Nazia Hussain

Nazia HUSSAIN is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) at the University of Tokyo. Her work focuses on complex stresses in cities. In particular, she studies interactions among dynamics of informality, criminal and political violence, and politics of water in cities in developing countries. She holds a PhD in Public Policy 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.