Dr. Kazi Sohag is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Policy and Economic Research (CPER). His research areas include energy economics, climate policy, and applied macroeconomics.
Dr. Kazi is an Associate Professor and Head of the Ph.D. Program at the Graduate School of Economics Management, Ural Federal University, Russian Federation. Besides, he is the head of the Laboratory for International and Regional Economics. He is also an adjunct research fellow at the School of Commerce, University of Southern Queensland, Australia, and an associated research fellow at the Accounting Research Institute, UiTM, Malaysia. Moreover, he is an External Researcher at the Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy and Power Systems, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Kazi is a contributing author of IPCC Working Group III under UNFCCC. The University of Merdeka has appointed him, Malang, as a Visiting Professors under the World Class Professor Program (WCP) 2021 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, Indonesia.
Dr. Kazi obtained a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics from the National University of Malaysia in 2017. In addition, he received a diploma in Global VAR Modeling using the GVAR from the Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic 2019, and Energy and Environmental CGE Modeling with GAMS from EcoMod, Singapore, in 2015.
Dr. Kazi Sohag is among the top 200 young economists worldwide based on RePEc's rankings and the fourth leading economist in Russia considering the last ten years' publications. Besides, he is a regular reviewer of more than 50 high-impact journals and delivered numerous public lectures and keynote speeches around the globe. Moreover, he has been awarded several international research grants from different countries, including Russia, Iran, Malaysia, Kosovo, UAE, Indonesia, and KSA.