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Dr. Muhammad Waqas

Assistant Professor

Area
School of Management
Faculty of Mgmt, Law & Social Sciences
E-mail
M.Waqas9@bradford.ac.uk
Phone
+441274238557
Dr. Muhammad Waqas
1 research project
8 publications
3 awards

Biography

Muhammad Waqas joined the University of Bradford in January 2020. Previously, he has worked at the University of Leeds, University of York, University of Sheffield, and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He has published in prestigious 4* and 3* peer-reviewed journals. He has won research grants as a Principal Investigator from various prestigious funding bodies such as UKRI/ESRC. He has also contributed as a Co-Investigator to various national and multinational, and multi-disciplinary research grant bids with intra and inter-university colleagues. Muhammad is especially interested in the economics of migration, mental health, subjective well-being, applied microeconomics, and applied econometrics. Most of his research is on immigration, mental health, and the issues revolving around immigration. Muhammad’s doctorate is from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In his PhD, he investigated the aspects of immigration and attitudes towards immigration in England and Wales. He also has dual M.Sc. Economics degrees from Sweden and Pakistan.

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Research

Immigration Issues
Attitudes towards immigration
Subjective wellbeing
Discrimination
Applied Microeconomics
Applied Econometrics
Labour Economics
Health Economics


Research projects

Teaching

Data Analysis
Stata
Applied Econometrics
Econometrics
Statistics

Modules

  • Development of Economic Ideas - AFE4012-B
  • Advanced Economics - AFE6020-B
  • Intermediate Microeconomics - AFE5021-B

Professional activities

  • Insight into ‘working class voices’ in economic policy” (1 November 2021)
  • The role of the neighbourhood environment in shaping the mental health consequences of Covid-19 (1 October 2020)
  • The Peter and Norah Lomas Scholarship (1 September 2011)

  • University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK - Ph.D. Economics
  • Umeå University, Sweden - M.Sc. Economics
  • University of the Punjab, Pakistan - M.Sc. Economics

  • University of Bradford - Lecturer in Economics (8 January 2020)
  • University of Leeds - Research Associate (1 May 2018)
  • University of York - Research Associate (1 February 2018)
  • The University of Sheffield - Research Associate (1 October 2016)
  • Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University - Research Associate (15 May 2016)

  • Board Member of the Independent Monitoring Board for Short Term Holding Facilities, UK

  • Higher Education Academy, UK, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Publications