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Dr Ghufran Ahmad
(he/him)
Lecturer
- AhmadG@cardiff.ac.uk
- Aberconway Building, Room F24, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I joined Cardiff Business School as a Lecturer in January 2023, and previously worked in the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan, from September 2017 to January 2023.
My research interests include systemic risk, spillovers, and interconnectedness, behavioral economics, and microeconomic theory. My research work has been published in well-reputed international journals such as Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Games and Economic Behavior, Economics Letters, Emerging Markets Review, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Finance Research Letters, Journal of Forecasting, and Global Health Action.
Publication
2023
- Ahmad, S. and Ahmad, G. 2023. Water supply and demand: national and regional trends. In: Ahmad, M. ed. Water Policy in Pakistan., Vol. 30. Global Issues in Water Policy Vol. 1. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 91-121., (10.1007/978-3-031-36131-9_4)
2022
- Ahmed, F., Schumacher, J., Ahmad, G. and Brand, T. 2022. Understanding community resistance to sexuality education and exploring prospective implementation strategies in Pakistan: A content and network analysis of qualitative data. Frontiers in Psychology 13 (10.3389/fpsyg.2022.864465)
- Qureshi, A., Rizwan, M. S., Ahmad, G. and Ashraf, D. 2022. Russia-Ukraine war and systemic risk: Who is taking the heat?. Finance Research Letters 48, article number: 103036. (10.1016/j.frl.2022.103036)
- Ashraf, D., Rizwan, M. S. and Ahmad, G. 2022. Islamic equity investments and the COVID-19 pandemic. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 73, article number: 101765. (10.1016/j.pacfin.2022.101765)
- Rizwan, M. S., Ahmad, G. and Ashraf, D. 2022. Systemic risk, Islamic banks, and the COVID-19 pandemic: An empirical investigation. Emerging Markets Review 51(Part B), article number: 100890. (10.1016/j.ememar.2022.100890)
2021
- Ahmad, G., Rizwan, M. S. and Ashraf, D. 2021. Systemic risk and macroeconomic forecasting: A globally applicable copula-based approach. Journal of Forecasting 40(8), pp. 1420-1443. (10.1002/for.2774)
- Muhammad, J. et al. 2021. A cross-sectional survey to assess biorisk management system in research and diagnostic laboratories in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Frontiers in Public Health 9, article number: 766162. (10.3389/fpubh.2021.766162)
- Huseynov, S., Palma, M. A. and Ahmad, G. 2021. Does the magnitude of relative calorie distance affect food consumption?. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 188, pp. 530-551. (10.1016/j.jebo.2021.05.037)
- Ahmad, G., Ahmed, F., Rizwan, M. S., Muhammad, J., Fatima, S. H., Ikram, A. and Zeeb, H. 2021. Evaluating data-driven methods for short-term forecasts of cumulative SARS-CoV2 cases. PLoS ONE 16(5), article number: e0252147. (10.1371/journal.pone.0252147)
- Qureshi, I. A. and Ahmad, G. 2021. The cost-channel of monetary transmission under positive trend inflation. Economics Letters 201, article number: 109802. (10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109802)
- Ahmad, G. 2021. Group incentive compatibility in the housing market problem with weak preferences. Games and Economic Behavior 126, pp. 136-162. (10.1016/j.geb.2020.12.004)
- Ahmed, F., Ahmad, G., Paff, K., Samkange-Zeeb, F. and Brand, T. 2021. A cross-sectional community readiness assessment for implementing school-based comprehensive sexuality education in Islamabad, Pakistan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(4), article number: 1497. (10.3390/ijerph18041497)
2020
- Ahmed, F., Ahmad, G., Brand, T. and Zeeb, H. 2020. Key indicators for appraising adolescent sexual and reproductive health in South Asia: international expert consensus exercise using the Delphi technique. Global Health Action 13(1), article number: 1830555. (10.1080/16549716.2020.1830555)
- Rizwan, M. S., Ahmad, G. and Ashraf, D. 2020. Systemic risk: The impact of COVID-19. Finance Research Letters 36, article number: 101682. (10.1016/j.frl.2020.101682)
Articles
- Ahmed, F., Schumacher, J., Ahmad, G. and Brand, T. 2022. Understanding community resistance to sexuality education and exploring prospective implementation strategies in Pakistan: A content and network analysis of qualitative data. Frontiers in Psychology 13 (10.3389/fpsyg.2022.864465)
- Qureshi, A., Rizwan, M. S., Ahmad, G. and Ashraf, D. 2022. Russia-Ukraine war and systemic risk: Who is taking the heat?. Finance Research Letters 48, article number: 103036. (10.1016/j.frl.2022.103036)
- Ashraf, D., Rizwan, M. S. and Ahmad, G. 2022. Islamic equity investments and the COVID-19 pandemic. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 73, article number: 101765. (10.1016/j.pacfin.2022.101765)
- Rizwan, M. S., Ahmad, G. and Ashraf, D. 2022. Systemic risk, Islamic banks, and the COVID-19 pandemic: An empirical investigation. Emerging Markets Review 51(Part B), article number: 100890. (10.1016/j.ememar.2022.100890)
- Ahmad, G., Rizwan, M. S. and Ashraf, D. 2021. Systemic risk and macroeconomic forecasting: A globally applicable copula-based approach. Journal of Forecasting 40(8), pp. 1420-1443. (10.1002/for.2774)
- Muhammad, J. et al. 2021. A cross-sectional survey to assess biorisk management system in research and diagnostic laboratories in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Frontiers in Public Health 9, article number: 766162. (10.3389/fpubh.2021.766162)
- Huseynov, S., Palma, M. A. and Ahmad, G. 2021. Does the magnitude of relative calorie distance affect food consumption?. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 188, pp. 530-551. (10.1016/j.jebo.2021.05.037)
- Ahmad, G., Ahmed, F., Rizwan, M. S., Muhammad, J., Fatima, S. H., Ikram, A. and Zeeb, H. 2021. Evaluating data-driven methods for short-term forecasts of cumulative SARS-CoV2 cases. PLoS ONE 16(5), article number: e0252147. (10.1371/journal.pone.0252147)
- Qureshi, I. A. and Ahmad, G. 2021. The cost-channel of monetary transmission under positive trend inflation. Economics Letters 201, article number: 109802. (10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109802)
- Ahmad, G. 2021. Group incentive compatibility in the housing market problem with weak preferences. Games and Economic Behavior 126, pp. 136-162. (10.1016/j.geb.2020.12.004)
- Ahmed, F., Ahmad, G., Paff, K., Samkange-Zeeb, F. and Brand, T. 2021. A cross-sectional community readiness assessment for implementing school-based comprehensive sexuality education in Islamabad, Pakistan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(4), article number: 1497. (10.3390/ijerph18041497)
- Ahmed, F., Ahmad, G., Brand, T. and Zeeb, H. 2020. Key indicators for appraising adolescent sexual and reproductive health in South Asia: international expert consensus exercise using the Delphi technique. Global Health Action 13(1), article number: 1830555. (10.1080/16549716.2020.1830555)
- Rizwan, M. S., Ahmad, G. and Ashraf, D. 2020. Systemic risk: The impact of COVID-19. Finance Research Letters 36, article number: 101682. (10.1016/j.frl.2020.101682)
Book sections
- Ahmad, S. and Ahmad, G. 2023. Water supply and demand: national and regional trends. In: Ahmad, M. ed. Water Policy in Pakistan., Vol. 30. Global Issues in Water Policy Vol. 1. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 91-121., (10.1007/978-3-031-36131-9_4)
Research
Research interests
- Stability of Financial Systems
- Systemic Risk, Spillovers, and Interconnectedness
- Behavioral Economics
Teaching
Teaching commitments
- Financial Economics
- British Economy
- Introductory Econometrics
Biography
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
- B.Sc. (Hons.) in Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
Academic positions
- Associate Professor, NUST Business School, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan (2022-2023)
- Assistant Professor, NUST Business School, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan (2017-2022)