Mahani Hamdan

Mahani Hamdan is Senior Assistant Professor in Accounting and Finance at UBD School of Business and Economics, and also serves as Director for the Institute of Policy Studies and Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Advancement, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD). She obtained her first degree in Accounting and Financial Management from the University of Sheffield; a Master degree with distinction from the University of Leeds; and PhD from Queensland University of Technology in the field of organisational management and psychology. She learned about public policies, governance and politics during her post-doctoral period at Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, through the Independent Leader Scholar Programme. Her current research interests are in the areas of accounting for non-public interest entities, operational excellence, leadership, public finance and governance. She is the co-author of Brunei Darussalam: Making Strides with a Renewed Focus on the Future for Southeast Asian Affairs 2019, and co-editor of Stability, Growth and Sustainability: Catalysts for Socio-economic Development in Brunei Darussalam in 2023 published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. Besides teaching, research, and administrative services in UBD, she is also a member of Brunei Darussalam Accounting Standards Council and Income Tax Board of Review.

Publications

Global Trends in Governance and Policy Paradigms
Global Trends in Governance and Policy Paradigms
Mahani Hamdan, Muhammad Anshari, Norainie Ahmad, Emil Ali. © 2024. 453 pages.
Major paradigm shifts are occurring at rates that are difficult to keep up with, such as a rise in neoliberal paradigm trends, the emergence of new paradigms in response to...
Public Policy’s Role in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
Public Policy’s Role in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
Mahani Hamdan, Muhammad Anshari, Norainie Ahmad, Emil Ali. © 2023. 370 pages.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. The academic community...
Digital Health, Post COVID-19 Pandemic, and a Public Policy Perspective
Digital Health, Post COVID-19 Pandemic, and a Public Policy Perspective
Muhammad Anshari, Mahani Hamdan, Emil Ali, Norainie Ahmad. © 2023. 14 pages.
COVID-19 was a global pandemic that spread rapidly and caused public anxiety and concern. Various precautions have been attempted to reduce the intensity of the pandemic and its...
Radiological Detector Aircraft for Marine Life's Sustainability in Supporting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Radiological Detector Aircraft for Marine Life's Sustainability in Supporting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Aldi Alauddin Pattiroei, Muhammad Anshari, Mahani Hamdan, Emil Ali. © 2023. 18 pages.
Sustainable development goals (SDGs) aim to protect oceans by ensuring their sustainable use. This includes safeguarding marine and coastal habitats, reducing marine pollution...
Paving the Way for the Development of FinTech Initiatives in ASEAN
Paving the Way for the Development of FinTech Initiatives in ASEAN
Mahani Hamdan, Muhammad Anshari. © 2021. 19 pages.
Financial technology (FinTech) is not one to be ignored under any circumstances. It is not only growing as a concept but a phenomenon that has been manifested in non-financial...
Paving the Way for the Development of FinTech Initiatives in ASEAN
Paving the Way for the Development of FinTech Initiatives in ASEAN
Mahani Hamdan, Muhammad Anshari. © 2020. 28 pages.
Financial technology (FinTech) is not one to be ignored under any circumstances. It is not only growing as a concept but a phenomenon that has been manifested in non-financial...
From Words to Integers and Beyond in Corporate Life
From Words to Integers and Beyond in Corporate Life
Boris Kabanoff, Mahani Hamdan. © 2014. 18 pages.
Drawing upon the chapters from this volume for exemplars, this chapter provides a critical appreciation of Computer-Aided Text Analysis (CATA), a method that analyses texts that...