1 - Research Interests:
National identity and sense of belonging; Attitudes to integration; Social cohesion in immigrant communities; Inequalities and health outcomes.
2 - Research Projects:
Testing the National Identity Argument - with Prof. David Miller, Department of Politics, University of Oxford.
British Election Study's Ethnic Minority Survey 2009/10 - with Prof. Anthony Heath, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford.
Muslims in Europe - with Professor Timothy Garton Ash, European Studies Centre, University of Oxford.
Social Inclusion of Ethnic Minorities in Britain - Aga Khan Development Network.
'Orientalism at War' Conference and Book Project - Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford and Defence Academy, University of Cambridge.
The Rational Believer: Choices and Decisions in the Madrasas of Pakistan (Book) - with Dr. Masooda Bano, Oxford Department for International Development, University of Oxford.
The Effect of Market Liberalism on the Norms of Young People in the USA, c.1970-2006 - with Prof. Avner Offer, All Souls College and Department of History, University of Oxford.
The Effect of Economic Inequalities on Health - Oxford Institute for Ageing, University of Oxford.
Working time policies in the UK, France and other industrial countries - Centre for Time Use Research, University of Oxford
Migrant Health and Social Care Workers, Migration Management Programme - ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford.
Social Sciences' Graduate Research in Progress Seminars (GRIPS) - Department of Sociology, University of Oxford.
3 - Selected Publications:
Journal Articles
Miller, David & Sundas Ali (Forthcoming, 2011), 'Testing the National Identity Argument', Canadian Journal of Political Science.
Sobolewska, Maria & Sundas Ali (Forthcoming, 2011), 'Reporting Muslim Public Opinion Polls', [Journal].
Ali, Sundas (Forthcoming), 'National Identities and Sense of Belonging for Muslims in Britain: Evidence from the Citizenship Survey', [Journal].
Ali, Sundas (Forthcoming), 'Muslim Meanings of "Belonging to Britain": Evaluating Survey Questions with Cognitive Interviews', [Journal].
Book Chapters
Ali, Sundas (2011), 'The Politics of Islamic Identities', in Anthony Elliott (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies (London: Routledge).
Heath, Anthony, Catherine Rothon & Sundas Ali (2010), 'Identity and Public Opinion', in Alice Bloch and John Solomos (eds.), Race and Ethnicity in the 21st Century (London: Palgrave Macmillan).
Research and Policy Reports
Ali, Sundas (2009), 'New Times? Economic crisis, geo-political transformation, and the emergent migration order', Report for Centre on Migration Policy and Society, University of Oxford.
Choudhary, Tufyal, Sarah Spencer, Carolyn Slauson, Betsy Cooper & Sundas Ali (2008), 'Social Inclusion among Selected Migrant and Minority Groups in the United Kingdom', Report commissioned by the Aga Khan Development Network, Aga Khan Foundation (UK) and Centre on Migration Policy and Society, University of Oxford.
Newspaper Articles and Investigations
Ali, Sundas and Edmund King (29 October 2009), "Protests and arrests over climate change", Cherwell Student Newspaper, University of Oxford.
Ali, Sundas and India Lenon (22 October 2009), "Grad places stretched to breaking point" (Careers Investigation), Cherwell Student Newspaper, University of Oxford.
Ali, Sundas (15 October 2009), "Swine flu breaks out across the University", Cherwell Student Newspaper, University of Oxford.
Ali, Sundas (15 October 2009), "Mertonians hit by rent hike", Cherwell Student Newspaper, University of Oxford.
Ali, Sundas (5 August 2009), "Tariq Ramadan the new Islamic Studies Chair", Cherwell Student Newspaper, University of Oxford.
Ali, Sundas (5 August 2009), "Oxford scientists discover transparent aluminium", Cherwell Student Newspaper, University of Oxford.
Ali, Sundas (25 January 2008), "Summoning up the ghosts of Pakistani Politics", Cherwell Student Newspaper, University of Oxford.
4 - Awards, Grants, and Scholarships:
Nuffield College Studentship, University of Oxford.
Graduate Scholarship, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford.
Scholarship for Aage Sorensen Memorial Conference, Harvard University.
Fine Arts Category Award, Oxford Student Newspaper Photography Competition.
Khalid Al-Ibrahim Scholar, Graduate Studentship, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
Civic Concepts' Scholarship, International Youth Leadership Conference, Prague.
5 - Teaching (Tutorials, Seminars, Lectures, and Supervision):
Sociology
Sociological Theory; Political Sociology; Sociological Methods; Sociology of Education in Britain; Sociology of Families and Households; Sociology of Crime and Deviance; Sociology of China.
Politics
Theory of Politics; Political Philosophy; Comparative Government; West European Politics; South Asian Politics; Middle East Politics; Politics of China; Shariah Law and Western Democracy; Globalisation and Democracy; Globalisation: Multinational Corporations and Social Enterprise.
Thesis Supervision:
'The Impact of Post-materialist values on the development of the British Right since 1979' (Undergraduate)
'The Politics of Intransigence and the Erosion of Democracy' (Postgraduate)
Economics
Markets and Market Failure; Transport Economics; Development Economics; Government Policy, the National, and International Economy; Economics and the Environment; Foreign Exchange and International Trade; Business Economics and the Distribution of Income; Current World Economic Crisis- what happened?
History
History of Modern India; History and Culture of Persia/Iran and Turkey; Modern Islam.
Social Policy
21st Century British Social Policy; Treatment of Minorities (UK vs. US); Social Issues: Albert Camus, Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, and Frantz Fanon; Society, Culture, and Environment.
Development Studies
International Development.