Javed Younas is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is the Professor of Economics at the American University of Sharjah. He is also affiliated with Mahbub Ul Haq Research Centre, LUMS. In his previous academic and research positions, he has been a Visiting Scholar at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, an Aman Research Fellow at Harvard University, Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and a faculty member at Central Michigan University. His research focus lies in the areas of energy economics, the political economy of conflicts and foreign assistance, international trade, energy economics, behavioural and experimental economics. He has published a number of papers in well-known journals. His policy work has appeared in national and international outlets. He has also secured several research grants. He earned a PhD degree in Economics from West Virginia University in 2007.