Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad Jan

• PhD Sociology of Disaster Risk Reduction, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
• M.Phil Sociology of Development, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
• One Year Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Preparedness and Management, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
• Master of Arts in Sociology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
• Diploma in Public Relations, Islamabad Academy, Islamabad

With over 20 years of professional experience, Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad Jan has built a career spanning grassroots social mobilization, high-level research and academic leadership. His journey began in 2005 with UNICEF-EPI, providing a solid foundation in field-based social research and community engagement. Since joining the University of Peshawar in 2008, he has spent nearly 17 years at the Centre for Disaster Preparedness and Management (CDPM). During this time, he has evolved from a Research Associate to an Assistant Professor (BPS-19), a role he has held for over a decade. His career is characterized by a unique blend of "boots-on-the-ground" experience in social welfare and high-level academic expertise in DRR and climate resilience.

S#	Organization	Designation	BPS	Job Nature	Duration
1	CDPM, University of Peshawar	Assistant Professor	19	Teaching (Perm)	June 2014 till date
2	CDPM, University of Peshawar	Lecturer	18	Teaching (Perm)	4 Years and 5 Months
3	CDPM, University of Peshawar	Research Associate	18	Research & Teaching	14 months
4	ISDP-Ministry of Social Welfare	Field Officer	-	Social Mobilization and Research	1 Year
5	Govt. Degree College Timergara, Dir Lower	Lecturer	17	Teaching (Temp)	7 Months
6	UNICEF-EPI	Social Mobilizer	-	Research (Temp)	1 Year

 

2026

• Summer monsoon precipitation patterns and their relationship to flood probabilities across Pakistan
  • Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
  • Volume: 65 June 2026, 103485
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.103485

• Disaster resilience through gamification: An experimental study on serious games at the school level in Pakistan

  • Journal: Frontiers in Climate
  • Volume: Volume 8 - 2026
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2026.1741389

• Deconstructing urban flooding from the perspective of vulnerable communities in Northwestern Pakistan

• • Journal: Frontiers in Human Dynamicss
  • Volume: 8-2026
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fhumd.2026.1751158
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• Evaluating the Hazagora Serious Disaster Board Game: An Interaction Analysis of Higher Secondary School Students in Peshawar, Pakistan (Original Article)
• • Journal: Journal for Current Sign

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 4 No. 1

• • Link: http://currentsignreview.com/index.php/JCS/article/view/527

• Climate Change and Disaster Risk Communication through Serious Games and Activity-Based Learning: A Stakeholders' Perceptions Study at the School Level in Pakistan (Original Article)

• • Journal: Research Consortium Archive

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 4 No. 1

• • Link: http://rcresearcharchive.com/index.php/Journal/article/view/551

• Human dimension of urban flood risk and informal resilience in Peshawar, Pakistan (Original Article)

• • Journal: Front. Sustain. Cities

• • Volume/Issue: Volume 7

• • Link: https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2025.1725174

 

2025

• Assessing Women’s Vulnerability to Flood Hazard in Tehsil Shujabad, District Multan, Pakistan (Original Article)

• • Journal: Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences Review (PJSSR)

• • Volume/Issue: Vol 4 issue 8

• • Link: https://pjssrjournal.com/index.php/Journal/article/view/404

• Analyzing And Conceptualizing Pakistan's Pioneering Disaster Risk Communication Mobile Application: A Case Study Of Pdma Madadgar (Original Article)

• • Journal: Frontiers in Communication

• • Volume/Issue: Volume 10

• • Link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1593319

• Testing And Evaluation of Pakistan's Pioneer Disaster Risk Communication App: A Case Study of PDMA Madadgar Android-Based App (Original Article)

• • Journal: Frontiers in Communication

• • Volume/Issue: Volume 10

• • Link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1572206

 

2024

• Community Satisfaction from Government-Led Emergency Response and Recovery to Pakistan Climate Catastrophe of Flood 2022 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Original Article)

• • Journal: Global Sociological Review

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. IX Issue IV

• • Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-IV).02

• Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction (DRR) into development: Effectiveness of DRR investment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (Original Article)

• • Journal: Frontiers in Environmental Science

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 12

• • Link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1474344

• Impact of Situational Awareness on Flood Vulnerability Reduction in Nowshera, Pakistan (Original Article)

• • Journal: Qlantic Journal of Social Sciences

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 5, Issue 4

• • Link: https://qjss.com.pk/index.php/qjss/article/view/11

• Evaluating Community Participation in Public Sector Disaster Resilience Initiatives in Swat, Pakistan (Original Article)

• • Journal: Indus Journal of Social Sciences

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 2, Issue 2

• • Link: https://induspublishers.com/IJSS/article/view/184

• Sociological Dimensions of Disaster Vulnerability: A Case Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (Original Article)

• • Journal: Indus Journal of Social Sciences

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 2, Issue 2

• • Link: https://induspublishers.com/IJSS/article/view/239

 

 

2023

• Assessment of multi-components and sectoral vulnerability to urban floods in Peshawar, Pakistan (Original Article)

• • Journal: Natural Hazards Research

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 4, Issue 3

• • Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nhres.2023.12.012

• GIS-based flood susceptibility mapping using bivariate statistical model in Swat River Basin, Eastern Hindukush region, Pakistan (Original Article)

• • Journal: Frontiers in Environmental Science

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 11

• • Link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1178540

• Characteristics of Winter Precipitation over Pakistan and Possible Causes during 1981–2018 (Original Article)

• • Journal: Water

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 15, Issue 13

• • Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/w15132420

 

2022

• Characteristics of human thermal stress in South Asia during 1981–2019 (Original Article)

• • Journal: Environmental Research Letters

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 17

• • Link: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8fa6

 

2020

• Evaluation of CMIP5 models and projected changes in temperatures over South Asia under global warming of 1.5 oC, 2 oC, and 3 oC (Original Article)

• • Journal: Atmospheric Research

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 246

• • Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105122

• Governance and disaster vulnerability reduction: A community-based perception study in Pakistan (Original Article)

• • Journal: Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 16, Issue 4

• • Link: https://www.innspub.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/JBES-V16-No4-p138-149.pdf

 

2019

• Daytime and night-time heat wave characteristics based on multiple indices over the China–Pakistan economic corridor (Original Article)

• • Journal: Climate Dynamics (Springer Nature)

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 53

• • Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04934-7

• Observed changes in maximum and minimum temperatures over China-Pakistan economic corridor during 1980–2016 (Original Article)

• • Journal: Atmospheric Research (Elsevier B.V.)

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 216

• • Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.09.020

• Ex Post Analysis of Disaster Recovery (Earthquake – 2005) in the Red Zones Region of Balakot, Pakistan (Original Article)

• • Journal: Global Regional Review (GRR)

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. IV, Issue II

• • Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-II).26

 

2018

• Traditional Persian wheel irrigation and sustainable adaptation of agro-pastoralist community on the North-Western Side of Indus River in District Swabi, Pakistan (Original Article)

• • Journal: Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 13, Issue 4

• • Link: https://www.innspub.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/JBES-V13-No4-p225-237.pdf

• Delimitation of the Central Business District Peshawar (Pakistan) (Original Article)

• • Journal: Global Social Sciences Review (GSSR)

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 3, Issue 1

• • Link: https://gssrjournal.com/article/Delimitation-of-the-Central-Business-District-Peshawar-(Pakistan)

 

2015

• Community Based Disaster Risk Management in Pakistan

• • Book Chapter: Disaster Risk Reduction Approaches in Pakistan, Springer

• • Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55369-4

• National Strategy, Law and Institutional Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in Pakistan

• • Book Chapter: Disaster Risk Reduction Approaches in Pakistan, Springer

• • Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55369-4

 

2010

• The Impact of Foreign Remittances on the Socio-Economic Conditions of Households (A Case Study Of Rural Areas In Dir Lower, NWFP) (Original Article)

• • Journal: Sarhad Journal of Agriculture

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 26, Issue 1

• • Link: https://sja.aup.edu.pk/sj_pdf/THE%20IMPACT%20OF%20FOREIGN%20REMITTANCES%20ON%20THE.pdf

• Mental Disorders: A Glance at its Socio-Economic Pushing Factors in Peshawar (Original Article)

• • Journal: Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 8, Issue 1

• • Link: https://www.pjlss.edu.pk/pdf_files/2010_1/49-53.pdf

• Social Capital: An Effective Contributory Source in Disaster Management with Reference to Pakistani Society (Original Article)

• • Journal: PUTAJ Humanities and Social Sciences

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 17

2009

• Old Age People: A Socio-Economic View of their Problems in Peshawar City, Pakistan (Original Article)

• • Journal: Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. 7, Issue 2

• • Link: http://www.pjlss.edu.pk/pdf_files/2009_2/6.pdf

 

2006

• Kalash Valley: An Overview of Cultural Practices on Transitory Stages in Life (Original Article)

• • Journal: Ancient Pakistan

• • Volume/Issue: Vol. XVII

• • Link: http://journals.uop.edu.pk/papers/AP_v17_29to34.pdf