RESEARCH
A question meets a collaborator.
Find someone with complementary expertise, a shared interest, or a connection to the community you want to learn with.
A starting point for joint researchRooted in Pakistan.
Rethinking how
knowledge is made.
Decolonizing Social Sciences in Pakistan connects people asking whose ideas shape what we teach, what we research, and how we understand our societies.
Discover researchers, educators, students, and practitioners working with indigenous knowledge and local realities. Share your interests and find potential collaborators.
For researchers, educators, students & practitioners.
A thoughtful question is a place to begin.
THE DSSP COMMUNITY
Local questions.
Connections across borders.
Connections across borders.
Find the person behind the question.
Explore interests, expertise, and possibilities.
MANY DISCIPLINES.
ONE OPEN CONVERSATION.
OUR PURPOSE
Whose knowledge counts?
Who gets to decide?
The questions we ask, the theories we teach, and the evidence we recognize shape whose experiences become visible.
DSSP challenges colonial legacies in the social sciences by making space for research and teaching grounded in Pakistan’s histories, languages, communities, and lived experiences.
Explore our missionDevelop concepts.Question inherited assumptions.Contribute original knowledge.
WHY JOIN DSSP?
Find people who can
move your ideas forward.
Make your work visible. Discover what others are exploring. Start a connection with a purpose.
TEACHING
A reading list finds new voices.
Connect with educators exploring local scholarship, different languages, and perspectives missing from familiar course materials.
A starting point for resource exchangesCONVERSATION
A shared interest becomes a gathering.
Discover people to approach about a reading group, a discussion, or an event built around a question that matters to you.
A starting point for collective inquiryThe map helps you find one another. What comes next starts with a conversation through the contact details on a member’s profile.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Your work. Your questions.
Your place on the map.
You don’t need a finished project. Bring an interest, an experience, or a question you want to develop.
01
Introduce your work
Add yourself to the map. Share your location, research interests, and the questions or projects you’re exploring. Include an affiliation in your introduction if you have one.
02
Discover shared interests
Explore profiles across disciplines and locations. Find people whose work connects with yours—or offers a perspective you haven’t considered.
03
Start a purposeful conversation
Reach out through the contact details people share. Introduce your idea and what you’d like to explore together, from a research partnership to an exchange of resources.
YOUR PERSPECTIVE BELONGS HERE
Bring your questions.
Find your collaborators.
Help build a community that expands whose knowledge shapes the social sciences.