Department: Economics
Extension Number: 287
Email ID:azmabatool@fccollege.edu.pk
Office Number: E-218

BREIF PROFILE:
Azma Batool is Assistant Professor at the Forman Christian College (A chartered University)’s department of Economics. She has vast experience of 30 years of teaching Game Theory and quantitative courses in different universities at national level. Her research area includes taxation, social norms, poverty, and consumer analysis. She participated in national conferences and also is an active member of Global Social Network (GSN). She also conducted an event “Econ Rising Star” as Course Coordinator: Econ 100. Her contributions as an admin include Head of Department at International Islamic University and Program Coordinator at Hamdard University Karachi, Faisalabad Campus.

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D in Tax Compliance Modeling, International Islamic University, Islamabad
• MPhil in Economics, Quaid e Azam University, Islamabad
• M.Sc. in Economics (Gold Medalist), International Islamic University, Islamabad
• M Sc. In Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
• B.Sc in Math Major and Statistics

RESEARCH & PUBLICATION
Batool, A., Hasan, H., & Kousar, S. (2022). Influence of Tax Awareness, Simplicity, and Knowledge on Voluntary Tax Compliance in Pakistan: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Tax Fairness and Social Norms. Pakistan Journal of Economic Studies (PJES), 5(1), 53-91. Click here to access

PROJECT
Principal Investigator at global research network on social norms (GSN) hosted by the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS), a research institute in Stockholm, Sweden. The project is a collaborative work from 144 countries. (globalsocialnorms.org) on the Study of everyday norms, currently carried out within the network. The study is part of the project “How do Social Norms Change?” financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (Grant number: 2017.0257  Click here to access

CONFERENCE
Presented the paper titled: “From Coercion to Legitimacy: Enhancing Tax Compliance through Legitimate Power”, in conference “Contemporary Challenges in Global Sustainability: Navigating towards a Resilient Future with a Focus on Economic, Environment and Gender Dynamics” at Lahore College for Women University, Lahore