Dr Sajid Ali is the Amir Sultan Chinoy Associate Professor and Director of Research and Policy Studies at Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development, Karachi, Pakistan. He holds a PhD in Education Policy Studies from the University of Edinburgh, an MEd in Leadership and Policy from Monash University, and a Master’s in Sociology from the University of Karachi. His list of awards includes the following: the A.R. Kiyani Gold Medal (1997), the Australian Development Award (2003), the Commonwealth Youth Leadership Award (2003), the Edinburgh Research Award (2006), South Asian Visiting Fellowship at Oxford (2011) and the Australian Alumni Excellence Award (2014). He is the general secretary of the Pakistan Association for Research in Education (PARE). His research interests include globalisation and education policy, new forms of educational governance, policy networks, education reforms, and the privatisation of education. Dr Ali has contributed to the formation of various government policies, including the National Education Policy (2009); Teacher Licensing Policy; Sindh Education Sector Plan; Public Private Partnership Act and Non-Formal Education Policy of Sindh (2018).