RESEARCH INTERESTS
FIELD: Comparative Politics; International Relations
DISSERTATION: Social Change and Institutionalization of Political Parties: A case study of Pakistan
RESEARCH AREAS: Political Parties and their institutionalization, Democratic Consolidation, Political Polarization, Political Behavior, Propaganda politics, Political marginalization of minorities
PUBLICATIONS:
Aslam, H. D., Suleman, Q., Zulfiqar, Z., Shafaat, M., & Sadiq, R. (2014). Analyzing the Perceived Effectiveness of Academic Leadership in Schools of Bahawalpur, Pakistan. International Journal of Learning and Development, 4(1).
Akhtar, S., Sadiq, R., Kanwal, N., Mumtaz, J., & Bukhari, S.A.A. (2021). Political Marginalization of Pakistani Transgender Community: A case study of District Bahawalpur. Journal of Contemporary issues in Business and Government, 27(5).
Sadiq, R. (2024). Causes of political polarization in Pakistan from 1947 to 2024. Political Horizons, 2(1), 45-58.
Sadiq, R. (2025). The role of social media on the voting behavior of middle-aged and above educators of Bahawalpur during the general elections of 2018. Journal of Political Studies, 32(1), 12-35.
WORKING PAPERS AND PROJECTS
- Critical Mass Theory and Women Political Participation in Pakistan
- Global democratic recession: Social and political factors behind Pakistan’s struggle for consolidation
- Propaganda and Polarization: Evidence from Pakistan’s Political Discourse, 2018–2022
- Consanguineous marriages and fragile democracy: Evidence from South Punjab, Pakistan
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION:
Atlanta Symposium on Political Science (ASOPS) Atlanta, March-2022
Causes of Political Polarization in Pakistan from 1947 to 2024
Georgia Political Science Association (GPSA) St. Simons November-2025
Global democratic recession: Social and political factors behind Pakistan’s struggle for consolidation.
Discussant Role
Georgia Political Science Association (GPSA) St. Simons November-2025
Discussant, Panel on Comparative Identity Politics and Political Movements
ACCEPTED FOR PRESENTATION:
Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) New-Orleans-January-2026
Global democratic recession: Social and political factors behind Pakistan’s struggle for consolidation
Midwest Political Science Association (GPSA) Chicago-April 2026
Propaganda and Polarization: Evidence from Pakistan’s Political Discourse, 2018–2022
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Semester assignment: The Iron Curtain Speech
Sadiq, R. (2020). How Churchill & Byrnes 1946 speeches escalate a confrontation between US & USSR?
Semester assignment: Social Contract Theory
Sadiq, R. (2020). How do different philosophers describe social contract theory?
Semester assignment: Women and General Elections 2018
Sadiq, R. (2020). The challenges and issues faced by women in General Elections 2018 of Pakistan.
Semester assignment: Buffer State
Sadiq, R. (2019) The history of Buffer states and how modern world buffer states are acting.
MBA Scholar (paid consultancy project)
Sadiq, R. (2014). rightsizing in OCS Courier (pvt) Ltd. in Pakistan. Management consultancy Project with Renowned Courier Company OCS Courier (pvt) Ltd. in Pakistan. Excel based models for courier performance evaluation and rightsizing have been developed and deliverables were implemented and right sized couriers up to 10% in three southern zones of Pakistan.
Services Marketing
Sadiq, R. (2014). SERVQUAL survey, Service Blueprinting of “DHL Express” and a comparative study of house of service Quality on the “package Delivery system” of “DHL Express” and “TCS”.
Strategic Brand Management
Sadiq, R. (2013). Brand strategy of Honda City including, brand equity, perceived quality, safety, efficiency, Style and design, technology and innovation, features, functional benefits, relationship benefits, process benefits, pricing strategy and channel strategy have been analyzed over the years till present and recommended suggestions for Pakistan specific marketing of the brand as a term project of Strategic Brand Management.
Strategic Human Resource Management
Sadiq, R. (2013). Interviewed HR personnel of Coca Cola and PepsiCo to compare HR practices in both organizations as a term project of Strategic Human Resource Management.
Training Manual on: Career Management
Sadiq, R (2012). training manual for an organization have been developed to achieve strategic goals and increase efficiency of employees.
Child Labor
Sadiq, R. (2010). causes and consequences of Child Labor in Pakistan are searched specifically its impact on both micro and macroeconomics have been discovered.
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