Mohammad Makki is an assistant professor of economics at the Business School. He joined USEK in 2022 as a Lecturer.

Mohammad is a Social and Solidarity Economy Expert with solid experience in policy and advocacy, especially in the field of social entrepreneurship. He has intensive experience in research and has reviewed and published in different areas including economic public policy, digital economy, renewable energy, and sustainable development. He served as the economics department chair for six years at the Lebanese International University and have taught a wide array of economics courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is currently a full-time faculty member at the School of Business at USEK, and the co-director of the Social Economy Unit at an INGO. He has conducted a series of financial mechanism reports for Lebanon to identify the possible routes for entities to perform financial transactions and access funds given the country’s failing banking sector. He was also assigned as a national consultant and generated an economic map for the Ministry of Economy and Trade in Lebanon.

Beside his consultancy work, he co-founded the innovation center at the Lebanese International University and trained a great number of students on ideation to startup. He coached many SMEs and then focused his research and activities on fostering social entrepreneurship in young economies like Lebanon and Syria.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Economics, Université Saint-Joseph De Beyrouth (USJ) - Lebanon
• MA in Financial Economics, American University of Beirut (AUB) - Lebanon
• BBA in Business Administration, American University of Beirut (AUB) - Lebanon