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Dr Adnan Ali
Biography
Dr. Adnan Ali has been associated with academia-teaching and research, and Industry since 2009. Dr. Ali earned all his Bachelors, Master and Ph.D. academic accolades with Distinction from various universities. During his Ph.D., Dr. Ali demonstrated an unparalleled commitment to his field of expertise and proved to be an outstanding researcher by grabbing several awards and accolades at UTM and national level at Malaysia. Dr. Ali is decorated with the most prestigious “UTM Chancellor Award” for academic excellence for his Ph.D. studies conferred upon him by the Chancellor, Her Majesty the Queen of Johor, Malaysia, in the 67th convocation 2023. Moreover, he also received the “Dean’s List Best Postgraduate Student Award” for Ph.D. studies. Besides, industry experience, he has taught and remained a resource person at several universities in Pakistan, Malaysia and Oman. Moreover, along with the teaching and research, Dr. Ali has also served in various capacities at HEIs such as Head of Department, Director Administration, and Provost. Dr. Ali has also achieved the professional certification of Associate Fellow from Advance HE, United Kingdom. In addition, he is leading the Standard 9- Societal Impact team for AACSB accreditation and Faculty of Business representative for the Community and Industry Engagement Committee at Sohar University.
Furthermore, Dr. Ali’s innovative research initiatives have yielded an impressive publication record and numerous accolades. He received the winner award at the 8th Asia International Conference (AIC2022) held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), Malaysia. Moreover, Dr. Ali also received 2nd Place in the first National Pitching Research Competition (NPRC), Malaysia, held at Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia. Dr. Ali has supervised several Bachelor’s and Master’s students and has co-supervised one PhD student. He has organized and attended numerous conferences, workshops, and symposiums, often serving as a session chair at international conferences. Dr. Ali has authored numerous publications in indexed journals and contributed to book chapters published by an International Publisher. He presently serves on the editorial board of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, the Journal of Developing Economies, and holds the role of Associate Editor for the Sohar University Journal of Sustainable Business. Dr. Ali is currently spearheading an international matching grant project as Principal Investigator (PI), amounting to OMR 3,806 (USD 9,898), and also serves as Co-PI and member on multiple research projects amounting to about OMR 9200 (USD 23,927) aligned with his research interests and Oman Vision 2040. Moreover, he is serving as a reviewer for several high-impact journals. Dr. Ali’s current research interest focuses on resource economics, green finance, financial and sustainable development and interdisciplinary bibliometric analysis.
Qualification
- Ph.D. in Management (Finance) (with Distinction-Chancellor’s Award and Best Postgraduate Student Award), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.
- MS Management Sciences in Finance (with Distinction), AUP, Pakistan.
- BBA Hons in Finance (with Distinction), AUP, Pakistan.
Teaching Interest
- Financial Institutions and Capital Markets
- Financial Management
- Corporate Finance
- Islamic Banking and Finance
- Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management
- Financial Accounting
- Fundamentals of Accounting
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
Research Interest
- Sustainable Development
- Natural Resource Economics and Finance
- Financial System Development
- Shadow Economy
- Financial Economics
- Green Finance
- Corporate Finance
- Institutional Quality
- Environment Social and Governance
- Interdisciplinary Bibliometric Analysis
Publications
- Mustafa, Z., Ramakrishnan, S., Ali, A., Raza, H., & Faisal, F. (2026). Tracing the Trajectory of Good Corporate Governance: A Bibliometric Analysis. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 17(1), 1448-1480.
- Ali, A., Faisal, F., Zhakanova Isiksal, A., & Maktoumi, I. S. A. A. L. (2025). Do green finance and health expenditures lessen the ecological footprint to ensure sustainable development? Innovation and Green Development, 4(2), 100223.
- Faisal, F., Isiksal, A. Z., Ali, A., Abu Mansor, N. N., & Al Maktoumi, I. S. A. (2025). Natural resources to economic prosperity: evaluating the role of institutional quality, financial development, and human capital in the resource-rich economy. Mineral Economics.
- Faisal, F., Isiksal, A. Z., Assi, A. F., Ali, A., & Sulimany, H. G. H. (2025). Financial risk, sustainable development, natural resources and green finance: unveiling the shadow economy in the BRICST countries. Mineral Economics, 38(2), 397-412.
- Al-Mulali, U., Raboshuk, A., Ali, A., Abusham, E. E. A., & Ozturk, I. (2024). Analyzing the prominence of road accidents on environmental pollution: utilizing machine learning through the random forest algorithm. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.
- Ali, A., Ramakrishnan, S., Faisal, F., Bazhair, A. H., Sulimany, H. G. H., & Rahman, S. U. (2024). Does escaping the natural resource curse complement evading the financial resource curse too? Empirical evidence from Indonesia. International Review of Economics & Finance, 91, 539-555.
- Rahman, S. U., Faisal, F., Ali, A., Mansor, N. N. A., Ul Haq, Z., Sulimany, H. G. H., & Ramakrishnan, S. (2024). Assessing Country Risk in the Stock Market and Economic Growth Nexus: Fresh Insights from Bootstrap Panel Causality. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 94, 294-302.
- Ali, A., Ramakrishnan, S., Faisal, F., & Ullah, Z. (2023). Bibliometric analysis of global research trends on microfinance institutions and microfinance: Suggesting new research agendas. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 28(4), 3552-3573.
- Ali, A., Ramakrishnan, S., Faisal, F., Akram, T., Salam, S., & Rahman, S. U. (2023). Bibliometric analysis of finance and natural resources: past trend, current development, and future prospects. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 25(11), 13035-13064.
- Faisal, F., Rahman, S. U., Ali, A., Sulimany, H. G. H., Bazhair, A. H., & Pervaiz, R. (2023). Do natural resources affect environmental quality in MINT Economies? The role of tourism and financial development. Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
- Ali, A., Ramakrishnan, S., & Faisal. (2022). Financial development and natural resources. Is there a stock market resource curse? Resources Policy, 75, 102457.
- Ali, A., Ramakrishnan, S., Faisal, F., Ghazi H Sulimany, H., & Bazhair, A. H. (2022). Stock market resource curse: The moderating role of institutional quality. Resources Policy, 78, 102929.