Jalal Qanas
Dr. Jalal Qanas is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the College of Business and Economics, Qatar University. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Leeds, UK, a Master’s degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Ottawa, Canada, and postgraduate qualifications in Economics from Université de Bourgogne, France, and Damascus University, Syria.
His research focuses on monetary economics, central banking, monetary and fiscal policies, financialisation, and international political economy, with particular emphasis on economic diversification, sustainability, and structural transformation in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies.
Dr. Qanas has published research in internationally recognised academic journals, including the Review of Political Economy, and contributed to academic books on monetary policy, financial systems, and income inequality. His research collaborations with Professor Malcolm Sawyer examine central bank independence, financialisation, and the political economy of monetary policy.
He has extensive international teaching and research experience, having held academic positions at universities in the United Kingdom and Qatar. He has also organised and directed international academic workshops, including at the Gulf Research Meeting, Cambridge, addressing the economic challenges facing GCC countries.
