I started out studying for a BA in English Literature at Queen Mary’s (or QMW as it was then) and went on to do both my MA, (in Culture and Social Change) and PhD (in contemporary film and fiction) at the University of Southampton. I joined Warwick in 2017 from the University of Birmingham where I was based from 2004 having previously taught at Brunel University.

In 2016-17, I was the principal investigator on the AHRC funded project ‘Digital Technology and Human Vulnerability: Towards an Ethical Praxis’. In 2019-20, I was the principal investigator for the follow-on project 'Life:Moving Onwards: Ethical Praxis and the use of film in the International End of Life Community'. I am the director/curator of Screening Rights Film Festival, the Midlands International Festival of Social Justice film and debate, which launched in 2015.

• From Cairo, Egypt
• Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Warwick (LHCb Experiment - CERN) (2024 - current)
• Currently working on measuring W boson with full Run 2 data, building software for the TORCH detector planned for LHCb Upgrade 2 phase in the 2030s, leading the Innovative Analysis Techniques work package at LHCb, with focus on topics like Quantum Computing, GPUs, Novel Machine Learning techniques, and many others cutting-edge technologies.
• Particle Physics Ph.D. student at the University of Warwick (LHCb Experiment - CERN) (2020-2024)
• Ph.D. project was with LHCB (CERN). Thesis project involved new method to perform measurement of the W boson mass using the 5 TeV 2017 dataset of the LHCb experiment at CERN, with the goal of using it for measurement using full Run-2 data.
• MPhys at the University of Manchester (2016-2020)
• MPhys project was with ATLAS (CERN). Tried to prove Majorana Neutrinos exist using Left-Right Symmetric Models (SM Extension/BSM) and simulations
• Did some QA work with STAR group at Brookhaven National Lab (New York) for 6 months (search for Quark-Gluon Plasma using heavy ions)
• Former Secretary, International Representative, and the Particle Physics Group representative of the Postgraduate Student-Staff Liaison Committee of the University of Warwick Physics Department (Oct 2020 - Oct 2021)
• Short-distance sprinter (100m and 200m)
• Manchester United FC fan
• Hard rock and metal fan

I am currently an Assistant Professor (Teaching Focussed) in Economics. I completed my PhD from the University of Manchester in 2019. My research focuses on labour market dynamics, firm behaviour, and gender representation. In particular, I am interested in worker flows and the effects of technological change (the future of work) and ageing on labour market transitions.

Since completing my PhD, my research agenda has expanded to include topics in the economics of climate change, particularly those examining the relationship between environmental policies and international trade in environmental goods. This work reflects my broader interest in understanding how policy design can shape sustainable economic transitions.

I have extensive experience teaching Macroeconomics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels across the Department of Economics and Warwick Business School as detailed in my CV. In addition to my teaching responsibilities, I have supervised a substantial number of student research projects, 108 BSc dissertations and 21 MSc dissertations to date! Through these experiences, I have developed a strong ability to help students refine broad interests into well-defined, feasible research questions.

Beyond teaching and research, I am a keen advocate for “Women in Economics” and have served as an “academic advisor to female students” (2019-2025), supporting their academic development and wellbeing.

(ON STUDY LEAVE in the Academic Year 2025/26 – Term 2 & 3) 

Room: S0.60

Advice & feedback hours:

Term 2 - 2025/26

To book an appointment:

https://emanabdulla.youcanbook.me/

Tom Aben is an Assistant Professor in the Operations Management group at Warwick Business School. He received his PhD in Supply Chain Management from Tilburg University. Prior to his PhD, he was awarded a MSc in Supply Chain Management and a MSc in Academic Teaching from Tilburg University. Before joining Warwick Business School, Tom worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Tilburg University.

Tom's research is focused on the impact of digitalisation on both the intra-organisational and inter-organisational operations of organisations. More specifically, Tom is interested in how organisations implement and adopt (new) digital technologies, how digital transformations influence buyer-supplier relationships, and the role of a network of actors in the digital transformation of a complete sector. He integrates his primary research field of supply chain management with insights from the information systems field and the healthcare operations field.

I am Professor of Statistics & Data Science in the Department of Statistics and Adjunct Professor of Biostatistics in Warwick Medical School (WMS) at the University of Warwick, and am a NIHR Senior Investigator Emeritus as well as being Honorary Professor in the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York and Associate Director, Health Data Research (HDR) UK [Midlands]. Prior to this I held academic positions at the University of Leicester, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and King's College London. I also sit on the National Institute for health & Care Excellence (NICE) Diagnostics Advisory Committee (DAC), having previously been a member of NICE's Technology Appraisal Committee (TAC), and currently sit on the National Institute for Health & care Research (NIHR) Invention for Innovation (i4i) Product Development Awards (PDA) Committee.