Areas of Interest:

• Economics
• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics
• Economics of Innovation and Technological Change
• International Economics

Education:

• PH.D., Economics, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) - Faculty of Economic and Business Administration - Maastricht University
• M.SC.in Economics - The Graduate College- Khartoum University - Khartoum - Sudan - December 19, 1999.
• B.SC. Economics-Faculty of Economic and Social Studies–Khartoum University–Khartoum–Sudan-December 27, 1994

Experience:

• Full Professor of Economics- Department of Economics- Faculty of Economic and Social Studies– Khartoum University- Khartoum- Sudan- since January 09, 2016-Present.
• Guest Researcher, the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) Guest Researchers' Scholarship Programme 2017, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (April 2017- July 2017).
• Associate Professor of Economics- Department of Economics- Faculty of Economic and Social Studies– Khartoum University- Khartoum- Sudan- since January 08, 2012 - January 08, 2016.
• Associate Professor of Economics- Department of Economics- Faculty of Economic and Administration– King Abdulaziz University- Jeddah- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia- September 18, 2013 – August 12, 2015.

Latest Publications:

• Nour, Samia and Mahjoub, Ebaidalla (2020) „The Impact of Agricultural Land ownership on Child nutritional status: Evidence from Rural Sudan,‟ African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE), the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE) (forthcoming, 2020).
• Alabi, Reuben; Gutowski, Achim; Mohamed Hassan; Nazar, Knedlik, Tobias; Mohamed Nour, Samia; and Wohlmuth, Karl; (Editors) (2018) “African Development Perspectives Yearbook (2018): Science Technology and Innovation Policies for Inclusive Growth in Africa: Unit 1: General Issues and Country Cases,” Lit Verlag, Berlin, Münster, Wien, Zürich, London, Volume 20, 2018.
• Nour, Samia (2018), "The impact of ICT in public and private universities in Sudan," the Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer, New York, USA, vol. 9, no. 4, December 2018, pp. 1391-1414.