Dr Rehab Osman

• Microeconomics 2 
• History of Economic Thought 
• Macroeconomics 1 
• Economics and Society in Context 
• Microeconomics 1 

Rehab has taught Contemporary Issues in Economics (ECON6001), International Trade (ECON5009), International Labour Markets (ECON5003), Research Methods in Economics (ECON5012), Statistics for Economics and Finance (ECON5008), Exploring Economics (ECON4007).

As a testament to her dedication to teaching and student experience, Rehab was nominated in 2019 for 3 university-wide awards: Best Taught Module, Most Inspirational Lecturer, and Best Academic Adviser.

She also taught UG & PG modules at other British and overseas universities. These include PG modules at University of Sussex (Introduction to Economics for Development, Economics for Development, Development Microeconomics) and at Cairo University (International Economic Relations and Grouping in Africa, Fiscal and Monetary Systems in Africa, Economic Development in Africa, Production Economics in Africa, African Economic Structures).

• PhD Dissertation Supervisor, “Gender and Education: An Economic Analysis of Returns to Education in Nigeria”, Amina Mahmood Yakubu
• PhD Dissertation Supervisor, "Economics of Sunk Costs: The Evolution of Potential Market Structures When Sunk Costs are Significant”, Mark Hull
• PhD Dissertation Internal Examiner, “Bank Ownership and Lending Behaviour”, Zamon Haldarov

Rehab would be interested in supervising PhD dissertations in Development Economics, Agricultural Economics, Environment and Climate Change, and International Trade.

Rehab is a quantitative and policy-oriented Economist. Her research covers areas such as natural resources and ecological economics, climate change and environment, agriculture and development, food security, energy policy, as well as trade and regional integration. 

Rehab's particular technical expertise is designing and applying Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models using the advanced programming language General Algebraic Modelling System (GAMS).

The unifying theme of her research is formulating a sustainable management framework for world natural resources. This is particularly well-placed to engage with the on-going debate on how economic policies should be designed to support low carbon emission, efficient usage of water, sustainable agriculture, and environmental development.

Rehab is an active REF-able researcher with seminal empirical applications. She has strong abilities to analyse data in the context of complex models in areas of immediate environmental concern. The derived results from her quantitative analysis have had significant inferences and policy implications for a wide range of contemporary issues (e.g. the EU trade negotiation with African countries, the controversial debate over allocating water, renewable energy and hydroelectricity mega projects, and environmental degradation). 

Rehab worked on different research projects with co-authors from various universities and international institutions (e.g., IDS, FAO, IFAD, ILO, IFPRI, GTAP, EC, WB and UN). 

Her research attracted the Joint International Research Partnership Grant provided by OBU. As the PI, for a project titled “Developing a SAM/CGE Framework for Water Quality Assessment in Egypt Using Satellite Accounts”, she led various research tasks with co-authors from German, Italian and British universities as well as the European Commission.

She also collaborated with a multi-disciplinary research team and worked on Managing the Risks, Impacts and Uncertainties of drought and water Scarcity (MaRIUS) project. This Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)-funded project is located at the University of Oxford, with which she affiliated as a Visiting Research Associate.

Rehab has long experience in delivering and instructing high-quality training courses on SAM construction and CGE modelling. On this basis, the University of Hohenheim (Germany) appointed her as an International Advisor for the World Food Programme. She contributed to developing CGE models, constructing Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs), building capacity and providing technical support for Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), Egypt.

• Reviewer: Review of Development Economics (John Wiley & Sons), Land Use Policy Journal (Elsevier), Third World Thematics (Taylor & Francis), Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (Elsevier), Agronomy (MDPI)
• Conference Reviewer/Chair: Global Economic Analysis (GTAP) Conference, Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) Conference University of Oxford
• Visiting Research Associate: Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford
• Associate Fellow: The Higher Education Academy (HEA)
• Affiliate Member: African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP) 
• Member: Agricultural Economics Society (AES), International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)
• Mentor: Annual Global Economic Analysis (GTAP) Conference, Purdue University

• “Water Quality-Public Health-Welfare Nexus: A CGE-Micro Analysis for Egypt” the International Conference on Economic Modeling and Data Science (EcoMod2020), 2020
• “The Poverty and Distributional Impacts of Water Quality: A CGE-Micro Analysis for Egypt” the 22nd Annual Global Economic Analysis (GTAP) Conference on ""Challenges to Global, Social, and Economic Growth"", Warsaw, 2019
• “Conflict on the Nile: Regional Trade Resolution” the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) Conference on “Economic Development in Africa”, University of Oxford, 2019
• “Will Br-exit lead to Afr-exit? General Equilibrium Analysis” the 21st Annual Global Economic Analysis (GTAP) Conference on ""Framing the future through the Sustainable Development Goals"", Cartagena, 2018
• “Can Agriculture be a Driver of Promoting Regional Trade? Global CGE Analysis” International Development Economics Colloque, Clermont-Ferrand, 2016
• “Does Improving Water Quality Compensate for Water Scarcity? SAM/CGE and Satellite Accounts Integrated Framework” the 11th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) Conference, Lisbon, 2016
• “An Extended SAM for Egypt (2008/09): Conventional and Mixed Multiplier Analyses” the 6th Spanish Conference on Input–Output Analysis, Barcelona, 2015
• “Water Scarcity and Irrigation Efficiency in Egypt” the 29th International Conference of Agricultural Economists “Agriculture in an Interconnected World”, Milan, 2015
• “Water Quality Assessment: SAM/CGE and Satellite Accounts Integrated Framework” the 89th Agricultural Economics Society Conference, the University of Warwick, 2015
• “The EU-African Economic Partnership Agreements: Building or Stumbling Blocks?” Paper presented at the Scientific Seminar at Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Seville, 2015
• “Water Scarcity and Irrigation Efficiency in Egypt” the 17th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis “New Challenges in Food Policy, Trade and Economic Vulnerability”, Dakar, 2014
• “Black and Blue Gold: Effects on Regional Agriculture in Kenya” the 17th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis “New Challenges in Food Policy, Trade and Economic Vulnerability”, Dakar, 2014
• “Nile Water Availability and Agricultural Productivity in Egypt: A CGE Approach” the 16th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis “New Challenges for Global Trade in a Rapidly Changing World”, Shanghai, 2013
• “Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A Global CGE Model to Assess the Economic Effects on the Ethiopian Economy” the 16th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis “New Challenges for Global Trade in a Rapidly Changing World”, Shanghai, 2013
• “Enhancing Intra-Nile Basin Trade: Agricultural Policy” Paper prepared for presentation at the International Forum for Scientific Research on “Future Vision for Development in the Nile Basin Countries: Challenges & Opportunities”, Cairo University, 2012
• “Trade Reforms in a World of Prevailing Distortions: The EU-SADC Preferential Trade Arrangements” the 14th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, “Governing Global Challenges: Climate Change, Trade, Finance and Development”, Venice, 2011
• “SADC EPAs with the EU: The Right Way or a Blight for Development?” in Bayar, A. (ed.) Proceedings International Conference on Economic Modeling (EcoMod), Istanbul, 2010
• “SADC Trade with the European Union: from a Preferential to a Reciprocal Modality” the international workshop on South-South North-South Trade Agreements: Compatibility Issues, UNU-CRIS and UNU-WIDER, Bruges, 2009

• 2015: An International Advisor for the World Food Program (WFP), United Nations. The tasks include developing CGE model, constructing Social Accounting Matrix, training and capacity building for the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), Egypt (in collaboration with the Agricultural and Food Policy Group, Hohenheim University, Germany).
• 2014: Modeler and Course Instructor, Training Course on Macro Global General Equilibrium Modelling, Sponsored by the World Bank’s Knowledge for Change Program, WB Office, Dakar
• 2013: Modeler and Course Instructor, Training Course on Global CGE Modelling, Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad