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Dr. Imran Hanif

Dr. Imran Hanif

Associate Professor / Chairperson
Department: Economics
Email: imran.hanif@gcu.edu.pk
Research Interests: Energy Economics; Environmental Economics; Public Economics; Health Economics
Office Location: Office No. 218, Department of Economics, Postgraduate Block (PGB), Government College University Lahore, Pakistan.
Biography

I am an Associate Professor of Economics at Government College University Lahore, Pakistan, and an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Korea University, Seoul, South Korea. My research expertise covers public economics, energy and environmental economics, with a particular focus on the nexus between energy systems and environmental policy. Over the years, I have made substantial contributions to these fields through high-impact publications and diverse editorial roles. I currently serve as Editor of the Government College Economic Journal, Associate Editor for Scientific Reports (Nature) and Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Nature), Editorial Board Member for Heliyon (Elsevier), and Associate Editor for SAGE Open (SAGE). In addition to these editorial responsibilities, I contribute to global research innovation as a Project Expert for Innovate UK and the Research, Development and Innovation Authority (RDIA), Saudi Arabia. More generally, I have an empirical macroeconomics research agenda covering the applied fields of energy economics and public economics.

Education
2015  PhD in Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan
2010  MS/MPhil in Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan
2006  Masters in Economics, The Islamia University Bahawalpur Bahawalpur
2002  BA/BSc(Hons) in Commerce, University Of Punjab Lahore, Pakistran

Teaching Areas

Basic and Applied Econometrics; Research Methods; Energy Economics; Environmental Economics; Environmental and Resource Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Public Economics
Experience
From To Designation Firm/Institution
Oct 2021 Continue Associate Professor Government College University (GCU) Lahore, Pakistan
Sep 2019 Oct 2021 Associate Professor University Of Management And Technology (UMT) Lahore, Pakistan
Sep 2017 Sep 2019 Assistant Professor (Chairperson) NUR International University Lahore, Pakistan
Oct 2015 Aug 2017 Assistant Professor (Chairperson) National University Of Modern Languages (NUML) Multan Campus
Jun 2013 Jan 2014 Research Fellow (Public Economics) Andrew Young School Of Policy Studies Georgia State University Atlanta GA 30303,USA

Journal Papers

Hanif, I. (2018). "Energy consumption habits and human health nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa." Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22 (25), 21701-21712. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2336-0 | Impact Factor: 3.056
Hanif, I. (2018). "Impact of economic growth, nonrenewable and renewable energy consumption, and urbanization on carbon emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa." Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25 (15), 15057-15067. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-1753-4 | Impact Factor: 3.056
Hanif, I. (2018). "Impact of Fossil Fuels Energy Consumption, Energy Policies and Urban Sprawl on Carbon Emission in East Asia and the Pacific: A Panel Investigation." Energy Strategy Reviews, (21), 16-24.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2018.04.006 | Impact Factor: 9.9
Nazli, A., Siddiqui, R., & Hanif, I. (2018). "Trade Reforms and Productivity Growth in Manufacturing Industries of Pakistan." Review of Economics and Development Studies, 4 (2), 199-207. [Link]
Hanif, I. (2017). "Economics-Energy-Environment Nexus in Latin America and the Caribbean.." Energy, 141 , 170-178. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.09.054 | Impact Factor: 9.4
Imran Hanif, Pilar Gago-de-Santos (2017). "Importance of Population Control and Macroeconomic Stability to Reducing Environmental Degradation: An Empirical Test of the Environmental Kuznets Curve for Developing Countries." Environmental Development, 23 (3), 1-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2016.12.003 | Impact Factor: 5.3
Hanif, I., and Gago-de-Santos, P. (2017). "The Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on Private Saving in a Developing Economy: Some Empirical Evidence for the Case of Pakistan." Journal of South Asian Development, 13 (3), 259-285. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0260107917735403 | Impact Factor: 0.9
Bukhari, S. Z., and Hanif, I. (2016). "Primary Care and Health System Performance in Pakistan: A Study of Basic Health Units of South Punjab." Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, 66 (12), 1632-1636. | Impact Factor: 1.02 [Link]
Hanif, I., and Chaudhry, I.S. (2015). "Interlinks of Public Investment and Fiscal Decentralization in Pakistan." Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences, 9 (3), 850-864. [Link]
Hanif, I., Chaudhry, I.S., and Wallace, S. (2014). "Fiscal Autonomy and Economic Growth Nexus: An Empirical Evidence from Pakistan." Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 34 (2), 767-780. [Link]