Biography

Dr. Arab Dahir Hassan is currently working as an assistant professor of economics at Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul. He received his PhD in Economics from Ibn Haldun University in 2024, where his dissertation examined firm performance constraints across Europe and Central Asia. He also holds an MSc in International Trade from Sakarya University and a BSc in Economics from Amoud University.

His research focuses on applied economics, econometrics, data science, and machine learning applications in economics and finance, with a particular interest in deep learning and spatial data science. Dr. Hassan has published in leading journals, including Applied Economics Letters, Economic Journal of Emerging Markets, and Spatial Information Research, and has authored book chapters on artificial intelligence applications in energy and financial forecasting.