Aisha Ahmad

Aisha Ahmad
Born (1980-10-29) October 29, 1980
Academic background
Alma materMcGill University
ThesisBetween the Mosque and the Market: an economic explanation of state failure and state formation in the modern Muslim world (2013)
Doctoral advisorStephen M. Saideman
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical Science
Sub-disciplineIslam, International Relations
Notable worksJIHAD & CO. Black Markets And Islamist Power
Websitewww.aishasahmad.com

Aisha Ahmad is a Canadian academic, and is currently an associate professor in the department of political science at the University of Toronto Scarborough. In 2022, she was elected to the Royal Society of Canada as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists. She is an expert on Islam, international relations, state failure, and the political economy, and has applied her work on international security to the human impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.