Farah Ahmed

Farah Ahmed is Assistant Research Professor in the Faculty of Education and Research Fellow at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on the intersections of dialogic education, philosophies of Islamic education, Southern theory, critical and indigenous research methodologies, and questions of identity, personhood, and character education. Dr. Ahmed serves on the steering committee of the Cambridge Educational Dialogue Research (CEDiR) Group and is a member of the T-SEDA team and the Camtree Development Advisory Group, where she contributes to initiatives supporting teacher-led professional inquiry and research exchange. She also founded an online platform dedicated to supporting teacher inquiry and professional development in Islamic educational contexts and co-convenes the “Cultural, Religious, and Philosophical Traditions in Educational Dialogue” strand of the Cambridge Educational Dialogue Research Group. With more than twenty-five years of experience teaching in and leading Islamic schools in the United Kingdom, Dr. Ahmed brings extensive expertise in curriculum development, teacher education, and the theory and practice of Islamic education.