Dr. Antony Andrews approaches economics with the view that uncertainty can be structured and understood through rigorous empirical modelling. His work is grounded in applied microeconomics and advanced econometrics, with a focus on Bayesian methods and stochastic frontier analysis. His research spans environmental, health, energy, and agricultural economics, examining how inefficiency, institutional design, and technological change shape economic performance. Across his publications, he emphasizes the measurement and decomposition of productivity and efficiency, combining methodological development with policy-relevant applications. His recent research advances this agenda by tracing how inefficiencies emerge and persist within complex systems. In Unmasking and Rethinking Hierarchical Inefficiency in Healthcare Systems (with Tuaine Junior Unuia and Sean Kimpton), published in Social Science & Medicine, he develops a hierarchical Bayesian framework that distinguishes hospital inefficiency inherited from higher administrative tiers from hospital-level inefficiency. Using data from three Canadian provinces, the study shows that persistent inefficiency is largely transmitted through upstream governance rather than provider-level technical shortcomings. Related work in energy economics adopts a similar institutional lens. In Institutional Reform over Technical Fixes: The Energy Waste Severity Index for Tackling Persistent Inefficiency and Advancing SDG 7 (with Sean Kimpton), published in Environmental Policy, he introduces the Energy Waste Severity Index (EWSI), a dynamic Bayesian frontier-based measure capturing both the level and persistence of energy productivity inefficiency across OECD economies. The findings point to institutional lock-in and human-capital misalignment as key drivers of chronic energy waste, implying that governance reform matters more than short-term technical fixes for long-run performance and sustainable development. Dr Andrews spent nearly a decade at New Zealand’s Inland Revenue Department (2007–2016), working across customer service, enforcement, and analytics. This experience shaped his understanding of fiscal systems in practice and reinforced his belief that data are mirrors of understanding rather than substitutes for it, a perspective that continues to inform his research and teaching. Following Ajman University’s transition to a private non-profit institution, Dr. Andrews was nominated by the Chancellor to serve as the College of Business Administration’s Liaison for Fundraising and University Advancement. He supports initiatives that strengthen financial sustainability, including proposals for a Financial Markets Lab and a Student-Managed Investment Fund, and leads internationalisation efforts that build partnerships, foster research collaborations, and develop student mobility programmes. His teaching philosophy mirrors his research ethos: cultivating curiosity before certainty, helping students reason in the face of ambiguity, and connecting quantitative analysis to judgment and reflection. Current work extends this agenda through ongoing projects on long-run adjustment, technological absorption, and structural persistence, using Bayesian and semi-structural frameworks to study how economies respond to policy change, innovation, and environmental constraints.

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