Mr.Ibrahim Niftiyev is currently an adjunct lecturer and researcher at the Center on European Economies Research Center, Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC). He received his PhD in 2023 from the University of Szeged, Hungary. Mr. Niftiyev holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in industrial organization. Mr. Niftiyev works extensively in the field of natural resource management, Dutch disease theory, agricultural economics, and development economics, using both quantitative and qualitative research methods.