Qualifications

• PhD. Sociology in - from University of Karachi, Pakistan
• M.Phil. Sociology in - from University of Karachi, Pakistan
• BS (Hons) Sociology in - from International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Research Interests

My research and Teaching interests includes Sociology of Health, Anthropology, ethnography and qualitative research, ethno-medicine, gender, feminist studies, sociology of reproduction and maternal health, decolonial and postcolonial theories, gender, women's health, global health policies and their impacts on indigenous communities especially in the context of Balochistan, Pakistan and South Asia.

As a medical sociologist, anthropologist, and ethnographer of health, and medicine, I have investigated the infrastructural, social, cultural, political, and economic determinants of health, medicine and illness and as well as maternal mortality in Balochistan.

Working Experiences

• (January 2022 to Present) Lecturer (BPS-18), Department of Sociology, University of Turbat
•  (August to December 2021) Visiting Faculty at University of Turbat, Kech
• (Fall 2019 to Spring 2021) Visiting Faculty at Bahria University, Karachi Campus
• (Feb. 2021 to August 2021) Visiting Faculty at Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University, Lyari, Karachi.
• (May – Oct 2018) Human Rights Research Fellow at Democracy International Reporting.
• (July – Sept. 2015) M&R officer at National Rural Support Program, Turbat
• (June-Dec. 2014) M&R Officer at NRSP Islamabad

Research Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals (10)

1. Shah, N. (2025). CONFLICT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY IN BALOCHISTAN. International Journal of Social Sciences Bulletin, 3(7), 590-598.
2. Shah, N. (2025). Maternal Mortality: Bereavement Experiences for Surviving Children Of Balochistan. International Journal of Social Science Bulletin, 3 (6), 699-705.
3. Shah, N. & Umar, A. (2024). Vaccine Hesitancy among University Students: A Qualitative Study in Makran Division, Balochistan. Gwadar Social Sciences Review. 1 (2)
4. Salim, M., & Shah, N. (2023). China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) Initiative and Its Ambitions for Global Hegemony. Journal of Asian Development Studies, 12(4), 1088-1096.
5. Shah, N., Sultan, R., & Siddiqui, N. (2023). Social Determinants of Maternal Mortality: A qualitative study in Balochistan. Journal of Law, Social And Management Sciences, 2(2), 144-151.
6. Yaseen, M., & Shah, N. (2021). Power On Pages of Newspapers: A Political Contestation in Pakistan. Journal of Media & Communication (JMC). Volume 01:02, 138-149 (2020).
7. Shah, N., Saleem, M., & Ahmed, G. (2019). Globalization: Cultural Imperialism through Higher Education in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Educational Research, 2(1).
8. Sultan, R. S., Shah, N., & Fazal, A. (2019). Gender Representation In Public Schools Textbooks Of Balochistan. Pakistan Journal of Applied Social Sciences, 9.
9. Sultan, R. S., Shah, N., & Hussan, I. (2019).A study of Social Problems faced by Persons with Disabilities special reference to University of Karachi. Pakistan Journal of Special Education 19, 115-131
10. Shah, N., Sultan, R. S., & Kaker, B. (2018). Balochi oral literature and gender construction. Pakistan Journal of Gender Studies, 16(1), 89-102.

Papers presented in National and International Conferences (02)

1. Socio-economic determinants of Maternal Mortality in Balochistan, Pakistan at The International Azerbaijan Academic Research Congress on August 08, 2022.
2. Infrastructural Causes of Maternal Mortality in Balochistan at Mahrgarh Research Institute on June 23, 2024.

Research Grants