Professor Awwad is a former member of the University Council at his previous institution, Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie, in addition to having chaired several committees, including the Scientific Committee. He is recognized for his pioneering work in corporate governance, financial performance, FinTech adoption, digital transformation, and artificial intelligence (AI) applications in finance and sustainability. Over his career, he has authored and co-authored more than 70 peer-reviewed research papers and 14 refereed book chapters published by Springer Nature, Emerald Publishing, IGI Global, and other international publishers.

His scholarly work bridges finance, governance, and technology, emphasizing the role of AI and digital innovation in enhancing corporate transparency, sustainability, and institutional performance. Professor Awwad has also been featured as an Outstanding Reviewer Awardee in the Emerald Literati Awards (2022) and is a member of multiple editorial and scientific boards across globally indexed journals. He has served as session chair, keynote speaker, and organizing committee member in major international conferences held in Bahrain, Jordan, Turkey, and Europe.

Editorial and Scholarly Leadership

Prof. Awwad is a Book Editor and Editorial Board Member of several international and regional academic platforms. He currently serves as:

• Book Editor, AI and IoT: Driving Business Success and Sustainability in the Digital Age, Studies in Systems, Decision and Control (Springer, 2025).
• Editor, Sustainability in Light of Governance and Artificial Intelligence Applications (Emerald Publishing, 2025).
• Editor, AI Revolution: Driving Business Innovation and Research, Book Volume 1 and 2, Studies in Systems, Decision and Control (Springer, 2025).
• Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Business and Socio-economic Development (JBSED) – Emerald Publishing.
• Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Business Ethics and Governance (IJBEG).
• Book Editor, Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Business, Education and Healthcare (Springer Nature, 2021).

He has served as a peer reviewer for over 60 international journals, including Competitiveness Review, Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, Accounting Research Journal, Development and Learning in Organizations, and Asian Journal of Accounting Research. His active reviewing role earned him the prestigious Outstanding Reviewer Award for International Scientific Research (Emerald Literati Awards, 2022).

Professional Affiliations

• Member, International Arab Conference on Quality Assurance of Higher Education (IACQA)
• Member, international committee in Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT 2020), (ICBT 2021), (ICBT 2024)
• Member, international committee in Innovative Horizons Conference 2025, (Insights for Technology, Sustainability and Education in the Digital Era 2025(.
• Member, the scientific committee in the first conference of research students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies – Palestine Technical University Kadoorie 2022.
• Member, European Centre for Research Training and Development (ECRTD-UK)

Awards and Recognitions

Prof. Awwad has received multiple academic and scientific distinctions in recognition of his outstanding contributions to research and academia:

• Outstanding Reviewer Award for International Scientific Research (Emerald Literati Awards, 2022).
• Certificate of Excellence for his role as Session Chair, International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT, 2021).
• Appreciation Award for representing Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie as a Member of the Organizing Committee, ICBT 2024 (University of Jordan, Amman).
• Award of thanks and appreciation for the supervisory role on the master’s theses in public administration and membership in the scientific committee of the first conference for postgraduate studies at Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie.
• Obtaining several scientific awards for scientific reference and distinguished research from the Faculty of Scientific Research at Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie

Arab conferences:

1. Participation in the Fifth International Arab Conference on Higher Education Quality Assurance as a keynote speaker with a research paper entitled: – Higher Education Governance and its Impact on the Quality of Scientific Research: Evidence from Palestine and Bahrain, Research No. (44) Dated (3-5/3/2015), which Published in the conference book, United Arab Emirates, University of Sharjah.
2. Participation in the Seventh International Conference on Islamic Marketing as a keynote speaker with a research paper entitled: Independence of the Board of Directors of Gulf Islamic Banks and its relationship to performance, on (4-6/5/2016) Kingdom of Morocco, Casablanca, which was published in the Journal of Islamic Management and Leadership, Volume Two, Issue (1) 2017.
3. Participation in the Tenth International Arab Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education as a keynote speaker with a research paper entitled: – The role of the characteristics of the boards of trustees of Arab universities in ensuring the quality of higher education, research number (33) dated (16-18/11/2022), which was published in Conference book, Jordan, Zarqa University.

Foreign conferences:

1. Participation in the conference “3rd International Conference of Development and Economy” I.CO.D. ECON. With a paper entitled: “Board Interlocking and Firm Performance: the role of foreign ownership” (Hamdan, A Awwad, B,) Search code number is D5. Which took place in Kalamata, Greece, from 03-06 of May 2018. The research was not published.
2. Participation in the International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT 2021). With a paper entitled: “Capital Adequacy and Profitability Indicators: An Empirical Study on Palestinian Banks” Search code number is ICBT2021, vol 487, which took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 06-07 of November 2021.