Ahmad Bayiz Ahmad, PhD
Programme Director of Business, Management and Economics/Assistant Professor in Business Management/Business Administration
Introduction
Ahmad is the Programme Director of Business, Management and Economics in the School of Management and Economics at the University of Kurdistan Hewler, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He joined the School of Management and Economics, first, as a Visiting Supervisor in October 2020 and then as a Lecturer in September 2021. He was appointed as Acting Chair of Business and Management at UKH in January 2022 and then Programme Director in October 2022 where he provides academic leadership for the School of Management and Economics’ postgraduate and undergraduate programmes. Before joining UKH, Ahmad worked as a tenured Lecturer of Management Studies at the University of Raparin and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. In 2018, Ahmad was chosen as the No. 1 Social Science Researcher of the Year by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. In 2021 and 2022, he was invited as a Visiting Professor from the University College Landon’s School of Public Policy (ranked 8th in the world) in the UK and Aalen University of Applied Sciences in Germany.
Education
- - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2021
- - Ph.D. in Management, Beihang University, 2018
- - Master of Public Administration, Tsinghua University, 2019
- - Master of Business Administration, University of Canberra, 2014
- - Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting, University of South Australia, 2012
- - BSc in Business Management (1st Class Honors), University of Kurdistan Hewler, 2010
Research
Ahmad has published over 20 articles in eminent journals such as Public Administration Review (ABS4*), International Public Management Journal (ABS3) and others. He also participated in international conferences in New Zealand, China and Panama. Ahmad is a reviewer or sits on editorial boards of over a dozen international journals, including Public Administration Review, Review of Public Personnel Administration, and International Journal of Public Administration….etc.