Kashif Iqbal

• Ph. D (2016-2020) Management Sciences and Engineering (with major in Economics) | Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China.
• Master of Social Sciences and Economics (2012-2014) Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Pakistan.
• Bachelor of Economics (Hons) ( 2007-2011) University of Malakand, Pakistan

• Economics

• Applied macroeconomics
• Environmental economics, and sustainability
• Green innovation and technological advancement
• Developmental economics

• Iqbal, K., Wang, Y., Danish., Li, N.,Khan, S., Mahmood, N.,Shou, W., 2023. Understanding the relationship between technological innovation and environmental sustainability under the silver lining of education. Frontiers in Environmental Science, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1235376
• Iqbal, K., Sarfraz, M., Khurshid., 2022. Exploring the role of information communication technology, trade, and foreign direct investment to promote sustainable economic growth: Evidence from Belt and Road Initiative economies. Sustainable Development, https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2464.
• Sarfraz, M.., Iqbal, K., Wang, Y., Bhutta, M.S., Jaffri, A.Z 2022. Role of agricultural resource sector in environmental emissions and its explicit relationship with sustainable development: Evidence from agri-food system in China. Resource Policy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.103191
• Iqbal, K., Hassan, S., Wang, Y., Shah, M., Syed, M. and Khurshaid, K., 2022. To Achieve Carbon Neutrality Targets in Pakistan: New Insights of Information and Communication Technology and Economic Globalization. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.805360
• Iqbal, K., Wang, Y., Khurshaid, K., Haroon Shah, M. and Sohaib, M., 2021. Current Trend and Determinants of Intentions to Migrate: Evidence from China. SAGE Open, 11(1), p.215824402110013.
• Iqbal, K., Hassan, S., Peng, H. and Khurshaid, 2020. Analyzing the role of information and telecommunication technology in human development: panel data analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(15), pp.15153-15161.
• Geng, Y., Chen, L., Li, J., Iqbal. K., Higher education, and digital Economy: Analysis of their coupling coordination with the Yangtze River economic Belt in China as the example. Ecological Indicators, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110510
• Shah, M. H., Wang, N., De Chun, H., Zhang, K., Ullah, I., Ullah, A., & Iqbal, K. (2024). Exploring the interwoven relationship: Property Rights, Financial Freedom, government regulation, and stock market fluctuations in emerging economies - A novel system GMM Perspective. Heliyon, 10(1). doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23804
• Xinmin, W., Iqbal, K. and Wang, Y., 2022. Energy Use Greenization, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis Based in China. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10.
• Tong, T., Iqbal, K. and Rahman, A., 2022. Core Technological Competence and Competitive Advantage: A Study on Chinese High-Tech SMEs. Frontiers in Psychology, 13.
• Sohaib, M., Wang, Y., Iqbal, K. and Han, H., 2022. Nature-based solutions, mental health, well-being, price fairness, attitude, loyalty, and evangelism for green brands in the hotel context. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 101, p.103126.
• Sun, J., Sarfraz, M., Ivascu, L., Iqbal, K. and Mansoor, A., 2022. How Did Work-Related Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Hamper Healthcare Employee Performance during COVID-19? The Mediating Role of Job Burnout and Mental Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10.3390/ijerph191610359.
• Danish, Zhang, J., Hassan, S. and Iqbal, K., 2020. Toward achieving environmental sustainability target in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries: The role of real income, research and development, and transport infrastructure. Sustainable Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1973
• Zhao Y, Peng B, Iqbal K, Wan A. Does market orientation promote enterprise digital innovation? Based on the survey data of China’s digital industries. Industrial Marketing Management 109(2023), 135-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2022.12.015.
• Baloch MA, Zhang J, Iqbal K, Iqbal Z. The effect of financial development on ecological footprint in BRI countries: evidence from panel data estimation. Environ Sci Pollut Res 2019;26:6199– 208. doi:10.1007/s11356-018-3992-9
• Iqbal, K., Peng, H., Hafeez, M. and Khurshaid (2019). Analyzing the Effect of ICT on Migration and Economic Growth in Belt and Road (BRI) Countries. Journal of International Migration and Integration.10.1007/s12134-019-00739-z
• Hassan ST, Xia E, Huang J, Khan NH, Iqbal K. Natural resources, globalization, and economic growth: evidence from Pakistan. Environ Sci Pollut Res 2019. doi:10.1007/s11356-019-04890-z.
• Hafeez M, Yuan C, Shahzad K, Aziz B, Iqbal K, Raza S. An empirical evaluation of financial development-carbon footprint nexus in One Belt and Road region. Environ Sci Pollut Res 2019.doi:10.1007/s11356-019-05757-z.
• Muhammad Hafeez, Chunhui Yuan, Wasi Ul Hassan Shah, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood, Xiaolong Li & Kashif Iqbal (2020) Evaluating the relationship among agriculture, energy demand, finance, and environmental degradation in one belt and one road economies, Carbon Management, DOI: 10.1080/17583004.2020.1721974
• Iqbal K, Peng H, Hafeez M, Hashim Khan N, Ahmad K, Iqbal Z. Should I stay or should I go? Foreign-student intent in China. Hum Syst Manag 2019; 38:197–208. doi:10.3233/hsm-180472.
• Iqbal K, Peng H, Hafeez M, Hashim Khan N, Ahmad K, Iqbal Z. “The wave and determinants of brain-drain migration from China, Hum Syst Manag 2020;39: 455-46. Doi 10.3233/HSM-190622.
• Iqbal K, Peng H, Danish, Hafeez M, Ahmad K, Tang L. Corruption, income inequality and decline in South Asia. Hum Syst Manag 2019; 38:235–41. doi:10.3233/hsm-180425.
• Latif Z, Xin W, Khan D, Iqbal K, Pathan ZH, Salam S, et al. ICT and sustainable development in South Asian countries. Hum Syst Manag 2017; 36:353–62. doi:10.3233/HSM-17166

SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

• 2024 Preparing for a Changing Climate Conference, Stanford Graduate School of Business, CA United States of America
• 2024 2024 CES North America Conference, Department of Economics, Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA United States of America
• 2023 The 33rd Annual Conference of Chinese Economics Society Australia (CESA), Department oof Economics, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Sydney Australia
• 2023 Spatial Health Econometrics Workshop, Department of Economics, University of Verona, Italy
• 2022 The 7th International Business School Shanghai Conference (IBSSC), Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai China 2019
• The 5Th Workshop on Innovating Entrepreneurship for Digital Economy at Tsinghua University, Beijing China
• 13th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (ICMSEM 2019), at Brock University, Ontario, Canada
• 2018 The 10th International Symposium on Human Capital and Labour Markets” at China Center of Human Capital and Labour Market Research (CHLR) in Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing China
• 2018 International Conference on Management and Operations Research (ICMOR) in Beijing Friendship Hotel China, Beijing China

• Associate Professor of Economics at Shanghai Dianji University
• Lecturer in Economics at Wuxi University (formerly known as Binjiang College of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology)