EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
| 2011–2014 Award |
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom PhD in Economics (3 years; full time) |
| 2011–2014 Award |
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom MSc Petroleum, Energy Economics and Finance (PEEF), with Distinction |
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- Lecturer; Economics; University of Aberdeen; September 2019 – present
- Postgraduate teaching and supervision in economics. Current taught courses include
- BU5025 Quantitative Methods (postgraduate level, 270 students, sole lecturer and course coordinator)
- BU5073 Energy and Petroleum Economics (postgraduate, 50 students, lecturer and course coordinator)
- Lead researcher in energy/petroleum/oil/gas economics
- Postgraduate teaching and supervision in economics. Current taught courses include
- Teaching micro and macroeconomics (Undergraduate); and Energy Economics (Postgraduate level)
- High dimensional data analytics towards publication of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy and the BP Energy Outlook – Lead analyst on Global Oil and Gas Trade; Global Refineries and Global Minerals
- Teaching micro and macroeconomics (Undergraduate); and Energy Economics (Postgraduate level)
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES, UNIVERSITY of ABERDEEN
- Academic Line Manager, Economics Department (managing fellow lecturers)
- Programme Director: MSc Energy Economics and Law
- Programme Director: MSc Energy Economics and Finance (online)
- Member, Business School Education sub-committee
- Convenor and web editor: Aberdeen Centre for Research in Energy Economics and Finance (ACREEF)
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Economic modelling; Mathematical optimisation techniques; Operations research; Genetic algorithms; High dimensional data analytics; Econometric analysis; Program evaluation
ADVANCED SOFTWARE EXPERTISE
GAMS, MATLAB, STATA, EXCEL, ARCGIS
SELECTED/RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
- Abdul-Salam, Y., Kemp, A., Phimister, E. (2022). Energy Transition in the UKCS: Modelling the Effects of Carbon Emission Charges on Upstream Petroleum Operations. Energy Economics. Vol 108 (105898) (3* ABS Journal)
- Abdul-Salam, Y., Kemp, A., Phimister, E. (2021). Unlocking the Economic Viability of Marginal UKCS Discoveries: Optimising Cluster Developments. Energy Economics. Vol 97 (105233) (3* ABS Journal)
- Abdul-Salam, Y. (2022). An Assessment of the Economic Viability of the Controversial Cambo Field in the UKCS. University of Aberdeen Discussion Papers in Economics and Finance, Number 22 – 2
- Abdul-Salam, Y. (2022). A Real Options Analysis of the Effects of Oil Price Uncertainty and Carbon Taxes on the Optimal Timing of Oil Field Decommissioning. The Energy Journal. (3* ABS Journal)
- Abdul-Salam, Y. & Phimister, EC. (2016). ‘The Politico-Economics of Electricity Planning in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Ghana’, Energy Policy. Vol 88C, pp. 299-309 (2* ABS Journal)
- Abdul-Salam, Y. & Phimister, EC. (2016). ‘How Effective are Heuristic Solutions for Electricity Planning in Developing Countries’. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. Vol 55, pp. 14-24 (2* ABS Journal)