Professor Farid Panjwani
Dean, Institute for Educational Development, Pakistan
Professor Farid Panjwani is Dean of the Institute for Educational Development at Aga Khan University (AKU-IED). He holds a DPhil in Philosophy of Education from the University of Oxford, an MA in Educational and International Development from the UCL Institute of Education, and an MBA and BBA from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi.
After more than 25 years in the United Kingdom, he returned to Pakistan in 2021. At UCL Institute of Education, he was Associate Professor and founding Director of the Centre for Research and Evaluation in Muslim Education (CREME). He remains associated with UCL and continues to supervise PhD students.
At AKU-IED, Professor Panjwani has sought to reconceptualise teacher education as 'Reading the Child and Reading the World', connecting classroom realities with the broader socioeconomics of society.
His interdisciplinary scholarship spans philosophy of education, citizenship, teacher education, religious education, and Islamic studies. His recent work explores the role of imagination in educational practice and AI as a social practice. His latest research examines the lived experiences of religious minority children in Pakistan.
Professor Panjwani is engaged in both policy and practice. He serves on several high-level policy forums in the UK and Pakistan, and stays closely connected to schools through his research and participation in events.
