Jia Lu

Jia Lu

Dr, Assistant Professor in Finance

  • EH14 4AS

    United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

corporate governance, risk-taking behavior, firm performance, financial technology, capital markets and ESG.

20232023

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Biography

I completed my PhD in Banking & Finance at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), UK in July 2017, and then started to work at Liverpool Hope University as a lecturer in Accounting and Finance from 2017 to 2020. I have been working at Heriot-Watt University as assistant professor in Finance since April 2020.

Roles & Responsibilities

Postgraduate Finance Programme Directors for MSc Finance, MSc International Banking and Finance, MSc Finance and Management, and MSc Sustainable Finance and Fintech. 

Finance lead for workload managment steering group. 

University Senate 

Teaching Responsibilities: 

- Global course leader of Year 3 course: Fundamentals of Financial Technology

- Global course leader of Year 4 course: Contemporary Issues in Finance 

- Global course leader of Postgraduate course: Capital Markets 

- Course leader of Graduate Apprenticeship (GA) Year 3 course: Fintech 

 

Research interests

My  research interests contain the following topics:

- Financial Management

- Corporate Governance

- Risk-taking Behavior

- Firm Performance

- Financial Technology and

- ESG and sustainable finance

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

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