Dr. Muhammad Waqas,Assistant Professor
Information about Dr. Muhammad Waqas at the University of Bradford.
- School of Management
(Faculty of Mgmt, Law & Social Sciences) - Email:
- m.waqas9@bradford.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 1274 238557
Biography
Muhammad Waqas joined the University of Bradford in January 2020. Previously, he has worked at the University of Leeds, University of York, University of Sheffield, and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He has published in prestigious 4* and 3* peer-reviewed journals. He has won research grants as a Principal Investigator from various prestigious funding bodies such as UKRI/ESRC. He has also contributed as a Co-Investigator to various national and multinational, and multi-disciplinary research grant bids with intra and inter-university colleagues. Muhammad is especially interested in the economics of migration, mental health, subjective well-being, applied microeconomics, and applied econometrics. Most of his research is on immigration, mental health, and the issues revolving around immigration. Muhammad’s doctorate is from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In his PhD, he investigated the aspects of immigration and attitudes towards immigration in England and Wales. He also has dual M.Sc. Economics degrees from Sweden and Pakistan. To arrange a PAT or a Project Supervision meeting please book via the Virtual Office.
Research
Immigration IssuesAttitudes towards immigrationSubjective wellbeingDiscriminationApplied MicroeconomicsApplied EconometricsLabour EconomicsHealth Economics
Teaching
Details on teaching interests, highlights and modules are available for Dr. Muhammad Waqas as follows:
Teaching interests
Data AnalysisStataApplied EconometricsEconometricsStatistics
Teaching modules
| Title | Subject | Module code | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development of Economic Ideas | |||
| Advanced Economics | |||
| Intermediate Microeconomics |
Professional activities
Information about education, employment and areas of particular interest for Dr. Muhammad Waqas is as follows:
- Board Member of the Independent Monitoring Board for Short Term Holding Facilities, UK
Education
- University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK - Ph.D. Economics
- Umeå University, Sweden - M.Sc. Economics
- University of the Punjab, Pakistan - M.Sc. Economics
Employment
- University of Bradford - Lecturer in Economics in the year 2020 (specified as 08/01/2020)
- University of Leeds - Research Associate in the year 2018 (specified as 01/05/2018)
- University of York - Research Associate in the year 2018 (specified as 01/02/2018)
- The University of Sheffield - Research Associate in the year 2016 (specified as 01/10/2016)
- Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University - Research Associate in the year 2016 (specified as 15/05/2016)
- Higher Education Academy, UK, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Insight into ‘working class voices’ in economic policy” in the year 01-NOV-21 (specified as 01/11/2021)
- The role of the neighbourhood environment in shaping the mental health consequences of Covid-19 in the year 01-OCT-20 (specified as 01/10/2020)
- The Peter and Norah Lomas Scholarship in the year 01-SEP-11 (specified as 01/09/2011)
Publications
There are 8 publications involving or that are attributed to Dr. Muhammad Waqas.
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Expenditure, Income, and Mental Health: Outcomes from the UK Household Longitudinal Survey | 2024 | PLoS ONE | Muhammad Waqas;Syka Iqbal;Barbara Stewart-Knox | ||||||||
| Effects of age on behavioural and eye gaze on Theory of Mind using Movie for Social Cognition | 2024 | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology | Min Yong; Muhammad Waqas; Ted Ruffman | ||||||||
| Locked down in distress: a quasi-experimental estimation of the mental-health fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic | 2023 | Economic Inquiry | Lina Anaya; Peter Howley; Muhammad Waqas; Gaston Yalonetzky | https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.13181 | |||||||
| Identity, immigration and subjective well-being: Why are natives so sharply divided on immigration issues? | 2022 | Oxford Economic Papers | Peter Howley; Muhammad Waqas | Oxford University Press | https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpac045 | ||||||
| Asset pricing in the Middle East’s equity markets | 2021 | Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money | 72 | Hearn, B.; Li, J.; Mykhayliv, D.; Waqas, M. | Elsevier | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2021.101337 | |||||
| It's Not All about the Economy Stupid! Immigration and Subjective Well-Being in England | 2019 | Work, Employment and Society | 1 | Howley P.;Waqas M.;Moro M.;Delaney L.;Heron T. | 0950-0170 | 10.1177/0950017019866643 | |||||
| Alcohol screening and brief intervention in police custody suites: Pilot Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (AcCePT) | 2018 | Alcohol and Alcoholism | 53 | 548 - 559 | Addison M.;Mcgovern R.;Angus C.;Becker F.;Brennan A.;Brown H.;Coulton S.;Crowe L.;Gilvarry E.;Hickman M.;Howel D.;Mccoll E.;Muirhead C.;Newbury-Birch D.;Waqas M.;Kaner E. | 0735-0414 | 10.1093/alcalc/agy039 | ||||
| Are Immigrants in Favour of Immigration? Evidence from England and Wales | 2017 | B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy | 17 | Braakmann N.;Waqas M.;Wildman J. | 1935-1682 | 10.1515/bejeap-2016-0029 |