Mohammad Makki is a Social and Solidarity Economy Expert, Consultant, and a Faculty Member. Mohammad holds a PhD degree in sustainable development and policy. He has intensive experience in research and has published in different areas including economic public policy, digital economy, renewable energy, and sustainable development. He served as the economic department chair for six years at the Lebanese International University and has 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 COSV for the MENA Region. He served as a national consultant for several INGO and has conducted a series of financial mechanism reports for Lebanon 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. Besides 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 process. He coached many SMEs and then focused his research and activities on fostering social entrepreneurship in young economies like Lebanon and Syria.