Vahid is a senior lecturer in Economics at the International Business School of Teesside University since November 2022. His background is in Energy Economics and he has focused on integrating economic theory into practice in teaching and research.  He is greatly enthusiastic about working and researching in a highly interdisciplinary environment.

He was a research fellow at the Energy and Bioproduct Research Institute (EBRI) at Aston University where he conducted research on simulating the sustainability impacts of the bioenergy sector in the UK and the Philippines. 

His industry experience includes three years (2015-2018) in the energy industry (Petrochemical, refinery plants) as a business development director. Following that, he served as an assistant professor of energy economics at Niroo Research Institute (NRI) from 2018 to 2021. 

• Energy policy
• Bioenergy Economics
• Renewable Energy Economics
• Electricity Market
• Long-term Energy Planning
• Circular Economy
• Sustainable Business & Finance

• Business model and canvas design and mapping,
• participatory techniques, System dynamic modeling
• Techno-economic and valuation analysis,
• Investment Appraisal, scenario and cash flow analysis, 
• Socio-economic and social Impact Assessment

Interested in exploring the following subjects via a PhD, DBA studentship (self-fund):

• Stochastic techno-economic assessment of renewable energy;
  Method: Real option, Background: Economics, Engineering
• Energy security and renewable energy impact;
  Method: Valuation, Background: Economics, Finance
• Climate change policy framework to alleviate the cost of living;
  Method: system design, Background: Economics, Business
• Bioenergy deployment and rural development;
  Method: System design, Background: Agricultural Economics, Social science 
• Local Economic Assessment (LEA) of renewable energy development;
  Method: I-O, Input-Output, Background: Economics,
• Energy Transition and International Relations;
  Method: Conceptual design, Background: Politics, Political Economy

Current teaching at TU:

• Quantitative Economics 
• Derivatives, Options and Futures
• Financial planning 
• Investment and Portfolio Management
• Quantitative Finance

Other teaching Experiences:

• Techno-economic analysis
• Energy Economics
• Risk, Impact, and Adaptation
• Contemporary issues in economics 
• Macroeconomic (Social Implication)
• Microeconomic (industrial Implication)
• Valuation and Financial Economics