ANNUS AZHAR

Research

Research Articles

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  3. Fellowships & Awards ↩︎

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles   

  • Azhar, A., Abutabenjeh, S., & Nukpezah, J. (2024). Budgeting System and Economic Development Outcomes. Public Administration Quarterly. DOI: 10.1177/07349149241258921.
  • Azhar, A. & Ahmad, I. (2024). Poverty Dynamics: How Well Do Pakistan’s Provinces Compare? Social Indicators Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-023-03300-9
  • Markoski, D., Nukpezah, J., & Azhar, A. (2024). Service Delivery during Crisis: The Impact of Organizational Capacity and Public Service Motivation on Governments’ Resilience. Public Administration Quarterly. DOI: 10.1177/07349149241262596
  • Abutabenjeh, S., Dimand, A.M., Brunjes, B.M., Azhar, A., & Nukpezah, J. (2024). Collaboration, Capacity, and Cross-Sector Governance: An Analysis of the Adoption of Sustainable Technologies. Public Administration Quarterly. DOI: 10.1177/07349149241262598
  • Nukpezah, J., Abutabenjeh, S., & Azhar, A. (2022). Do Smart Cities Technologies Contribute to Revenue Performance? Evidence from U.S. Local Governments. Public Performance & Management Review. DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2022.2076248
  • Abutabenjeh, S., Nukpezah, J.A., & Azhar, A. (2021). Do Smart Cities Technologies Contribute to Local Economic Development? Economic Development Quarterly, 36(1), 3-16. DOI: 10.1177/08912424211053599
  • Azhar, A. & Adil, S. (2019). The Effects of Agglomeration on Socio-economic Outcomes: A District Level Panel Study of Punjab. The Pakistan Development Review, 58(2), 159-176. DOI: 10.30541/v58i2pp.159-176

Peer-Reviewed Report

Nawaz, S., Mujaddid, H., Azhar, A. (2018) Situational Analysis of Small-Scale Industry in Punjab, Punjab Economic Research Institute, Planning and Development Department, Government of the Punjab.

Manuscripts Under Review

Azhar, A. & Abutabenjeh, S. Fostering Social Equity: The Case of Pakistan’s Home-Based Workers.

Manuscript In Progress

  • Azhar, A. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and Social Equity in US Higher Education
  • Azhar, A. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and Social Equity in US Public Sector
  • Azhar, A. & Abutabenjeh, S. Understanding the Adoption of Smart Cities Technologies in the United States using Technology Acceptance Model.
  • Azhar, A. Capacity to Foster Distributional Social Equity: A Case of US Smart Cities
  • Brunjes, B., Dimand, A., Abutabenjeh, S., & Azhar, A. Social Equity Goal Setting and Performance: The Case of Public Procurement

Invited Book Chapters In Progress

Azhar, A. Future Trends in AI. In Artificial Intelligence in Government. Springer.

Conference Presentation1

(01)    Service Delivery During Crisis: The Impact of Capacity, Collaboration, and Public Service Motivation on Organisational Resilience (with Tamara Dimitrijevska-Markoski and Julius Nukpezah). Annual American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Conference. March Online.

(02)    Capacity to Foster Social Equity: A Study of U.S. Cities (with Sawsan Abutabenjeh). Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). November 2022. Washington, D.C.

(03)    Meeting Equity Goals: An Analysis of Federal Agency Performance (with Sawsan Abutabenjeh, Ben Brunjes, and Ana Dimand). Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). November 2022. Washington, D.C.

(04)    Using Smart Cities Technologies to Foster Social Equity in the United States: Application of Technology Acceptance Model (with Sawsan Abutabenjeh). Southeastern Conference for Public Administration (SECoPA). September 2022. Lexington, KY.

(05)    PPBS and Economic Development: Systems Theory Perspective (with Sawsan Abutabenjeh and Julius Nukpezah). Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM) Conference. September 2022. Miami, Florida.

(06)    Application of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in Smart Cities Technologies. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AoM). August 2022. Online.

(07)    The Implications of Organizational Support and Capacity on Local Government Sustainability (with Sawsan Abutabenjeh, Ana Dimand, Benjamin Brunjes, and Julius Nukpezah). Annual American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Conference. March Jacksonville, Florida.

(08)    Social Equity and Human Resource Development (HRD): Impact of Government Training on Income: The Case of Informal Workers in Punjab, Pakistan (with Sawsan Abutabenjeh). Annual Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) Conference. January 2022.

(09)    Smart Cities as a Tool for Improving Local Government Performance in the United States: Case of Efficiency and Effectiveness. 92nd Annual Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) Conference. January 2021. (Online due to Covid).

(10)    Determinants of Earnings in Informal Sector: Evidence from Subnational Level from Pakistan (with Sawsan Abutabenjeh), ASPA Mississippi Annual Conference. January 2020. Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS.

(11)    Does water metering incentivize pro-Conservation preferences: A study from Lahore, Pakistan (with Muhammad Hassan, Khawaja Hassan, and Mumtaz Chaudhry). Annual International Conference of Applied Economics Research Center (AERC), University of Karachi. 2017. Karachi, Pakistan.

(12)    Enhancing Agriculture Efficiency: The Differential Impact of Communication Technologies and Mechanization Techniques, Pakistan (with Awais Tahir, Khawar Ata, and Shahid Adil).33rd Annual General Meeting & Conference of Pakistan Society of Development Economists. 2016. Islamabad, Pakistan.

Academic Service2

Service To Profession   

  • Editorial Board Member, Public Integrity
  • Journal Reviewer for:
    • Public Administration Review
    • Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration
    • Public Integrity
    • Economic Development Quarterly
    • Social Indicators Research
    • Public Works Management & Policy
    • Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
  • Discussant, APPAM Fall Research Conference
  • Panel Chair, SPSA Conference
  • Volunteer, ASPA Conference.

Service To Institution   

  • Member, SPA Committee (Curriculum, Admissions, Search)
  • Member, Outstanding Graduate and Undergraduate Student Committee
  • Member, Co-Curricular Committee
  • Member, Graduation Thesis Defence Committee (Adhoc)
  • Supervisor of three MPA students
  • Reviewer for Research Grant, Arizona State University
  • Reviewer for Travel Grant, Arizona State University
  • Poster Evaluator, MSU Undergraduate Research Symposium

Professional Memberships

  • American Society of Public Administration (ASPA)
  • Digital Government Society (DGS)
  • EDUCAUSE

Grants (Funded Projects)   

  • Bridging Theory and Practice in Public Policy and Research Methods Courses Using AI
    • AI Innovation Challenge
    • Arizona State University (in collaboration with OpenAI)
    • Principal Investigator
    • 100 ChatGPT Edu Licenses for a Semester (2024)
  • AI-Empowered Teaching and Learning: A New Paradigm at HAITC
    • Teaching Innovation Award
    • HAITC, Arizona State University
    • Principal Investigator
    • $5,000 (2024)

Fellowships & Awards3

Advocacy Institute Fellowship

The Southern Poverty Law Center  

   2023

Outstanding Graduate Student

Department of Political Science and Public Administration Mississippi State University

    2023

Garner Fellowship

Department of Political Science and Public Administration Mississippi State University ($4,080/year)

     2019 – 2023

Travel Grant

Graduate School, Mississippi State University ($800)

   2022

Travel Grant

College of Arts and Sciences, Mississippi State University ($1,200) 

     2021 and 2022

Doctoral Student Professional Development

Doctoral Student Professional Development Consortium Award Academy of Management ($250)

   2022

Professional Development Award

Graduate School, Mississippi State University ($300)

    2022

Workshop Award

Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) ($795) 

    2021

Life Skills Training

Botvin ($250)

    2021