Arts & Sciences Program

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Amani Abdullatif Omer Assistant Professor of Economics Email: aomer@pi.ac.ae Phone:+971-2-607-5258 (Bu Hasa) and 607-5070 (Arzanah) Office: 2116 (Bu Hasa)/8252 (Arzanah)

Academic Qualifications

•  Ph.D., Economics, University of Manchester, U.K., 2004
•  M.A., Economics, University of Manchester, U.K. 1998
•  B.Sc., Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 1991

Experience

2011 to present	Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi
2008 to 2009	Course Convener & Lecturer, University of Manchester, U.K.
2006 to 2007	Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Manchester, U.K.
2004 to 2005	Research Associate, University of Manchester, U.K.

Research Interests

• Economic and environmental processes underpinning sustainable economic growth and development
• Modeling and policy analysis of the economic and the ecological processes underpinning environmental change (e.g. biodiversity loss, and climate change)
• Sustainability of environmental management and economic development
• Sustainability of production and biodiversity conservation in the agricultural sector

Teaching Interests

• General economics
• Environmental economics
• Development economics
• Managerial economics

Selected Publications

• Omer, A., Pascual, U and Russell, N. “A theoretical model of agrobiodiversity as a supporting service for sustainable agricultural intensification” (Forthcoming). Ecological Economics. Elsevier B.V., US.
• Omer, A., Pascual, U and Russell, N.  (2010) “The contribution of biodiversity to modern intensive farming systems”. A chapter in Lockie, S. and D. Carpenter (Eds) “Agriculture, Biodiversity and Markets: Livelihoods and Agroecology in Comparative Perspective”, Earthscan.
• Omer, A., Pascual, U and Russell, N. (2009) “Biodiversity Conservation and Productivity in Intensive Agricultural Systems”.  A chapter in Kontoleon, A., U. Pascual, and M. Smale (Eds): “Agrobiodiversity and Development Economics”. Routledge, London, UK.
• Omer, A., Pascual, U and Russell, N. (2007) “Biodiversity Conservation and Productivity in Intensive Agricultural Systems”. Journal of Agricultural Economics. 58(2): 308-329.