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