Dr. Umer Shahzad
Research Faculty
Dr Umer Shahzad holds PhD Economics from School of Economics, Shandong University, China. His research interests include environmental economics, bioeconomy, energy finance, green economy, and environmental sustainability. He has worked on several city level research projects in Anhui Province, China. He has worked as associate scientific researcher and economist in Anhui University of Finance and Economics, China for more than three years. He has completed post doctorate in economics from University of Bucharest, Romania. He worked on aquaculture economics project in University of Galway, Ireland. Currently, He is engaged as researcher in Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague. He aspires to conceptualize and work on thought provoking research articles in the fields of economic, and energy finance and new angles of SDG’s. He is in editorial board member at financial innovation, environment development sustainability, Societal impacts and few other Journals.
In recent years, he has published a number of top journal articles, including “Annals of operational research,” “Technological forecasting and social change,” “Business strategy and environment,” “Energy economics,” and “Renewable energy sources.” He is on the editorial board of Financial Innovation, Environmental Development and Sustainability, and other academic journals. His research interests include environmental economics, bioeconomics, energy finance, green economy and environmental sustainability.
Publications:
Abbas, S., Saqib, N., Mohammed, K. S., Sahore, N., & Shahzad, U. (2024). Pathways towards carbon neutrality in low carbon cities: The role of green patents, R&D and energy use for carbon emissions. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 200, 123109. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.123109
Abbas, S., Saqib, N., & Shahzad, U. (2023). Global export flow of Chilean copper: The role of environmental innovation and renewable energy transition. Geoscience Frontiers, 101697. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2023.101697
Cheng, J., Tiwari, S., Khaled, D., Mahendru, M., & Shahzad, U. (2024). Forecasting Bitcoin prices using artificial intelligence: Combination of ML, SARIMA, and Facebook Prophet models. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 198, 122938. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122938
Shahzad, U., Tiwari, S., Si Mohammed, K., & Zenchenko, S. (2023). Asymmetric nexus between renewable energy, economic progress, and ecological issues: Testing the LCC hypothesis in the context of sustainability perspective. Gondwana Research, 1(1). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2023.07.008
Teng, W., Islam, M. M., Vasa, L., Abbas, S., & Shahzad, U. (2023). Impacts of nuclear energy, greener energy, and economic progress on the load capacity factor: What we learn from the leading nuclear power economies? Geoscience Frontiers, 1(1), 101739. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2023.101739
Zhou, X., Dai, M., Ma, X., Charles, V., Shahzad, U., & Zhao, X. (2024). Economic policy uncertainty and the inhibitory effect of firms’ green technology innovation. Global Finance Journal, 60, 100960. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2024.100960
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