Dr Zaira Adnan has a PhD in Economics from Western Sydney University, Australia where her research focused on productivity growth through FDI and trade in developing economies especially South Asia. She has been working as a casual lecturer at Western Sydney University and Southern Academy of Higher Education. She has seven years of experience teaching various economics, finance, hospitality and management subjects including Corporate Financial Management, Introduction to Hospitality, CSR in Hospitality Industry, Macroeconomic Models and Theories, Trade Policy, Globalisation and International Trade, and International Business. Her recent research interests centre on sustainability in the hospitality and tourism sectors, with a specific emphasis on the integration of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into business and management education.

Adnan, Z., Chowdhury, M. and Mallik, G., 2020. Determinants of total factor productivity in Pakistan: a time series analysis using ARDL approach. International Review of Applied Economics, 34(6), pp.807-820

Adnan, Z., Chowdhury, M. and Mallik, G., 2019. Foreign direct investment and total factor productivity in South Asia. Theoretical & Applied Economics, 2(2).

Mahmood, F. and Adnan, Z., 2025. Estimation and forecasting of the economic cost of diabetes and productivity loss. Communications in Statistics: Case Studies, Data Analysis and Applications, 11(4), pp.475-494.

Adnan, Z. and Ahmed, S.M., 2025. SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN THAILAND A POLICY-BASED EVALUATION OF CARBON FOOTPRINT REDUCTION. Scientific Culture, 11(4).