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Room N1113g, PolyU West Kowloon Campus
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Dr. ALI has rich experience and expertise in design thinking. He also established a design studio at Fatih University with the collaboration of Hasso Platner Institute (HPI), Germany. His research areas include innovation and capability development in SMEs, technology and innovation management, interoperability and agile SMEs, digital transformation, creativity, design thinking, and innovation in higher education. He has also developed a design thinking model, called SNIPE.
Dr. Zulfiqar Ali holds a doctoral degree in Systems Engineering and Engineering Management with a research focus on innovation in SMEs and creativity in higher education from City University of Hong Kong, a master’s degree in innovation and entrepreneurship from Fatih university Istanbul, and University of Southern Denmark and a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and management from University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Before joining this institute, Dr. ALI worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, also in the Department of Management Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Doctorate, City University of Hong Kong
Sept 2014 → Feb 2018
Award Date: 2 Oct 2018
Master, M.S., Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Fatih University
Sept 2011 → Aug 2013
Award Date: 3 Oct 2013
Master, M.S., Innovation and Business, University of Southern Denmark
Sept 2012 → Feb 2013
Award Date: 13 Mar 2013
Bachelor, B.S., Industrial Engineering & Management
Dec 2005 → Aug 2010
Award Date: 16 Feb 2012
Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of Hong Kong
Sept 2020 → Aug 2021
Graduate Teaching Assistant, City University of Hong Kong
Feb 2020 → Aug 2020
Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of Hong Kong
Dec 2018 → Dec 2019
Research Assistant, City University of Hong Kong
Sept 2017 → Feb 2018
Research and Teaching Assistant, Fatih University
Oct 2013 → Aug 2014
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Ali, Zulfiqar (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Honorary award
Ali, Zulfiqar (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Honorary award
Ali, Zulfiqar (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Other distinction