Assist. Prof. Ahmadov Fariz Saleh was born on April 5, 1983 in Ganja. He received his bachelor degree in 1999-2003 at Azerbaijan State University of Economics at the Faculty of Turkish World of Business Administration and master’s degree at Sakarya University, Turkey, in 2003-2005. From 2006 to 2010, he got his doctoral education in business administration and organization from Sakarya University, Institute of Social Sciences, Turkey. In 2010 he defended his thesis on “Azerbaijan’s national competitiveness: “Matrix of TOWS and a diamond model analysis” and has been awarded the title of PhD in Economic Sciences. He was engaged in various labor activities at Sakarya University and at the same time participated in projects related to the branding of cities. In 2016, he was awarded the academic title of “Associate Professor” by the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
He began his career in 2010 as a lecturer at the faculty of Turkish World of Business Administration of Azerbaijan State University Economics. In 2010-2014, he worked as a teacher, head teacher, associate professor and deputy head of the department at that faculty. In 2014-2017, he continued his work as the head of the “Economics and Management” department of the Azerbaijan State University of Economics. Since 2017, he has been working as the director of the International Master’s and Doctoral Center of the Azerbaijan State University of Economics. Since 2016, he has been the chairman of the Scientific Council of the International Master’s and Doctorate Center of the Azerbaijan State University of Economics and a member of the Scientific Council of UNEC University. In 2016, he was the winner of the “The Young Scientist of 2016” competition organized by the Foundation for the Development of Science under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 2020, by the order of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, he was awarded the badge “Advanced Education Worker of the Republic of Azerbaijan”.
He was awarded “Decree of Honor” at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics both for his scientific and pedagogical activities and for his effective activities in the management of the university.
He is the author of more than 10 scientific articles in journals indexed in the world’s prestigious scientific platforms (Web of Science, SCOPUS), as well as more than 30 scientific articles published in other international scientific journals. In addition, he gave more than 20 reports at scientific conferences organized in different countries of the world. The H-index is 10 and the i-10 index is 10 according to the indicators of the academic platform Google Scholar, which brings together researchers from all over the world. At the same time, he works as a member and chairman of scientific and organizational committees of many prestigious scientific conferences and scientific journals. He is the co-author of the books “Strategic management”, “Research methods” and “Strategic management in business”, as well as the books “Quality Management System”, “New Directions in the Global Economy”, “Exploring The Green Economy: Issues, Challenges and Benefits” In addition to being the scientific editor of the book translation “Economic Development – Michael Todaro – Stephen Smith”, he is the author of a teaching methodology and 5 teaching programs. In addition to the World Bank, UNDP, Erasmus+ projects, he worked as a leader and coordinator in projects supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, SOCAR Midstream, Pasha Holding companies.
He is married and has two children.