National identity and sense of belonging towards Britain; Attitudes to integration; Social cohesion in immigrant communities; Inequalities and health outcomes.
Other Items: 1- Selected Publications; 2- Research Projects; 3- Teaching.
1 - Selected Publications:
Journal Articles
Ali, Sundas (Forthcoming), 'Muslim Identity and Sense of Belonging towards Britain', [Journal].
Sobolewska, Maria & Sundas Ali (Forthcoming), 'Reporting Muslim Public Opinion Polls', [Journal].
Book Chapters
Ali, Sundas (2010), 'The Politics of Islamic Identities', in Anthony Elliott (ed.), The Handbook of Identity Studies (New York and London: Routledge).
Heath, Anthony, Catherine Rothon & Sundas Ali (2009), '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 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.
2 - Research Projects:
British Election Study's Ethnic Minority Survey 2009/10 - Department of Sociology, Oxford.
'Orientalism at War' Conference and Book Project - Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford and Defence Academy, Cambridge.
The Effect of Economic Inequalities on Health - Oxford Institute for Ageing, University of Oxford.
Social Inclusion of Ethnic Minorities in Britain - Aga Khan Development Network.
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.
Muslims in Europe - Professor Timothy Garton Ash, European Studies Centre, University of Oxford.
Social Sciences' Graduate Research in Progress Seminars (GRIPS) - Department of Sociology, University of Oxford.
3 - Teaching:
Sociology
Sociological Theory; Political Sociology; Sociological Methods; Sociology of China; Sociology of Families and Households; Sociology of Crime and Deviance.
Politics
West European Politics; South Asian Politics; Middle Eastern Politics; Shariah Law and Western Democracy; Globalisation and Democracy; Globalisation: Multinational Corporations and Social Enterprise.
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.
Philosophy
Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau.
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.