Dr Lu Qiao

Profile

Dr Lu Qiao joined the University of Leeds as an Assistant Professor in Accounting and Finance in October 2023. She received her PhD in Accounting from the University of Nottingham in 2022.

Her research interests include Financial Accounting, Information Disclosure, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Sustainable Finance, and Supply Chain Relationships. Her research examines how information, governance, and institutional environments shape firms’ financial reporting, corporate financing, and strategic decision-making. She has published in several internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, International Review of Financial Analysis, Accounting Forum, and Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.

She serves as a reviewer for several international journals in accounting, finance, and business, including the European Journal of Finance, the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, the Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting, Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, and the Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting.

Before joining the University of Leeds, Lu was an Assistant Professor in Accounting and Finance at the University of Leicester and also worked as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University. She became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in 2022 and, in the same year, was the only PhD student to receive the Nottingham University Business School Teaching Prize.

Lu is committed to creating an engaging and supportive learning environment. Her teaching has been recognised through the University of Leeds Partnership Award (Highly Commended) in the Teacher or Supervisor of the Year category (2025). She was also nominated by students for the Teacher or Supervisor of the Year and Contribution to Student Experience categories in the 2024 University of Leeds Partnership Awards.

Lu currently supervises PhD researcher Wen Yang. Lu welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD applicants whose research interests align with her research areas.

Responsibilities

• Deputy Director of Postgraduate Studies – Accounting and Finance Department

Research interests

Financial Accounting, Information Disclosure, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Sustainable Finance, and Supply Chain Relationships

Qualifications

• PhD in Accounting
• MSc in Accounting and Finance
• BSc in Accounting

Professional memberships

• FHEA

Student education

LUBS1225 Accounting for Managers
LUBS1245 Introductory Management Accounting

Student feedback: 
-    I found Lu's teaching very engaging, and it's obvious that she works very hard and wants the best for her students. 
-    I particularly liked the lecturer; Lu explained the concepts clearly and made them easy to understand. I enjoyed doing questions in the lecture because it showed how you would apply the information right after learning it, which helps me to remember it. The questions also helped to keep my focus during the lectures.
-    The teaching style, the practice questions, and the fact the teacher explains how to approach a question in depth. 
-    Lots of revision questions and resources that were really helpful. Lu explained the content very well in lectures and made sure we all understood everything. 
-    The lecturer is very organised. Particularly like the fact she guides revision, e.g., through a revision plan. It’s also good to have plenty of resources. Questions on seminars are all relevant too.