Staff profile

Aisha Naz Ansari graduated from Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) in 2023 with an MPhil in Education. Prior to that, she completed her B.Ed (Hons.) at Sukkur IBA University in 2020, receiving a Gold Medal.

Between 2023 and 2025, Aisha worked as a Research and Teaching Associate at AKU-IED, contributing to large-scale studies, systematic reviews, and co-teaching three graduate courses. She subsequently served as a Research Specialist at AKU-IED, working on two large-scale studies and additional systematic reviews. In parallel, she has contributed to the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaboration (ESIC) as a working group member. Recently, she was recognised as an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK.

She has published over 30 research articles, systematic reviews, and research blogs in both national and international journals and prestigious forums. Her research interests include systematic reviews, teacher education, educational technology, public-private partnerships, and classroom teaching and learning.

Aisha is currently a PhD student at the School of Education, Durham University, United Kingdom, under the NINE DTP Scholarship.

• Teacher Education
• Educational Technology
• Classroom Teaching Practices
• Student Learning Assessment
• Socio-emotional Learning
• Public-Private Partnerships
• Evidence Synthesis

• 2025: Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (Advance HE UK):
• 2020: Gold Medal: I was awarded with Gold Medal by securing top CGPA in my Undergrade (B.Ed Hons) at Sukkur IBA University, Pakistan.

Chapter in book

• Systematic Review on AI Chatbots as a Provision for Self-Paced Learning
  
  Naz, A. N. A. (2026). Systematic Review on AI Chatbots as a Provision for Self-Paced Learning. In K. Carlson (Ed.), Ethical, Legal, and Pedagogical Perspectives on AI in Education (pp. 123-143). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-3000-6.ch005
• Use of ChatGPT in Higher Education: Development and Validation of Questionnaire
  
  Naz, A. N. A. (2026). Use of ChatGPT in Higher Education: Development and Validation of Questionnaire. In R. Zheng (Ed.), The Intersection of AI and Student Development in Learning. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-2927-7.ch01
• Intersecting Identities: Gender, Culture, and Education
  
  Naz, A. N. A. (2025). Intersecting Identities: Gender, Culture, and Education. In U. Gaulee, K. Bista, & C. Brown (Eds.), First in the Family: Navigating Barriers, Belonging, and the Pursuit of Higher Learning (pp. 12-16). Star Scholars Press.
• Malaise of Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Reflective Stance
  
  Naz Ansari, A., Panjwani, F., Ahmad, S., Khan, A., & Muzaffar Bhutta, S. (2025). Malaise of Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Reflective Stance. In M. W. Kessinger, G. S. Nelson, L. Lennex, & K. Fletcher Nettleton (Eds.), Examining AI Disruption in Educational Settings: Challenges and Opportunities (pp. 359-380). IGI Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-7873-1.ch013
• Exploring Knowledge, Will, Skills, Technological Support, and Use of ChatGPT in Higher Education: A Cross-Sectional Survey
  
  Muzaffar Bhutta, S., Ahmad, S., Naz Ansari, A., Ahmed, A., & Qasim Ali, K. (2025). Exploring Knowledge, Will, Skills, Technological Support, and Use of ChatGPT in Higher Education: A Cross-Sectional Survey. In G. Sart & F. Hatice Sezgin (Eds.), AI Adoption and Diffusion in Education (pp. 359-382). IGI Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-7949-3.ch013
• Community colleges in Pakistan: Promoting access and quality education
  
  Ansari, A. N., Ahmad, S., & Bhutta, S. M. (2025). Community colleges in Pakistan: Promoting access and quality education. In R. Matross Helms & K. Bista (Eds.), Mapping Community Colleges around the World: Comparative Perspectives and Collaborative Pathways (pp. 26-29). Association of Community Colleges Trustees (ACCT)). https://doi.org/10.32674/66t03366
• Transforming teaching learning with chatbots in higher education: Quest, opportunities and challenges for quality enhancement
  
  Ahmad, S., Ahmed, A., Bhutta, S. M., & Ansari, A. N. (2024). Transforming teaching learning with chatbots in higher education: Quest, opportunities and challenges for quality enhancement. In M. D. Lytras, A. Alkhaldi, S. Malik, A. C. Serban, & T. Aldosemani (Eds.), The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Challenges, Risks, and Ethical Considerations (pp. 111-127). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83549-486-820241007

Journal Article

• Exclusion or inclusion? An analysis of teachers’ words and actions in Pakistani classrooms
  
  Naz, A. N. A. (2026). Exclusion or inclusion? An analysis of teachers’ words and actions in Pakistani classrooms. International Journal of Inclusive Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2025.2612111
• Smart working ecosystem as a driver of career productivity and educational sustainability among young university teachers: contextual insights from Pakistan
  
  Asad, M. M., Ansari, A. N., & Almusharraf, N. (2025). Smart working ecosystem as a driver of career productivity and educational sustainability among young university teachers: contextual insights from Pakistan. Education+ Training. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-11-2024-0512
• Metalogue: towards a reflective methodological framework
  
  Ansari, A. N. (2025). Metalogue: towards a reflective methodological framework. Reflective Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623943.2025.2494322
• Factors Predicting Students’ Performance in Mathematics: Insights from a Large-Scale Study in Pakistan
  
  Bhutta, S. M., Ahmad, S., & Ansari, A. N. (2025). Factors Predicting Students’ Performance in Mathematics: Insights from a Large-Scale Study in Pakistan. Investigations in Mathematics Learning. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/19477503.2025.2475689
• School system and student performance: Examining Science and Mathematics achievement in Pakistan
  
  Bhutta, S. M., Ahmad, S., & Ansari, A. N. (2024). School system and student performance: Examining Science and Mathematics achievement in Pakistan. UMT Education Review, 7(2), 22-49. https://doi.org/10.32350/uer.72.02
• Student development of social capabilities and life skills: a mixed-methods study from Pakistan
  
  Ansari, A. N. (2024). Student development of social capabilities and life skills: a mixed-methods study from Pakistan. Cambridge Journal of Education, 54(6), 741-760.
• PROTOCOL: Effectiveness of public‐private partnerships on educational access and quality of primary and secondary schooling in low‐and middle‐income countries: A systematic review
  
  Ali, S., Bhutta, S. M., Ahmad, S., Ansari, A. N., Ahmed, A., & Qadir, Y. (2024). PROTOCOL: Effectiveness of public‐private partnerships on educational access and quality of primary and secondary schooling in low‐and middle‐income countries: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 20(2), Article e1385. https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1385
• Gender disparity in students’ performance of Science and Mathematics: Evidence from nationwide study in Pakistan
  
  Bhutta, S. M., Ansari, A. N., & Ahmad, S. (2024). Gender disparity in students’ performance of Science and Mathematics: Evidence from nationwide study in Pakistan. Journal of Education & Educational Development, 11(1), 25-44. https://doi.org/10.22555/joeed.v11i1.912
• Role of school leaders in cultivating professional learning communities and culture in Pakistani schools: An exploratory case study
  
  Ansari, A. N., & Asad, M. M. (2024). Role of school leaders in cultivating professional learning communities and culture in Pakistani schools: An exploratory case study. Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 9(2), 135-153.
• Teacher professional education and student learning: A secondary analysis of nationwide data
  
  Ansari, A. N., Bhutta, S. M., & Ahmad, S. (2024). Teacher professional education and student learning: A secondary analysis of nationwide data. Journal of Contemporary Trends and Issues in Education (JCTIE), 3(2). https://doi.org/10.55628/jctie.v3i2.138
• Emotional intelligence and leadership styles: a case study of school heads in Pakistan
  
  Ansari, A. N., & Asad, M. M. (2023). Emotional intelligence and leadership styles: a case study of school heads in Pakistan. International Journal of Leadership in Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2023.2276888
• Mapping the global evidence around the use of ChatGPT in higher education: A systematic scoping review
  
  Ansari, A. N., Ahmad, S., & Bhutta, S. M. (2023). Mapping the global evidence around the use of ChatGPT in higher education: A systematic scoping review. Education and Information Technologies, 29, 11281-11321.
• Research café: an informal learning space to promote research learning experiences of graduate students in a private university of Pakistan
  
  Ahmad, S., Ansari, A. N., Khawaja, S., & Bhutta, S. M. (2023). Research café: an informal learning space to promote research learning experiences of graduate students in a private university of Pakistan. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 14(3), 381-398. https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-01-2023-0011
• School‐based interventions promoting social capabilities among students: a scoping review of literature
  
  Ansari, A. N., & Rizvi, N. F. (2023). School‐based interventions promoting social capabilities among students: a scoping review of literature. Review of Education, 11(2), Article e3404.