The Centre for Advanced Studies in Finance (CASIF) was established in 2005 and has grown into a vibrant, stimulating and supportive postgraduate research community in Leeds University Business School, with around 20 full-time postgraduate researchers studying a diverse range of subjects.
Our postgraduate researchers (PGRs) come from all over the world contributing to the vibrancy of our research community. They are housed in a specialist hub residing at the core of the A&F Department and contribute to the quality of our outputs.
Our students produce rigorous and world-relevant research across a number of different themes in the following areas:
- Asset pricing and financial markets
- Banking and financial intermediation
- Behavioural finance
- Business history
- Corporate finance
- Corporate governance
- Credit management
- Financial accounting and auditing
- Fintech
- Organisations: ownership, governance and performance
- Pensions
- SME finance
- Sustainable finance and ESG
- Venture capital and private equity
Our PGRs are supported by an advanced bespoke training pathway, which includes four modules: Database and Data Management, Empirical Methods for Accounting & Finance Research, Academic Writing for PhD Students in Accounting & Finance, and Panel Data. This is our extensive programme catalogue.
We offer an exceptional and comprehensive range of databases and outstanding IT infrastructure including a 400-core AMD Opteron Cluster ‘Everest’, part of the White Rose Grid.
Finally, CASIF is a founding member of the IAFDS (International Accounting & Finance Doctoral Symposium), sponsoring an average of three PGRs every year to attend and present their work to international peers.
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Find out the latest from our current CASIF PGRs in their most recent Newsletter here.
