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About Md. Mahmudul Alam

Dr. Md. Mahmudul Alam is an Associate Professor of Finance and a Fellow at Economic and Financial Policy Institute in Universiti Utara Malaysia. He is also an Associate Fellow at University Technology MARA (Malaysia) and Centre for Asian Climate and Environmental Policy Studies (Canada). He is a certified and registred “Financial Planner” at Malaysian Financial Planning Council, and a certified “Expert in Climate Adaptation Finance” from Frankfurt School (Germany). Previously he was a research fellow under the Adaptation Finance Fellowship Programme of Frankfurt School and the Thailand Development Research Institute. He was also an associate fellow at International Islamic University Chittagong (Bangladesh) and a visiting professor at Universitas Brawijaya (Indonesia). Currently he has more than 300 publications including seven books and more than 160 journal articles. He has experience as an editorial board member of 10 international journals and a reviewer of more than 50 journals. He has more than one million readers in different online repository platforms that positioned him among the top 1% most-read academic author around the world. He has received several awards from Elsevier, Emerald, Willy, and Publons. He has also been recognized as one of the “Top Bangladesh Development Researchers of the Millennium” by the BDRC (USA). His research areas include financial markets & institutions, financial technology, Islamic finance, sustainable finance, climate change economics, and sustainable development.

Positions

Present Associate Professor, Universiti Utara Malaysia ‐ School of Economics, Finance and Banking
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Curriculum Vitae


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Research Interests

Climate Change,, Sustainable Finance, Financial Economics, Islamic Banking & Finance, Microfinance, Fintech, Sustainable Development, Food Security, Socioeconomic Sustainability, Adaptation, Poverty, Inequality, Business Sustainability Practices, and Corporate Governance

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2015 - Present Associate Professor, Universiti Utara Malaysia
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Courses

  • Islamic & Conventional Financial Markets, Instruments & Institutions
  • Corporate Finance
  • Personal Finance
  • Fixed Income Securities
  • Financial Modelling
  • International Finance
  • Financial Market & Institutions
  • Financial Management

Education

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2011 - 2014 PhD, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia ‐ Institute for Environment and Development
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2009 - 2010 MA, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia ‐ Institute for Environment and Development
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2002 - 2006 BBA (Finance and Economics), North South University ‐ School of Business
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Working Papers (1)

Books (5)

Book Chapter (11)

Research Works (167)