Dr. Fahd Ali did his PhD in Economics from The New School for Social Research. He also has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, and two Masters in Economics from Lahore University of Management Sciences and University of Utah, respectively. His research interests lie in macroeconomics and economic history with political economy as theme common to both. His work has appeared in Economic and Political Weekly and Canadian Journal of Development Studies.
He studied at University of Utah and the New School for Social Research on Fulbright Scholarship. He received the Frieda Wunderlich Memorial Award for Outstanding Dissertation by an International Student for his dissertation, Resource Mobilization through Taxation: The political economy of state and society in Pakistan. He was one of thirteen recipients of the 2016 New School for Social Research Commencement Award. This is the highest honor the school can bestow on its best Ph.D. graduates.
Nayyar, A. H., Ali, F., & Shinwari, W. U. K., (Autumn 2004), "Identifying factors that can make electric power generation from solar photovoltaic technology marketable in Pakistan", The Pakistan Development Review 43:3, pp 267-294
Ali, F. (2025), "Wahdat Road" in Maqsood, A., Moffat, C. & Sajjad, F. (Eds.), "Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History, and Belonging in Urban Pakistan", UCL Press London
Ali, F. (2023), "Pakistan and the IMF" in Zahoor, B., Ali, F. & Shah, A. (Eds.) "Politics, Economy, and Society: Essays on Pakistan and Beyond", Folio Books, Lahore, Pakistan
Ali, F. (2005), "Pakistans Future Energy Scenario", South Asian Journal Issue 9.
Ali, F. (2014), "Re-Theorising Pakistans Political Economy", Economic and Political Weekly, 49
Zahoor, B., Ali, F. & Shah, A. (Eds.) (2023) "Politics, Economy, and Society: Essays on Pakistan and Beyond", Folio Books, Lahore, Pakistan.
Ali, F. (2025), "Do institutions matter? Taxation and state formation in Pakistan", Canadian Journal of Development Studies, Revue Canadienne d?tudes Du D?veloppement, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2025.2454697