Seminars in the School of Business
Economic seminar series
The goal of this seminar series is to promote high-quality research in Economics that is relevant to current events and policy debates. The seminars will bring together those working on a wide range of important topics to create a dialogue between academics, policymakers, practitioners, and the wider public.
The economic seminar series is run by Dr Daniel Borbely.
| Title | Guest Speaker | Date and time | Venue |
| Strategic Voting and Incumbency Advantage | Dr Jan Klingelhoefer, Nottingham Trent University | Wednesday 1 February, 15:00 | Accountancy lecture theatre, or join the meeting on Microsoft Teams |
| TBD | Dr Xiaobing Wang, The University of Manchester | Wednesday 15 February, 15:00 | Join the meeting on Microsoft Teams |
| The Nonlinear Effects of Banks' Vulnerability to Capital Depletion in Euro Area Countries | Dr Sharada Davidson, Strathclyde University | Wednesday 8 March, 15:00 | Join the meeting on Microsoft Teams |
Research seminar series
The purpose of the Research seminars is to
- foster cross-discipline relationships within the School of Business research community
- provide a platform for guest seminars with national and international external speakers
- enhance the experience of research students
This semester Stavros is organising the sessions for staff and PhD students. The sessions are as follows:
| Title | Guest Speaker | Date and time | Venue |
| Past futurology and entrepreneurial failure: the Bennie railplane | Prof. Niall Mackenzie, University of Glasgow | Wednesday 8 February, 16:00 | Join the meeting on Microsoft Teams |
| Takaful industry in Malaysia – Prudential BSN Takaful (PruBSN)’s experience | Yusaini Yusof, Head of Shariah at Prudential BSN Takaful Berhad, Malaysia | Wednesday 1 March, 16:00 | Scrymgeour building 2.08 or join the meeting on Microsoft Teams |
| Financial markets, innovation and carbon emissions | Prof. Yun Ji, Wenzhou University, China | June, TBA | TBA |
Impact seminar series
The goal of this seminar series is to explore impact and how research and teaching can create impact outside academia. In other words, we are looking for “An effect on, change or benefit to the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life, beyond academia” (The Higher Education Funding Council for England).
This semester Professors Norin Arshed and Graeme Martin will be delivering hands on sessions for staff. The sessions are as follows:
| Date and time | Teams link |
| Wednesday 25 January, 13:00 - 14:00 | Join the meeting on Microsoft Teams |
| Wednesday 22 February, 13:00 - 14:00 | Join the meeting on Microsoft Teams |
| Wednesday 29 March, 14:00 - 15:00 | Join the meeting on Microsoft Teams |
PRME research seminar series
The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) seminars will now be running as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Forum which evolve around the 17 SDGs. The University-wide and School based forum has the following objectives:
- to support early career researchers to realize their potential by providing opportunities to widen their networks across disciplines
- to facilitate greater engagement with the topic of sustainability and SDGs
- to develop interdisciplinary collaboration to create opportunities for early career researchers
- to strengthen our commitment to Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)
The forum will be led by Rasha Abdelbadie and Jihye Kim.