Personal profile
Academic Biography
Dr Layal Isskandarani is a Lecturer in Economics at Teesside University since May 2024. Prior to this, Layal has worked as the Coordinator for the Postgraduate Programmes at the School of Management and Economics of the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr, (September- April 2024), and as the Chair of the Department of Finance (2017-2021) in parallel to being a Coordinator of Economics and Statistics subject areas (2017-2023) at the Modern University for Business and Science (MUBS) in Lebanon.
Dr Isskandarani has worked as a Lecturer in Economics, Finance, Strategic Management, and Statistics subject areas in the HE sector for over a decade. She also delivered sessions on Finance in Poland and Spain as a visiting Lecturer. During 2013-2023, Dr Isskandarani taught Level 4-7 Economics, Finance, and Business Management modules of the Cardiff School of Management (UK) at MUBS.
Layal Isskandarani holds a doctoral degree in International Business and Trade from Staffordshire University (UK) and is greatly interested in the areas of International Business and Economics, as well as Digital Finance. She is involved in research supervision of master and doctoral-level students and demonstrates a strong commitment to research-informed teaching, innovative pedagogy, and collaborative research.
As part of her career professional development, Dr Isskandarani is working to secure her HEA Fellowship by September 2024.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Factors affecting the responsiveness of Lebanese Private Universities to Internationalisation, University of Staffordshire
Award Date: 13 Jun 2023
External positions
Visiting Professor, University of Kurdistan Hewlêr
External Examiner, University of Technology Bahrain