Eshref Trushin | Economics of Innovation and New Technology | Research Excellence Award

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Dr. Eshref Trushin | Economics of Innovation and New Technology | Research Excellence Award

Leicester Castle Business School | United Kingdom

Dr Eshref Trushin is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, Economics of Innovation and New Technology and an accomplished scholar with a distinguished international academic and professional profile. He holds a PhD from Queen Mary University of London, an MA from Duke University in the United States, and an MSc (Research) in Economics and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His co-authored research has been published in Research Policy, a Financial Times top fifty journal, and he has presented his work at major international academic forums including the Royal Economic Society, BAFA, ISPOR, and RADMA, earning three Best Paper Awards. Over his academic career, Dr Trushin has taught eighteen courses across six British universities and is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. He has received seven competitive research grants from leading bodies such as the British Academy, ESRC, and the Royal Economic Society. His citation impact includes an h-index of nine, over four hundred citations, and more than thirty indexed documents on Google Scholar. Formerly Chief Economist at BearingPoint Consulting, he led economic reform research influencing national regulations, consulted for World Bank Development Economics on WTO accession and FDI barriers, authored a book on East Asian economic development, and now leads interdisciplinary research on ESG, sustainable development, CO₂ emissions, and the economic and policy impacts of artificial intelligence.

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Featured Publications

R&D and productivity in OECD firms and industries: A hierarchical meta-regression analysis

M. Ugur, E. Trushin, E. Solomon – Research Policy, Vol. 45(10), pp. 2069–2086, 2016 · Citations: 172
Inverted-U relationship between R&D intensity and survival: Evidence on scale and complementarity effects in UK data

M. Ugur, E. Trushin, E. Solomon – Research Policy, Vol. 45(7), pp. 1474–1492, 2016 · Citations: 102
Basic Problems of Market Transition in Central Asia

E. Trushin – Central Asia and the New Global Economy: Critical Problems, Critical Choices, 2019 · Citations: 18
Uzbekistan: problems of development and reform in the agrarian sector

E. Trushin – Central Asia, pp. 259–291, 2017 · Citations: 16
A firm-level dataset for analyzing entry, exit, employment and R&D expenditures in the UK: 1997–2012

M. Ugur, E. Trushin, E. Solomon – Data in Brief, Vol. 8, pp. 153–157

Farahnaz Rostami | Agricultural Extension and Education | Women Researcher Award

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Farahnaz Rostami | Agricultural Extension and Education | Women Researcher Award

 Razi University | Iran   

Dr. Farahnaz Rostami is a distinguished researcher and academic whose work centers on sustainable agriculture, food security, and environmental governance. Her research interests span agroecology, organic agriculture, GM crops, land and food policies, agrarian change, sustainable livelihoods, and the vulnerability of farmers. She is deeply engaged in advancing decision support systems and fuzzy modeling approaches, integrating both qualitative and quantitative methodologies to address complex agricultural and environmental challenges. Dr. Rostami has taught a diverse range of courses, including food policy, principles of organic farming, agrarian change, sustainable rangeland management, and the application of GM crops in developing countries. Her teaching reflects a holistic approach that bridges science, policy, and practice. Recognized for her academic excellence, she has received multiple honors as the best graduate at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels, as well as the Best Researcher Award at Razi University. Fluent in English, Kurdish, and Persian, Dr. Rostami is proficient in professional software such as SPSS, MATLAB, Statistica, NVivo, and Smart PLS. She has conducted numerous international workshops on land governance, environmental management, and fuzzy logic applications in agriculture. As a reviewer for prestigious journals like Biotechnology Advances and Land Use Policy, Dr. Rostami continues to contribute significantly to the fields of agricultural development, sustainability, and environmental decision-making.

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Featured  Publications 

Sadati, S. A., Ghobadi, F. R., Sadati, S. A., Mohamadi, Y., Sharifi, O., & Asakereh, A. (2010). Survey of effective factors on adoption of crop insurance among farmers: A case study of Behbahan County. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 5(16), 2237–2242.

Asadi, A., Akbari, M., Fami, H. S., Iravani, H., Rostami, F., & Sadati, A. (2008). Poverty alleviation and sustainable development: The role of social capital. Journal of Social Sciences, 4(3), 202–215.

Attarod, P., Rostami, F., Dolatshahi, A., Sadeghi, S. M. M., & Amiri, G. Z. (2016). Do changes in meteorological parameters and evapotranspiration affect declining oak forests of Iran? Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 188(10), 44.*

Rostami, F., Osquee, H. O., Mahdavi, F., & Dousti, S. (2020). Development of a new psychometric assessment tool for predicting hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant women. International Journal of Women’s Health and Reproduction Sciences, 8(3), 297–302.

Amiri, A., Geravandi, S., & Rostami, F. (2021). Potential effects of school garden on students' knowledge, attitude and experience: A pilot project on sixth grade students in Iran. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 62, 127174.