Hafsa Ahmed is a New Zealand academic, and is a lecturer in the Department of Global Value Chains and Trade at Lincoln University. In 2023, Ahmed was appointed a Member of the

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for services to ethnic communities and women.

Academic career

Ahmed is originally from

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, India, and has a BE and an

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from

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. She worked for

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in London before moving to New Zealand in 2007. Ahmed completed a

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titled ''Organisational adaptation or environmental selection? An enhancement of the evolutionary change theory based on a study of the New Zealand electricity industry'' at Lincoln University in 2014, and worked as a research assistant at the university and as a policy advisor at

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. Ahmed then joined the faculty of the Department of Global Value Chains and Trade at the university. She specialises in 'stakeholder ecosystem management'. Ahmed is a member of the Association of Change Management Professionals, and is their New Zealand lead.

Voluntary work

In 2016 Ahmed and her husband co-founded the Lady Khadija Charitable Trust, of which she is also a trustee. The trust is a registered charity that runs a variety of projects to support communities and individuals, such as leadership workshops for ethnic women, storytelling projects to deepen intercultural understanding of immigrant journeys, and exhibitions and events. Ahmed served as the Chair of the Canterbury Interfaith Society from 2021, and sits on the board of Ako Ōtautahi – Learning City Christchurch.

Honours and awards

In the

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, Ahmed was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand, for services to ethnic communities and women.

Selected works

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References

External links

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', video podcast episode, 29 July 2020, via YouTube New Zealand academics New Zealand women academics Academic staff of Lincoln University (New Zealand) Lincoln University (New Zealand) alumni Members of the Order of New Zealand Osmania University alumni People from Hyderabad, India {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Hafsa