Mohamed Sami Ben Ali is a macroeconomist. He is currently
Associate Professor of Economics at Qatar University. Previously,
he was Assistant Professor of Economics and International Finance,
and Head of the economics department and member of the scientific
board at HEC Business School, Tunisia. Dr Ben Ali holds,
since June 2013, an H.D.R Certificate (Accreditation to supervise
research and PhD thesis), the highest European academic qualification
for research. Previously, he received a PhD in Economics with
high honors from University of Lille—France, an MPhil (DEA) in
International Finance and International Trade and a BA in Business
Economics. He has been teaching for the past years at the graduate
and undergraduate levels, in Tunisia, Qatar, and France, where
he was a visiting Professor. He has published numerous articles in
French and in English in internationally refereed academic journals.
His research and publications focus on issues involving economic
growth, capital flows, exchange regimes, workers remittances, international
trade, inflation, corruption, and Islamic banking and finance.
He is currently a research associate of the Economic Research Forum
of the Middle East and North Africa. He is also serving as peer
reviewer and guest editor for international journals. He is actively
participating and chairing in numerous international conferences in
the United States.
