Nour Mohamad Fayad, Ph.D., is a Lecturer at the Lebanese International University (LIU) and Al Maaref University in Lebanon. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Beirut Arab University, Beirut, 2025, and currently serves as course coordinator and leader of the Economics Research Team at LIU. Dr. Fayad’s research interests span a diverse range of topics, including sustainable development, economic growth, corruption and institutional reform, public finance, and crisis economics.