Syed Abbas received his PhD in Economics from Deakin University and Graduate Certificate in tertiary teaching from University of Melbourne. He is Deputy Head of Economics Department.He has also served as the Programme Director of MSc Economics and Finance Programme from 2019-2021.He has also served before as the Final Year Project Coordinator for IBSS from 2018-2019.He was teaching at Deakin University and Box Hill Institute in Australia before joining IBSS in September 2017. His main areas of research are macroeconomics and applied econometrics. He publishes in Energy Economics (ABDC:A*), Empirical Economics (ABDC:A), Applied Economics (ABDC:A), International Review of Economics and Finance (ABDC:A), Journal of Policy Modelling (online repository, EconModels) (ABDC:A), Economic Modelling (ABDC:A), The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (ABDC:A) and Economic Record (ABDC:A), among others.He is currently working on inflation targeting policy, asymmetric monetary policy, globalization, pass-through and smooth transition models. He is looking for supervising students in these areas.

Associate Professor of Economics, International Business School, Suzhou, XJTLU, 2022 to present

Programme Director of MSc Economics and Finance, , International Business School Suzhou, XJTLU, 2019-2021

Deputy Head of Economics Department, International Business School Suzhou, XJTLU, 2021 to present

Assistant Professor of Economics, , International Business School Suzhou, XJTLU, 2017 to 2022

Causal Lecturer, Box Hill Institute,Faculty of Busniess,IT and Applied Arts, Elgar Campus, Box Hill - 2013 to 2017

Causal Lecturer and Tutor, Deakin University, Melbourne Burwood Campus Victoria 3125 - 2009 to 2017

Macro Economist, Ministry of Finance - 2006 to 2009

Teaching Associate, International Islamic University - 2004 to 2006

ECO118 Maths for Economics and Business

ECO401 Econometrics

MAN303 Final Year Project

2012 Deakin University Publication Scholarship, Deakin University