Associate Professor Dr. Abdul Rahim Ridzuan is a senior economics lecturer from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Melaka campus. He pursued his Degree in Economics, specializing in International Economics at Universiti Multimedia, Melaka and then continued his Master Degree, specializing in International Economics at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He completed his PhD in International Economics at Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2017. Currently he a research fellow at Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (IBDAAI) Universiti Teknologi MARA, and Centre for Economic Development and Policy (CEDP), Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Besides, he also holds an associate fellow at Accounting Research Institute, and Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Policy, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. He is also actively engage in international collaboration with foreign universities as Visiting Scholar and Visiting Professor. Based on his record, he has been appointed as Visiting Fellow and Adjunct Professor for Faculty of Economics and Business of Universiti Airlangga, Indonesia, Visiting Fellow for Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, University of Trakya, Turkey, Visiting Professor for the Faculty of Economics, University of Kadiri, Indonesia, as well as Visiting Professor at Faculty of Economics and Business at University of Lampung, Indonesia. Besides active in supervision, he is also an avid researcher with more than 120 publications in indexed journals, proceedings, chapters in book, newsletters, and others. He has obtained more than RM900k research grants at national level and has won more than 25 gold and 5 special awards from both local and international innovation competitions. He received a prestigious, Academic Promising Award in 2018, Research Promising Award in 2021 and Most Prolific Author Award in 2020 for his outstanding performance. Besides he has won more than 25 other awards such as Best Article award, Anugerah Khas Rektor for General Publication category, Index Publication awards, and Consultation awards.