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Our PhD students

Research led teaching produces exciting postgraduate research.

Read below about our talented PhD/Mcom students in the Department of Accountancy and Finance, and their research.

Why not join us? Find out more about enrolling for a:

Accounting PhD students

Khurshid Ali image

Khurshid Ali

Home country: Pakistan
Research topic: Climate change risk and investors’ perception: Evidence from the S&P 500
Primary supervisor: Dr Muhammad Nadeem

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Siamak Ansari

Home country: Iran
Research topic: Towards the Business-Partnering Role of Management Accounting in the Public Sector: How to Facilitate Institutional Enablers and Constraints Using the Big Data Lens – A New Zealand Case Study
Primary supervisor: Professor Ralph Adler
Email siamak.ansari@postgrad.otago.ac.nz

Thilini Arachchige imageThilini Arachchige

Home country: Sri Lanka
Research topic: Social networks, intellectual capital and value creation in Sri Lankan Public Sector
Primary supervisor: Associate Professor Ros Whiting
Email thilini.kaushalya@postgrad.otago.ac.nz

Nuradhi JayasiriNuradhi Jayasiri

Home country: Sri Lanka
Research topic: Refocusing Integrated Reporting for Organization’s Adaptability Requirements: A Developing Country Perspective
Primary supervisor: Dr Sriyalatha Kumarasinghe

Chang Liu imageChang Liu

Home country: China
Research topic: Auditing and Financial Disclosure
Primary supervisor: Professor David Lont
Email liuch485@student.otago.ac.nz

Iki Uele imageIki Mafi Uele

Home country: Tonga
Research topic: Roles of Accounting in construction, measuring, and maintaining Public Value
Primary supervisor: Dr Dinithi Ranasinghe

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Finance PhD students

IftekharAhmad ImageIftekhar Ahmed

Home country: Bangladesh
Research topic: Essays on Climate Finance
Primary supervisor: Ivan Diaz-Rainey

Beam Aschakulporn imageBeam Aschakulporn

Home country: New Zealand
Research topic: Higher-Order Risk-Neutral Moment Estimators.
Primary supervisor: Professor Jin Zhang
Email beam.aschakulporn@otago.ac.nz

Wei Guo imageWei Guo

Home country: China
Research topic: SPX and SPY options
Primary supervisor: Professor Jin Zhang

Xiaolan Jia imageXiaolan Jia

Home country: China
Research topic: Options in commodity markets
Primary supervisor: Professor Jin Zhang
Email xiaolan.jia@otago.ac.nz

Sampath Kongawatte imageSampath Kongawatte

Home country: Sri Lanka
Research topic: Investors’ trading behavior in stock market anomalies
Primary supervisor: Dr Olena Onishchenko

Wei Lin imageWei Lin

Home country: China
Research topic: SPX, VIX and VXX Options.
Primary supervisor: Professor Jin Zhang

Quyen NguyenQuyen Nguyen

Home country: Vietnam
Research topic: Climate Risk in Financial Institutions
Primary supervisor: Associate Professor Ivan Diaz-Rainey

Mahnoor Sattar imageMahnoor Sattar

Home country: Bangladesh
Research topic: Impact of Political Connection, Family Control and Corporate Governance on Sustainability Reporting and Firm Performance in the Financial Sector of Bangladesh
Primary supervisor: Dr Helen Roberts
Email: satma075@student.otago.ac.nz

IsabellaYoon profile image 2020Isabella Yoon

Home country: Republic of Korea
Research topic: VIX options
Primary supervisor: Professor Jin Zhang
Email: isabella.yoon@postgrad.otago.ac.nz

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MCom students

Ling Liao imageLing Liao

Home country: China
Research topic: New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
Primary supervisor: Associate Professor Ivan Diaz-Rainey
Email: ling.liao@postgrad.otago.ac.nz

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