Members of The Open University Business School’s finance research team specialise in, the history of investment, emerging financial markets, financialisation, financial risk management in the banking sector and corporate governance. We also have broad and deep research expertise in the field of financial capabilities, including the institutional context for financial capabilities and behaviour. This includes the interaction between innovation and change at the level of economies, market institutions and regulation, and behaviour at the level of individuals and households. We also have expertise in understanding human behaviour in relation to financial capabilities and the relationship between emotion, emotion regulation and financial capabilities among private citizens and finance professionals.
Internally funded full-time research studentships are advertised in January (closing date end of March) and may include the following areas. We also welcome part-time and full-time self-funded applications in these areas.
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