Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour

Prof. Dr. Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour is a Full Professor of Economics and the Head of the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan. Prof. Nour is the first female professor in the Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum since its establishment in 1958, first female professor of Economics, in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum since the establishment of the Department of Economics, and also the first new professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, University of Khartoum since the mid of 1970s. Currently she is an Affiliated Researcher at the United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, the Netherlands.

She is an Affiliated Research Fellow of the African Studies Centre Leiden, Leiden University, the Netherlands. Prof. Nour obtained her doctorate (PhD) in Economics from the University of Maastricht (the Netherlands) in 2005. She is the author of several articles published in international refereed journals. She is the author of several books including: Economic Systems of Innovation in the Arab Region (Palgrave Macmillan, USA, 2016), Information and Communication Technology in Sudan: An Economic Analysis of Impact and Use in Universities (Springer, Switzerland, 2015), Technological Change and Skill Development in Arab Gulf Countries (Springer, Switzerland, 2013), and Technological Change and Skill Development in Sudan (Springer, Germany, 2013). Prof. Nour has worked as Economic Consultant for international institutions such as the European Investment Bank (EIB), ILO, OECD, UNESCO, UNDP, UNFPA, UNECA, ERF.

Prof. Nour stayed as a visiting Professor of Economics, academic visitor and visiting research fellow, at the Centre for the study of African Economies, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (January - July 2020), Guest Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden (April-July 2017; visiting researcher at Christian Michelsen Institute, Bergen University, Norway, May 2017; visiting research fellow at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, the Netherlands (October 2010 - December 2011); visiting research fellow at ASC, Leiden University, the Netherlands (May- July 2009), as a Ph.D. Intern at UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland (May-July 2002); Ph.D. Fellow at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (September 1999- November 2005). Prof. Nour's main research interests are in the fields of Economics, Economics of Innovation and Technological Change, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, International Economics, Labour Economics, Development Economics, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development, Endogenous Growth, Human Capital, Migration, Transfer of Knowledge, and Knowledge Economy.