Dilshod is a Senior Lecturer at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation within Strathclyde Business School. He is also a graduate of Strathclyde, having previously completed his PhD in International Business in this institution. Before that, he completed his Masters degree in Management at Queen's University Belfast. His research is interdisciplinary and focuses on different aspects of international business and entrepreneurship, and in particular on such topics as the international expansion of SMEs (including via Global Value Chains), entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial development in challenging contexts, internationalisation of firms from emerging markets and transition economies, environmental sustainability of emerging market firms, and exploration of the impact of institutional environments on different firm activities.

Dilshod is regarded as one of the leading experts on issues of SME internationalisation and private sector development in the context of post-Socialist countries of Central Asia (particularly Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan). He has undertaken numerous research projects in the region, completed several fieldworks and published papers that seek to draw attention of academics and policymakers to how the process of transition to market economy is unfolding and influencing entrepreneurship and business development in the region. More recently, his focus has been on exploring opportunities and challenges associated with environmental upgrading and transition to environmentally sustainable practices among firms in Central Asia. As part of this research stream, he also explores how firms respond to and mitigate the various challenges of operating in environments characterised by rapid institutional change and uncertainty.

Dilshod's research draws on theories and concepts from economic thinking, institutional theory, international business, entrepreneurship and development studies. His research has been published in internationally-recognised peer-revied academic journals, such as International Business Review, Journal of Business Research, and International Marketing Review.

Alongside research, he also serves as Academic Director for one of Business School's flagship PGT programmes - the MSc in International Management. He teaches and coordinates a number of classes (e.g. Managing Across Cultures, Global Business Environment, Applied Strategic Management) at postgraduate levels within the Business School. Beyond his University responsibilities he is involved in various external roles, such as serving as an external examiner for University of Liverpool Management School and as a member of editorial review board for Journal of Business Research, among others. 

- Institutional theory, institutional voids

- SME internationalisation, Global Value Chains

- Entrepreneurship development in transition/emerging economies

- Environmental sustainability, environmental upgrading

- Applied Strategic Management

- Managing Across Cultures

- Global Business Environment