Dr. Hira Amin is an Assistant Professor at the College of Public Policy at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. After completing her PhD in History at the University of Cambridge, she has been involved in various interdisciplinary projects. Her research interests broadly fall into two categories: the first is social, cultural, and religious transformations and foresight in the modern Muslim world; the second is social inclusion, accessibility, and disability.

She has undergone training in systems thinking, LEGO Serious Play, participatory co-design, and strategic foresight at the Institute for the Future. She is currently working on multiple research grants that utilize these various tools and methods, such as education for sustainability and global citizenship, strategic foresight in culture, identity, and education, and systems mapping the disability diagnostics landscape in Qatar.