PhD Conference
Welcome to our 2nd Annual SMS PhD Conference. The conference will be held on 27 and 28 October, 2021.
The Programme
Wednesday 27 October 2021
09:50 - 10:00 - Conference Welcome
Session 1
Time | Name | Year (1/2/3) | Presentation titles |
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10:00 - 10:20 | Songyuan Bai | 1 | The Role Of Culture And Translation In Corporate Environmental Responsibility And Its Reporting In China |
10:20 - 10:40 | Thelma Adaeze Munonye | 1 | Workplace Bullying in the Nigerian Banking Sector |
10:40 - 11:00 | Hussain Faraj | 1 | Gold Safe Haven Property And Volatility |
11:00 - 11.15 - Break
Session 2
Time | Name | Year (1/2/3) | Presentation titles |
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11:15 - 11:35 | Kavya Murali Parthasarathy | 1 | Time Critical Decision Making |
11:35 - 11:55 | Collins Agyei | 1 | CEO Power, derivative use and risk of FTSE 350 non-financial firms |
11:55 - 12:15 | Jiayu Zhang | 1 | Investor Sentiment In Chinese Capital Markets |
12:15 - 14:10 - Break
Session 3
Time | Name | Year (1/2/3) | Presentation titles |
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14:10 - 14.30 | Heri Setiawan | 1 | Processes Of Technological Innovation In Public Services: The Case Of Indonesia |
14:30 - 14:50 | Enas Hendawy | 1 | The Predictive ability of Fundamental Data to Long-Term Stock Classification: A Machine Learning Approach |
14:50 - 15:10 | Oluwadamilola Fasina | 1 | Exchange Rate Fluctuations, Foreign Direct Investments And Financial Development In Economic Community Of West African States. |
15:10 - 15:30 Break
Session 4
Time | Name | Year (1/2/3) | Presentation titles |
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15:30 - 15:50 | Lindon Belshe | 1 | An Econometric Analysis Of The Scottish Effect And Long Term Mortality Trends |
15:50 - 16:20 | Duncan Mphande | 2 | The Extent Of Disposition Effect Bias In A Developing Country |
16:20 - 16:30 | SPARK Journal | ||
16:30 - 16:40 | Day One closing remarks |
Programme - Thursday 28th October 2021
09:50 - 10:00 - Conference Introduction for Day 2
Session 1
Time | Name | Year (1/2/3) | Presentation titles |
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10:00 - 10:20 | Fanni Tamasi | 2 | Technology Adoption And Skill Requirements In Scottish Manufacturing SMEs |
10:20 - 10:40 | Aimilia Soultani | 2 | The Impact of Digitalization to Employee Relations in Public Sector |
10:40 - 11:00 | Antony Higney | 2 | The Effect Of Lead Water Pollution On Birth Outcomes |
11:00 - 11.35 - Break
Session 2
Time | Name | Year (1/2/3) | Presentation titles |
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11:35 - 11:55 | Elizabeth Malaba Ncube | 2 | Institutional Factors Influencing Mobile Network Operators (Mnos) Service Provision. The Cases Of Zambia And Zimbabwe |
11:55 - 12:15 | Lynne Brierley | 2 | Comparative Study Of Employment Support Programmes Between Scotland And England |
12:15 - 13:00 - Break
Session 3
Time | Name | Year (1/2/3) | Presentation titles |
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13:00 - 13:20 | Dean Smith | 2 | Dyslexia: Workplace Challenges and Barriers Lived Experiences |
13:20- 13:40 | Christoph Naborowski | 2 | Institutional work to advance sustainability? How actors are creating new values, norms, and regulations in the case of Mobility as a Service |
13:40 - 14:00 | Xinpeng Zhang | 2 | Corelation Forecasting Using Multivariate Garch |
14:00 - 14:30 Break
Session 4
Time | Name | Year (1/2/3) | Presentation titles |
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14:30 - 14:50 | Isaac Atanga | 2 | Geopolitical Risk and Economic Activities in Nigeria |
14:50 - 15:10 | Ngozi Otti | 2 | Circumventing Challenges Of Online Shopping In Nigeria: Exploring Cultural And Social Factors In Customer Journey |
15:10 - 15:30 | Mehmet Sahiner | 3 | Financial Market Predictions With Artificial Neural Networks: Evidence From Asia |
15:30 - 15:50 | Burak Korkusuz | 3 | Complex Network Analysis Of Volatility Spill overs Between Global Financial Indicators And G20 Stock Markets |
15:50 - 16:50 | Panel discussion | Getting to the finishing line and life after PhD | |
16:50 - 17:10 | Closing Speaker - PGR Director Dr Seda Erdem |
Conference Panel
Chair: Dr Seda Erdem
The panel discussion will cover various topics related to progressing during PhD, how to have a successful completion, and career development after PhD. This is a Q&A based session and open to all level PhDs and colleagues.
Professor Iain Docherty
Iain Docherty is Dean for the Institute for Advanced Studies at Stirling University. His research interests focus on the interconnecting issues of public policy, institutional change and city and regional competitiveness, especially the role of transport in promoting economic development and environmental sustainability.
Iain has worked with and advised a range of private sector, governmental and other organisations including governments and public agencies in the UK, US, Australia, Canada, The Netherlands and Sweden, and the OECD.
Find out more about Professor Docherty.
Dr Aliya Kenjegalieva
Lecturer at Bath University and a Doctoral alumnus of Stirling University with several years teaching experience in Economics.
Her research interest include financial frictions, human capital, wage and wealth inequality, monetary policies and macro finance.
Find out more about Dr Kenjegalieva.
Emily Sandwell
Emily has considerable experience in the field of graduate recruitment, careers information, advice, and guidance. She has a keen interest in people development and works on a regular basis with students, graduates, employers and universities She joined the University of Stirling in January 2010 as a Careers and Employability Consultant She works with students and staff to enhance their career management skills and employability through a range of comprehensive careers education activities.
She is responsible for providing individual careers advice and guidance to students, graduates and postgraduates through one to one guidance and group work She is currently the main Careers and Employability Consultant for the Stirling Management School contributing to the design and delivery of careers education in the curriculum She is a member of the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services and is CIPD qualified.
Find out more about Emily Sandwell.
Closing Speaker: Dr Seda Erdem, PGR Director
Dr Seda Erdem is an associate professor in applied economics and the Postgraduate Research Director of Stirling Management School. She is a member of Stirling Behavioural Science Centre and Applied Choice Research Group and is an expert member of the Social Science Research Committee of the UK's Food Standards Agency, a non ministerial government department of the UK to support decisions about public health at policy level.
Her academic studies include an MSc in Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts and a PhD in Economics at the University of Manchester. Her research focuses on eliciting individual's preferences and choices, perceptions, and decision making in various contexts in the fields of food, health, and marketing.