My work is consistently recognised through Grants, Fellowships, and Awards. I also regularly share my work through Invited Talks, Conversations, and Workshops and at Conferences in academic and policy circles.
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
2023 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant, CAD 73,238 (ranked in top 5 proposals)
2023 Internal Social Sciences and Humanities Development Seed Grant, McGill University, CAD 7000
2023 Desautels Research Support Fund, McGill University, CAD 2850
2021 Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et Culture FRQSC, Recommended for funding (CAD 45,000), but unfunded due to COVID-induced provincial budget cuts (ranked in top 10 proposals)
2020 Internal Social Sciences and Humanities Development Seed Grant, McGill University, CAD 5000
2019 Internal Social Sciences and Humanities Development Seed Grant, McGill University, CAD 7000
2018 Desautels Start Up Funds, McGill University, CAD 45,000
2017–2018 Stanford Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies Fellowship, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
2016–2017 | 2010–2011 William H. Metzler Fellowship, Stanford University
2013–2016 Interdisciplinary Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University
2016 Small Grants Center on Civil Society and Philanthropy (PACS), Stanford University, USD 2500
2015 | 2012 Abbasi Summer Research Fellowship, Stanford University, USD 6000
2015 Freeman Spogli Institute Mentored Global Research Fellowship, Stanford University, USD 9000
2014 Sociology Research Opportunity Award, Stanford University, USD 10,000
2014 Graduate Research Opportunity Award, Stanford University, USD 4500
2014 Best Graduate Student Paper Section Award in Rationality and Society, American Sociological Association
Invited Talks, Conversations, and Workshops
2026 Executive education module on organisational design and governance failures in public healthcare, International Masters for Health Leadership, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
2025 Recorded interview on organisational design, misconduct, and corruption for Master of International Business and Professional MBA classroom teaching, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina | African Global Chamber of Commerce (AGCC) and University of South Carolina Sonoco International Business Department, “Toward a New Anti-Corruption Agenda: Lessons from Diverse Stakeholders in Africa and the West” virtual roundtable forum
2024 New York University Abu Dhabi, Government and Public Policy Research Cluster, “Antecedents and Consequences of Information Management” workshop
2023 McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management, Laidley Centre for Business Ethics
2022 Hong Kong University Business School, China Innovation seminar
2021 MIT, Sloan School of Management, Economic Sociology seminar
2019 HEC Montreal, International Business research group | Navigating the Cannabis Haze: Disrupting a Century-Long Underground Market," in conversation with the CEO of The Green Organic Dutchmen, Integrated Management Symposium, McGill Desautels, 2019 [link] | “WHO Global Network on Anti-corruption, Transparency and Accountability in the Health Sector (GNACTA) Initiative," Invited to give expert opinion on development and integration of ACTA courses in pre-service and continuing education programmes for health policymakers and practitioners
2018 Sixth Ministerial Conference of the Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network (ACINET), “Latest Innovations in Corruption Prevention" workshop, Baghdad | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Arab States, Anti-Corruption, and Integrity Office, Beirut | King’s College London, The Policy Institute | McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management, International Masters for Health Leadership Collective Conference
2017 Boston University, Questrom School of Business | McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management
2016 Lingnan University of Hong Kong, Department of Sociology
Conferences
2026 Organization Science Winter Conference, École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP), France
2025 Management in Emerging Markets Conference, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Canada
2022 Academy of Management, WA, USA
2020 American Sociological Association, Virtual | Globalizing Organization Theory Conference, University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business, SC, USA
2019 Organization Theory Junior Scholar Conference, McGill University, Montreal, Canada | Academy of Management, MA, USA | European Theory Development Workshop, Cass Business School, London, UK
2018 Academy of Management, IL, USA | Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies, Princeton University, NJ, USA
2017 Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, Lyon, France | International Network of Analytical Sociologists, Oslo, Norway
2014 Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies, Princeton University, NJ, USA | American Sociological Association, CA, USA