Dr Sadia Nasir, an independent researcher and Adjunct Faculty member at Bahria University, Islamabad, holds a PhD from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. She has previously taught as a visiting faculty at Quaid-e-Azam University, National Defence University, and the Foundation for Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST) National University. Dr Nasir has been contributing as a Country Expert for the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project since 2011. She is a recipient of the UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowship and an alumnus of the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) in Colombo. Additionally, she has served as a researcher at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute and the FRIENDS Foundation.