Saba Hussain

Saba Hussain is an Assistant Professor in Education Studies in the Department of Education and Social Justice. She holds a PhD in Sociology from University of Warwick and master’s degrees from London School of Economics (Development Studies) and Delhi University (Sociology).

Saba is a feminist Sociologist of Education with a particular interest in theorizations of social justice, citizenship, power and resistance in postcolonial contexts. Shaped by her own location as a transnational scholar, she has an inter-disciplinary research portfolio working across the global North and South. Within the various strands of research Saba's interest has been on the workings of ‘power’ and how actors and institutions position themselves in relation to the various forces of domination. She has recently completed a Leverhulme Trust funded research that to understand how the counter-terrorism agenda, specifically imposition of the Prevent ‘duty’ on schools normalizes the teacher’s role in surveillance.

Saba's other research interest is in the area of gender and education, especially in the global south contexts. Her doctoral work based on empirical research in India offered a post-colonial feminist analysis of subjectivities available to school-going Muslim girls. This research puts forth a ‘new’ conception of ‘good girlhood’ that combines traditional gender roles with discourses of modernity, choice and aspirations.

Saba is also interested in decolonial/Southern feminist and anti-racist educational approaches.