Professor Ibrahim M Awad currently serves as a dean and a full professor of business economics and econometrics at the Faculty of Economics and Business at Al-Quds University. He is also an Affiliate with the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School, USA. Dr. Awad earned his Ph.D. in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Leipzig, Germany, in 2010. Prof. Awad was a visiting scholar and researcher at Iowa State University in the USA, Ruhr-Bochum University in Germany, and École des Ponts Business School in Paris, France. In addition, he visited several international universities: Harvard Business School, London Kings College, Technical University of Munich, Karlsruhe University, Gottingen University, Technical University of Mannheim, Technical University of Aachen, and Meyrick University. His research interests focus on business economics, competitiveness, entrepreneurship, development economics, and resource economics. He has not solely published or forthcoming many papers in refereed international journals but also participated in several international and world conferences in economics and business. He has been awarded the Distinguished Researcher Award of Al-Quds University many times.
Professor Awad has developed a new PhD program in Entrepreneurship and Business Economics through collaborative initiatives. This program aims to deliver a thorough foundation in both entrepreneurial practices and business economics. Furthermore, he has launched a Master’s program in Competitiveness and Development Economics in collaboration with Harvard Business School in the USA and Al-Quds University.
Professor Awad develops economic strategies to enhance the competitiveness of private and public institutions. He creates effective fundraising approaches in sectors like vocational education, general education, and healthcare, along with conducting socio-economic research focused on environmental and resource management. He has expertise in statistical and econometric programs, analyzing data to derive insights. By applying advanced statistical techniques and econometric models, he studies business and economic phenomena to identify relationships and predict trends. Through collaboration with researchers and industry stakeholders, he promotes data-driven initiatives to improve understanding of economic dynamics.
Throughout his career, he has had the privilege of supervising more than thirty master’s and doctoral students as they prepared their theses. Their primary areas of focus have included business economics, competitiveness, financial economics, innovation, and entrepreneurship. I take great pride in the fact that many of these students successfully integrated advanced econometric models into their work, reflecting a commendable level of expertise in their respective fields of study.
Professor Awad is excited to have been featured in the 2023 Yearbook of Germany Alumni-Networkers. This yearbook showcases notable achievements, impacts, and stories of notable Germany Alumni. The Federal Foreign Office and Diplomacy by Networking have
organized this initiative. Additionally, Prof. Awad has obtained memberships in various professional organizations such as the Economic Research Forum (ERF), the Editorial Team of Eastern Journals for the Eastern Journal of Applied Economics, The Academic-Keys Who’s Who in Business Higher Education (WWBHE), and the European Water Resources Association (EWRA). Moreover, he is currently working as a reviewer for several international refereed journals in the fields of entrepreneurship, competitiveness, and business economics.
Prof. Awad is one of the principal co-founders of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Al-Quds University. He was appointed vice dean and head of the Economics Department at Al-Quds University for two different periods from 2004 – 2007 and 2011 – 2013. He joined the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Al-Quds University in 2002 as a full-time economics instructor. Dr. Awad was also a full-time Ph.D. student and researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, the University of Leipzig in Germany, from Aug. 2007 – Jan. 2011.