Dr. Khan Jahirul Islam holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Manitoba and serving as a lecturer of economics at the University of British Columbia (UBC) since 2016. He has extensive teaching experience at UBC, the University of Manitoba, and the University of Winnipeg. His primary research areas encompass Applied Microeconomics, Economic Development, Financial Inclusion, Poverty and Inequality, Public Policy, and Household Finance. Khan's work has been published in reputable journals like World Development, Journal of International Development, International Journal of Economic Theory, and Journal of Development Effectiveness, and he has co-authored a book chapter as well. He is serving as an associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Development Studies. He possesses significant research experience as a research fellow funded by prestigious organizations, such as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) in Canada, Canadian Public Policy, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the European Commission, the International Labor Organization (ILO), and the Department for International Development of Bangladesh (DFIDB). Khan’s ongoing research projects include analyzing households’ financial distress, vulnerability to poverty, and the Credit card debt puzzle in Canada, the impact of financial literacy on households’ well-being, and insight into multidimensional poverty in Bangladesh. He is actively engaged in poverty action research in Bangladesh, supporting initiatives related to health, education, and access to low-cost credit for impoverished households. Dr. Khan's upcoming research aims to illuminate ways of empowering the underserved through the utilization of Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to tackle poverty and inequality.