Dr Hasnain Bokhari

hasnain.bokhari@uni-erfurt.de

Research Associate for Computational Social Science in Public Policy (Willy Brandt School of Public Policy)

Contact

C19 - Research Building "Weltbeziehungen" / C19.02.09

Visiting address

University of Erfurt
Willy Brandt School of Public Policy
C19 - Research Building "Weltbeziehungen"
Max-Weber-Allee 3
99089 Erfurt

Mailing address

Universität Erfurt
Willy Brandt School of Public Policy
Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 Erfurt

Lecturer (Willy Brandt School of Public Policy)

Contact

C19 - Research Building "Weltbeziehungen" / C19.02.09

Visiting address

University of Erfurt
Willy Brandt School of Public Policy
C19 - Research Building "Weltbeziehungen"
Max-Weber-Allee 3
99089 Erfurt

Mailing address

Universität Erfurt
Willy Brandt School of Public Policy
Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 Erfurt

Postdoctoral Researcher (Willy Brandt School of Public Policy)

Contact

C19 - Research Building "Weltbeziehungen" / C19.02.09

Visiting address

University of Erfurt
Willy Brandt School of Public Policy
C19 - Research Building "Weltbeziehungen"
Max-Weber-Allee 3
99089 Erfurt

Mailing address

Universität Erfurt
Willy Brandt School of Public Policy
Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 Erfurt

Dr Hasnain Bokhari

Research Areas

Internationalization Digitalization Global Public Policy

Dr. Hasnain Bokhari has been teaching at the Brandt School since 2011 and currently leads a project on the Computational Social Science in Public Policy. He has also served as Brandt School's lead on  Internationalisation and Digitalisation of Education.

His research interests include digital inclusion, the digital divide, eGovernment, and social media analysis. Previously, he has led the research projects focused on the issues of internet politics (funded by the DAAD) and peace education (funded by the German Federal Foreign Office (GFO)) at the University of Erfurt. 

Dr. Bokhari is also associated with the Centre for Development Informatics at the University of Manchester in the UK. In 2019, he co-founded 1000WB GmbH, a startup based in Erfurt that focuses on digitalisation and energy efficient construction. Additionally, he has worked as an independent consultant for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and a KfW/GFO-funded project.

Dr. Bokhari received a Heinrich Böll doctoral fellowship from the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Erfurt for his Ph.D. research on eGovernment and how communication technologies are reshaped based on the socio-political culture of a country. He also holds Master's degrees in Public Policy from Erfurt University and Computer Science from Bahria University in Islamabad.

Research

Research Interests

  • Digital Inclusion
  • Digital Divide
  • eGovernment 
  • Social Media Analytics 

Projects

Internationalisation and Digitalisation of Education
funded by the Thuringian Ministry of Economics, Technology and Digital Society

Pluralism and Ethics of Peace
funded by the German Federal Foreign Office

Changing Role of Social Media
funded by the German Academic Exchange Service

Memberships

International Public Policy Association IPPA

Member: Senate Committee for Information Technology and Digital Processes University of Erfurt

Associate Editorship

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

Courses taught at the Brandt School

Winter Semester 2023/24

  • Artificial Intelligence and Public Policy
  • Capstone Project: Digital Transformation in Vocational Education. Emerging Trends and Prospects for the German State of Thuringia

Winter Semester 2022/23

  • Advanced Methods (together with Achim Kemmerling)
  • NPM/GPP: Governance and Human Rights in Digital Age
  • Capstone Project: Comparing digital strategies in Germany with a focus on content, structure and monitoring for the German state of Thuringia

Winter Semester 2020/21

  • SPM: Governance and Human Rights in the Digital Age
  • Cyber Security and Public Policy

Winter Semester 2019/20

  • PNM: Design and Implementation of eGovernment

Winter Semester 2018/19

  • PNM: Digital Entrepreneurship

Winter Semester 2017/18

  • IACD: Sustainable Development Goals

Winter Semester 2016/17

  • CSM: Media, Conflict and Society

Summer Semester 2016

  • PNM: Design and Policy Implications of eGovernment

Winter Semester 2015/16

  • PNM: Digital Entrepreneurship

Summer Semester 2015

  • PNM: CSM: Media, War and Conflict

Summer Semester 2014

  • PNM: Summer School - Cyber Culture (with Jamal Malik)
  • PNM: CSM: Social Media in Conflict Regions

Winter Semester 2013/14

  • PNM: Fall School - Internet Politics (with Jamal Malik)
  • PNM: Design and Implications of eGovernment in Developing Countries

Summer Semester 2013

  • PNM: CSM: Social Media in Conflict Regions

Winter Semester 2012/13

  • PNM: Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainable Human Development
  • PNM: Political Communication (with Jamal Malik)

Winter Semester 2011/12

  • PNM: Political Communication and Communication Management of NGOs

Summer Semester 2006

  • Public Policy in Muslim Context (with Jamal Malik)