PhD in Development Economics
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Klonner and Jun. Prof. Melanie Arntz
Dissertation Title: Essays on Infrastructure, Firm Productivity, Natural Disaster and Life Course Transition in South Asia. View Dissertation
Qualifications
- PhD in Development Economics from University of Heidelberg, Germany
- MS in Finance from Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS) Quetta, Pakistan
- BBA in Business Administration from Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS) Quetta, Pakistan
Educational Details
04/2013 – 06/2017 | Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany |
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04/2013 – 08/2017 | Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany Guest Research Scholar Co-supervisor: Dr. Christian Rammer |
2007-2008 | Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering & Management Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan Master of Business Administration MBA (Finance) |
2003-2007 | Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering & Management Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA- 4 Years) |
Professional Records
Academic Experience | |
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2021 – Now | University of Turbat, Turbat, Pakistan Director (Acting) Quality Enhancement Cell |
2015 – Now | University of Turbat, Turbat, Pakistan Assistant Professor at the Department of Management Sciences |
2017 – 2019 | University of Turbat, Turbat, Pakistan Dean Research |
2013 – 2015 | University of Turbat, Turbat, Pakistan Lecturer at the Department of Management Sciences |
2009 – 2013 | University of Balochistan Sub-Campus Turbat, Turbat, Pakistan Lecturer at the Department of Management Sciences |
Subject Taught |
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Thesis Supervision | Supervised seven theses of MS Students at the department of Management Sciences |
Banking Experience | |
2008 – 2009 | Bank Alfalah Limited (BAL) Turbat Branch, Turbat, Pakistan Operation Officer and IT Officer at the Department of Operation and IT Responsibilities included: collection and clearing of OBC and IBC, accounts opening, remittances, staff record maintenance, networking, installation, troubleshooting, processing different modules (i.e. day starting, day ending, backups, interest calculation, and ATM transaction). |
Other Experience | |
04/2017 – 08/2017 | Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim Germany Research Assistant Measuring Competitiveness and comparing the competitiveness of Member States over time and across Member States (European Union). |
08/2008 – 09/2008 | National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Quetta, Pakistan Internship at the NBP Sariab Branch Assist customers in account opening procedures, analysis of branch monthly and annual expenses, and assist pensioners. |
08/2006 – 09/2006 | Gwadar Development Authority (GDA), Gwadar, Pakistan Internship at the given departments; Finance and Accounts, HR, and Town & Planning Responsibilities included: studying financial statements, recruitment and selection procedure, and procedure for the issuing NOC's, towns planning, and the master plan of GDA. |
Membership in Statutory Bodies
- Member (as Director) of the Senate of University of Turbat
- Member (as faculty member) of Board of Studies, Management Sciences Department, University of Turbat
- Member (as Director) of all Departmental Board of Studies, University of Turbat
- Member (as Director) of the Academic Council, University of Turbat
- Member (as Director) of the Syndicate, University of Turbat
- Member (as faculty member) of Advance Studies & Research Board, UoT
- Member (as Director) of Finance & Planning Committee, University of Turbat
Contribution to The Establishment of UOT (Since 2009)
- Founding Member, University of Turbat
- Involved in curriculum development for BBA, MBA, MS, and PhD programs in Management Sciences
- Contributed to the formulation of Graduate and Undergraduate Rules and Regulations at the University of Turbat
- As Director QEC, accredited various degree programs of UoT
- As Director QEC, facilitated the affiliation of 10 colleges with the University of Turbat
- Conducted analysis and prepared reports on QEC surveys, including student evaluations of teaching, course evaluations, and graduate program assessments
Awards
2021 | Obtained University of Turbat Best Teacher Award 2021 Also nominated and shortlisted for the Higher Education Commission National Best Teacher Award 2021 |
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2021-2022 | Competitive Research Grant (as PI) with a budget of Rs. 2,500,000/=, RASTA, PIDE, Islamabad An Impact Evaluation of Government of Pakistan Scholarships on Students’ Academic Performance |
2013 – 2017 | PhD Scholarship, HEC (Pakistan) and DAAD (Germany) |
2008 | Gold Medalist, MBA (Finance- Batch Fall 2007), BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan |
Research and Discussion Papers
- Ahmad, R., Waris, I., & Ayyoub, M. (2025). Manipulating Grades and Evaluations: Unpacking the Power Dynamics Between Students and Teachers in Higher Education. Journal of Educational Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences, 5(1), 15-38. JEPPS,_113-5i0225-15-38.pdf
- Nasir, A. M., Ahmed, A., Barkat, W., & Ahmed, R. (2025). The Role of Stock-Based Compensation in Determining the Effect of Financial Revenues and Net Financial Payouts on Investment Efficiency. Center for Management Science Research, 3(5), 213-242. https://cmsrjournal.com/index.php/Journal/article/view/422
- Tahir, M., Ibrahim, H., Khan, B., & Ahmed, R. (2025). Foreign Earnings Repatriation: The Effect of Exchange Rate Volatility and the Risk of Expropriation. Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, 41(2), 527-539. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEAS-04-2022-0092
- Ullah, R., Ahmed, R., Tahir, M., Nasir, A. M & Muhammad, M. (2024). Optimizing Agricultural Growth: Targeted Farm Credit Allocation Strategies for Sustainable Crop Yields in Pakistan. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, 40(4): 1344-1353. https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.sja/2024/40.4.1344.1353
- Nasir, A. M., Ahmed, R., Ayyoub, M., & Tahir, M. (2024). Withholding Tax and Financial Inclusion: A Time-Series Analysis of Pakistan's Fiscal Policy. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 44(3), 443-457. Withholding-Tax-and-Financial-Inclusion-A-Time-Series-Analysis-of-Pakistans-Fiscal-Policy.pdf
- Nasir, A. M., Ahmed, R., Ayyoub, M., & Muhammad, M. (2024). Impact of Financial Revenues and Net Financial Payouts on Investment Efficiency: Evidence from US Non-Financial Firms. iRASD Journal of Economics, 6(2), 529-554. https://doi.org/10.52131/joe.2024.0602.0222
- Ahmed, R., Nasir, A. M., Ayyoub, M., & Ahmed, A. (2024). Post-Flood Challenges to Polio Eradication in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 12(2), 1804-1816. https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2024.v12i2.2327
- Saleem, M., Jan, M., & Ahmed, R. (2024). The Effects of Income of Foreign Workers on Families’ Consumption and Savings Pattern Behaviors in District Kech, Balochistan. Journal of Social Sciences and Media Studies, 8(1), 126-133. https://jossams.smiu.edu.pk/index.php/JOSSAMS/article/view/346/125
- Waris, I., Iqbal, A., Ahmed, R., Hashim, S., & Ahmed, A. (2024). Values and Information Publicity Shape Tourists' Intentions to Visit Green Hotels: An Application of the Extended Value-Belief Norms Theory. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 35(4), 780-798. https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-04-2023-0130
- Rashid, S., Ahmed, A., Waris, I., Ahmed, R., & Barkat, W. (2024). The Effect of High Involving Human Resource Practices on Employee Wellbeing and Performance: A Moderating Role of Psychosocial Safety Climate. Pakistan Business Review, 25(4), 374-394. https://doi.org/10.22555/pbr.v25i4.934
- Barkat, W., Waris, I., Ahmed, R., & Dad, M. (2024). Transformational leadership and frontline managers work engagement, innovative work behavior, organizational citizenship behavior, and employee sustainability in the hotel industry in Pakistan. Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism, 23(2), 315-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332845.2024.2282217
- Iltaf, J., Ahmed, R., & Ayyoub, M. (2023). Economic Shockwaves: Examining Stock Market Behavior in Pakistan Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. Annals of Social Sciences and Perspective, 4(2), 487-513. https://doi.org/10.52700/assap.v4i2.340
- Ahmed, R. Ayyoub, M., Iqbal, M. and Barkat, W. (2023). “Investment in Human Capital and Manufacturing Enterprise Productivity: Evidence from Pakistan”. Journal of Asian Development Studies, 12(3), 1349-1363.
- Ahmed, R., & Ayyoub, M. (2023). The Nexus between Power Outages and Business Enterprise Sales Performance: A South Asian Perspective. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 43(3), 399-412. The-Nexus-between-Power-Outages-and-Business-Enterprise-Sales-Performance-A-South-Asian-Perspective.pdf
- Murtaza, M., Ayyoub, M., Riaz, A., & Ahmed, R. (2023). Examining Linkages between Poverty Alleviation and Macroeconomic Performance in Pakistan. Journal of Policy Research, 9(2), 665-678. https://zenodo.org/records/8331494
- Ahmed, A., Barkat, W., Ahmed, R., & Khalil, S. (2022). The Nexus Between Employability Skills and Economic Well-Being in the Context of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Pakistan Business Review, 24(3). https://pbr.iobm.edu.pk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Paper-5.pdf
- Ahmed, R., Ahmed, A., Barkat, W., & Ullah, R. (2022). Impact of Scholarships on Student Success: A Case Study of University of Turbat, Pakistan. Pakistan Development Review, 61(2), 231-258. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27262044
- Ahmed, R., Barkat, W., Ahmed A. Tahir, M. & Majid, A. (2022). The Impact of Flooding on Education of Children and Adolescents: Evidence from Pakistan. Water Economics and Policy, 8(03), 2240009. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2382624X22400094
- Ahmed, R., Ahmed, A., & Barkat, W. (2021). Behavioral limitations of individuals for coping with COVID-19: A terror management perspective. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 31(1-4), 97-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2020.1835778
- Ahmed, A., Jan, G., Barkat, W., Ahmed, R., & Mahmood, A. (2021). The Impact of Spirituality on Resilience and Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, 18(5), 400-424. https://doi.org/10.51327/NAEU8792
- Bashir, L., Ahmed, R., Ahmed, A. & Barkat, W. (2019). The Role of Family Settings on Female Participations in Labor Force: Evidence from Pakistan. Balochistan Review, XLI(2), 30-49. 30-49 The Role of Family Settings on Female Participations in Labor Force Evidence from Pakistan, Lakki Bashir.pdf
- Ahmed, R. (2018). The impact of flooding on marriage: evidence from Pakistan. Disaster Prevention and Management, 27(1), 115-128. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-05-2017-0094
- Barkat, W., Beh, L. S., Ahmed, A., & Ahmed, R. (2018). Impact of intellectual capital on innovation capability and organizational performance: An empirical investigation. Serbian Journal of Management, 13(2), 365-379. https://doi.org/10.5937/sjm13-16997
- Rammer, C., Ahmed, R., & Behrens, V. (2018). Long data series on innovator quotas: short study commissioned by the Commission of Experts on Research and Innovation (No. 15-2018). Studies on the German innovation system. https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/175557/1/1015317650.pdf
- Ahmed, R. (2017). Essays on Infrastructure, Firm Productivity, Natural Disaster and Life Course Transition in South Asia (Doctoral dissertation). http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/23249/.
- Ahmed, R. (2016). Social Infrastructure and Productivity of Manufacturing Firms–Evidence from Pakistan. ZEW-Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper, (16-038), Mannheim Germany. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2774235
Professional Training and Scientific Events
04/2025 | Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan Presented a paper, titled “Manipulating Grades and Evaluations: Unpacking the Power Dynamics Between Students and Teachers in Higher Education” in the 5th International Conference of PNQAHE |
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04/2025 | Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan Attended the Pre-Conference Workshops titled “Stakeholders Engagement in Quality Assurance – Shaping Higher Education with Inputs from all Relevant Voices” |
12/2024 | BACT and QEC-UoT, Turbat, Pakistan Resource Person: Conducted a three-day workshop titled "Enhancement of Quality Education and Institutional Practices in Affiliated Colleges |
11/2024 | NTNU, Gjovik, Norway Visited NTNU, Gjovik, Norway for a week-long workshop through the RAPID Project (Erasmus Funded Project). The goal of the initiative was to revolutionize the E-learning landscape in Pakistan. |
03/2023 | BRC, Turbat, Pakistan Resource Person in a Career Council Event, “Shaping Tomorrow (Foreign Scholarship)” |
03/2023 | UoT, Turbat, Pakistan Training Session (as Resource Person) with Faculty Members on “Quality Assurance and Enhancement of Higher Education” |
05/2022 | NED University, Karachi, Pakistan Presented a paper, “The crude scores of teacher evaluation survey mislead universities: A case study of University of Turbat” |
03/2022 | PIDE, Islamabad, Pakistan Presented a paper in the 1st RASTA Conference, “Impact Evaluation of Government Scholarship On Students Success: A Case Study of University of Turbat” |
03/2022 | Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Pakistan Participated a conference “the 3rd International Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education” |
04/2017 | University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Participated a workshop, “Writing Articles in the Humanities and Social Sciences” |
07/2016 | University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Participated the workshop, “Geospatial Analysis of Disasters: Measuring Welfare Impacts of Emergency Relief” |
06/2016 | Development Economics and Policy 2016: Annual International Conference of the Research Group on Development Economics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany Presented a poster presentation, “Social Infrastructure and Productivity of Manufacturing Firms – Evidence from Pakistan” |
05/2016 | MIRDEC 2016-Conference on Social, Economics, Business and Educational Science Budapest, Hungary Presented a paper, “Social Infrastructure and Productivity of Manufacturing Firms: Evidence from Pakistan” |
10/2015 | Hotel Jezero, Lake Bohinj, Slovenia Participated the 8th International Annual Liberty Seminar |
05/2015 | University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Attended the international Conference, “2015 European meeting of the Economic Science Association” |
07/2015 | ZEW, Mannheim, Germany Participated the international conference titled, “6th ZEW/MaCCI Conference on the Economics of Innovation and Patenting” |
05/2015 | University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Participated the workshop, “How to avoid Plagiarism” |
03/2015 | Stube, Weil der Stadt, Germany Participated the seminar, “Education in Globalization Challenge: What Kind of Education Do We Want?” |
12/2013 | University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Participated the workshop, “Entrepreneurship in Action” |
10/2013 | University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Participated the workshop, “Analyzing Personal Potential for Your Career” |
07/2013 | ZEW, Mannheim, Germany Participated the workshop titled, “15th ZEW Summer Workshop 2013 on the Current Fiscal Policy Challenges in Europe” |
06/2013 | ZEW, Mannheim, Germany Participated the international conference titled, “5th ZEW/MaCCI Conference on the Economics of Innovation and Patenting” |
Other Knowledge and Skills
Computer Skills | STATA, QGIS, EndNote Library, MS-Office: Word, PowerPoint, Spreadsheets |
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Language Skills | English (Fluent), German (Basic), Balochi (Mother Tongue), Urdu (Excellent) |
PRESENT ADDRESS
Faculty of Business and Economics
University of Turbat
M 8 Ginnah, Turbat Balochistan
Pakistan
Office No.: +92 (0) 852 400507
Cell Phone: +92 (0) 313 8240691
Email: riaz.ahmed@uot.edu.pk
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