Memorandum of Cooperation Signed with University in Pakistan
Memorandum of Cooperation signed between HNEE and Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University for Agriculture (MNSUAM), Multan, Pakistan
Present in the photo:
Vice Chancellor MNSUAM, Professor Asif Ali
Dean Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences MNSUAM, Professor Shafqat Saeed
Associate Professor and Chairman Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences MNSUAM, Dr Asif Raza
Doctoral Researcher HNEE, Mehwish Zuberi
HNEE and Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University for Agriculture (MNSUAM) in Multan, Pakistan have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation which will last five years. Both universities pledge to establish a joint research platform for field research, use of resources and complementing each others technical benefits in order to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in sustainable agricultural development. Under this Memorandum, both universities agree on exchange of researchers. For example, Mehwish Zuberi is a doctoral researcher at HNEE with the junior research group TRANSECT who is studying agricultural intensification processes and their consequences in South Punjab with the aim to develop alternative sustainable pathways in a climate change scenario. She is currently hosted by MNSUAM for a two month long research stay. The memorandum is the first of its kind signed by HNEE with a university in Pakistan.
Research Interests
- International Political Economy
- Development Economics
- Environment and Conflict
- Foreign Investment and Labor
- Islam in Post-Communism
- China in Central and South Asia
Curriculum Vitae
Pengshan Pan is a PhD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. His fields are international political economy and development. His research focuses on international development and political economy, especially in Central and South Asia. In particular, he explores the interlinkages between foreign direct investment, nature and conflict. He is broadly interested in industrial policies in post-communist countries and China's footprint in Eurasia.
Aug 2017 – Current
PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Graduate Certificate: Center for Russian & East European Studies / Asian Studies Center
- Fields: International Political Economy / Development
Aug 2014 – Dec 2016
Master of Science, Economics
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI, USA
Sep 2009 – Jun 2013
Bachelor of Economics, Finance
Sichuan University Chengdu, China
Experience
mid-June /July / August / mid-September 2022
Visiting Fellow, TRANSECT
Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde, Germany
Mar / April /May / June 2022
Research Fellow, OSCE Academy Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Spring 2022
Participant, Economic Research Mentoring Program,
China-Russia Eurasian Studies Center Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Summer 2021
Participant, Virtual Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality
University of Chicago / Hong Kong University of Science and Techology
Summer 2018
Participant, ICPSR Summer Institute, EITM Certificate
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Sep 2017 – Current
Research Assistant, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Sep 2016 - Apr 2017
Research Assistant, La Follette School of Public Affairs Madison, WI, USA
Conference & Seminar Presentations
Fall 2022 / Montreal, Canada & Fall 2021 Seattle, WA, USA, (virtual)
American Political Science Association Conference (APSA)
Spring 2022
Midwest Political Science Association Conference (MPSA)
Chicago, IL, USA
Summer 2022 / Tashkent, Uzbekistan & Fall 2021 Columbus, OH, USA, (virtual)
Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference (CESS)
Spring 2022
Graduate Students in International Political Economy (GSIPE), (virtual)
Summer 2022
Wisconsin Russia Project Workshop
University of Wisconsin–Madison, WI, USA
Summer 2021
Conceptualizing the BRI and its Effects Workshop
University of Toronto, Canada
Summer 2021
Political Science and International Relations Academic Community Conference
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
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