Prof. Dr. Muhammad Khan
Tenured Professor, Economics
Area of Interest: Environmental Economics, Labour Economics, Environmental governance & Public Policy
Tel # (Off): 111-001-007   (202)
HEC approved PhD Supervisor

Environmental policy researcher with 15+ years of experience in plastic pollution governance, behavioral interventions, RCTs, Labor Economics, and Health Economics. Strong track record in environmental governance research and regulatory system strengthening. Published 30+ articles in peer-reviewed and impact factor journals and received 7 research grants from HEC, SANDEE, IFPRI-USAID. Received Best Researcher Award (2017) and Best Faculty of the year (2025). He finished his Ph.D. in Economics from the Federal Urdu University, Islamabad, in 2012, and his Post-doctorate from the University of Canberra, in 2017. Before embarking on an academic career in 2012, Dr. Khan served several Ministries of the Government of Pakistan as an Economist in Islamabad between 2008 to 2012.

 

Funded Projects:

Current Projects:
1. Carrot, Stick or Nudges: Testing the effectiveness of Plastic Bag Compliance Behavior in Islamabad, Pakistan (2022 - 2025) PIs: Dr. Muhammad Khan,Dr. Rafi Amir Ud Din,Dr. Rao Muhammad Atif, Other Team: Dr. Sajid Javed Amin, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Budget: Pak Rupees 43.8 million, Funded By: Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan (Web Link).
Completed Projects:
1. Desertification, Agro-forestry and Socioeconomic Nexus: An Appraisal from Thal Region of Pakistan (2017 - 2020) PIs: Dr. Muhammad Khan, Other Team: Member 1 (CUI Lahore), Member 2 (CUI Lahore), Budget: PKR 1453,000, Funded By: Higher Education Commission Pakistan (HEC) .
2. Do targeted risk communications promote mitigating behavior? Evidence from Randomized Control Trial in Pakistan (2017 - 2020) PIs: Dr. Muhammad Khan, Other Team: Member 1 (CUI Lahore), Member 2 (CUI Lahore), Budget: PKR 4000000, Funded By: Higher Education Commission Pakistan (HEC) .
3. Employment in Textile Sector, Occupational Health and Women Empowerment (2014 - 2016) PIs: Dr. Muhammad Khan, Other Team: Member 1 (CUI Lahore), Member 2 (CUI Lahore), Member 3 (CUI Lahore), Budget: USD 20000, Funded By: International Food and Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) .
4. Punjab Maize Baseline Survey Report (2014 - 2014) PIs: Dr. Muhammad Khan, Other Team: Member 1 (CUI Lahore), Member 2 (CUI Lahore), Budget: PKR 1000000, Funded By: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) .
5. Economic Analysis of Land Use Systems: Conventional vs Innovative Agriculture Production Businesses in Thal Region of the Punjab Province (2013 - 2015) PIs: Dr. Muhammad Khan, Other Team: Member 1 (CUI Lahore), Member 2 (CUI Lahore), Budget: PKR 200000, Funded By: COMSATS University Islamabad .
6. The Health Burden of Dust Pollution in the Textile Industry of Faisalabad, Pakistan (2012 - 2016) PIs: Dr. Muhammad Khan, Other Team: Memebr 1(CUI Lahore), Budget: USD 30000, Funded By: South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), Katmandu, Nepal. (Web Link).
7. The private and public benefits of organic agriculture in Pakistan (2010 - 2015) PIs: Dr. Muhammad Khan, Other Team: member 1 (CUI Islamabad), member 2 (Cuilahore), Budget: USD 18000, Funded By: South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), Katmandu, Nepal. (Web Link).

Publications:

Journal Papers:
1. Khan, M., Amir-ud-Din, R., Atif, R.M. et al (2025), "Cricket rivalry as a nudge to encourage reusable cups in a university setting in Pakistan. ", Discover Sustainability , Vol: 6, Issue: 822 , DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-01616-9, Impact Factor: 3    (External URL)
2. Muhammad Khan, Rafi Amir-ud-Din, Zahra Murad, Irane Musio (2025), "Clear Waters, Bright Futures: Do Low-Cost Information Interventions Increase Health Preventive Behaviors? ", Health Economics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4977, Impact Factor: 2.4    (External URL)
3. Muhammad Khan, Rafi Amir-ud-Din, Rao, M. Atif (2025), "Precarious work and its impact on health: a study of female textile workers in Lahore and Faisalabad. ", Frontiers in Public Health. , Vol: 13, Impact Factor: 3    (External URL)
4. Rafi Amir-ud-Din, Muhammad Khan, Rao M. Atif, Saliha Khalid (2024), " The paradox of plastic bag legislation: How bans and taxes affect PM2.5 air pollution in 208 countries. ", Heliyon , Impact Factor: 3.5    (External URL)
5. Rafi Amir-ud-Din, Ramesh Kumar, Nawal Naeem, Muhammad Khan (2024), "Air pollution and under-5 child mortality: linking satellite and IPUMS-DHS data across 41 countries in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. ", BMC Public Health , Vol: 24, Issue: 2996 , Impact Factor: 3.4    (External URL)
6. Atif, M, Din, R., Khan, M., Ahmed, F. (2024), " Behavioral Insights into Reusable Bag Adoption: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Theory of Planned Behavior in Lahore. ", Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development. , Vol: 8, Issue: 6, Impact Factor: 0.7    (External URL)
7. Muhammad Khan, Rafi Amir-ud-Din & Rao M. Atif (2024), " Unchecked single-use Persistence: Islamabad Retailers’ Defiance of the Plastic Bag Prohibition. ", Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development. , Vol: 8, Issue: 5, Impact Factor: 0.7    (External URL)
8. Khan et al. (2024), "The Health and Economic Burden of Dust Pollution in the Textile Industry of Faisalabad, Pakistan. ", Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association. , Vol: 99 , Issue: 3 , DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42506-024-00150-2 , Impact Factor: 3.7    (External URL)
9. Muhammad Khan , Kashif Mehmood , Shumaila Noureen , Hafiz Zahid Mahmood & Rafi Amir-ud-Din (2022), "Epidemiology of respiratory diseases and associated factors among female textile workers in Pakistan", International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, pp: 184-198, Vol: 28, Issue: 1, Impact Factor: 2.4    (External URL)
10. Ghulam Abbas, Akhter Ali, Muhammad Khan, Hafz Zahid Mahmood, Sazali Abdul Wahab, Raf Amir-ud-Din (2021), "The Transition from Arid Farming Systems to Agroforestry Systems in Pakistan: A Comparison of Monetary Returns. ", Small-scale Forestry. , pp: 325-350, Vol: 20, Issue: 1, Impact Factor: 1.5    (External URL)
11. Muhammad Khan, Hafiz Zahid Mahmood, Shumaila Noureen, Kashif Muhmood, Iftikhar ul husnain, Imran Hameed Khaliq (2019), "The health burden of malaria and household choices regarding treatment and prevention in Pakistan", Tropical biomedicine, pp: 664-676, Vol: 36, Issue: 03, Impact Factor: 0.71   
12. Muhammad Khan, Kashif Muhmood, Shumaila Noureen, Saima Noureen (2018), "Economic burden of occupational illness on women workers in textile industry, Pakistan", The Business and Management Review,, Vol: 04, Issue: 09   
13. Muhammad Khan, Hafiz Zahid Mahmood, Ghulam Abbas & Christos A Damalas (2017), "Agroforestry Systems as Alternative Land-Use Options in the Arid Zone of Thal, Pakistan", Small Scale Forestry, pp: 553-569, Vol: 16, Issue: 4, Impact Factor: 1.5   
14. Muhammad Iftikhar Ul Husnain, Muhammad Khan & Hafiz Zahid Mahmood (2017), "An Assessment Of Public And Private Benefits Of Organic Farming In Pakistan", The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, pp: 996-1004, Vol: 27, Issue: 3, Impact Factor: 0.42   
15. Iftikhar Ul Husnain, Azad Haider, Aneel Salman, M. Zahid Mahmood, Muhammad Khan, Farzana Shaheen (2016), "An Econometric Analysis of the Statistical Relationship between Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Infant Mortality in South Asia.", Journal of Scientific Research & Reports, pp: 1-8, Vol: 09, Issue: 02   
16. KHUDA BAKHSH, WAQAR AKRAM, AGHA JAHANZEB AND MUHAMMAD KHAN (2016), "ESTIMATING PRODUCTIVITY OF BT COTTON AND ITS IMPACT ON PESTICIDE USE IN PUNJAB (PAKISTAN)", Pakistan Economic and Social Review, pp: 15-24, Vol: 54, Issue: 1   
17. Christos A Damalas & Muhammad Khan (2016), "Farmers’ attitudes towards pesticide labels: implications for personal and environmental safety", International Journal of Pest Management , pp: 319-325, Vol: 62, Standard: 1366-5863, Impact Factor: 1.09   
18. Muhammad Khan & Christos Damalas (2015), "Farmers' knowledge about common pests and pesticide safety in conventional cotton production in Pakistan", Crop Protection, pp: 45-51, Vol: 77, Impact Factor: 2.38   
19. Iftikhar, Ul Husnain, Azad Haider, Ihtsham ul Haq Padda, Muhammad Khan, Naeem Akram, Hafiz. Zahid Mahmood, Farzana Shaheen (2015), "Public Expenditure, Taxes and Economic Development: An Empirical Analysis for Pakistan. ", Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research , pp: 2756-2762, Vol: 23, Issue: 11   
20. Muhammad Khan & Christos Damalas (2015), "Farmers' willingness to pay for less health risks by pesticide use: A case study from the cotton belt of Punjab, Pakistan", Science of the Total Environment, pp: 297-303, Vol: 530, Impact Factor: 6.551   
21. Muhammad Khan, Hafiz Zahid Mahmood, Christos A. Damalas (2015), "Pesticide use and risk perceptions among farmers in the cotton belt of Punjab, Pakistan", Crop Protection , pp: 184-190, Vol: 67 , Impact Factor: 2.38   
22. Zahid Mahmood, Sana Iftikhar, Abdul Saboor, Atta Ullah Khan & Muhammad Khan (2015), "Agriculture land resources and food security nexus in Punjab, Pakistan: an empirical ascertainment", Food and Agricultural Immunology, Vol: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540105.2015.1079593, Impact Factor: 2.57   
23. Muhammad Khan & Christos A. Damalas (2015), "Factors preventing the adoption of alternatives to chemical pest control among Pakistani cotton farmers", International Journal of Pest Management, pp: 9-16, Vol: 61, Issue: 1, Impact Factor: 1.09   
24. Muhammad Khan & Christos Damalas (2014), "Occupational exposure to pesticides and resultant health problems among cotton farmers of Punjab, Pakistan", International Journal of Environmental Health Research, Vol: dx.doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2014.980781, Impact Factor: 1.51   
25. Hafiz Zahid Mahmood, Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Khan and Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain (2014), "RE-EXAMINING THE INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FARM SIZE AND PRODUCTIVITY IN PAKISTAN", The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences,, pp: 1537-1546, Vol: 24, Issue: 5, Impact Factor: .55   
26. Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Iftikhar Ul Husnain,Hafiz Zahid Mahmood, Waqar Akram (2013), "Understanding Pesticide Use Safety Decision: Application of Health Behavior Theory", American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, pp: 440-448, Vol: 13, Issue: 4, Standard: 1818-6769, Impact Factor: ISI   
27. Muhammad Khan (2012), "HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF PESTICIDE USE IN AGRICULTURE", British Journal of Social Sciences, pp: 26-46, Vol: 1, Issue: 2   
28. Muhammad Khan & Afsheen Ashraf (2012), "Informal employment in Pakistan: the growing challenge for decent work", Elixir journal of Management , pp: 6433-6446, Vol: 42, Issue: 42   
29. Iftikhar ul husnain, Muhammad Khan, Ihtsham Ul Haq Padda, Naeem Akram, Azad Haider (2011), "Public Spending, Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth", International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Vol: 61, Standard: 1450-2887   
30. Muhammad Khan (2011), "Adverse health effects, risk perception and pesticide use behavior", Elixir Journal of Social Sciences, pp: 4044-4048, Vol: 38, Issue: 38   
31. Naeem Akram, Ihtsham Ul Haq, Myhammad Khan, Iftikhar ul Husnain (2011), "Fiscal Situation in Pakistan and its consequences for Economic Growth and Poverty", American International Journal of Contemporary Research, pp: 94-111, Vol: 1, Issue: 1   
32. Saima Akhtar Qureshi, Muhammad Khan, Athar Rafique, Gulzar Khan, Mian Sayed Wahid, Ansa Nazli (2011), "Gender Differential in Education and its Impact on Economic Growth: Pakistan study (1965-2007), A Generalized Method of Moment Approach", Interdisciplinary journal of contemporary research in business, pp: 1310, Vol: 3, Issue: 2   
33. Muhammad Khan, Naeem Akram, Iftikhar ul Husnain, Ihtsham Ul Haq, Saima Akhtar (2011), "Poverty Environment Nexus: Use of Pesticide in Cotton Zone of Punjab, Pakistan", Journal of Sustainable Development, pp: 163-173, Vol: 4, Issue: 3   
34. Muhammad Khan (2010), "Using Health Belief Model to Understand Pesticide Use Decision", The Pakistan Development Review, pp: 941-956, Vol: 49, Issue: 4   
35. Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Iftikhar Ul Husnain, Naeem Akram, Ihtsham Ul Haq Padda (2009), "Assessing Farmer’s Pesticide Safety Knowledge in Cotton Growing Area of Punjab Pakistan", Munich Personal RePEc Archive, Vol: MPRA Paper No. 1622   
36. Muhammad Khan (2009), "Economic Evaluation of Health Cost of Pesticide Use: Willingness to Pay Method", The Pakistan Development Review, pp: 459-472, Vol: 48, Issue: 4   
37. MUHAMMAD KHAN, FOZIA AFTAB KIANI, AFSHEEN ASHRAF, M.Iftikhar Ul Husnain (2009), "Skills, Competitiveness and Productivity", The Pakistan Development Review , pp: 473-486, Vol: 48, Issue: 4   
38. NAEEM AKRAM, IHTSHAM UL HAQ PADDA, MUHAMMAD KHAN (2008), "The Long Term Impact of Health on Economic Growth in Pakistan", The Pakistan Development Review, pp: 487–500, Vol: 47, Issue: 4   
39. SAIMA AKHTAR QURESHI,MUHAMMAD KHAN, MUHAMMAD IFTIKHAR UL HUSNAIN (2007), "Gender, Environment and Sustainable Economic Growth", The Pakistan Development Review 46:4 Part , pp: 883–894, Vol: 46, Issue: 4   
Conference Papers:
1. Muhammad Khan, Saima Akhtar, Hafiz Zahid Mehmood, Kashif Muhmood (2013) "Analysing skills, education and wages in Faisalabad: implications for labour market", International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE) 2013, pp: 423 – 432, Vol: 5, Issue: 2013, Standard: 2212-5671   

Qualification

Postdoc
University of Canberra, Australia
Sep 2017 to Dec 2017
   
PhD Economics
School of Economics Sciences, Federal Urdu University of Arts Science, and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
Feb 2005 to Mar 2012
   

Experience

Research Officer
Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
Jan 2008 to Jun 2012
   
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