He was the former founding head of the Central Asian Studies Unit at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, co-director of the Comparative, International Education Centre (CIDEC), University of Toronto, and the editor of Curriculum Inquiry. He is currently on a three-year period of unpaid leave to serve as the director of the Institute for Educational Development, Aga Khan University, Karachi (AKU-IEDP). His research interests include educational change, teacher development and religious education in post-socialist and Muslim societies.