Experienced Economist and Researcher specializing in Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, and Institutions with extensive teaching, research, and consulting experience. Proven ability to provide data-driven insights for policy-making and collaborate with government and private sector organizations. Published researcher and active participant in international conferences.
Awan, F. (2025). “Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurship: Dynamic Modeling” Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy 55 (3): 49–70, Link
Awan, F. (2025). Institutional Dynamics, Investment and Entrepreneurship: Impacts Across Income Levels, (Accepted for publication in the journal)
Awan, F. (2015). Institutional Governance, Aid, and Economic Growth: A Case of South Asian Countries. (with Mustafa, U), European Journal of Business Research, Vol. 15(1), pp. 45-54. Link
Awan, F. (2013). Key Factors Contributing to Agricultural Growth in Pakistan (with Mustafa, U), Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development, Link
Institutional Dynamics, Investment and Entrepreneurship: Impacts Across Income Levels, 2025, Link
Dynamics of IMF credit, institutions, and economic growth, 2025, Link
The Freedom Factor: Economic Growth Dynamics in Low and Lower Middle-Income Nations 2025, Link
State-Level Policy and Entrepreneurship: Dynamic Modeling 2025, Link
Reforms for Growth: Policy and Growth Outcomes
Real Estate Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
Projects
County Profiles, 2024, Compiled and analyzed economic data from Washington counties, producing accessible reports on demographics, industry trends, and unique local features.
OFM Prison Communication, 2024, Conducted a comparative market analysis of U.S. prison telecommunications, examining communication costs (calls, video, email, texts) for incarcerated individuals across states.
Participated in the 59th Annual Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference (PNREC), themed 'Economics in Transition: A New Era of Uncertainty and Change in Regional Economics,' May 19–21, 2025, Bellingham, WA, USA.
Completed the “Teaching with Cases” course, May 15-16, 2025, organized by Harvard Business Publishing Education, USA.
Southern Economic Association (SEA), research paper “IMF Credit, Institutions, and Economic Growth” presented in the SEA 94th Annual Meeting, Nov 23-25, 2024, Washington, DC, USA.
Completion of the workshop course “Crafting Impactful Data Stories: Designing Visualizations & Presenting with Impact” at 77 th Annual AUBER Fall Conference, Oct 19-22, 2024, Boise, Idaho, USA.
Participated in Harwood Graduate Colloquium on Defending Classical Liberalism, held by American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), May 12-15, 2024, Great Barrington, MA, USA.
Southern Economic Association (SEA), research paper “Entrepreneurship, Investment, and Legal system & property rights in countries with different income-levels” presented in the SEA 93rd Annual Meeting, Nov 18-20, 2023, New Orleans, USA.
TechTalks Guest Speaker at the Aug 2023 edition of TechTalks: STEM Education, a virtual event hosted by the TechGirls Alumnae Advisory Council.
The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) presented a research paper, “Economic Freedom and Economic Growth in Low and Lower-middle-Income Countries,” at the 47th APEE Meeting, Apr 16-18, 2023, in Cancun, Mexico.
Graduate Economic Freedom Colloquium, Participated in the Second Annual Graduate Economic Freedom Colloquium held at the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom, Jun 1-3, 2022, Dallas, TX, USA.
Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF), Presented a research paper “Foreign Direct Investment and Institutional Quality: Empirical Evidence from Countries with Different Income Levels” at the 2016 APEF, Jul 27-28, 2016, held at East Asia Institute of Management Campus, Singapore.
International Academy of Business and Economics (IABE), Presented a research paper “Institutional Governance, Aid and Economic Growth: A Case of South Asian Countries” at the IABE-2015 Orlando – Winter Conference, Mar 22-24, 2015, Orlando FL, USA.
Research Projects Supervised at UCP
“The relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in Pakistan”, Ms. Rimsha Imtiaz (2016).
“Impact of Domestic Financing on the Renewable Energy Consumption”, Mr. Muhammad Hasnain (2016).
“Urbanization, Economic Growth & Energy Consumption in Pakistan”, Ms. Sehrish Kanwal (2016).
“Student performance, teacher expectation & Pygmalion effect”, Ms. Ayesha Javed (2016).
“Effect of Foreign Aid on GDP Growth of Pakistan”, Ms. Ammara Riaz (2015).
“Impact of Terrorism on FDI Inflows of Pakistan”, Ms. Zainab Yousuf (2015).
“Foreign aid and fiscal Behavior of Government of Pakistan”, Mr. Adeel Raza (2015).