Areas of Interest:

• Financial Econometrics
• Time Series Analysis and Applied Statistics
• Quality and Related Issues in Higher Education Sector

Education:

• Ph.D. (Econometrics) - Faculty of Economic and Social Studies - University of Khartoum, (Sudan), Joint Supervision with Justus-Liebig University of Giessen (Germany), 2011
• M.Sc. (Distinction) in Econometrics and Social Statistics) - Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum (Sudan), 2006
• B.Sc. (Hons.), Second Class, Division One (Econometrics & Social Statistics) - Faculty of
• Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum (Sudan), 2001

Experience:

• Assistant Professor of Econometrics and Social Statistics, Sultan Qaboos University - present
• Assistant Professor of Econometrics and Social Statistics, Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business Administration, Taibah University - 2016
• Sabbatical, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Chiba, Japan, 2014 - Present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Econometrics & Social Statistics, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 2013 – Present
• Assistant Professor (part-time), Sudan Education and Development Institute, the University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Sudan, 2013 – 2014
• Assistant Professor (part-time), Department of Econometrics and Social Statistics, Faculty of Economics & Administrative Sciences, University of Bakht Al - Ruda, Sudan, 2013 – 2014

Latest Publications:

• Abdalla, Suliman, Z. (2016). “Sources and Impacts of Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Sudan: Empirical Evidence from Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) Framework”. Visiting Research Fellow Series, No. 495, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan.
• Abdalla, Suliman, Z. (2016?) “Understanding stock market fluctuations? Evidence from Sudan”. Forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Cooperation and Development
• Arabi, K. A. M. & Abdalla, Suliman, Z. (2014). Is there evidence of a J-curve for the Sudanese trade data? International Journal of Social Sciences and Entrepreneurship, 1 (10), 154-167. (April 2014)
• Abdalla, Suliman, Z. (2014) “The Performance Level of the Sudanese Universities in the Light of Quality Standards: An Exploratory Study of the Student's Perspectives in Bakht Al-Ruda and Kordufan Universities in Sudan. Arab Journal for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. Vol. 16. pp. 51 – 84 (January 2014)
• Abdalla, Suliman, Z. (2013) “On the Dynamic Relationship between Oil prices and Exchange Rates: Empirical Evidence from the GCC Countries”. Arab Banking Review, Union of Arab Banks. Fourth Quarter (December 2013) pp. 63 – 79.