Associate Professor Dr Sitara Karim

Associate Professor Dr Sitara Karim

  • Associate Professor
Department of Economics & Finance

Biography

Dr. Sitara Karim is an Associate Professor of Finance / FinTech at Sunway Business School, Sunway University, Malaysia. She obtained her Ph.D. in Finance and Banking from the Northern University of Malaysia. She is performing her tasks in research and publications, and teaching and excellence quite diligently. She is serving as Associate Editor of the International Review of Economics and Finance (SCOPUS Q1; ABDC: A, ABS: 2, IF: 3.393). She is also Guest Editing a Special Issue in Energy Economics (ABDC: A, ABS: 3*, IF: 9.252, SCOPUS: Q1). She is supervising several PhD and Master research students and inspiring other early research careers. She is a fellow of Center for Market Education Malaysia. She has remained Distinguished Speaker at various International Conferences, Workshops, and Events. She is European Marketing and Management Association Women's Forum Member. She is an active and keen researcher with dynamic teaching and research experience of corporate finance and its allied areas. Along with her role as Guest Editor, she is serving as an Editorial Advisory Board Member of Heliyon (Business and Economics) and Review of International Business and Strategy. She is currently AEIC Annual Academic Committee Member and an expert reviewer at AI Scholar. She is a dynamic research scholar who readily delves into the new trends and challenges related to financial economics, cryptocurrencies, financial markets, green finance, artificial intelligence, financial technologies, sustainable corporate governance, women in corporate boardrooms, board ethnicity, etc. She is having more than 9 years of teaching and 12 years of research experience. She is a Gold Medalist in MBA Program. She has several top-ranked publications ranging from SCIE, SSCI, WoS, and SCOPUS. 

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • Ph.D. Finance and Banking (Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia, 2018-2020)
  • M.Phil Finance/Business Administration (Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan, 2011-2015)
  • Bachelor of Arts (Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan, 2009-2011)

Research Interests

  • Financial Economics  
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Financial Markets  
  • Green Finance 
  • Financial Technologies 
  • Sustainable Corporate Governance  
  • Women in Corporate Boardrooms 
  • Board Ethnicity
  • Sustainable Finance 
  • Risk and Return 

Teaching Areas

  • Finance 
  • Financial Economics 
  • FinTech 
  • Sustainable Finance 
  • International Finance  

Courses Taught

  • Investment Management
  • Financial Risk Management
  • Business Ethics and CSR
  • Business Research Methods
  • Advance Research Methods
  • Fundamentals of Financial Management
  • Principles of Corporate Finance
  • FinTech and Cryptocurrencies
  • International Finance
  • Finance in the Global Markets

Notable Publications

2022 -

Karim, S., Lucey, B. M., Naeem, M. A., & Uddin, G. S. . Examining the Interrelatedness of NFTs, DeFi Tokens and Cryptocurrencies. Finance Research Letters, 102696. (IF: 9.596) 

2022 -

Karim, S., Naeem, M. A., & Abaji, E. E. . Is Islamic FinTech coherent with Islamic banking? A stakeholder's perspective during COVID-19. Heliyon, 8(9), e10485. (IF: 3.120) 

2022 -

Pham, L., Karim, S., Naeem, M. A., & Long, C. . A tale of two tails among carbon prices, green and non-green cryptocurrencies. International Review of Financial Analysis, 82, 102139. (IF: 8.496) 

2022 -

Siddique, M. A., Nobanee, H., Karim, S., & Naz, F. . Investigating the role of metal and commodity classes in overcoming resource destabilization. Resources Policy, 79, 103075. (IF: 6.52) 

2022 -

Naeem, M. A., Karim, S., Rabbani, M. R., Bashar, A., & Kumar, S. . Current state and future directions of green and sustainable finance: a bibliometric analysis. Qualitative Research in Financial Markets. 

2022 -

Naeem, M. A., Karim, S., Farid, S., & Tiwari, A. K. . Comparing the asymmetric efficiency of dirty and clean energy markets pre and during COVID-19. Economic Analysis and Policy, 75, 548-562. (IF: 4.24) 

2022 -

Hadi, D. M., Naeem, M. A., & Karim, S. . The exposure of the US tourism subsector stocks to global volatility and uncertainty factors. Current Issues in Tourism. (IF: 7.043) 

2022 -

Naeem, M. A., Karim, S., & Tiwari, A. K. . Risk Connectedness Between Green and Conventional Assets with Portfolio Implications. Computational Economics, 1-29. (IF: 1.470) 

2022 -

Karim, S., Naeem, M. A., & Ismail, R. B. . Re-configuring ownership structure, board characteristics and firm value nexus in Malaysia: the role of board gender and ethnic diversity. International Journal of Emerging Markets. (IF: 2.252) 

2022 -

Benlagha, N., Karim, S., Naeem, M. A., Lucey, B. M., & Vigne, S. A. . Risk connectedness between energy and stock markets: Evidence from oil importing and exporting countries. Energy Economics, 106348. (IF: 9.252) 

2022 -

Hadi, D. M., Naeem, M. A., & Karim, S. . Impact of COVID-19 on the Connectedness across Global Hospitality Stocks. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 103243. (IF: 9.237) 

2022 -

Naeem, M.A., Iqbal, N., Lucey, B. M. & Karim, S. . Good versus bad information transmission in the cryptocurrency market: Evidence from high-frequency data. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institution, and Money. (IF: 4.217) 

Achievements & Accolades

2020 -

Successfully defended Ph.D. dissertation on 5th March, , Universiti Utara Malaysia. 

2011 -

Gold Medalist in MBA Session -2015. 

Nominated for Lord Dearing Awards (University of Nottingham, Malaysia) 

Nominated for Best Supervisor (Ph.D.) ILMA University, Karachi, Pakistan 

Outstanding Lecturer and Supervisor Award by Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan 

Professional Associations

  1. Associate Editor: International Review of Economics and Finance 
  2. Guest Editor: Energy Economics 
  3. Editorial Advisory Board Member: Heliyon (Business and Economics) 
  4. Editorial Advisory Board Member: Review of International Business and Strategy  
  5. Elsevier Incorporation 
  6. Research Consultant, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates 
  7. Fellow, Center for Market Education (CME), Malaysia 
  8. European Marketing and Management Association (EUMMAS) Women’s Forum Member, Bosnia & Herzegovina