FACULTY PROFILE

Dr. Syed A. Waheed

Assistant Professor

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor, PhD Education (Vienna), MPhil (GCUL), MPhil (UE)



Syed A. Waheed has been teaching in the Department of Education at University of Education, Okara Campus since November 2005 and joined University of Okara (UO) since its establishment on first of April 2016. He returned to Pakistan in May 2017 after successfully completing his PhD in Education from University of Vienna- founded in 1365 and one of the oldest universities in the German-speaking world and Europe. His PhD was funded by Higher Education Commission (HEC) through a country-wide competitive Overseas Scholarship award. Since joining of the first vice chancellor of the University, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zakaria Zakar, he got an opportunity to contribute in building the image of University at international forum. He has been engaged to establish academic linkages and international collaborations to uplift the international character of UO. The External linkages is university’s frontline arm that serves to expand partnership with the national and international organizations in order to initiate and strengthen cooperation and collaborations for uplifting institutional standards in the domain of teaching, learning, research and administration. In addition to his duties as Director of External Linkages, he has been contributing in different academic, administrative and professional areas within and outside of the university. He is HEC approved PhD supervisor and currently supervising PhD and MPhil student dissertations and has already supervised more than 35 masters theses. He is interested in exploring innovative phenomena qualitatively in the field of higher education, doctoral studies and other allied fields of interest. He is a reviewer of national and international research journals in the broader discipline of education. He has reviewed a number of MPhil theses of the students from other universities of Pakistan. Also, he had been correspondent of the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) and writes column on educational affairs in different national newspapers of the country. Waheed has visited a number of countries including Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia. He has passed B1 level of German language and qualified IELTS with an overall score of 7. He believes in bringing change in the society through promoting higher education access to the youth of the country and generating innovative ideas that may enable them to think 'differently and positively' to create a world of human respect and dignity.

HONOURS AND AWARDS

1

2013

HEC Overseas Scholarship for MS/MPhil Leading to PhD (Austria)

2

2009

HEC Faculty Development Program (FDP) Overseas PhD Scholarship

3

2006

2nd Position in MPhil from Government College University Lahore (GCUL)

4

1998

Meritorious Scholarship, Directorate of Colleges

5

1992

Silver Medal (SSC)

6

1992

Certificate of Merit, District Council

7

1991

Certificate of Distinction (BISE)


PUBLICATIONS :


BOOK CHAPTER

1

1990

A Chapter “Mut'allliqat” published in the Book: Nonari,S.A.(1990). Introduction to the countries of the World (Urdu), Lahore: Al-faisal Nashiran-o-Tajran.

JOURNAL PAPERS

1

2009

Waheed, S. A. (2009). Reviewing higher education in perspective of National Education Policy 2009 (Urdu). Taleemi Zaviay, 22(3), 90-93

JOURNAL PAPERS - PEER REVIEWED

1

2016

Shoukat, S. L., Waheed, M., & Waheed, S. A. (2016). Qualitative and quantitative approaches of research: A synopsis of required competencies for curriculum developers. Science International Lahore, 28(2),1497-1501.

2

2016

Gilani, N., & Waheed, S. A. (2016). Empowering school students through creativity using digital media. Science International Lahore, 28(2),1539-1541.

3

2015

Nadia, G., Waheed, S. A., Saleem, K., & Shoukat, L. (2015). Do emotions affect academic achievement in adulthood? Relationship between postgraduate students’ trait emotional intelligence and achievement. The Ayer International Journal of Human Field Studies, 2(2), 37-44.

4

2015

Ahmad, M., Saleem, K., Farooqi, M. T. K., Khan, H. M. A., Waheed, S. A.,Tatlah, I. A., Khan, A. M. (2015). Islamization of Education in the Globalization Era: a case study of Pakistan. The Ayer International Journal of Human Field Studies, 3(1), 321-328.

5

2015

Waheed, S. A., Gilani, N., Shoukat, S. L., & Saleem, K. (2015). Analysis of ‘The Education Policy’ employing Haddad’s conceptual framework.Science International Lahore, 27(6), 6057-6062.

6

2014

Sajjad, S. H., Waheed, S.A., Khan, T., Qadri, S. M. T., Nadia, G (2014). Natural Hazards and Related Contents in Curriculum of Geography in Pakistan. Asian Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences, 3(2), 40-48.

7

2014

Saleem, K., Saeed, M., Waheed, S. A. (2014). Relationship between cultural variations and students’ research preferences: A gender based comparison. The Sindh University Journal of Education, 43, 47-59.

CONFERENCES AND PROCEEDINGS

1

2016

Waheed, S. A. (2016, March). Identification of problems and prospective for bridging the gap between research and practice in educational science. Paper presented at the 5th Global Academic Meeting (GAM), Budapest, Hungary.

2

2014

Waheed, S. A., & Gilani, N. (2014, October).Teachers matter in learning satisfaction of the students: Perspectives of student-teachers in public sector universities of Pakistan. Paper accepted in the International Research Conference at Linnæus University Teleborgs Slott Växjö, Sweden.


WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

1

2020

Research Methods in Social Sciences by Dr. Steven Granich, Lock Haven University, Pennsylvania, USA.

2

2020

Cultural Comparison of Developed and Developing Countries by Dr. Steven Granich, Lock Haven University, Pennsylvania, USA.

3

2020

Problem of worldwide immigration by Dr. Steven Granich, Lock Haven University, Pennsylvania, USA.

4

2020

Designing Research and Writing a Research Proposal by Dr Parveen Ali, Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield

5

2020

Writing for Publication Dr Parveen Ali, Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, UK

6

2019

One-Day National Seminar on Perspective Role of University Graduates in Community Development (Social Transformation: Educated Youth as Agents of Change)

7

2019

Two Days Workshop on Promotion of Concoction Tolerance, Harmony and Co-existence through Heritage Education

8

2019

Secretary, Core Committee of 1st National Conference on Multidisciplinary Research, University of Okara

9

2019

Participated in four days training workshop on NACTE external academic evaluators

10

2019

Seminar by Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kurtenbach (University of Applied Sciences, Muenster, Germany)

11

2019

Seminars and interactive lectures by Dr. Marnix DRESSEN-VAGNE (University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France)

12

2019

Seminars and interactive lectures by Dr. Norman Reid (University of Glasgow)

13

2019

Workshops and interactive lectures by Dr. Hasnain Bokhari (Erfurt University, Germany)

14

2019

An interactive lecture on Promoting Research Culture in Academic Settings by Prof. Dr. Muazzam Nasrullah, MD, MPH, PhD CEO, Ingenious Health Sciences, Visiting Professor, Georgian American University, Tbilisi, Georgia, Adjunct Faculty, Emory University & West Virginia University, USA

15

2019

An Interactive Lecture on:"Surviving and Thriving in Peer-Reviewed Research: Best Practices, and Techniques" by Prof. Dr. Gulzar H. Shah, (PhD, MStat, MS), Department Chair: Health Policy and Community Health, Professor of Health Policy and Management Georgia Southern University, USA

16

2018

Organized: Orientation to basics of German Language, University of Okara.

17

2018

Seminars, interactive lectures, academic talks, and cultural dialogues by Peter-Josef Boeck (Germany )

18

2015

Conference of the section of historical educational research of the German Educational Research Association (GERA) in University of Vienna, Austria, September 17-19, 2015.(Organized)

19

2015

Introduction to SciVerse Scopus – A multidisciplinary access to knowledge, University of Vienna

20

2015

Introduction to multidisciplinary database web of science, University of Vienna

21

2015

Research Methods for Doctoral Candidates, University of Vienna, Austria.

22

2014

Expose writing in English- how to write and present a doctoral thesis proposal, University of Vienna

23

2014

Writing and publishing a paper in humanities and social sciences, University of Vienna

24

2014

Academic writing in English, University of Vienna

25

2014

Conversation in English: conference and meeting situations, University of Vienna

26

2014

Publication strategies in the academic publish or perish competition, University of Vienna

27

2014

English pronunciation and typical mistakes, University of Vienna, Austria.

28

2014

Time and self-management for doctoral candidates,University of Vienna, Austria.

29

2014

Educational theories in international and historical comparison, University of Vienna, Austria.

30

2013

From research question to literature- finding and using information resources for PhD project, University of Vienna

31

2013

Introduction to reference management and knowledge organization: Citavi, University of VIenna

32

2013

English conversation in the conference context, University of Vienna

33

2013

Funding possibilities for first stage researchers, University of Vienna

34

2013

How to approach proposal writing for funding projects, University of Vienna

35

2013

School and Education Research, University of Vienna, Austria

36

2013

Workshop on Mixed Methods Research, University of Vienna, Austria.

37

2013

Teaching and Learning, University of Vienna, Austria.

38

2013

Special needs and inclusive education, University of Vienna, Austria.


MEMBERSHIPS

1

2017

Member of Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA)

2

2017

Member of American Educational Research Association (AERA)

3

2015

Junior Editor, ESR Journal/Doktoranti Srbije/University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 5, Novi Sad, Serbia.

4

2015

Member of Austrian Association of Research and Development in Education

5

2015

Representative of the emerging researchers of the Austrian Association of Research and Development in Education (ÖFEB)

6

2014

Reviewer: Journal of curriculum studies, Taylor and Francis Online



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