Osaid Alshamleh is a PhD candidate in the Doctoral Program in International Business Taxation (DIBT) at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business and is affiliated with the Business Taxation Group at the Institute for Accounting and Auditing. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from An-Najah National University (Palestine), an MSc in Banking and Finance from Eastern Mediterranean University (Cyprus), and a qualification in Investment Appraisal and Project Finance from Queen’s University (Canada).

Prior to joining WU’s doctoral program in 2023, he worked in the financial sector and later as a financial analyst at Cambridge Resources International Inc., specializing in public finance and cost–benefit analysis. He was involved in the analysis and design of several governments’ tax systems, and the appraisal of public projects, in collaboration with international institutions such as the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. His doctoral research examines how recent global tax policies aimed at curbing profit shifting influence mergers and acquisitions.

Core discipline: Business