Staff Profile
Lecturer (Fashion Business)
Academic and professional qualifications
Tahera graduated with BBA Hospitality Management from the Stenden University, Doha, Qatar in 2010. She undertook an MSc Financial Management from the Middlesex University, London in 2015. She undertook a PhD in digitalisation, IoT and supply chain graduating from the University of the West of Scotland in 2021.
Previous Employment
Tahera has held a number of appointments in higher education, having previously worked at the University of the West of Scotland and St Patricks College, London.
Projects and initiatives
Tahera worked as a Research Associate on prestigious EU ATHIKA (Advanced Training in Health Innovation Knowledge Alliance) and EU Safe-RH (Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, and Edge networking towards Rural Health monitoring) projects (funded by ErasmusPlus Programme of the EU) offering a blend of diverse work experiences.
Research
Research Interests
Tahera's research expertise lies in the state-of-the-art Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0/5.0 (I4.0/5.0) and digitalisation of manufacturing sector particularly the ubiquitous supply chain networks through smart sensors and systems. She has pioneered the socio-technical impacts of cutting-edge IoT technologies from performance perspective on a variety of use-cases such as smart factories, smart healthcare, circular economy, and I4.0. During her PhD., she developed solid multi-disciplinary research, combining methods from engineering, computer science, and business. She established rigorous theoretical frameworks to characterize firm performance, specifically in the manufacturing sector, when integrated with IoT, Blockchain, Big Data, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics.
Academic collaborations
Tahera has collaborated with academics from:
University of the West of Scotland
University of Glasgow
Aston University
Coventry University
University of Hull
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Middlesex University
Qatar University
Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
Expert reviewer for journals and publishers
Tahera is an active reviewer for journals including:
IEEE Access (since 2019)
MDPI Sensors (since 2020)
Journal Articles
Wasim, M., Ahmed, S., Kalsoom, T., Khan, MS., Rafi-Ul-Shan, PM., 2024. 'Market orientation and SME performance: Moderating role of IoT and mediating role of creativity', Journal of Small Business Management, 62 (2), pp. 938-965.
Ahmed, A., Kalsoom, T., Ur Rehman, M., Ramzan, N., Karim, S., Abbasi, Q., 2018. 'Design and study of a small implantable antenna design for blood glucose monitoring', Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal, 33 (10), pp. 1146-1151.
Kalsoom, T., Ahmed, S., Rafi-ul-Shan, PM., Azmat, M., Akhtar, P., Pervez, Z., Imran, MA., Ur-Rehman, M., 2024. 'Impact of IoT on Manufacturing Industry 4.0: A New Triangular Systematic Review', Sustainability, 13 (22), pp. 12506-12506.
Conference Papers
Mehmood, A., Kalsoom, T., Ahmed, S., 2021. 'Circular supply chain 4.0: a triangulation analysis review', The Logistics Research Network Annual Conference (LRN), Cardiff, UK, 8/9/2021 - 10/9/2021.
Safdar, GA., Kalsoom, T., Ramzan, N., 2020. 'Security Challenges in Cyber Systems', 2020 International Conference on UK-China Emerging Technologies (UCET), 20/8/2020 - 21/8/2020, in 2020 International Conference on UK-China Emerging Technologies (UCET).
Kalsoom, T., Ramzan, N., Ahmed, S., 2020. 'Societal Impact of IoT-Lead Smart Factory in the Context of Industry 4.0', 2020 International Conference on UK-China Emerging Technologies (UCET), 20/8/2020 - 21/8/2020, in 2020 International Conference on UK-China Emerging Technologies (UCET).
Uddin, H., Gibson, M., Safdar, GA., Kalsoom, T., Ramzan, N., Ur-Rehman, M., Imran, MA., 2019. 'IoT for 5G/B5G Applications in Smart Homes, Smart Cities, Wearables and Connected Cars', 2019 IEEE 24th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 11/9/2019 - 13/9/2019, in 2019 IEEE 24th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD).
Ur-Rehman, M., Kalsoom, T., Malik, NA., Safdar, GA., Chatha, HT., Ramzan, N., Abbasi, QH., 2018. 'A Wearable Antenna for mmWave IoT Applications', 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 8/7/2018 - 13/7/2018, in 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting.
Office Location
Room 2.26
Cavendish South
Manchester Fashion Institute
Manchester Metropolitan University
Cavendish Street
Manchester M15 6BG