Professors

Dr. Selim Mekdessi

  • Rank
    Professor
  • Degree
    Habilitation to Supervise Researches (HDR) – after a Ph.D.
  • Specialization
    Business Administration
  • Major
    Finance

Born in Kafar-Akka, Koura, in 1973

 

Scientific Qualifications

  • Habilitation/Accreditation to Supervise Researches (HDR) in Business Administration Sciences from Jean Moulin University Lyon III – France
  • PhD in Business Administration Sciences (Finance & Innovation) from Jean Moulin University Lyon III – France
  • Trainer Certificate in Participatory Learning and Innovative Teaching Methods from the International Training Center (ITC) of the International Labor Organization (ILO) - Italy

Professional Career

  • Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the Lebanese University since March 2019
  • Coordinator of the Employability Sub-Network at the Union of Mediterranean Universities UNIMED (Italy); the Employability Sub-Network at UNIMED includes 31 universities from 15 countries of the two shores of the Mediterranean
  • Member Board of Directors at the National Library, Lebanon
  • Founder of the Center of Careers, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Centre MINE) at the Lebanese University in 2019
  • Founder of 3 “Generation of Innovation Leaders” Labs (GIL) at the Lebanese University (North, Beirut and South) in 2019, aiming to create a generation of young leaders and innovators; funded by UNICEF
  • Founder of 2 FabLabs (Digital Fabrication Laboratories) at the Lebanese University (North and South) in 2020; funded by UNICEF
  • Founder of the Center for Sustainability and Gender Equality at the Lebanese University in 2021
  • Member of the Technical Committee specialized in evaluating Lebanese private universities programs at the General Directorate of Higher Education at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Lebanon
  • Expert at the Agency for the Evaluation of the Quality of Higher Education (AEQES), an independent public service agency, which practices a formative evaluation of higher education programs organized in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation
  • Evaluator (Higher Education Country Expert) in the FIBAA accreditation program (an international accreditation body to accredit Business Schools and Faculties of Business Administration)
  • Visiting Researcher at the “Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne” – France
  • Researcher at the “Socio-Economic Institute of Firms and Organizations” (ISEOR), Research Center at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France
  • Director of the Mutual Fund of Lebanese University Professors (2017-2021)
  • Author of many scientific and academic publications, member of the editorial board and member of scientific committees in a number of international scientific journals

 

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