Sufian Abdel-Gadir is an Associate Professor in Economics at the Department of Public Law, and former Head of Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation Unit (QAAA) at the college of Law, Sultan Qaboos University. He actively participated in the activities of Internal Institutional Quality Audit (IIQA), in SQU and provides many consultancy services in the area of accreditation and quality assurance. Academically, he chairs many conferences’ scientific committees and he got the Best Teacher Award (2018-2019) and Best Academic Advisor award in 2020, in the College of Law, Sultan Qaboos University. He has also been recognized as a distinguished scholar by the Euro Journals in 2020. Dr. Sufian published articles in several international journals. He acts as a reviewer for many articles for the Journal of developing Areas/USA, the International Journal for Business and Economics, and the International Economics Journal. His current research focuses on sustainable development, energy economics, development economics, international economics, private capital flows, institutions and growth, financial development, and political and economic freedoms. He holds a PhD in Economics from AUTH, Greece and an MSc in Econometrics and Social Statistics, University of Khartoum, Sudan. He is an editor of the Journal of Economic and Administrative Science, Turkey.