Previous Seminars
Accounting and Finance
| When | Where | Speaker(s) | Subject |
| 17th February 2021, 2pm - 3.30pm | MS Teams | Professor Bartosz Gebka, Newcastle University Business School | The stock market effects of financial reforms in the EU: The case of investor herding under MAD and TSP. |
| Wednesday 2 December, 3pm, 2020 | MS Teams | Professor Janusz Brzeszczyński, Northumbria University | Central Bank's Communication and Markets Reactions: Polish Evidence |
| Wednesday 18 November, 3pm, 2020 | MS Teams | Olga Khalina, European University with Dr Khurram Shahzad | Market reaction to IFRS 15 related pronouncements |
| Wednesday 4 March, 3.30pm, 2020 | C.2B121 | Daniel Schmidt, University of Hohenheim | The Impact of Regional Banking Systems on Firms and SMES. |
| Wednesday 12 February, 3.30pm, 2020 | C.1A71 | Professor Arnab Bhattacharjee, Heriot-Watt University | Structural Models of Cross-Section Dependence in Stock Returns |
| Wednesday 29 January, 1pm, 2020 | C.2B76 | Dr Kenneth Hugh Weir, Heriot-Watt University | TBC |
| Wednesday 15 January, 3pm, 2020 | C.1A71 | Dr Antonios Siganos, University of Glasgow | A Novel Measure of Sleep Based on Google: The Case for Financial Markets |
| Wednesday 4 December 2019, 1pm | C.4W1 | Dr Maria Boutchkova, University of Edinburgh | The Unnatural Luck of the Executives of Poineer Natural Resources. |
| Wednesday 27 November 2019, 1pm | SCH Erskine/Fintry | Alistair Haig, University of Edinburgh | The Potential for Machine Learning in Investment Research. |
| Wednesday 20 November 2019, 1pm | C.2B40 | Dr Leonidas Barbopoulos, Glasgow University | Do finanical advisors provide tangible benefits to acquirers in earnout-based M&As? |
| Wednesday 30 October 2019, 3pm | C.2B40 | Professor Robert Hudson, University of Hull | Modelling Moving Average Rules and their Causes Comprehensive Evidence from Around the World? |
| Wednesday 25 September 2019, 3pm | C.2B42 | Dr Chandra Thapa, University of Strathclyde | Access to internal capital, creditor rights and corporate borrowing: Does group affiliation matter? |
| Wednesday 24 April 2019, 1pm | Dr Tsakou Katerina, Swansea University | ||
| Wednesday 30 January 2019, 1.00pm | Dr Ronan Gallagher, University of Edinburgh | ||
| Wednesday 12 December 2018, 2.30pm | C.3B147 | Dr Eleni Chatzivgeri, Heriot-Watt University | |
| Wednesday 28 November 2018, 1pm | C.2B74 | Dr Ejiogu Amanze, University of Leicester | The Social Life of Profit within the English Social Housing Sector |
| Wednesday 14 November 2018, 2pm | C.2B74 | Dr Maggie Chen, University of Cardiff | Interpreting market inefficiency vs. irrationality using news sentiment and information entropy |
| Wednesday 17 October 2018, 2.30pm | Cottrell 2A19 | Professor John Cotter, University College Dublin | Mixed-Frequency Macro-Financial Spillovers |
| Wednesday 12 September 2018, 1pm | C.2B38 | Professor Lee Parker, University of Glasgow | The Construction of the Efficient Office: Scientific Management, Accountability and the Neo-Liberal State |
Economics
| When | Where | Speaker(s) | Subject |
| Tuesday 7 April, 2.30pm, 2020 | C.2B86 | Andrea Mattozzi, European University Institute | TBC |
| Tuesday 31 March, 2.30pm, 2020 |
C.2A13 |
Matthias Fahn, University of Linz | TBC |
| Tuesday 24 March, 2.30pm, 2020 | C.2B74 | Celine Azemar, University of Glasgow | TBC |
| Tuesday 3 March, 2.30pm, 2020 | C.3B160 | Sotiris Karkalakos, University of Piraeus | TBC |
| Tuesday 19 November 2019, 2.30pm | 4C1 | Dr Kyriakos Neanidis, University of Manchester | Macroprudential Regulation and Investment. |
| Tuesday 12 November 2019, 2.30pm | C.2B86 | Associate Professor Susana Peralta, Nova Business School | I Like the Way You Move: Tax Competition in Portuguese Municipal Corporate Income Tax. |
| Tuesday 5 November 2019, 2.30pm | C.4U5 | Dr Andrea Martinangeli, Max Planck Institute for Tax and Public Finance (Munich) | Immigration vs. Poverty: Casual Impact on Demand for Redistribution in a Survey Experiement. |
| Tuesday 29 October 2019, 2.30pm | C.4U5 | Dr Maria Grydaki, University of Stirling | The Role of Credit on TFP Growth. |
| Tuesday 15 October 2019, 2.30pm | C.3B31 | Dr Maja Adena, Berlin Social Science Center | Personalized fundraising: a field experiment on threshold matching of donations. |
| Tuesday 8 October 2019, 2.30pm | 4C1 | Professor George Panos, University of Glasgow | Financial lliteracy and attitudes to cryptocurrencies. |
| Tuesday 24 September 2019, 2.30pm | C.3B31 | Dr Romains Crastes di Sourd, University of Leeds | True Lies: Hypothetical Bias and Deception in Stated Preference Studies. |
| Tuesday 17 September 2019, 2.30pm | C.2B74 | Dr Valeria Maria Toledo Gallegos, University of Stirling | Summarizing spatial patterns of WTP: The case of estuarine ecosystem services in Scotland. |
| Tuesday 2 April 2019, 2pm | C.2B87 | Dr Catherine Thomas, LSE | |
| Tuesday 26 March 2019, 2pm | C.2B88 | Miss Antonia Schwarz, University of Sussex | |
| Tuesday 19 March 2019, 2pm | C.2B129 | Wanda Mimra, ETH Zurich | |
| Tuesday 12 March 2019, 2pm | C.2X6 | Professor David Stadelmann, University of Bayreuth | |
| Tuesday 5 March 2019, 2pm | C.2B129 | Associate Professor Asa Lofgren, University of Gothenburg | |
| Tuesday 26 February 2019, 2pm | C.2B129 | Professor Duncan McVicar, Queen's University Belfast | |
| Tuesday 12 February 2019, 2pm | C.4W6 | Dr Athina Economou, University of Thessaly | |
| Tuesday 5 February 2019, 2pm | C.2X6 | Dr Charles Palmer, LSE | |
| Tuesday 29 January 2019, 2pm | C.2X6 | Dr Stephane Wolton, LSE | |
| Wednesday 23 January 2019, 1.30pm | Logie LT | Professor Eyal Winter, The Hebrew University | Feeling Smart: Why our Emotions are More Rational than We Thnk |
| Tuesday 22 January 2019, 2pm | C.2X6 | PhD Presentation, University of Stirling | |
| Tuesday 15 January 2019, 2pm | C.2B87 | Ms Seyma Vahop, Strathclyde University | Bayesian composite likelihood methods for large VAR models with time varying parameters and stochastic volatility. |
| Tuesday 27 November 2018, 2pm | C.3A142 | Anja Prummer, Queen Mary University of London | TBC |
| Tuesday 20 November 2018, 2pm | C.3A142 | Erlend Sandorf, University of Stirling | TBC |
| Tuesday 13 November 2018, 2pm | C.3A142 | Juan S. Morales, Collegio Carlo Alberto | TBC |
| Tuesday 6 November 2018, 2pm | C.3A142 | Jaap Bos, Maastricht University | TBC |
| Tuesday 30 October 2018, 2pm | C.3A142 | Jeremy Clark, University of Canterbury | TBC |
| Tuesday 16 October 2018, 2pm | C.3A142 | Robert Akerlof, University of Warwick | TBC |
| Tuesday 9 October 2018, 2pm | C.3A142 | Johannes Lohse, University of Birmingham | TBC |
| Tuesday 2 October 2018, 2pm | C.3A142 | Simeon Schudy, LMU Munich | TBC |
| Tuesday 25 September 2018, 2pm | C.3A142 | Marcel Lukas, University of Edinburgh | TBC |
| Tuesday 18 September 2018, 2pm | C.3A142 | Vojtech Bartos, LMU Munich | TBC |
Management, Work and Organisation
| When | Where | Speaker(s) | Subject |
| Friday 1 May, 12pm, 2020 | 4C2 | Professor Daniel Muzio, University of York | Valuation devices and the dynamic legitimacy-performativity nexus: The case of PEP in the English legal profession. |
| Thursday 30 April, 1pm, 2020 | 4C2 | Advanced Research Methods and Academic Practice session hosted by the Management and Organisation Studies research group | Publishing with Professor Daniel Muzio of the Journal of Management Studies. |
| Wednesday 19 February, 3pm, 2020 | 1A71 | Dr Tom Kane, University of Stirling | Toward Triple Helix Implementation Teams for National Rollouts of GNU Health. |
| Wednesday 12 February, 1pm, 2020 | C.2B44 | Kirstine Collins, University of Stirling | Skills Development: From Learner to Practitioner. |
| Thursday 5 December 2019, 3pm | C.1A71 | Dr Fumi Kitagawa, University of Edinburgh | Contextualising entrepreneurship capital for graduate start-ups: The interplay between University, region and general economic conditions. |
| Wednesday 20 November 2019, 3pm | C.2A19 | Professor Ron McQuaid, University of Stirling | European and other funding - some hints and suggestions. |
| Wednesday 30 October 2019, 3pm | C.2B42 | Professor George Burt & Professor Sharon Bolton, University of Stirling | Moral Economy and Sustainable Business: Re-integrating People, Planet and Profit. |
| Monday 21 October 2019, 3pm | C.2B87 | Professor Paula McDonald, Queensland University of Technology | "A great awakening with many dangers". What has to #MeToo movement achieved? |
| Wednesday 16 October 2019, 3pm | C.2B129 | Professor Philip Taylor, Strathclyde University | State, Labour and Capital - A Case Study of the Amazon Fulfilment Centre. |
| Thursday 20 June 2019, 12noon | C.2B84 | Professor Walter Scherrer, University of Salzburg | Public - Private Partnerships and Innovation (Host: Professor Ron McQuaid). |
| Friday 10 May 2019, 3.00pm | C.2A9/11 | Professor Gibson Burrell & Professor Karen Dale | 'Building the New Academic'. |
| Thursday 21 March 2019, 1.30pm | C.3B129 | Dr Peter Mathews, University of Stirling | Fix My Street! Using admnistrative data to understand neighbourhood environmental quality and coproducing analysis of 'Big Data'. |
| Thursday 7 March 2019, 12noon | C.2B42 | Dr Robin Burrow, Cardiff University | Freedom through isolation: Exploring the interplay between space, time and affect in elite kitchens. |
| Thursday 14 February 2019, 12noon | C.3X11 | Dr Suzanne Mawson, University of Stirling | Nostalgia and (re) constructions of 'home': Exploring entrepreneurial activity among Syrian refugees in the UK. |
| Thursday 6 December 2018, 1pm | TBC | Assoc Professor Greg Singh, University of Stirling | Data Literacies to Build Bridges: Findings of the RSE Life in Data Research Network. |
| Tuesday 20 November 2018, 11am & 3pm | C.3B129 & C.3X11 | Professor Mark Tadajewski, University of York | Workshop & In-depth Masterclass. |
| Thursday 8 November 2018, 3pm | C.2B40 | Gerry Edgar, University of Stirling & Omid Ali Kharazmi, University of Mashhad | Evaluation of Cluster Development Efficiency: Furniture and Saffron Clusters in the City of Mashhad, Iran. |
| Thursday 4 October 2018, 3pm | C.3Y11 | Lila Skountridaki, University of Stirling & Andrew Barron, University of Toulouse | The role of professional values in corporate political activity: The case of lobbyists in Brussels. |
Marketing and Retail
| When | Where | Speaker(s) | Subject |
| Wednesday 26 February, 1pm, 2020 | C.3Y11 | Dr John Harvey | Food waste, food social multiplexity: Transformative consumer research with the world's largest peer-to-peer food sharing service. |
| Wednesday 12 February, 1pm, 2020 | C.3Y11 | Professor Olivier Badot | The Future of Retailing in Society 4.0. |
| Wednesday 29 January, 1pm, 2020 | C.2X2 | Dr Bashir Saade, University of Stirling | IS and Game of Thrones: The Global between Tradition, Identity and the Politics of Spectacle. |
| Wednesday 30 October 2019, 10am | C.3Y11 | Professor Pauline McLaren | Dark Dining: The Power of Horrors in a Service Experience. |
| Wednesday 11 September 2019, 1pm | C.2B48 | Professor Mark Tadajewski | Habit as a Central Concept in Marketing: On 'Bio-anatomopolitics'. Habit and the Subconscious Self. |
| Tuesday 3 September 2019, 1pm | C.2B129 | Dr Arry Tanusndjaj | Portfolios: Patterns in brand penetration, market share and hero produc variants. |
| Wednesday 10 April 2019, 12noon | Dr Amy Goode, University of Stirling & Dr Stephanie Anderson, University of Glasgow | ||
| Wednesday 3 April 2019, 1pm | Dr Hayiel Hino, Ariel University | ||
| Wednesday 27 March 2019, 1pm | Professor Iain Black, University of Stirling | ||
| Wednesday 30 January 2019, 1pm | Dr Chloe Preece, Royal Halloway | Visualizing Consumer Culture: A Semiotic Understanding of Interpreted Brands | |
| Wednesday 23 January 2019, 1pm | C.2A87 | Dr Teresa Pereira Heath, Nottingham University | |
| Wednesday 21 November 2018, 12:30pm | C.2B48 | Prof Mark Tadejewski, Editor in Chief for Journal of Marketing Management | Habit as a Central Concept in Marketing: On ‘Bio-anatomopolitics’, Habit and the Subconscious Self |
| Wednesday 14 November 2018, 1pm | C.2B48 | Dr Delia Vazquez, University of Manchester |
The influence of a second screen on TV audiences’ PSI interactions and impulse buying behaviours |
| Friday 2 November 2018, 2pm | C.3Y11 | Prof Neil Coe, National University of Singapore | TBC |
For more information on the M&R Seminar Series please email carolyn.wilson@stir.ac.uk
Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF)
| When | Where | Speaker(s) | Subject |
| 29 March 2021 6.30pm | MS Teams | Alternative Careers in Finance | |
| 24 March 2021 2pm | MS Teams |
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SMIF virtual stock pitch event |
| 22 March 2022 6.30pm | Zoom |
Glasgow University Trading & Investment Club (GUTIC) Collaboration |
The FAANGM debate |
| 15 March 2021 6.30pm | MS Teams | Dr Kyle McEnery of Baillie Gifford | AI in Investments |
| 10 March 2021 2pm | MS Teams | Russell Napier | Key lessons for investors from financial history |
| 8 March 2021 6.30pm | MS Teams |
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Spring 2021 SMIF virtual stock pitch - qualifying rounds |
| 3 March 2021 2pm | MS Teams |
Colin McLean CEO at SVM Asset Management |
Bull Markets, Overconfidence, and the Illusion of Wisdom |
| 1 March 2021 6.30pm | MS Teams |
Johnny McCamley Founder of CryptoClear |
Cryptocurrencies & Blockchain |
| 22 February 2021 6.30pm | MS Teams |
Greogorio Rossi Fixed income broker at Tullet Prebon |
From the SMIF to Investment Broker; My career + Guide on Pitching Stocks |
| 15 February 2021 6.30pm | MS Teams | Alexander Onelli | Insight Into Investment Banking and The World’s Greatest Investors |
| 8 February 2021 6.30pm | MS Teams | SMIF on Personal Investing and the story of GameStop | |
| 1 February 2021 6.30pm | MS Teams | David Frost & Mark Sharpe | Bull vs. bear: a Tesla debate |
| 25 January 2021 6pm | MS Teams | Dereck Borthwick | Psychology of Sales & Pitching |
| Monday 19th October, 6.30pm, 2020 | MS Teams | Dr Isaac Tabner | Stock Picking and Pitching and the basics of applying portfolio theory. |
| Wednesday 25 March, 2pm, 2020 | LTW1 | Jimmy Smith, Executive Director at Walter Scott & Partners Ltd | My Investment Career. |
| Wednesday 18 March, 2pm, 2020 | LTW1 | Spring Semester SMIF Stock Pitch Event | |
| Wednesday 11 March, 2pm, 2020 | LTW1 | Michael Nicol, Investment Manager, European Equities, Kames Capital | Challenges in managing a £1.5 billion European investment fund, in a low interest rate environment. |
| Wednesday 4 March, 2pm, 2020 | LTW1 | Colin MacLean, CEO of SVM Asset Management | Behavioural Investing. |
| Wednesday 26 February, 2pm, 2020 | LTW1 | Tomas Carruthers, founder of Project Heather | A Social Stock Exchange for a Global Scotland. |
| Wednesday 12 February, 2pm, 2020 | LTW1 | Patrick O'Bryan, formerly UBS | Capital Markets and Corporate Governance. |
| Wednesday 5 February, 2pm , 2020 | LTW1 | Russell Napier, Chairman eri-c.com | Lessons for Investors from Financial History. |
| Wednesday 22 January, 2pm, 2020 | LTW1 | Shaheen Vergee, Head of Edcuational Partnership, CFA UK | Webinar: 'The CFA and IMC qualifications and investement career. |
| Wednesday 20 November 2019, 2pm | LTB3 | Lorna Blyth, Royal London | Diversifying Your Investment Career. |
| Wednesday 13 November 2019, 2pm | LTB3 | Autumn Semester SMIF Stock Pitch Event | |
| Wednesday 6 November 2019, 2pm | LTB3 | Nigel Morecroft, COIF Charity Funds | The Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960. |
| Wednesday 30 October 2019, 2pm | LTB3 | John Young, RBS | Cryptocurrencies. |
| Wednesday 9 October 2019, 2pm | LTB3 | Stephen Clapham, behindthebalancesheet.com | Accounting Red Flags. |
| Wednesday 20 March 2019, 2pm | LTW1 | SMIF - Student Managed Investment Fund | Stock Pitch Event. |
| Wednesday 6 March 2019, 2pm | LTW1 | Colin McLean, CEO of SVM Asset Management | Behavioural Investing. |
| Wednesday 13 February 2019, 2pm | LTW1 | Paul Hughes, Head of Investment Risk, Trading & Quantitative Analysis and Martin Currie Investment Management | Decomposing Portfolio Risk. |
| Wednesday 16 February 2019, 2pm | LTW1 | Honorary Professor Russell Napier, University of Stirling & author of The Solid Ground investment report | Key Lessons from Financial History for Investors. |
| Wednesday 30 January 2019, 2pm | LTW1 | Jon Beckett, Author of #New Fund Order | Triage of Risk. |
| Wednesday 28 November 2018, 2pm | Lecture Theatre W1 | Kim Catechis, Head of Global Emerging Markets, Martin Currie Investment Management Limited | |
| Wednesday 21 November 2018, 2pm | Lecture Theatre W1 |
Autumn 2018 SMIF Stock Pitch Event |
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| Wednesday 14 November 2018, 2pm | Lecture Theatre A3 | Neil Semple, Department for International Trade | Exports as a Driver of Growth - they UK Creative Industries. |
| Wednesday 31 October 2018, 4.30pm | Lecture Theatre A3 | Andy Kelly, Leadership Factory and Steve Morris, ESM Investments | Effective management, how to spot red flags and what to look for in a board. |
| Wednesday 17 October 2018, 2pm | Lecture Theatre W1 | Kweku Adoboli, former trader at UBS | |
| Wednesday 10 October 2018, 2pm | Lecture Theatre A3 |
Chrisoula Karatzouni, CFA, Investment Manager at Aberdeen Standard Investments, Edinburgh Priya Ramsden, Relationship Manager, CFA Society of the United Kingdom |
Working in the investment profession and careers in finance. The Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) qualifications. |
| Wednesday 3 October 2018, 2pm | Lecture Theatre W1 | Dr Isaac Tabner, CFA, University of Stirling | Quick Guide to Stock Picking & Pitching. |