Biasa dipanggil Pak Jihad, Muhammad Nurjihadi bergabung di UTS sejak tahun 2013 pada Program Studi Ekonomi Pembangunan. Pak Jihad adalah salah satu dosen senior yang bergabung sejak awal pendirian UTS. Selama karirnya di UTS, Pak Jihad telah dipercaya untuk memimpin berbagai unit kerja, mulai dari Kepala Badan Pengembangan SDM (BPSDM) UTS tahun 2014, Kepala UPT Beasiswa tahun 2015, Wakil Rektor III UTS, serta kini mengemban amanah sebagai Dekan FEB UTS sejak tahun 2020 – 2024.

Selain itu, pada tahun 2016, Pak Jihad juga menginisiasi dan memimpin pelaksanaan kegiatan internasional pertama di wilayah Pulau Sumbawa yang dihadiri oleh lebih dari 500 orang mahasiswa dan dosen dari seluruh negara ASEAN melalui program ASEAN University Youth Summit (AUYS) 2016. Pak Jihad menyelesaikan Pendidikan S1-nya pada jurusan Sosial-Ekonomi (Sosek) Pertanian Universitas Mataram pada tahun 2011. Selanjutnya Pak Jihad mendapatkan gelar magister dari Program Studi Ilmu Perencanaan Pembangunan Wilayah dan Pedesaan (PWD), Fakultas Ekonomi dan Manajemen (FEM) IPB University pada tahun 2013. Saat ini, Pak Jihad juga sedang menempuh Pendidikan Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) pada bidang ekonomi digital di Azman Hashim International Business School (AHIBS) UTM dengan skema pendidikan by Research yang disponsori oleh Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN).

Dengan background Pendidikan sebagaimana disebutkan diatas, Pak Jihad merupakan salah satu ahli Ekonomi Pertanian dan Pembangunan Pedesaan di FEB UTS. Oleh karenanya, Pak Jihad umumnya mengajar berbagai mata kuliah yang sesuai bidang keahliannya, yaitu: Ekonomi Pertanian, Ekonomi Sumber Daya Alam dan Lingkungan (ESDAL), Ekonomi Politik, dan Sejarah Pemikiran Ekonomi (SPE) yang merupakan bahasan utama dalam area studi pembangunan.

Selain aktif dalam aktifitas pengajaran dan keilmuan, Pak Jihad juga memiliki banyak pengalaman sebagai penerima grant atau hibah eksternal untuk melaksanakan kegiatan penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat, baik dari dalam maupun luar negeri. Diantara yang paling bergengsi adalah hibah pelaksanaan survey pemetaan kebutuhan pengungsi korban gempa NTB dari International Organization for Migration (IOM) dengan nilai hampir Rp 2 Miliar pada tahun 2018-2019, berbagai hibah penelitian pengembangan industri dan ekonomi pedesaan dari Badan Riset dan Inovasi Daerah (BRIDA) NTB dengan total lebih dari Rp 500 juta selama 2020-2022, juga hibah pengabdian masyarakat untuk penguatan literasi dan inklusi keuangan masyarakat pedesaan dari Bank Indonesia (BI) dan Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) pada tahun 2020.

Saat ini, fokus penelitian pak Jihad lebih banyak mengarah pada tema-tema pembangunan ekonomi pada masyarakat pedesaan, pengembangan UMKM, serta adopsi teknologi digital dan dampaknya terhadap perekonomian. Mahasiswa yang berkeinginan untuk dibimbing tugas akhir oleh Pak Jihad harus dapat menyesuaikan rencana penelitiannya dengan fokus penelitian Pak Jihad ini

List of Publications

  • Consumer Behavior Towards Purchase Intention of Seafood
    Processed Products in the Province of Nusa Tenggara Barat
    International Journal of Scientific Research and Management
    (IJSRM) 2022
  • Policy and Program Priorities to Accelerate Unemployment
    Declining Progress in Sumbawa Regency; AHP Approach
    International Journal of Innovative Science and Research
    Technology (IJSRT) 2021
  • IDENTIFYING POTENTIALS OF PROCESSED MARINE PRODUCTS AND
    MARINE BASED INDUSTRY AS STRATEGY TO EMPOWER LOCAL
    COMMUNITY IN COASTAL REGION OF SUMBAWA, INDONESIA
    International Journal of Economics, Businesses, and
    Management Research (IJEBMR) 2021
  • Tax Morale and Willingness to Pay Vehicles Taxpayers
    International Journal of Progressive Sciences and Technologies
    (IJPSAT) 2021
  • The Role of Rural Public Owned Enterprises in Empowering Women to
    Improve Household Prosperity in Lunyuk, Sumbawa
    Published in Nusantara Journal of Economics Vol 3 (1) May 2021
  • Households Livelihood Strategies of Poor Fishermen in the Village of Labu
    Ijuk, Sumbawa
    Published in Nusantara Journal of Economics Vol 2 (1), May 2020 
  • Households Resilience and Livelihood Strategies of Farmers During The
    Emergency Period of 2018 Lombok Earthquake in North Lombok Regency
    Published in the Journal of Agroteksos Volume 29 No. 03 December 2019 March 2020
  • Review on The Idea of Agrarian Reform in Indonesia: Discourse and
    Economic Ideological Conflict
    Published in the Nusantara Journal of Economics (NJE) Volume 01 No. 02
    December 2019 December 2019
  • Identification of A Village Leading Commodities in Order to Develop Public
    Owned Rural Enterprise in the Village of Semamung, Sumbawa Regency
    Published in the Journal of Economics and Businesses (JEBI) Vol 04 (1) / 2019 September 2019
  • Analysis of Rice Cultivators Income and Its Comparison to Poverty Line
    Indicators
    Published in the Journal of Tambora Volume 03 No 01 / 2018 December 2017
  • Analysis of The Economic Basic Sectors and Structural Shifts in Order to
    Enhance Economic Growth in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province in the
    Period of 2000-2015
    Published in Journal of Indonesian Economics and Businesses (JEBI) Volume
    02 No 02 / 2017 Juli 2017
  • The Vicious Circle of Poverty in Rural Society, Case Study of Tobacco
    Farmers in the Rural Area of Lombok Island
    Published in Sodality, Journal of Rural Development and Sociology Volume 04
    No 02 / 2016 September 2016
  • Circular Cumulative Causation Theory and its Impact to Regional
    Economic Leakages, Case Study of Tobacco Agribusiness in Lombok
    Island
    Published in Journal of Indonesian Economics and Businesses (JEBI) Volume
    01 No 02 / 2016 September 2016

Summary of Experience

  • Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Businesses UTS March 2020 – 2024
  • Expert Team of Recovery and Reconstruction Acceleration For The
    Victims of 2018 Lombok – Sumbawa Earthquake
    Social and Economic Expert (Consultant) 2019
  • Founder and Director of Sahabat Desa Institute – SDI January 2018 – now 
  • Vice of Dean
    Faculty of Economics and Businesses University of Technology Sumbawa October 2017 – now
  • Vice Rector in Student Affairs
    University of Technology Sumbawa (UTS) January 2015 – August 2016 
  • Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Development Economic
    Faculty of Economics and Businesses University of Technology Sumbawa December 2013 – now
  • Founder and President Director of Bogor Sciences Club (BSC) 2013 –2014

Award and Fellowship

  • Research Grant on Developing Strategies to Improve Regional Government
    Fiscal Capacity
    Funded by the Government of West Nusa Tenggara Province 2021
  • Research Grant on Developing Strategies to Develop Community based
    Industry in West Nusa Tenggara Province
    Funded by the Government of West Nusa Tenggara Province 2021
  • Research Grant to Develop Mid Term Regional Development Planning for
    Investment and Trade in Sumbawa Regency
    Funded by The Government of Sumbawa Regency 2020
  • Research and Public Service Grant for Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM)
    Funded by Internasional Organization for Migration (IOM) and USAID 2018 – 2019
  • Research Grant for Young Lecturer 2018
    Funded by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education to
    cunduct a research entitled “Analysis of Rural Leading Commodities in Sumbawa
    as a ground to develop Public Rural Enterprises” 2018
  • Research Grant for Young Lecturer 2017
    Funded by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education to
    cunduct a research entitled “Analysis of Rice Farmers Income and its contribution
    to Rural Poverty in Sumbawa” 2017
  • Course of English for Academic Purposes
    Funded by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education Nov 2016 to Jan 2017
  • Recipient of Superior Scholarship (Beasiswa Unggulan)
    Graduate student scholarship from the Ministry of Indonesian Higher Education August 2011 – August 2013
  • The Best Graduate of Mataram University
    Awarded in Graduation Ceremony of Mataram University June 2011