Mazen Diwani
Lecturer in Economics, Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Mazen Diwani is an Economist with seven years of full-time working experience within the banking and economic consultancy sectors and spent more than nine years in academia. He was awarded the PhD Fellowship of Excellence for Foreign Nationals Educated Abroad at the Sapienza University of Rome and a PhD in Models for Economics and Finance. He obtained B.Sc. in Economics from Damascus University in Syria (2008), and MSc in Finance from Lund University in Sweden (2010). He has recently accepted a position at De Montfort University in the city of Almaty (Kazakhstan). His research interests intersect with furthering his understanding of the applied micro-econometric methodologies in labour market research, measuring individual and social well-being, and analysis of the effects of socio-economic and demographic factors on an individual’s life course.
Areas of Interest:
- Development Economics
- Labour Economics
- Policy Evaluation
- CGE
Education:
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Models for Economics and Finance, La Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics, Rome, Italy, 2021
- Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Finance, Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Lund, Sweden, 2011
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Economics, Damascus University, Faculty of Economics, Damascus, Syria, 2008
Experience:
- Lecturer in Economics, Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jun. 2022 Present
- Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Advanced Studies (SAS), Tyumen State University, Russian Federation, Dec. 2021 - Jun. 2022
- Ph.D. Fellow Researcher in Economics, Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome, Oct. 2016 - Jul. 2021
- Lecturer in Economics and Quantitative Methods in Finance, Syrian National Center for Econometric Studies (SNCES), Damascus, Syria, Apr. 2013 - Oct. 2016
Latest Publications:
- Diwani, M., D’Ecclesia, R. (2022). International evidence on Bank Profitability: A survey. Journal of Rivista Bancaria. Minerva bancaria (1 - 2). https://rivistabancaria.it/rbmb/rivista-bancaria-minerva-bancaria-n-1-2-2022/.
- Diwani, M. (2022). How competitive is the Syrian banking sector? An empirical evidence from “pre/post” war Syria”. Journal of Economic Pacific Review 27(2). ABS2. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-0106.12386
- Diwani, M. (2023). Determinants of Banks' Profitability in a War-torn Banking Sector: Evidence from Syria. Handbook of Banking and Finance in the MENA. New Jersey, USA: World Scientific Publishing Group (forthcoming)
