Kainat Shakil
Kainat Shakil is a research fellow at The Shahid Javed Burki Institute of Public Policy at NetSol (BIPP) — a Pakistan based think-tank — where her work has focused on reviewing public policies from a people centric perspective for better public representation, ownership, and participation. A large part of her work is qualitative research mapping to understand the perceptions, feelings, reactions, and engagement of the public with government policies and vice versa.
In addition, she provides regular research training to newly inducted public officers. Shakil also develops interactive cultural, historical, and political curriculum for middle school pupils with a focus on pluralism and inclusivity. Before joining BIPP, she has been an Erasmus research scholar at Middlesex University London and recipient of US State Department’s cultural scholarship Global UGRAD.
Latest by Kainat Shakil
Articles
Manufacturing Civilisational Crises: Instrumentalisation of Anti-Western Conspiracy Theories for Populist Authoritarian Resilience in Turkey and Pakistan August 15, 2022.
Islamist Populists in Power: Promises, Compromises and Attacks on Democratic Institutions August 7, 2022.
Religious Populism and Vigilantism: The Case of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan January 23, 2022
Profiles
Imran Khan: From Cricket Batsman to Populist Captain Tabdeli of Pakistan February 10, 2021.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: Pakistan’s Iconic Populist Movement February 3, 2021.