Infrastructure Economics and Finance
School Research Theme:Economics and financingof the built environment
Research supervisors:Prof D'Maris Coffman;; ;DrIan Hamilton
Award of PhD date: 28 February 2021
Thesis title: The political economy of hydropower dependent nations - a case study of Zambia
Funding sources: UCL BSSC, International Growth Centre, Goodenough College
Current roles:
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow:WASH resilient recovery, Resilient Schools Hub in partnership with Universitas Syiah Kuala TDMRC and Universitas Tadulako in Indonesia
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow:TEG Cookstove Project in partnership with Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
- Energy and Climate Advisor, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
- Executive Member, Liberal International Climate Justice Committee
- Academic Board Member, Paddy Ashdown Forum
Former roles:
- Senior Economist,
- Research Project Manager for
- Teaching Fellow toMSc Infrastructure Investment and FinanceandMSc Construction Economics andManagementstudents
- Captain, Goodenough Cricket Club
- Violinist, Good Ensemble
Prior to my PhD, I helped the Rwandan government execute award-winning and innovative infrastructure projects as its PPP Transactions Advisor from 2012-2016, and developed investment presentation and appraisal tools and contributed to Rwanda’s laws on PPPs and investment promotion as a Special Policy Advisor to Rwanda’s Treasury to the Secretary.
Before that, I worked in African private equity in London. I have a Master of International Business degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, where I was a Schmidheiny Global Business Scholar, with an exchange at HEC Paris, and a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley.
- Publications and other work
Since PhD and related:
- “[The%20case%20for%20a%20European%20innovation%20seed%20fund] The case for a European innovation seed fund”, November 2021. Published by the European Liberal Forum
- “”, November 2021. Published by the European Liberal Forum
- “”, co-authored with Gareth Walsh, Jonathan Said and Martim Faria e Maya, and a foreword by Tony Blair. Published by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, 2021
- Book, Ahmed (2021)(Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature)
- “”, co-authored with Christian Ottosson, Susanna Rivero Baughman, David Zimmer, Imran Khan and Daniela Morales. Published by Liberal International, 2021
- Report chapter, “published in International Climate Finance and support to national climate policy processes in emerging markets, co-authored with Julian Payne and Cor Majlis. Published by DIW Berlin, 2021
- Journal article: Ahmed et al (2020) , Environmental Research Letters, Vol 15 (12)
- Journal article:, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (Elsevier/Science Direct) Vol 54, September 2020, pp 186-201
- ,International Growth Centre blog, 31 March 2020, co-authored with Shivani Haria
- Conference presentation:Ahmed, I (2020), "", Energy and Economic Reliability 2020,Grid Reliability & Operations,Movenpick Hotel, Accra, 4-5 February.
- Working paper: Ahmed, I. et al. (2019), , International Growth Centre.
- Broadcast economic presentation:, ZNBC News, 5 September, 2019
- Policy Brief: Ahmed, I. et al. (2019).,International Growth Centre.
- Interview: , Bartlett 100, 24 April, 2019
- Interview:On leading Rwandan negotiations for the Kigali Water Supply Project, UCL CPM website, 15 January, 2019
- Journal book review: Ahmed, I. (2018)., Africa, 88(4) pp 896-897. Africa(Cambridge University Press),7 November, 2018
- , Dawn, 7 October, 2018
- , Dawn, 18 August, 2017
- , Financial Times, 31 July, 2017
- , Financial Times, 27 March, 2017
Since PhD and unrelated:
- Interview: , BBC Asian Network, 11 December, 2019
- Interview: , BBC Stories, 10 December, 2019
- Ahmed, I. Lib Dem Voice, 26th November, 2019
- Interview: , Trialeti TV, 23 October, 2019
- Interview: , Through the News, 22 October, 2019
- Broadcast economic presentation:, BBC Parliament, 16 September, 2019
- , Lib Dem Voice, 30 August, 2019
- , Lib Dem Voice, 19 August, 2019.
- , Pakistan Today, 20 March, 2017
Pre-PhD and related:
- , Financial Times beyondbrics, 2 April, 2015
- , The Guardian Comment is Free, 2 February, 2011
- , The Guardian Comment is Free, 7 January, 2011
- , TheBoston Globe, 25 March, 2010, co-authored