Dr. Rabiul Islam is currently an Associate Professor at the School of International Studies (SOIS) AACSB accredited under University Utara Malaysia since January 1, 2018. Prior to joining in UUM, he was a senior lecturer in the department of Economics. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Institute for Environment and Development, University Kebangsaan Malaysia. In addition, he obtained his PhD in Environmental Economics under the Institute for Environment and Development, UKM. Moreover, he completed bachelor and master’s in economics at the Islamic University, Bangladesh. He is an academic and a highly profile researcher. He has more than 17 years of experience in research as well as economics teaching and published over 160 papers in highly reputable journals and presented in international conferences in front of world-renowned audiences in the respective fields. His core research areas are environmental economics, climate change, international studies, political economy etc. He received excellent service award in 2021 and excellent publication award in 2022 for his academic and research excellence in University Utara Malaysia as a significant recognition. Furthermore, he also has Scopus H-index 15, Research gate H-index 22, Google scholar H-index 28 which shows the internationally recognized and outstanding achievements.