Makhtoom Ahmed
Lecturer
Department of Sociology , Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

makhtoom.ahmed@buitms.edu.pk

Qualification

M.Phil. (2023)
Sociology
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Master's (2015)
Sociology
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Bachelor's (2013)
Political Science
University of Karachi, Pakistan

Teaching Courses

  • Social Research Methods, Sociology of Development, Urban Sociology, Sociology of Education

Teaching Method

  • Collaborative Learning
  • Inquiry-Based Learning

Research Interest

  • Children's Well-being, Children's Vulnerability, Child Protection

Membership

  • Children's Understanding of Well-being: global and local
  • Childhood Law and Policy Newtork

Awards & Achivements

  • Participated in a research conference on School Well-being from a Child-Centered Perspective held in Berlin Germany
    2025
  • Participated in a research conference on Children's Relational Well-being held in Sion Switzerland
    2019
  • Summer School Program, Wuppertal Germany
    2015

Academic & Social Links

Mr. Makhtoom Ahmed is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology at BUITEMS. He is interested in researching in the field of Sociology of Childhood specifically on the impacts of social environment and children's living conditions on their safety, agency and overall well-being.

Publications

Child Marriage Traditions in Pakistan: Reconstructing (In) Security and Subjective Well-Being of Children.
Makhtoom Ahmed, Muhammad Zaman, Hifza Irfan (2025) Qualitative Report vol. 30 no. 3 pp. -
Children’s Perceptions of their Safety and Agency in Pakistan
Makhtoom Ahmed, Imran Sabir, Muhammad Zaman (2022) Child indicators research vol. 15 no. 3 pp. 959-987
Children’s self-concept of their well-being in Rawalpindi and Islamabad: Actor’s perspectives of identity and existence
Makhtoom Ahmed, Muhammad Zaman (2019) Child Indicators Research vol. 12 no. 2 pp. 501-523
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Work Experience

July 2016 to Date
Lecturer at Sociology
BUITEMS