Sayeeda Jahan

• MA in Economics (Thesis based), University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2018
• MSS in Economics (Thesis based), Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, 2014
• BSS (Hon’s) in Economics, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, 2012

I am currently working as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at East West University (EWU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Before joining EWU, I worked as a Research Associate, under the supervision of Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) for more than two years.

I earned my thesis-based Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Calgary, Canada in June 2018. I did my Master’s thesis, titled, “Business Cycles and Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids Prices”, under the guidance of Professor Apostolos Serletis. Prior to this, I completed my Bachelor (BSS honors) followed by a thesis-based Master’s degree (both with distinction) from the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. In my academic career, I have received a number of awards, including the University of Calgary Graduate Scholarship, Anton and Dalgarno Memorial Graduate Scholarship, and UGC Prime Minister Gold Medal.

I have both qualitative and quantitative research experiences in different fields of Economics, e.g., Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Quality of Education, Labour and Health Economics, Financial and Energy Economics. My research articles have been published in different national and international Scopus journals, including, the Journal of Economic Asymmetries- Elsevier and BMC Health Services Research.

I have also been an enlisted News Presenter in Bangladesh Betar since 2008. I achieved hundreds of awards in co-curricular activities including Gold Medal in reciting Bengali Poetry at the National Children Award Competition, 2004 organized by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Bangladesh.

• Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  (From February 2023 - to date)
• Lecturer, Department of Economics, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  (From February 2021 – January, 2023)
• Research Associate, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka, Bangladesh
  (From August 2018 – October 2020)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Calgary, Canada
  (From September 2016 – April 2018)
• Research Assistant, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, Canada
  (From January 2018 – June 2018)
• Consultant (Part-time), Medlior Health Outcomes Research Ltd, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  (June 2017 – June 2018)

My research interest are (but not limited to) - 

• Development Macroeconomics
• Financial Economics
• Energy Economics
• Health Economics

• Anton and Dalgarno Memorial Graduate Scholarship, University of Calgary, Canada.
• UGC (University Grants Commission) Prime Minister Gold Medal, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
• University Merit Scholarship, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Courses Taught

• ECO 7101 - Principles of Microeconomics

• ECO 7102 - Principles of Macroeconomics

• ECO 7104 - Introduction to Statistics for Business & Economics – I

• ECO 7204 - Introduction to Statistics for Business & Economics – II

• MAT 7110 - Mathematics For Business and Economics - I

• MAT 7211 - Mathematics For Business and Economics - II

• ECO 7301 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I

• ECO 7302 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory I

• ECO 7220 - Behavioral Economics

• ECO 7304 - Health Economics