Yr Athro Arman Eshraghi

Athro Cyllid a Buddsoddiad, Dirprwy Bennaeth Adran Ymchwil, Effaith ac Arloesi

: EshraghiA@caerdydd.ac.uk
: +44 29225 10880
: Adeilad Aberconwy, Ystafell E42, Rhodfa Colum, Cathays, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU

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Cefndir

Arman Eshraghi sy'n dal y Cadeirydd Cyllid a Buddsoddi yn Ysgol Busnes Caerdydd. Mae'n Gymrawd Shimomura o Fanc Datblygu Japan, Cymrawd Academi Addysg Uwch y DU a'r Ganolfan Astudio Ansicrwydd Gwneud Penderfyniadau yn UCL. Yng Nghaerdydd, mae Arman yn cyfarwyddo Grŵp Ymchwil Fintech, ac yn gwasanaethu fel Dirprwy Bennaeth Adran Ymchwil, Effaith ac Arloesi.

Cyn hynny, roedd Arman ym Mhrifysgol Caeredin, ac mae wedi dal swyddi gwadd ym Mhrifysgol Manceinion, Coleg Prifysgol Llundain, a Phrifysgol Caergaint yn Seland Newydd. Cyn y byd academaidd, roedd yn ymgynghorydd rheoli yn y sectorau bancio a thelathrebu. Mae gan Arman PhD mewn Cyllid o Brifysgol Caeredin, MBA gyda chanolbwynt cyllid a BSc mewn Peirianneg Drydanol, y ddau o Brifysgol Sharif yn Tehran. Canmolwyd ei ymchwil doethurol ac ôl-ddoethurol yn fawr gan EFMD Global, Emerald Literati, SFE Rising Star, a gwobrau EFG Young Scholar .

Ymchwil

Mae ymchwil academaidd Arman yn rhychwantu cyllid a chyfrifeg gyda diddordebau eang gan gynnwys rheoli buddsoddiadau, cyllid ymddygiadol, technoleg ariannol, llywodraethu corfforaethol, a chyfrifo beirniadol. Yn y cyfamser, dyfynnir ei waith yn y Financial Times, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Bloomberg a'r BBC, ac mae wedi cyfrannu at lawlyfrau a gyhoeddwyd gan Brifysgol Caergrawnt, Wiley, Springer, Emerald a Routledge.

Mae ei gyhoeddiadau cyfnodolyn yn ymdrin â chyllid (Review of Financial Studies; Adolygiad o Gyllid; Journal of Empirical Finance; Rheolaeth Ariannol Ewropeaidd; Adolygiad ariannol; Llywodraethu Corfforaethol: Adolygiad Rhyngwladol; Adolygiad Rhyngwladol o Ddadansoddi Ariannol; Adolygiad o Gyllid Meintiol a Chyfrifo; European Journal of Finance; Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money; Finance Research Letters), cyfrifyddu (Cyfrifeg, Sefydliadau a Chymdeithas; Cyfrifeg, Archwilio ac Atebolrwydd; Ymchwil Cyfrifeg a Busnes) Rheolaeth (British Journal of Management). Mae Arman hefyd yn cyfrannu'n weithredol at olygu cyfnodolion cyllid fel Cyd-olygydd International Review of Economics and Finance (IF: 4.5), Uwch Olygydd Cyllid Research Letters (IF: 10.4) a'r Global Finance Journal (IF: 5.2), a Chyd-olygydd Rhifyn Arbennig y European Journal of Finance . Mae wedi cynnal adolygiadau papur ar gyfer yr Adolygiad o Astudiaethau Ariannol, Journal of Corporate Finance; Journal of Banking and Finance; Rheolaeth Ariannol Ewropeaidd; Journal of Business Ethics; a Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Y tu hwnt i'r byd academaidd, mae'r Athro Eshraghi yn ymgysylltu ag ystod o sefydliadau yn y sector cyllid i gynnig ymchwil a hyfforddiant pwrpasol. Mae wedi rhoi sgyrsiau gwadd, ymhlith eraill, yn y Federal Reserve Bank (Efrog Newydd), Centre for European Economic Research (Mannheim), Sefydliad Cenedlaethol Marchnadoedd Gwarantau (Mumbai), a sefydliadau'r DU fel yr ONS, CFA UK Institute a CityUK. Mae Arman yn aelod o Fwrdd Cynghori Fintech Cymru, mae wedi cynghori nifer o gwmnïau yn y DU ym maes marchnadoedd ariannol, ac mae'n fentor yn Fintech Wales Foundry.

Addysgu

Mae Arman yn angerddol iawn am addysgu ac addysg. Y tu hwnt i Gaerdydd, mae wedi dysgu carfannau amrywiol yn y DU (Caeredin, Llundain, Manceinion, Warwick), Ewrop (Gwlad Belg, Denmarc, Netherland, Portiwgal) ac Asia (Tsieina, India, Gwlad Thai). Ar hyn o bryd mae'n arholwr allanol MSc Bancio a Chyllid Rhyngwladol yn Bayes (gynt, Cass) Ysgol Fusnes yn City, Prifysgol Llundain.

Fel arfer, mae addysgu Arman yn cynnwys cyrsiau MSc, MBA, PhD a gweithredol mewn rheoli buddsoddiadau, cyllid ymddygiadol, cyllid corfforaethol a fintech (mae rhestr lawn ar gael ar y tab addysgu uchod). Mae'n angerddol am arloesi mewn addysgu, ac mae ei gyrsiau wedi ennill gwobrau a bleidleisiwyd gan fyfyrwyr am yr Arloesedd Addysgu Gorau, y Cwrs Ôl-raddedig Gorau ac Addysgu Ysbrydoledig.

Cyfryngau

"Tech datgloi'r drws i godi arian corfforaethol ar gyfer buddsoddwyr manwerthu", Financial Times, 2020
"Neurofinance a pham mae rhai pobl yn gwneud arian yn haws nag eraill", BBC World, 2020
"Sut i fod yn fwy disgybledig am arbed ymddeol", YouTube, 2019
"Mae astudiaeth newydd yn cysylltu treftadaeth ddiwylliannol Prif Swyddog Gweithredol â pherfformiad corfforaethol", Forbes, 2018
"Mae penderfyniad Prif Swyddog Gweithredol wedi'i lunio gan fewnfudo", Adolygiad Busnes Harvard, 2018
"Delio ag egos mawr yn y swyddfa", Ignites Ewrop (Financial Times), 2018
"Perfformiad banc a'r DNA diwylliannol", Llywodraethu Corfforaethol Ysgol y Gyfraith Harvard, 2018
"Gall cyfran weithredol uchel arwain at enillion tlotach", Ignites Europe (Financial Times), 2018
"Mae treftadaeth ddiwylliannol yn effeithio ar berfformiad banc dan gystadleuaeth", Vox CEPR®, 2017
"Pan fydd byrddau banc yn mynd yn rhy glyd, disgwyliwch gamymddwyn", Vox CEPR®, 2016
"Symudodd tôn llais Alan Greenspan brisiau aur", Financial Times, 2013
"Nid dyna mae cadeiryddion Fed yn ei ddweud, dyna'r ffordd maen nhw'n ei ddweud", Washington Post, 2013
"Sut y symudodd 'tôn' Alan Greenspan aur ac arian", Globe and Mail, 2013
"Mae argyfwng Asiaidd 1997 yn dychwelyd wrth i China grynu", Bloomberg, 2013
"Byddwch yn wyliadwrus o beryglon eos sydd wedi'u gorlenwi", Financial Times (FTfm), 2012

Siarad Cyhoeddus a Chymedroli

Keynote, Mae angen i ni siarad am Bitcoin, Wythnos Tech Cymru, Rhithwir, 2021
Sgwrs panel, Safbwyntiau Ymddygiad ar Dechnoleg Ariannol, Fforymau Cudd-wybodaeth, Rhithwir, 2021
Sgwrs panel, Rheoli Cyfoeth yn yr Oes Ddigidol, Dyfodol Cyllid, Rhithwir, 2021
Safonwr, Darlith gyhoeddus gan Jonathan Hall, Bank of England, Virtual, 2021
Keynote, Uwchgynhadledd a Gwobrau Llwyth Arloesi y Times Economaidd, Rhithwir, 2020
Uwchnodyn, 'AI a Dyfodol Cyllid', Prifysgol Waikato, 2020
Keynote, Cynhadledd Fintech Wales ar 'Deallusrwydd a Chyllid Artiffisial', Caerdydd, 2020
Sgwrs panel, Gweithdy y Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol ar 'COVID-19 a'i Effaith', Rhithiol, 2020
TEDx Talk, Fintech and the Future of Finance, Prifysgol Caerdydd, 2019 (golygfeydd YouTube 100,000+)
Sgwrs panel, Gweithdy Effaith Sbarduno ESRC ar Dechnoleg Blockchain, Caerdydd, 2019
Sgwrs panel, Cynhadledd Genedlaethol CityUK mewn partneriaeth â PwC, Caerdydd, 2019
Sgwrs panel, Datblygiadau mewn Cyllid Ymddygiadol, Lefel 39, Llundain, 2018
Darlith gyhoeddus gan Alistair Darling, cyn-Ganghellor y Trysorlys, Caeredin, 2018
Keynote, Cynhadledd Gweithwyr Proffesiynol Cymdeithas Buddsoddi'r Almaen ar Neurofinance, Frankfurt, 2017
Keynote, Sefydliad Cenedlaethol Gwarantau Marchnadoedd Gweithdy Cyllid Ymddygiadol, Mumbai, 2016
Sgwrs panel, CFA Society of the UK Behavioural Finance Conference, Llundain, 2015
Sgwrs panel, Cynhadledd Banc Wrth Gefn Ffederal Efrog Newydd ar 'Diwylliant mewn Cyllid', NYC, 2015
Sgwrs panel, Canolfan Leibniz ar gyfer Ymchwil Economaidd Ewropeaidd Gweithdy Cyllid Ymddygiad Ymddygiadol, Mannheim, 2014

Mae rhestr lawn o seminarau ymchwil a chyflwyniadau cynhadledd ar gael ar y tab ymchwil uchod.

Ymgynghoriaeth a Chyfraniad i Baneli Arbenigol

Llywodraeth Cymru, aelod o Ymgynghoriad 'Technoleg mewn Gweithgynhyrchu', Caerdydd, 2020
Senedd Cymru, aelod o'r Gofrestr Arbenigwyr COVID-19, ers 2020
Fintech Wales, aelod o'r Bwrdd Cynghori, Caerdydd, ers 2019
Fintech Wales, aelod o Weithgor Sgiliau, Caerdydd ers 2019
Cyngor Ymchwil Norwy, aelod o Banel Dyfarnwyr Grant, Oslo, 2019
Fintech Scotland, cynrychiolydd Prifysgol Caeredin, Caeredin, 2017-18
Sefydliad CFA a CFA Society UK, aelod o Ford Gron Talent Cyllid, Caeredin, 2017-18
Scottish Financial Enterprise, aelod o Brosiect Strategaeth Gwasanaethau Ariannol, Caeredin, 2016
Cyngor Ymchwil Portiwgal, aelod o'r Panel Dyfarnwyr Grant, Lisbon, 2015

Date
Type

2024

Atawnah, N., Eshraghi, A., Baghdadi, G. and Bhatti, I. 2024. Managerial ability and firm value: A new perspective. Research in International Business and Finance 67(PartB), article number: 10213. (10.1016/j.ribaf.2023.102133)

2023

Alzayed, N., Eskandari, R., Eshraghi, A. and Yazdifar, H. 2023. Revisiting corporate governance and financial risk-taking. International Journal of Finance and Economics
Cheema, A. K., Eshraghi, A. and Wang, Q. 2023. Macroeconomic news and price synchronicity. Journal of Empirical Finance 73, pp. 390-412. (10.1016/j.jempfin.2023.08.002)
Altanlar, A., Amini, S., Holmes, P. and Eshraghi, A. 2023. Opportunism, overconfidence and irrationality: a puzzling triad. International Review of Financial Analysis 88, article number: 102643. (10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102643)
Liu, A., Jahanshahloo, H., Chen, J. and Eshraghi, A. 2023. Trading patterns in the Bitcoin market. European Journal of Finance (10.1080/1351847X.2023.2241883)
Tosun, O. K., Eshraghi, A. and Muradoglu, G. 2023. Learning financial survival from disasters. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 85, article number: 101778. (10.1016/j.intfin.2023.101778)
Alharbi, S., Atawnah, N., Ali, M. J. and Eshraghi, A. 2023. Gambling culture and earnings management: a novel perspective. International Review of Economics and Finance 86 (10.1016/j.iref.2023.03.039)
Eshraghi, A. 2023. Approaches to cryptocurrency valuation. In: Baker, H. K. et al. eds. The Emerald Handbook on Cryptoassets: Investment Opportunities and Challenges. Emerald, pp. 171-184., (10.1108/978-1-80455-320-620221012)

2022

Tosun, O. K., Jin, L., Taffler, R. and Eshraghi, A. 2022. Fund manager skill: selling matters more!. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 59(3), pp. 969-994. (10.1007/s11156-022-01065-9)
Tosun, O. and Eshraghi, A. 2022. Corporate decisions in times of war: Evidence from the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. Finance Research Letters 48, article number: 102920. (10.1016/j.frl.2022.102920)
Han, X., Sakkas, N., Danbolt, J. and Eshraghi, A. 2022. Persistence of investor sentiment and market mispricing. Financial Review 57(3), pp. 617-640. (10.1111/fire.12301)
Danbolt, J., Eshraghi, A. and Lukas, M. 2022. Investment transparency and the disposition effect. European Financial Management 28(3), pp. 834-864. (10.1111/eufm.12329)
Orihara, M. and Eshraghi, A. 2022. Corporate governance compliance and herding. International Review of Financial Analysis 80, article number: 102029. (10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102029)

2021

Tosun, O. K., Eshraghi, A. and Muradoglu, G. 2021. Staring death in the face: the financial impact of corporate exposure to prior disasters. British Journal of Management 32(4), pp. 1284-1301. (10.1111/1467-8551.12539)

2020

Jin, L., Taffler, R., Eshraghi, A. and Tosun, O. 2020. Fund manager conviction and investment performance. International Review of Financial Analysis 71, article number: 101550. (10.1016/j.irfa.2020.101550)

2019

Nguyen, D. D., Hagendorff, J. and Eshraghi, A. 2019. Misconduct in banking: Governance and the board of directors. In: Alexander, C. and Cumming, D. eds. Corruption and Fraud in Financial Markets: Malpractice, Misconduct and Manipulation. Wiley

2018

Taffler, R. and Eshraghi, A. 2018. Hedge funds as phantastic objects: a psychoanalytic perspective on financial innovations. In: Garvey, P. and Long, K. eds. The Klein Tradition: Lines of Development. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 391-410.
Nguyen, D. D., Hagendorff, J. and Eshraghi, A. 2018. Study: A CEO’s decision making is shaped by whether their parents were immigrants. Harvard Business Review
Nguyen, D. . D., Hagendorff, J. and Eshraghi, A. 2018. Does a CEO's cultural heritage affect performance under competitive pressure?. Review of Financial Studies 31(1), pp. 97-141. (10.1093/rfs/hhx046)

2017

Taffler, R. J., Spence, C. and Eshraghi, A. 2017. Emotional economic man: Calculation and anxiety in fund management. Accounting, Organizations and Society 61, pp. 53-67. (10.1016/j.aos.2017.07.003)

2016

Nguyen, D., Hagendorff, J. and Eshraghi, A. 2016. Can bank boards prevent misconduct?. Review of Finance 20(1), pp. 1-36. (10.1093/rof/rfv011)
Nguyen, D. D., Hagendorff, J. and Eshraghi, A. 2016. Value effects of bank executives. In: Rossi, S. P. S. and Malavasi, R. eds. Financial Crisis, Bank Behaviour and Credit Crunch. Contributions to Economics Springer

2015

Eshraghi, A. and Taffler, R. 2015. Heroes and victims: fund manager sensemaking, self-legitimation and storytelling. Accounting and Business Research 45(6-7), pp. 691-714. (10.1080/00014788.2015.1081556)
Nguyen, D. D. L., Hagendorff, J. and Eshraghi, A. 2015. Which executive characteristics create value in banking? Evidence from appointment announcements. Corporate Governance 23(2), pp. 112-128. (10.1111/corg.12084)

2014

Eshraghi, A. and Taffler, R. 2014. Emotional finance and fiduciary responsibility. In: Hawley, J. P. et al. eds. Cambridge Handbook of Institutional Investment and Fiduciary Duty. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 254-264.
Eshraghi, A. 2014. Fund manager overconfidence and investment narratives. In: Hart, R. P. ed. Communication and Language Analysis in the Corporate World. IGI Global, pp. 1-20.

2012

Eshraghi, A. and Taffler, R. 2012. Hedge funds and unconscious fantasy. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 25(8), pp. 1244. (10.1108/09513571211275461)

Research Interests

Behavioural investing, fund management, behavioural corporate finance
Financial technology, big data, textual analysis in finance
Corporate governance, board structure, governance in banking
Interdisciplinary and critical accounting, discourse analysis, sensemaking

Selected Media Coverage

“Tech unlocks the door to corporate fundraising for retail investors”, Financial Times, 2020
“Neurofinance and why some people make money more easily than others”, BBC World, 2020
"How to be more disciplined about retirement saving", YouTube, 2019
“New study links a CEO’s cultural heritage with corporate performance”, Forbes, 2018
“A CEO’s decision making is shaped by immigration”, Harvard Business Review, 2018
“Dealing with big egos in the office”, Ignites Europe (Financial Times), 2018
“Bank performance and the cultural DNA”, Harvard Law School Corporate Governance, 2018
“High active share may lead to poorer returns”, Ignites Europe (Financial Times), 2018
“Cultural heritage affects bank performance under competition”, Vox CEPR, 2017
“When bank boards get too cozy, expect misconduct”, Vox CEPR, 2016
“Alan Greenspan’s tone of voice moved gold prices”, Financial Times, 2013
“It’s not what Fed chairmen say, it’s the way they say it”, Washington Post, 2013
“How Alan Greenspan’s ‘tone’ moved gold and silver”, Globe and Mail, 2013
"No 1997 Asian Crisis Return as China Trembles", Bloomberg, 2013
“Beware the dangers of overinflated egos”, Financial Times (FTfm), 2012

Invited Research Seminars

Aston University, UK, 2022
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 2022
University of Reading, UK, 2022
University of the North, Colombia, 2021
Queen Mary University, UK, 2021
University of Exeter, UK, 2020
Leeds University, UK, 2019
University of St Andrews, UK, 2019
University College Dublin, Ireland, 2019
Queen’s University Belfast, UK, 2019
Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, 2019
University of Porto, Portugal, 2019
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 2018
Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, 2018
City University of London, UK, 2018
Swansea University, UK, 2018
University of Aarhus, Denmark, 2018
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany, 2018
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 2017
Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, 2017
Newcastle University, UK, 2017
San Diego State University, US, 2017
Glasgow University, UK, 2017
University of Leipzig, Germany, 2017
Bangor University, UK , 2017
University of Aarhus, Denmark, 2016
University of Algarve, Portugal, 2016
University of Stirling, UK, 2015
Heriot-Watt University, UK, 2015
University of Texas at Austin, US, 2014
University of Laval, Quebec, Canada, 2012
University of Maastricht, Netherlands, 2012

Conference Presentations

‘c’ indicates presentation by co-author

Behavioural Finance Working Group Conference, Virtual, 2021, c
Boca Corporate Finance and Governance Conference, Virtual, 2020
BBS Conference on the Developments in Financial Technology, Virtual, 2020
Infiniti Conference on International Finance, Glasgow, 2019
European Financial Management Association Meeting, Azores, 2019, c
Financial Management Association European Conference, Glasgow, 2019, c
Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality, Max Planck Institute, Berlin, 2018
Harvard Behavioral Decision Research in Management Conference, Boston, 2018, c
Financial Management Association Global Conference, San Diego, 2018, c
Infiniti Conference on International Finance, Poznan, 2018
Global Finance Association Conference, Paris, 2018
Manchester Business School Conference on Hedge Funds, Manchester, 2017
Academy of Behavioral Finance Global Conference, Los Angeles, 2017
Harvard Business School BIG Ideas Doctoral Workshop, Boston, 2017, c
British Accounting and Finance Association Conference, Edinburgh, 2017
Research in Behavioural Finance Conference, Amsterdam, 2016
Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference, Lisbon, 2016, c
Financial Management Association Global Conference, Las Vegas, 2016
Behavioural Finance Working Group Conference, London, 2013-2017, Two Best Paper Awards
Infiniti Conference on International Finance, Ljubljana, 2015
Consortium on Activist Investors and Corporate Governance, London 2015, c
CFA Institute Program Partner Conference, Edinburgh, 2015
Financial Management Association European Annual Meeting, Venice 2015, c, Best Paper Award Finalist
International Review of Financial Analysis Conference on Gold, Hamburg, 2015, Best Paper Award
European Financial Management Association Meeting, Amsterdam 2015, c
Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Sydney, 2014
Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Nashville 2014, c
Financial Management Association European Annual Meeting, Maastricht 2014, c
Conference on Discourse Approaches in Financial Communication, Locarno, 2014
Emerging Scholars in Banking and Finance Conference, London 2014, c
The Dutch Central Bank Workshop on Board Diversity, Amsterdam 2014, c
Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, Kobe, 2013
British Accounting and Finance Association Conference, Newcastle, 2013
Eastern Finance Association Conference, Boston, 2012
Conference on the Role of Expectations in Financial Markets, Mannheim, 2012
Academy of Behavioral Finance Global Conference, Chicago, 2010

Current and past teaching includes the courses below covering diverse class sizes and student backgrounds:

Financial Technology and Behaviour (MSc)
Finance and Investment (MSc/MBA)
Corporate Finance (MBA)
Behavioural Finance (MSc)
Equity Valuation (MSc)
Investment Management (MSc)
Digital Transformation, Organizations and Society (MBA)
Advanced Topics in Finance and Accounting (PhD)

My teaching philosophy seeks student-focused learning and initiating conceptual changes. I am passionate about teaching innovations and led a research project on transforming finance education using investment/trading simulation platforms. My teaching has won awards voted by students for Best Teaching Innovation in 2017, Best Postgraduate Course in 2016, Inspirational Teaching in 2015 and several other nominations.

Inter alia, I have delivered postgraduate and executive programmes in the UK (Edinburgh, Warwick, Cardiff, London), Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Portugal) and Asia (Iran, India, Thailand). I have also some experience teaching personal finance for Wallich, a homelessness charity, and primary school students from a deprived area of Wales.

Executive education and industry engagement are among my key interests. I designed a two-day executive masterclass in 2015 on 'Advances in Behavioural Finance' which has since been delivered to several British, American, Indian and Chinese organisations. Other bespoke training delivered in the UK and internationally includes:

Help to Grow Management BEIS Department, UK government, 2021
Excellence in the Finance Function National Health Service Wales, UK, 2018-21
Finance for Non-financial Managers BECT Building Contractors, UK, 2020
Textual Analysis in Finance Walter Scott & Partners, UK, 2019
Advances in Financial Technology Cohort of finance managers, UK, 2019
Finance, Behaviour and Sustainability Cohort of sustainability managers, UK, 2018
Applications of Behavioural Finance Aetna Inc (CVS Health), US, 2017
Finance for Media Companies Scottish Television plc, UK, 2016-17
Advances in Behavioural Finance Scottish Widows plc, UK, 2016
Advances in Behavioural Finance Huarong Asset Management, China, 2015
Applied Corporate Finance Guangzhou CPA Association, China, 2014

Educational Background

PhD in Finance, University of Edinburgh, 2012
Thesis: Professional Investor Psychology and Investment Performance
Advisory committee: Richard Taffler, Seth Armitage

MBA, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 2005
Concentration in finance; Thesis: Signalling with Stock Market Indices

BSc in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 2003
Concentration in telecommunications; Thesis: Essays on Visual Cryptography

Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau

Research

Best Academic Programme finalist, Fintech Wales Awards, 2021
Scottish Crucible Fellowship, 2018
Shimomura Fellowship, Development Bank of Japan, 2018
Sustained Excellence Award, University of Edinburgh, 2017
Finalist, Scottish Financial Enterprise Rising Star Award sponsored by EY, 2017
Best Paper Award Finalist, Financial Management Association European Conference, Venice, 2015
Best Paper Award, International Review of Financial Analysis Conference on Gold, 2015
Best Paper Award (twice), Behavioural Finance Working Group Conference, London, 2014-15
Highly Commended PhD Research, European Foundation for Management Development, 2014
Young Scholar Award for Research in Financial Discourse, European Financial Group, 2014
Highly Commended, Emerald Literati Award for Research Excellence, 2013

Teaching

Best Teaching Innovation Award, University of Edinburgh Business School, 2017
Selected in the University of Edinburgh Teaching Excellence Poster Campaign, 2017-18
Best Course Award, University of Edinburgh Business School, 2016
Inspirational Teaching Award, University of Edinburgh Business School, 2015
Nominated 14 times, University of Edinburgh Annual Teaching Awards, 2012-18
Best Postgraduate Tutor, Manchester Business School, 2010

Pre-academia

PhD scholarship at the University of Edinburgh, 2007-11
Third rank in the MBA graduating class of Iran’s most selective business school, 2005
First rank in Iran's National Admissions Test for postgraduate business programmes, 2003
Admitted to Iran’s most selective (top 0.02%) engineering programme, 1999

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

Director, Cardiff Corporate Governance Research Group, Cardiff University
Co-director, Cardiff Fintech Research Group, Cardiff University
Fellow, Centre for Study of Decision-Making Uncertainty, UCL
Fellow, Development Bank of Japan
Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Former Member, Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh
Former Member, Academic Senate, University of Edinburgh

Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol

Professor of Finance and Investment, Cardiff University, 2018-present
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Finance and Accounting, University of Edinburgh, 2016-18
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Finance and Accounting, University of Edinburgh, 2013-16
Postdoctoral Fellow in Finance, University of Edinburgh, 2011-13
Visiting Doctoral Fellow, University of Manchester, 2010-11
Visiting Doctoral Fellow, University College London, 2008-09

Pwyllgorau ac adolygu

Co-Editor: International Review of Economics & Finance

Senior Editor: Finance Research Letters and Global Finance Journal

Special Issue Guest Editor: European Journal of Finance

Ad-hoc Reviewer: Journal of Corporate Finance; Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of Business Ethics; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; British Accounting Review; European Journal of Finance; Finance Research Letters; Global Finance Journal; Multinational Finance Journal; Business Ethics: A European Review; Review of Behavioral Finance; Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance; Qualitative Research in Financial Markets

Member of Grant Review Panel: Research Council of Norway and Research Council of Portugal

I am interested in advising PhD projects in the following broad areas:

Behavioural investing, fund management, behavioural corporate finance
Financial technology, big data, textual analysis in finance
Corporate governance, board structure, governance in banking
Interdisciplinary and critical accounting, discourse analysis, sensemaking

Note to prospective doctoral applicants:

Please include in your introductory email a detailed research proposal, CV, motivation letter and references.
Read these helpful tips (here and here) about writing research proposals.
Review this information about our PhD programme and the research interests of my colleagues.

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