Dr. Khalid Ahmed is currently serving as an Associate Professor at the School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA) at Xian Jiaotong University. He has also served as an Associate Professor of Economics and Head of Research at the Business School of Sukkur IBA University, Pakistan. He has been a research fellow at the Energy Policy Research Group, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. His research interest is Environment and Resources Economics. He has a Post-doctorate from the University of Cambridge and the University of Gottingen, which was jointly funded by the Charles Wallace Foundation U.K and the Erasmus Mundus European Commission. He has managed several fundings and presented as a keynote speaker at various international forums. He has published papers in Energy Economics, Applied Economics, the Journal of Environmental Management, the Journal of Cleaner Production, Resources Policy, Renewable, and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Social Indicators Research, and The Energy Journal.