Dr Jahangir Wasim

Dr Jahangir Wasim

Dubai Campus
MBA Director (Dubai)
Associate Professor

Contact details

Email
j.wasim@bham.ac.uk
Address
University of Birmingham Dubai Campus
Academic City
Dubai

Dr. Wasim is the MBA Director in Dubai and an Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Innovation. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Strategy, Enterprise, and Innovation — University of Portsmouth
  • MSc in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship — University of Portsmouth
  • BA (Hons) in Business Management — University of Westminster

Biography

Dr. Wasim has led numerous digitisation, growth, diversification, and operational optimisation initiatives for organisations of varying sizes across multiple industries and sectors. He holds several international visiting and guest academic appointments and serves in board and advisory roles for international organisations. Dr. Wasim has also published extensively in highly ranked international academic journals. In addition, he led a pioneering prison entrepreneurship initiative in collaboration with the Scottish Prison Service.

Teaching

  • Change Management (MBA)
  • Global Perspectives on Responsible Business (MBA)
  • Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Final Year UG)

Postgraduate supervision

Family Business and Entrepreneurship Education

Research

Dr Wasim’s primary research area is around strategy and entrepreneurship.