Professor in Research and quantitative methods, Dr. Sara Ravan Ramzani joined GISMA, Germany in October 2022. Sara has several years of experience as a principal lecturer, programme team leader and postgraduate director at international universities in Berlin, Malaysia & Singapore! Her research interests are in Data Analytics and Anthropology.
Sara teaches on a variety of modules in the areas of Management, Business, and Accounting. She was educated at University Putra Malaysia, where she received her PhD in Economics and information systems in 2015. Sara has published 89 papers to date and received the "best innovative paper award" from the Sydney International Business Research Conference in 2018.
She has published several articles in the area of financial economics, monetary economics, Marketing, HR, and business management. Sara is also the Chief Executive Editor of the Journal of Development Economics, and an active editorial board member with Horizon JHSSR journal from 2019 - 2024. She has led on and collaborated in various international research projects especially from the United Nations, Measuring up 2.0 (SDG 9 & SDG 16). Sara has supervised 24 Ph.D. students, primarily in the fields of Project Management, Business, and Finance.
In her personal life, Sara is passionate about badminton, taking long walks, food, and hiking around the Scottish Highlands.