Nazia Hussain

Nazia HUSSAIN is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) at the University of Tokyo. She studies linkages between water and local politics in cities and beyond through urban processes of capital accumulation, and the resultant implications for human insecurity (including food security). She draws on literatures on state and governance, urban theory, political ecology, criminology, and philosophy of science. She uses quantitative and qualitative methods. Her regional focus is on Southeast and Southwest Asia.

Her grant-funded research is focused on understanding governance processes in Asia and Africa in response to stresses posed by climate change and urbanization (JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), April 2024-March 2027).

She holds a PhD from the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University. She was a recipient of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Policy Research, United Nations University, and a Fulbright scholarship for an MA in International Relations from Boston University.