I am an economist working on energy, the environment, and social policy. I am interested in the role institutions play in generating unequal outcomes - environmental, social, or fiscal. I am currently an Assistant Professor in Economics at King Saud University and a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Reading.
Contact:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-najm-b0172627
Research interests
Interaction of alternative and conventional energy markets; sustainability; environmental economics; inequality; wellbeing.
Published papers
Najm, S. 2019. The Green Paradox and Budgetary Institutions. Energy Policy, 133, 110846. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421519304240)
Najm, S. and Matsumoto, K. 2020. Does renewable energy substitute LNG international trade in the energy transition? Energy Economics, 92, 104964.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988320303042?dgcid=author )
Tsani, S. and Najm, S. 2021. “Green Policies and Sustainable Development in Saudi Arabia” In the Handbook of Sustainable Politics and Economics of Natural Resources, Edward Elgar Publishing. (https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781789908763/9781789908763.00018.xml)
Papers under-review:
"Wealth and Mental Health in Saudi Arabia" (with Wadi Alonazi, Yasmin Altwaijri)
Working papers:
"Is China a pollution haven for the G7 economies?"
"Attitudes towards Economics as a choice of major"
Work in-progress:
Behavioural Aspects of Inequality (with Marina Della Giusta and Steven Bosworth)
Air pollution, urbanisation, and wellbeing (with Andi Nygaard)
Institutional Investors and Stringent Climate Policies (with Roberto Cardinale)
Greenspace Valuation in Lower-Income Households (with Andi Nygaard)
Selected research activities
Invited panelist: Energy Development and Climate Change, 44h IAEE conference, Riyadh, February 2023
Invited panelist: The Scholar-Professional Connection in Energy Policy, 44h IAEE conference, Riyadh, February 2023
Invited speaker, the Saudi Mental Health program Workshop, 6th ICDR conference, Riyadh, December 2022.
Participant at the Mental Health Economics Workshop, Essen, Germany, July 2022.
Mentee Royal Economic Society (RES) mentoring retreat, March-April, 2022.
Reviewer and committee member at the Joint Research Program, Central Bank of Saudi Arabia
Invited seminar speaker, the Saudi Economic Association, February 2021
Invited seminar speaker, the Department of Accounting and Finance, KFUPM, February 2021
Invited sessional chair, The role of women empowerment in the Saudi economy Workshop, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Economic Association, December 2019
Member of Scientific Committee, Royal Economic Society Symposium of Young Researchers, University of Sussex, March 2018
Ph.D. seminar series organizer, Department of Economics, University of Reading, 2016-2017
Conference presentations, including: 1st IAEE Online Conference (2021): Energy, COVID, and Climate Change, Paris, France; ISEFI 2018-2016, Paris, France; 2nd HAEE Energy (2017), Athens, Greece
Teaching experience
King Saud University, KSA
Energy Economics
Energy Economics (Masters level)
Econometrics
Health Economics (Masters level)
Research Project
Macroeconomic Analysis
Principles of Macroeconomics
University of Reading, UK
Introductory Microeconomics EC113 (co-lecturing)
Empirical Methods for Economics and Social Science EC207 (sessional lecturer)
Economics for Construction and Engineering EC103 (sessional lecturer)
Education
2014 - 2018: Ph.D. University of Reading, UK.
2011-2012: M.Sc. Economic, University of York, UK.
Current affiliations
August 2022- : Adjunct researcher, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
March 2019- : Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, King Saud University
April 2019- : Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Reading
Career
March 2019- : Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, King Saud University
Autumn 2018: Sessional tutor, Department of Economics, University of Reading
2017-2018: ASK advisor, Department of Economics, University of Reading
Spring 2017: Sessional tutor, Department of Economics, University of Reading
July 2013- August 2014: Economic Advisor, Embassy of Switzerland, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
November 2010 – July 2014: faculty member, Department of Economics, King Saud University