Career path

I have a 24 years social research and teaching experience at the university level. I have also worked as consultant (training, research and policy advise) with various government and non government organizations. After completion of my doctorate, I am serving as an Associate Professor at the Social Work Department, University of Punjab with an additional responsibility as the Director, Centre for Social Development and Social Entrepreneurship (CSDSE), PU, Lahore.

Education

Ph D, ‘Child Protection Policy in Pakistan’, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 2008-12

My doctoral research is on ''Child protection policy''. Child protection has been a widely contested concept and a topic of vigorous research in the global North. However, it lacks a global South perspective. Using Pakistan as a case and by employing qualitative research methodologies in a child rights analytical framework, I have tried to contribute to fill this gap. 

 M.A. (Public Policy, specialization in Development Administration), the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 2003-04

M.A. (Social Work), University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan 1991-93

Work Experience

Academic

• University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. March 2020 to date: Director, Centre for Social Development and Social Entrepreneurship
• University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. 2014 to date: 
• Associate Professor (Social Work Department)
• Permanent faculty
• Teach postgraduate courses on Social Policy & Social Administration, Child Rights, History and Philosophy of Social Work, Fields of Practice in Social Work, Qualitative Research Methods, Academic Skills, Philosophy of Social Inquiry, Policymaking Process.
• Design, conduct and mark students assignments and exams
• Supervise research
• Supervise field practicum
• Develop and revise curriculum as and when needed
• Designed and started M Phil and PhD program in the department
• Served as In-charge & Chairperson of Social Work Department from April 2018 to March 2020.
• Served as Assistant Professor from 2002 to 2014 and as Lecturer from 1996 to 2002 in the same department.
• Crawford School of Public Policy, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia  July 2009-Nov. 2009
•  Tutor (Program Management)
• Assisted Course Coordinator in designing and delivering the course
• Facilitated groups assignments in the class
• Provided individual consultation to students   
• Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan  Oct. 2006-Feb. 2007
• Visiting faculty
• Developed and taught a course on ‘Social Policy’ in Master of Public Policy
• Conducted class assessment through written assignments, oral presentations and exams

Non-academic (Trainings, research, policy and practice)

• Working with the Social Welfare Training Institute as a resource person in the Post Induction Training Program for Social Welfare Officers 2021
• Worked with the Social Welfare Training Institute, designing and conducting a training on ‘Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation’, February 2021
• Worked as Consultant with Oxford Policy Management, UK on a UNICEF project developing Child Protection Case Management Systems for Balochistan, Gilgat-Baltistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 2018-2020.
• Worked with Social Welfare Training Institute, designing and conducting a training of trainers (ToT) on ‘Social Work Supervision’, March 2020
• Presided a session in 1^st International Conference ‘Advances and Challenges in Basic & Social Sciences in Contemporary Research’ organized by Government Islamia College for Women, Cooper Road, Lahore
• Worked as Consultant, conducting a training need assessment (TNA) of child protection staff in the formal child protection system in Pakistan. UNICEF, Pakistan. 2015-2016

Publication

1. Jabeen, Tahira. 2021. ‘Challenges in the prevention of child maltreatment in Pakistan: An interplay of the culture and the context’ International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, policy and practice, accepted
2. Salah ud Din, N. Jabeen, T. Meer, Y. 2021. ‘Domestic and Professional duties of Lady Health Workers’ Pakistan Journal of Social Research, 3(3). Online first, 5 September, 2021.
3. Granich, S., Jabeen, T., Omer, S. Arshad, M. 2021. ‘Addressing the issue of child sexual abuse in Pakistan: a conceptual analysis’ International Social Work, Online first, 27 July, 2021.
4. Syed, S. & Jabeen, T. 2021.’Child Sexual Abuse in Pakistan: Using Evidence Based Social Ecological Model for Explanation and Policy Formulation’ International Quarterly on Community Health Education, Published online 27 April 2021. DOI: 10.1177/0272684x211013151
5. Bhutta, E., Jabeen, T., Rehman CA., Dost, MK. 2020 ‘Mediation analysis of factors affecting the children welfare and rehabilitation in Child Protection and Welfare Bureau in Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Criminology, 12(1). Pp 13-30

Editor & Reviewer

1. Member editorial board, International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, Kempe Centre, USA
2. Work as reviewer for;
3. Children & Society, National Children’s Bureau, UK
4. Asian Journal of Social Science, National University of Singapore
5. The Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Peshawar
6. Pakistan Journal of Criminology, Law Society of Pakistan

Papers presented at conferences & Lectures

1. Presented paper ‘Addressing the Issue of Child Sexual Abuse in Pakistan: A Conceptual Analysis’, The Learning Institute’s 8th Global Well-Being and Social Change Conference on ‘Global Citizenship: Acknowledging Interconnectedness and Cultivating Social Justice’, April 14-16, 2021 Millersville University, Virtual Format, USA
2. ‘The Big Trends Changing Community Development’. Distinguished lecture for the HEC Seminar Series in Government Post Graduate Islamia College of Women, Cooper Road, Lahore. 19 February 2017.
3. ‘Evolution of Social Welfare: India & Pakistan since 1947’. Paper presented in the India, Pakistan Seminar organized by Social Work Department, Al_Razi Hall, University of the Punjab, Lahore. June 6, 2014.
4. ‘Citizen, rights and accountability: a case for children (Pakistan)’, Development Futures: 4^th ACFID Conference at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia on 21-22 November 2013.
5. ‘”Our children are our children”: NGOs working on children’s issues in Pakistan and their relationship with the state’, International Conference on Sustainable Development 2013, Toronto, Canada, August 2013

Honors and awards:  

1. Millennium Star Award 2007 by South Asia Publications
2. XVII Star Award 2006 by South Asia Publications 
3. The Raymond Apthorpe Prize for Outstanding Performance in Master of Public Policy, 2004, the Australian National University, Canberra
4. The Raymond Apthorpe Prize for  Outstanding Performance in PGD (Development Administration), 2003, the Australian National University, Canberra
5. Sardar of Kot Gold Medal for 1st class 1st in MA Social Work, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan