Ardalan is currently a PhD. candidate and sessional academic in the Department of Marketing, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He previously obtained his MBA in strategic management from the University of Science and Culture in Tehran in 2014 and from then on, he has taught subjects related to marketing and management at some universities. Besides teaching, he has worked in some marketing roles for companies in Tehran, Iran. Ardalan is also a member of the Young Researchers and Elites’ Club and of the National Elites’ Association, Iran. Furthermore, he is an advisory board member of Cambridge Scholar Publishing.

Research interests

His research interests are in the fields of business management, marketing management, marketing strategy, strategic management, branding, advertising, CRM, IMC, R&D, NPD, product design, creative design thinking, change and innovation management, consumer behaviour, e-commerce, e-marketing, organizational behaviour, and behavioural finance.

 Teaching interests

• Marketing strategy
• Marketing management
• Advertising management
• Brand management
• Consumer behaviour
• Strategic management
• Business management