Academic Background

M.A Sociology, University of Sindh.

Research Experience

Hussain has been working as a Field Researcher with the Collective since 2001. From 1999 to 2001, he worked with the Population Council, Islamabad on various quantitative and qualitative studies including "Listing to distinguish Case and Control areas", "An External Evaluation of National Program for Family Planning and Primary Health Care", "Developing a Research Agenda for the Adolescents of the Pakistan" and "Situation Analysis of Village Based Family Planning Workers".

Before joining the Collective, Hussain worked with Haris Gazdar on two projects: "Investigation into NGO Pilots for Alternative Patterns of Land Tenure" and "Qualitative Survey of Poverty in Rural Pakistan".

Research Interests

Social inequality, Conflicts, Social Movements, Poverty, Migration.

Reports and Publications at the Collective

1. Asad Sayeed and Hussain Bux Mallah, Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Climate Action in Sindh Province, Pakistan. Collective Blog. September 2024.

   Keywords: Climate Change

   

2. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, What disrupts the stable but non-inclusive patronage-based political machine? Collective Blog. February 2024.

   Keywords: political participation

   

3. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, Low turnouts in competitive elections. (Using the prism of social exclusion). Collective Blog. February 2024.

   Keywords: Elections, political participation

   

4. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, Political Participation in Pakistan: Through the Prism of Social Exclusion. February 2024.

   Keywords: Caste, Elections, Poverty, Religion

   

5. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, Traditional Municipal Sweepers in Faisalabad and Karachi. Collective Draft Analytical Paper. September 2022.

   Keywords: Caste, Cities, Employment, Marginalisation, Religion, Social Exclusion

   

6. Rebecca Pradeilles, Elizabeth Allen, Haris Gazdar, Hussain Bux Mallah, Azmat Budhani, Rashid Mehmood, Sidra Mazhar, Ayesha Mysorewala, Saba Aslam, Alan D. Dangour and Elaine Ferguson, Maternal BMI mediates the impact of crop-related agricultural work during pregnancy on infant length in rural Pakistan: a mediation analysis of cross-sectional data. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Vol 19, Issue 504. December 2019.

   Keywords: Agriculture, Nutrition, Women's Work

   

7. Hussain Bux Mallah, Using wood as fuel. Collective Blog. January 2019.

   Keywords: Health, Pollution, Rural Areas, Women

   

8. Rebecca Pradeilles, Tom Norris, Elaine Ferguson, Haris Gazdar, Sidra Mazhar, Hussain Bux Mallah, Azmat Budhani, Rashid Mehmood, Saba Aslam, Alan Dangour and Elizabeth Allen, Factors associated with catch-up growth in early infancy in rural Pakistan: A longitudinal analysis of the women's work and nutrition study. Maternal and Child Nutrition. November 2018.

   

9. Hussain Bux Mallah, Teach a Man how to Fish? Social Transfers in a 'Hungry' Nation. Collective Blog. March 2018.

   Keywords: BISP, Hunger, Nutrition, Social Protection

   

10. Hussain Bux Mallah, Extending Agricultural Policies to Women. Collective Blog. February 2018.

    Keywords: Agriculture, Gender, Livestock, Women

    

11. Hussain Bux Mallah, What Leads to Behavioural Change Amongst Rural Women? Collective Blog. June 2017.

    Keywords: Social Protection, Women

    

12. Hussain Bux Mallah, Aid: Who Gets Credit? Collective Blog. March 2017.

    Keywords: Development

    

13. Hussain Bux Mallah, Mind Your Language. Collective Blog. October 2016.

    Keywords: Education, Language, Marginality

    

14. Hussain Bux Mallah, Okara Dispossessions: From Jhanglees to Murabba Holders to Faltus. Collective Blog. June 2016.

    Keywords: Dispossession, Land, Social Change

    

15. Hussain Bux Mallah, Patriarchy and Women's Work. Collective Blog. April 2016.

    Keywords: LANSA, Patriarchy, Research Methods, Women

    

16. Haris Gazdar, Hussain Bux Mallah and Ayesha Mysorewala, Pakistan Year 3 Findings from Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility Study. December 2015.

    

17. Azmat Budhani and Hussain Bux Mallah, How Old Are You? Collective Blog. November 2015.

    Keywords: Citizenship, Data Measurement

    

18. Hussain Bux Mallah and Haris Gazdar, Milk and Money. Collective Blog. September 2015.

    Keywords: Consumption, Livestock, Moral Economy

    

19. Hussain Bux Mallah, Mother Karachi and the Mother. Collective Blog. June 2015.

    Keywords: Karachi, Sanitation, Vulnerability

    

20. Hussain Bux Mallah, Roma Left Us!. Collective Blog. April 2015.

    Keywords: Marginality, Social Networks

    

21. Mysbah Balagamwala, Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, Women's Agricultural Work and Nutrition in Pakistan: Findings from Qualitative Research. LANSA Working Paper, Volume 2015, No.02. LANSA. January 2015.

    Keywords: Agriculture, Gender, Nutrition

    

22. Mysbah Balagamwala, Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, Synergies or Trade-Off Between Agricultural Growth and Nutrition: Women's Work and Care. Paper presented at the 30th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists, Islamabad. December 2014.

    Keywords: Agriculture, Gender, Nutrition

    

23. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, The Size of Settlement and Urbanization in Sindh. Collective for Social Science Research. June 2014.

    Keywords: Settlements, Sindh, Urbanization

    

24. Asad Sayeed, Hussain Bux Mallah and Laila Rajani, Class Conflict,Extraneous Factors or Institutional Vacuum? Review Paper on Causes of Violence in Swat. The Asia Foundation. May 2014.

    Keywords: Conflict, State

25. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, Informality and Political Violence in Karachi. Urban Studies, 50: 3065-3083. November 2013.

    Keywords: Conflict, Informality, Urban Planning

    

26. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, Inflation and Food Security in Pakistan: Impact and Coping Strategies. IDS Bulletin, 44: 31-3. May 2013.

    Keywords: Food Security, Inflation, Nutrition

    

27. Hussain Bux Mallah, Social Inequality and Environmental Threats in Indus Delta Villages: Pakistan. Working Paper 118/2013, COMCAD - Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development. Bielefeld. April 2013.

    

28. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, Class, caste and housing in rural Pakistani Punjab: The untold story of the Five Marla Scheme. Contributions to Indian Sociology; 46(3): 311-336. October 2012.

    Keywords: Caste, Class, Housing, Land

    

29. Hussain Bux Mallah, Power Mapping and Stakeholder Analysis: Four Priority Sites of the Indus Ecoregion. mimeo. Indus for All Programme-WWF Pakistan and Collective for Social Science Research. April 2012.

    Keywords: Environment, Poverty

    

30. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, The Making of a 'Colony' in Karachi and the Politics of Regularisation. South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, Thematic Issue No. 5, Rethinking Urban Democracy. February 2012.

    Keywords: Informality, Karachi, Urban Planning

    

31. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, Class, Caste and Marla Housing Scheme in Rural Punjab. Social Science and Policy Bulletin Volume:2 No:3 Winter 2011 School of Humanities, Social Science and Law. Lahore University of Management Science. February 2011.

    Keywords: Bonded Labour, Housing, Marginality

    

32. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, Class, caste and housing in rural Punjab -the untold story of the Marla schemes. CSP Research Report 12, Brighton: IDS. January 2011.

    Keywords: Bonded Labour, Housing, Marginality, Social Protection

    

33. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, Housing, marginalisation and mobility in Pakistan: residential security as social protection. CSP Research Report 04, Brighton: IDS. January 2011.

    Keywords: Caste, Class, Housing, Marginality, Migration, Social Protection

    

34. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, Housing for the poor in a large and growing metropolis. mimeo. Collective for Social Science Research. October 2010.

    Keywords: Housing, Marginality, Migration, Social Protection

    

35. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, Inflation and Food Security in Pakistan: Impact, Policies and Coping Strategies. IFPRI.

    Keywords: Food Security, Inflation

    

36. Haris Gazdar and Hussain Bux Mallah, Residential Security as Social Protection. IDS Bulletin, 41:4. July 2010.

    Keywords: Housing, Land, Social Protection

    

37. Azmat Budhani, Haris Gazdar, Sobia Ahmad Kaker and Hussain Bux Mallah, The Open City: Social Networks and Violence in Karachi. Crisis States Working Paper No. 70 (Series 2). Crisis States Research Centre, DESTIN, LSE, London. March 2010.

    Keywords: Conflict, Karachi, State

    

38. Haris Gazdar, Sobia Ahmad Kaker and Hussain Bux Mallah, Residential Security as Social Protection: Concepts and Preliminary Findings. Collective for Social Science Research, Karachi. May 2009.

    Keywords: Land, Marginality, Social Protection

    

39. Azmat Budhani, Haris Gazdar, Hussain Bux Mallah and Noorulain Masood, Social Marginalisation and Education in Pakistan: Findings of a Qualitative Survey. UNICEF, Islamabad. October 2006.

    Keywords: Education, Marginality

    

40. Haris Gazdar, Hussain Bux Mallah and Rashid Memon, Irregular Migration and Non-Traditional Threats to State Security: The Case of Karachi. Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, Dhaka. October 2005.

    Keywords: Karachi, Migration

    

41. The Collective Team, Afghans in Karachi: Migration, Settlement and Social Networks. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, Kabul. March 2005.

    Keywords: Conflict, Karachi, Migration, Refugees, Social Networks

    

42. Asad Sayeed, Rashid Memon, Hussain Bux Mallah and Haseeb Athar, Labour and Governance in the Road Sector: Issues arising in ADB operations in Pakistan. Asian Development Bank, Islamabad. December 2004.

    Keywords: Labour

    

43. The Collective Team, A Rapid Assessment of Bonded Labour in Hazardous Industries in Pakistan: Glass Bangle-making, Tanneries and Construction. Working Paper No. 21, Infocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration. International Labour Organization, Geneva. January 2004.

    Keywords: Bonded Labour, Labour

    

44. The Collective Team, A Rapid Assessment of Bonded Labour in Domestic Work and Begging in Pakistan. Working Paper No. 22, Infocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration. Interational Labour Organization, Geneva. January 2004.

    Keywords: Bonded Labour, Labour

    

Press Publications

1. Hussain Bux Mallah, Gypsies Among Us. The News, Karachi. April 2006.

   Keywords: Marginality, Migration

   

Collective Seminars

1. Saba Aslam and Hussain Bux Mallah, Social Processes and Individual Behaviour: A Qualitative Study of Public Service Delivery in Informally Planned Settlements of Karachi, Collective Seminar 2018-08, 26 Nov 2018.