Rodiat Lawal

Lecturer

Accounting and Finance, School of Business

Rodiat Lawal

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Biography

Dr Rodiat is a Lecturer in Finance at University of Dundee, UK. She has PhD in Finance from SOAS University of London, fully sponsored by Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, UK. Before commencing her PhD in London, she was a Lecturer in Finance at University of Ilorin, Nigeria, same institution she had her first and second degrees. Rodiat finished top in her undergraduate class, with a first class honours and was awarded best graduating student in the department.

During her Masters, she also finished top with a distinction. She is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Banker. Rodiat’s research interests are in the areas of corporate finance, financial economics, financial markets, development and sustainable finance. Her current research focuses on two thematic issues. First, the infrastructural interaction between Africa and China; second is the developmental benefits of Africa's romance with China vis a vis the financial, socio-economic and technological implications on Africa. 

Research

Rodiat’s research has been published in top journals such as British Journal of Management (ABS-4), Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (ABS-3), British Accounting Review (ABS-3), Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (ABS-3), Business Strategy and Environment (ABS-3), Journal of Environmental Management (ABS-3), Technological Forecasting and Social Change (ABS-3) and Economics Letters (ABS-3).

Selected publications

  1. Lawal, R. and Sakariyahu, R. (2024). Investor heterogeneity and global stock market participation. Economics Letters (ABS-3).
  2. Paterson, A., Sakariyahu, R., Lawal, R. & Alabi, A (2024). The impact of government policy responses to the COVID‐19 pandemic and Brexit on the UK financial market: A behavioural perspective. British Journal of Management, 00, 1-20 (ABS-4).
  3. Sakariyahu, R., Paterson, A., Chatzivgeri, E., & Lawal, R. (2024). Chasing noise in the stock market: an inquiry into the dynamics of investor sentiment and asset pricing. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 1-35 (ABS-3).
  4. Sakariyahu, R., Johan, S., Lawal, R., Paterson, A., and Adigun, R. (2024). One crash, too many: global uncertainty, sentiment factors and the cryptocurrency market. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (ABS-3). 
  5. Bo, H., Lawal, R. and Sakariyahu, R. (2024). China’s infrastructure investments in Africa: An imperative for attaining sustainable development goals or a debt-trap? British Accounting Review (ABS-3).
  6. Sakariyahu, R., Fagbemi, T., Adigun, R., Lawal, R., Seyingbo, O., & Oyekola, O. (2024). Severity of climate change and the impact on quality of life in Africa. Journal of Environmental Management, 356, 120537 (ABS-3).
  7. Sakariyahu, R., Lawal, R., Etudaiye-Muhtar, O. F., & Ajide, F. M. (2023). Reflections on COP27: How do technological innovations and economic freedom affect environmental quality in Africa? Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 195, 122782 (ABS-3).
  8. Sakariyahu, R., Lawal, R., Kwansa, N. A., Ahmed, A., & Adamolekun, G. (2023). Emissions trading scheme participation and firms’ cash holdings. Finance Research Letters, 58, 104565 (ABS-2).