The Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) in London is looking to recruit a post-doctoral research fellow for a 21-month full-time fixed-term position. The Fellow will work on an interdisciplinary project on community-managed water systems in Pakistan that brings together researchers from the social sciences and engineering sciences in the UK and Pakistan, in partnership with engineers and development practitioners in Pakistan. The project will examine the successful implementation of community-managed water systems in the northern region of Gilgit-Baltistan in order to assess if and how these can be scaled up to urban settings.

The Fellow will work closely with the Principle Investigator (political economy) and Co-Investigator 1 (anthropology), along with the Co-Investigator 2 (engineering) and development practitioners to:

• Review the wider literature on, and evidence of, community-managed water systems

• Review the performance of community-managed water systems in Gilgit-Baltistan

• Develop household surveys to assess the impact of community-managed water systems in Gilgit-Baltistan

• Liaise with research partners and stakeholders, and oversee data collection 

• Collate and analyse secondary and primary data

• Manage and track progress of the project, including tracking and recording expenses against the project budget

• Contribute to reports and publications

• Contribute to teaching on a development-related MA course