Aiman Khan

AREAS OF FOCUS

  • The intersection of security, emerging technology, government and society.

    Cyber Policy · Digital Governance · Technology

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  • How communities create and preserve meaning through history, belief, tradition and place.

    Cultural History · Indigenous Issues · Communities

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SELECTED WORK

Environmental History · Environmental Justice · 2021

An examination of environmental racism and municipal decision-making in the destruction of Africville, a historic Black community in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Originally published in The Journal at Saint Mary's University and subsequently republished by NiCHE.

NiCHE's second-most-read article of all time

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Africville: A Story of Environmental Racism



Black and white photo of an impoverished neighborhood with some children playing outside, scattered small houses on a hill, and power lines overhead.

Africville, c. 1960. Halifax Municipal Archives.

ABOUT

I am interested in how institutions respond to change - technological, economic and social.

My work sits at the intersection of public policy, technology and governance. I am particularly interested in cybersecurity, emerging technologies and digital government, and in the broader question of how institutions adapt when the world around them changes.

My background in public administration, cybersecurity and economics shapes how I approach these questions: through institutions and incentives, but also through their consequences for people and communities.