Dr Mudassar Hasan

Before joining Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, he worked as a Lecturer/Assistant Professor at Lahore Business School, The University of Lahore, Pakistan, where he also headed the cluster of accounting and finance during 2014-2016 and facilitated most of the modules of accounting and finance.  Dr. Hasan also served as a Contract Lecturer and a Research Associate at the School of Economics and Finance, Massey University, New Zealand, between 2016 and 2020. More recently, he worked at Teesside University International Business School (TUIBS), Teesside University, United Kingdom, where he contributed significantly to various areas of academic practice. 

Research Interests and Scholarly Activity

Dr. Hasan's scholarly interests revolve around Financial Contagion, Uncertainty, Climate Finance, and Fintech. 

Dr. Hasan has extensive research experience. He has published consistently in ABS-ranked journals, including:

• Energy Economics,
• Economics Letters,
• Journal of Environmental Management
• International Review of Financial Analysis,
• International Journal of Finance & Economics,
• Finance Research Letters,
• International Review of Economics & Finance,
• Global Finance Journal,
• Journal of Behavioral & Experimental Finance,
• The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance,
• The Annals of Regional Science,
• Tourism Economics,
• Resources Policy,
• Economic Analysis and Policy,
• Eurasian Business Review,
• Financial Innovation,
• The Singapore Economic Review,
• The Pakistan Development Review.

Dr Hasan has presented his research works at the following conferences:

• Joint Conference of the British Accounting & Finance Association and Asset Pricing SIG and the Northern Area Group in Dubai, December 13-15, 2023, organized by the United Arab Emirates University.
• The 2023 British Academy of Management Conference held between 01-06 September at Sussex Business School, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.
• The 2022 British Academy of Management Conference held between 30 August and 01 September at Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
• The 36^th Eurasian Business and Economic Society Conference, held on July 1-3, 2021, Elite World Istanbul Hotel, Istanbul, Türkiye.
• The Asian Development Bank's Virtual Workshop on Reforming Asian Utilities: Institutional Reforms for Boosting Private Investments held on November 18-19, 2020.
• The 23rd Annual New Zealand Finance Colloquium, Lincoln, New Zealand, 13-15 February 2019. The colloquium was hosted by the Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce at Lincoln University in Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand.
• The 8th Annual New Zealand Finance Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand, 17-19 December 2018. The meeting was hosted by the Auckland Centre for Financial Research, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.
• The Annual Meeting of American Accounting Association (AAA), August 02-06, 2014, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
• The 28th Annual General Meeting & Conference (AGM) of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE) held between November 13-15, 2012, in the Marriott Hotel, Islamabad, Pakistan.

He has also refereed for several well-reputed journals, including:

• Energy Economics
• International Review of Financial Analysis
• Journal of Environmental Management
• International Review of Economics and Finance
• Finance Research Letters
• Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
• Resources Policy
• Economic Analysis and Policy
• Journal of Risk Finance
• Annals of Financial Economics
• International Finance
• Financial Innovation
• International Journal of Finance and Economics
• International Journal of Managerial Finance
• International Journal of Financial Engineering
• Managerial Finance
• Computational Economics
• Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences
• Qualitative Research in Financial Markets
• Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility

Currently, Dr. Hasan is also serving as Managing Editor of the Asian Finance Research Journal (AFRJ), a journal that, under his leadership, secured recognition in the "Y-Category" and funding from the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. He is also an Advisory Board Member of Heliyon Business and Economics and Advances in Decision Sciences. 

Awards and Accolades

Dr. Hasan has received the following awards and recognition for his research output.

• Massey University 2020 Recipient of Dean's List of Exceptional Doctoral Theses for the Ph.D. thesis titled "Essays on Spillover Effects of Economic and Geopolitical Uncertainty."
• The University of Lahore 2022 Best Researcher Award for exceptional research output in 2021.

Teaching and Learning Engagement

Dr. Hasan is currently teaching undergraduate modules in 

• Careers in Accounting, Economics, and Finance
• Business and Financial Analysis
• Business Intelligence and Analytics 

Dr. Hasan also supervises final-year undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations and DBA student theses. 

Teaching Qualification

• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

Leadership, Administration, and Citizenship 

Dr. Hasan is currently serving in the following leadership and administrative roles:

• Deputy Programme Leader for BSc (Hons) Finance and Investment Management

Professional Membership

• Full member of CPA Australia

Academic Memberships and Professional Engagement

• Member of Financial Management Special Interest Group (SIG) - British Academy of Management (BAM)
• Member of the British Academy of Management
• Member of the British Accounting & Finance Association
• Member of Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES)
• Member of the Association of North American Higher Education International (ANAHEI) 

Ph.D. Supervision