial Analysis of Electricity Consumption in Karachi, Pakistan"
- 2014-2016 Co-Principal Investigator, International Growth Centre research grant for GBP 19,636 "Mapping the Grid: Jumpstarting an Electricity Consumption GIS."
- 2014-2016 Principal Investigator, Singapore Ministry of Education research grant for SGD 19,583.57, "Participatory Decision Making in Singapore,"
- 2014-2016 Principal Investigator, Singapore Ministry of Education research grant for SGD 25,424.00, "Modeling and Visualizing Consumer Consumption and Payment Behavior in the Pakistani Electrical Power Sector."
- 2012-2014 Principal Investigator, Singapore Ministry of Education research grant for SGD 22,883.49, "Policy Approaches for the Pakistani Electrical Power Sector."
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- I NAQVI, T LIMSingapore Management University, 2025
- PG RoyTechnology & Culture 66 (1), 2025
- Grievance politics and technocracy in a developmental state: healthcare policy reforms in Singapore [2024]I Naqvi, FM Rossi, RKJ TanDevelopment and Change 55 (2), 244-275, 2024
- A Amirrudin, N Harrigan, I NaqviCurrent Sociology 71 (6), 1019-1039, 2023
- Schools of Citizenship [2023]I NaqviXX ISA World Congress of Sociology (June 25-July 1, 2023), 2023
- I NaqviEnergy Democracies for Sustainable Futures, 151-155, 2023
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Qualifications
- PhD (Sociology), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011
- MALD, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2004
- BA (Economics), Middlebury College, 1998
Research and Teaching Interests
- Development
- Urban Studies
- Political Sociology
- Democracy
- Infrastructure
- Service Learning
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Sociology Study Mission
- Contemporary South Asian Societies
- Public Policy Task Force