Dr. Antony Andrews approaches economics from a simple conviction: that uncertainty is not an obstacle to knowledge but its most fertile ground. His research lies at the intersection of applied microeconomics, econometrics, and development economics, exploring how structural inefficiencies, fiscal policy, and technological dynamics shape economic progress. Focusing on productivity and efficiency analysis, time-series forecasting, and causal inference, he applies these methods across sectors including healthcare, education, agriculture, energy, and environmental economics. His recent work includes estimating technological trajectories across countries, analyzing barriers to technology adoption in developing economies, and developing hierarchical frameworks to understand how inefficiency and resource constraints are transmitted through multi-level economic systems. His current and future research deepens this agenda by developing Bayesian frameworks that address bias and selection in empirical economics, thereby strengthening how researchers evaluate the credibility of published evidence. He also revisits classical causal designs, such as regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences, through a more nuanced, uncertainty-aware perspective. Parallel research examines banking fragility, financial resilience, and environmental efficiency, utilizing persistence-based frontier models in agriculture and dynamic system estimation to investigate how economies and institutions respond to shocks. Before joining academia, Dr. Andrews spent nearly a decade at New Zealand’s Inland Revenue Department (2007–2016), working across domains including customer service, enforcement, and analytics. This experience deepened his understanding of how fiscal policy can influence developmental outcomes. It also grounded his belief that data are mirrors of understanding, not substitutes for it, shaping the reflective and humanistic approach that defines his research and teaching. Since Ajman University’s transition to a private non-profit institution, Dr. Andrews has been nominated by the Chancellor to serve as the College of Business Administration’s Liaison for Fundraising and University Advancement. In this capacity, he assists the Dean in initiatives that enhance financial sustainability, including proposals for a Financial Markets Lab and a Student-Managed Investment Fund. He also leads the College’s internationalization efforts, fostering global partnerships, research collaborations, and student mobility programs that promote cross-cultural learning and innovation. Dr. Andrews’ teaching philosophy mirrors his research ethos, cultivating curiosity before certainty. He encourages students to reason within ambiguity, to see economics as a way of interpreting the world rather than reducing it to fixed truths, and to connect quantitative analysis with thoughtful reflection. Across research, teaching, and service, Dr. Andrews is guided by one enduring belief: that the pursuit of knowledge lies not in eliminating uncertainty, but in learning from it, understanding how systems, institutions, and ideas evolve through reflection, revision, and discovery.

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