Dr. Amal Ahmadi

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Dr. Amal Ahmadi is an Associate Professor at the American University of Bahrain (AUBH). She previously spent over a decade at Henley Business School, University of Reading (UK), where she held several academic leadership roles. Before entering academia, she worked in Bahrain’s banking and financial services sector.

Her PhD examined the leadership knowing-doing gap, with a focus on how fear shapes the translation of leadership learning into action. Her current interdisciplinary research investigates the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral mechanisms underlying leadership, leadership development, entrepreneurship, and workplace emotions. She has presented at major international conferences and published in leading academic journals.

A recipient of the Crown Prince’s International Scholarship, Dr. Ahmadi has earned multiple awards, including the Best Doctoral Paper Award at the 2014 Emotions and Organizational Life (Emonet) Conference in Philadelphia (USA). She has supervised and examined a wide range of research projects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She is committed to research-led teaching, industry–academia collaboration, and mentoring future scholars and leaders.