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Mitra ARAMI

Mitra ARAMI

Oxford

Associate Professor in Finance in Fintech

Academic Director of M1 and M2/MSc Oxford

Presentation

Mitra Arami is an Associate Professor in Digital Finance and Financial Technologies (FinTech) and she joined EM Normandie in 2024. She holds a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems (with Distinction), along with both an MSc and BSc in Computer Science from the Technical University of Vienna. Her dissertation focused on "Consumer Price Sensitivity in Mobile Commerce: An Empirical Investigation." Her research and teaching interests span ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ finance, payment innovations, entrepreneurship, and the strategic integration of FinTech into traditional financial services, with a strong emphasis on fostering collaboration between academia and industry. Specialising in Project Management, FinTech, and payment systems, she has worked across diverse industries such as Telecom, Financial Services, IT, and Education on three continents, focusing on driving complex business transformations in ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ finance. Her expertise lies in leading high-impact programmes that integrate cutting-edge FinTech innovations and ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ payment solutions. She is Head of Postgraduate Programmes (M1, M2, and MSc Banking, Finance, and FinTech).

Professional experience

Since 2024 : Associate Professor in Finance, EM Normandie
2022-2024: Associate Professor in Digital Business and Project Management, Northeastern University London, United Kingdom 
2021-2022: Associate Senior Lecturer Course Leader - MSc International Project Management, Sunderland University, United Kingdom 
2021-2022: Associate Senior Lecturer and Course Leader - Business and Management, University of Roehampton, United Kingdom 
2017-2019: Head of Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt 
2016-2017: Associate Professor and Area Director Business Informatics, MODUL University, Dubai Campus 
2013-2017: Associate Professor, Arab Open University, Kuwait 
2010-2013: Principal Lecturer (Associate Professor) and Programme Director, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom 
2010-2013: Adjunct Principal Lecturer, Regents University, United Kingdom 
2003-2010: Adjunct Principal Lecturer, Danube University Krems, Austria 
2007-2008: Principal Lecturer and Head of Project Management Programmes, the University of Applied Science FH bfi, Austria 
2003-2007: Assistant Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Department
Law, finance & control
Subjects taught
Finance
Degrees
2006 : PhD in Computer Science, Technical University of Vienna, Austria

Publications

  • Arami, M 2006, 'Consumer Price Sensitivity in Mobile Commerce: An Empirical Investigation', Phd in Computer Science, Technical University of Vienna, Autriche.

    2006

    PhD Dissertation / Accreditation to Supervise Management Research

  • Arami, M. 2016, 'Project leadership in the oil and gas industry', Journal of International Business Research and Marketing, vol. 1(3).

    2024

    Academic articles

  • Chang, V, Baudier, P, Zhang, H, Xu, Q, Zhang, J & Arami, M 2020, 'How Blockchain can impact financial services - The overview, challenges and recommendations from expert interviewees', Technological Forecasting and Social change', vol.158. CNRS : 2 ; FNEGE : 2

    2020

    Academic articles

  • Arami, M. 2016, 'Evaluation of blended-learning in higher education: A case study', Journal of International Business Research and Marketing, vol. 1(3).

    2019

    Academic articles

  • Arami, M. 2016, 'Comparison of the leadership style of male and female managers in Kuwait: An empirical investigation', Journal of International Business Research and Marketing, vol. 1(3).

    2016

    Academic articles

  • Dickinger, A., Arami, M. & Meyer, D. 2006, 'Reconsidering the adoption process: Enjoyment and social norms-Antecedents of hedonic mobile technology use', European Journal of Information Systems. FNEGE : 1 ; ABS : 4.

    2006

    Academic articles

  • Baudier, P, Chang, V & Arami, M 2022, 'The impacts of Blockchain on Innovation Management: Sectoral experiments', Journal of Innovation Economics & Management, 2022/1, no.37, pp. 1-8.

    2022

    Other academic contributions

  • Baudier, P, De Vassoigne, T, Arami, M, Delannoy, A & Germon, R 2024, 'User’s perception and acceptance of Metaverse in education', International Conference | DTS – 2024 (2nd edition), Naples Italy, May 23-24.
     

    2024

    Academic communications

  • Chang, V., Ji, Z. & Arami, M. 2019, 'Privacy and ethical issues of big data in the airline industry. Special Session on Inter-Disciplinary Research (IDR)', The Fourth International Conference on Complexity, Future Information Systems and Risk 2019 (COMPLEXIS 2019), Crete, Greece, May 2-4.

    2019

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M. 2016, 'Strategic project management in the oil and gas industry: An empirical investigation in Kuwait', IPMA Expert Seminar, Zurich, Switzerland, February.

    2016

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M. 2014, 'A blue ocean opportunity: Blended-learning as a career path in management information systems', The 7th International Conference of Education and Research (CERI 2014).

    2014

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M 2014, 'Evaluation of e-commerce acceptance: An empirical investigation in Kuwait', World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Dubai, U.A.E.
     

    2014

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M., Tavakolikhou, M. & Gao, J. 2013, 'A framework for a rapid prototype in new product development: A case study', The 11th International Conference on Manufacturing.
     

    2013

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M. 2011, 'Development of postgraduate engineering project management programmes at Greenwich University', IPMA World Congress, Brisbane, Australia.

    2011

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M., Prantner, R. & Achammer, C. 2009, 'Introduction of project management training', CIB, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

    2009

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M. 2008, 'Introduction of project management courses at university: A case study', PM-04 - 4th SCPM& 1st IPMA/MedNet Conference, Greece.

    2008

    Academic communications

  • Kabiri, M., Arami, M. & Birjandi, M. 2007, 'Introducing International Project Management Association (IPMA)4 Level Certification in Iran', IPMA World Congress, Cracow, Poland, June.

    2007

    Academic communications

  • Shams, A., Saidi, S., Farsi, A., Khojandi, A., Soltani, L., & Arami, M. 2007, 'Top-down planning approach inestablishing Young Crew: A case study of Young Crew Iran', IPMA World Congress, Cracow, Poland, June.

    2007

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M. & Farahani, M. 2007, 'The comparison of ICB and PMBoK', 3rd International Project Management Conference, Tehran, Iran, May.

    2007

    Academic communications

  • Shadrokh, S., Arami, M. & Hemmati, M. 2006, 'Minimizing the resource availability cost using ACO', ProMac, International Conference on Project Management, Sydney, Australia, September.

    2006

    Academic communications

  • Dickinger, A., Arami, M. & Meyer, D. 2006, 'Reconsidering the adoption process: Enjoyment and social norms-Antecedents of hedonic mobile technology use', 39th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences(HICSS-39), Hawaii, USA.

    2006

    Academic communications

  • Ossooli, H., & Arami, M. 2006, 'How to improve project management quality in the Iranian petrochemicalindustry: Presenting a comprehensive project auditing model', 5th World Congress on Cost Engineering, Project Management & Quantity Surveying,Ljubljana, Slovenia, April 23-26.

    2006

    Academic communications

  • Lauer, B. & Arami, M. 2005, 'Measuring the benefits of project management training programs – An empiricalstudy', International Project Management Conference, Tehran, Iran.

    2005

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M., Meyer, D. & Sester, A. 2005, 'Mobile gaming – Understanding mobile Java games customers', 7th International Conference Wirtschaftsinformatik, February.

    2005

    Academic communications

  • Lauer, B. & Arami, M. 2005, 'Project management maturity: Project orientation in Iranian organizations – Anempirical study', IPMA World Conference, Budapest, Hungary. 

    2005

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M., Jawad, A. & Abbas, A. 2005, 'Project management maturity in the Sultanate of Oman – Anempirical study', IPMA World Conference, New Delhi.

    2005

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M. 2005, 'Pricing strategies for M-commerce services', The 8th annual Fordham Pricing Conference, New York, USA.

    2005

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M. 2004, 'A study of user adoption of automotive M-commerce services', The International Research Conference on Innovation in Information Technology, Dubai, U.A.E.

    2004

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M., Treiblmaier, H., Pinterits, A. & Madlberger, M. 2004, 'Information privacy concerns and e-commerce: An empirical investigation', AMCIS - Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York.

    2004

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M. 2004, 'Project management in e-learning projects – A case study', IPMA World Conference, Budapest, Hungary.

    2004

    Academic communications

  • Arami, M. & Wild, F. 2006, 'Barriers and Drivers of University E-Learning Projects – Case Study Learn@WU', In Pasion, B.& Woodard, G. (Eds.), Plan to learn case studies in e-learning project management. Toronto: McGraw-HillPublishing.

    2006

    Research books and book chapters