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Hassan Salman
Aspiration Statement
I wish to pursue a masters in a field related to policymaking and politics. This will help me in pursuing a professional career in research as well as be a continuation of my studies at Habib University. I am passionate about policymaking and political science. I want to work in a field closely related to policymaking or policy analysis, whether it is in the public policy sector or the corporate sector.
Core Skills
- Qualitative Research Skills
- Quantitative Research Skills
- Writing Skills (English and Urdu)
- QGIS
- Translation between Urdu and English
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Conflict Management
- Photography
- Creative Thinking
Experience
Internship / Volunteer Work
- Research Intern, The Citizens Foundation (September 2022 – November 2022)
- Research Intern, Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (February 2022 – June 2022)
- Communications Intern, CIRCLE Women (March 2021 – July 2021)
Publications / Creative Projects
- Got featured on Karachi Cartography's Instagram for a QGIS mapping project in 2021
Final Year Project
Project Title
A Political Rumble: The Problem of Municipal Management of Waste in Karachi
Description
This paper analyzes the current system in place in the city of Karachi regarding the management of solid waste and sewage. The paper explores whether the current system in place is sufficient when it comes to handling the waste management or not, and the causes of failure of various municipal government systems at handling this issue. It looks towards various examples in municipal systems around the world and in Pakistan itself that have been successful in managing the problem. Also looking at the problem from an Anthropocene lens about how the climate movement has found ways to transform cities into ‘zero waste’ urban centers and put forward policy formulations to drastically reduce carbon emissions and toxic waste within industrial centers. The paper uses the concepts of biopolitics and biopower to analyze the idea of ‘human waste’ and how human lives are considered as wasted or being waste in power circles.