Wan Azman is an Associate Professor at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He received his Ph.D. degree in Economics from the University of Southampton, UK. He served as the Head of Economics from 2011 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2020. He is the Head of Malaysia Chapter committee for the International Finance and Banking Society. He has published more than 100 articles in a variety of scholarly journals. He was appointed by various ministries and agencies to conduct studies on innovation in Malaysia. Currently, he is the Chief Editor of International Journal of Economics and Management.
Expert
He was appointed as Subject Matter Expert by the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology to construct National Science and Technology Innovation Capacity index. He served as a consultant to the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation to carry out National Innovation Survey and a baseline study for National Policy on Science, Technology and Innovation. He also conduct trainings for various institutions such as MIDF Amanah Investment Bank and Department of Statistics, Malaysia.
Fields of expertise: Economic policy / inclusive economic development, Social innovation / public sector innovation / policy innovation