PhD Scholarships in Accountancy and Finance, Heriot-Watt University, UK

The Department of Accountancy, Economics and Finance is offering up to three PhD scholarships to start in the academic year 2018-19. The term of the scholarships is three years. Successful candidates will be expected to make a contribution to activities in the Department in return for a fee-waiver, an annual maintenance allowance (currently set at £14,553 for 2017-18) and a research support allowance of £2,250 over the registered period of study.

Potential supervisors in the areas of Accountancy and Finance are listed below under the area in which they are willing to supervise PhDs, plus, in some cases (i) more specific issues/questions they are willing to supervise within those areas, and/or (ii) one or more particular projects on which they would be willing to supervise PhDs.

Accountancy

Professor Roszaini Haniffa (joint editor of Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research). Key research interests include: corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, corporate disclosure practices, international accounting, business ethics, auditing, micro-financing, Islamic accounting and finance. I can supervise students using quantitative/econometric modelling or qualitative approach.

Dr William Jackson
I am interested in supervising any topic that uses a historical methodology to research the history of accounting. In particular: the history of accounting in the public sector; accounting and health care; accounting and the drinks industry; the history of accounting and popular culture; gender issues as they relate to the accountancy profession.

Darren Jubb
I am interested in supervising qualitative projects that consider the links between accounting and various aspects of popular culture. In particular, I am interested in research that looks at historical and contemporary issues relating to the business of popular music and the surrounding industries including record production, music streaming services, the live music industry and music publishing.

Professor Rania Kamla
I am interested in critical and qualitative research in social accounting; accounting in Muslim countries and cultures and international accounting. I also have an interest in issues related to the accounting profession (especially in the Middle East); gender and accounting; culture, multiculturalism and the professional socialization and training of accountants.

Dr Audrey Paterson
I am interested in supervising qualitative PhD projects that examine accounting and financial management issues within public sector organisations. I have a specific interest in healthcare management/accounting research and the effectiveness of accounting and management practice on healthcare delivery. This interest can be broadly interpretive and can have an interdisciplinary orientation. In addition, I also research in the areas of the history of accounting as it interfaces with medical practice; gender issues in the accountancy profession; social accounting; and anti-fraud and corruptions measures in the public sector all of which can be investigated from an international perspective.

Professor Chris Pong
I am interested in supervising PhD students who will like to research into the areas of audit pricing, audit firm and partner rotation, and audit quality. I expect that the student will carry out quantitative empirical work using large datasets and econometric modelling. For prospective PhD students, please look at the articles published in these areas in journals such as The Accounting Review, The European Accounting Review, The Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, The Journal of Accounting & Economics and The Auditing Journal: Practice and Theory

Dr Akira Yonekura
Financial accounting in general; international accounting standards; and corporate governance from sociological perspective.

Finance

Professor Mustafa Caglayan
(i) (a) financial market frictions and firm behaviour (capital investment, R&D investment, cash holdings, inventories); (b) financial markets, bank loans, financial market volatility and transmission of monetary policy; (c) exchange rates and international trade; (d) corruption.

Dr Andrea Eross
Andrea’s research focuses primarily on liquidity risk contagion, propagation of endogenous risk, financial crises and the Basel regulations. Other research interests include financial bubbles, cryptocurrencies and P2P protocols.

Dr Boulis Ibrahim
Portfolio theory; asset pricing theory; asset-liability modelling; microstructure of financial markets; carbon emission trading; information transfer; return predictability; market integration; trading strategies; capital structure; liquidity and co-liquidity; volatility modelling; time series econometric analysis. Potential projects: (a) the relationship between microstructure pricing models and volatility; (b) effects of the crisis on finance theory, empirical models and investor perceptions; (c) high frequency trading strategies (in the carbon market or other financial markets); (d) the incremental profitability of high frequency trading strategies in the carbon market; (e) can microstructure models help predict hotspots? (f) can game theory help explain excess volatility?

Dr Eddie Jones
All areas of corporate finance and corporate governance including in particular mergers and acquisitions; agency costs; executive compensation; investor protection; investment decision-making; corporate growth opportunities; cost of capital; competition policy; credit ratings; investment trusts; international corporate governance; financial crises; bank performance; and event study methodology.

Dr Hao Li
Corporate governance; executive compensation; board director’s network; board director’s attribution e.g. (1) the effects of different pay components of directors on firm performance, risk-taking and financial policy in developed and emerging markets;(2) the effect of board director’s network on the firm’s cost of equity and borrowing; (3) the effect of director’s past career path (marketing or financing) on a firm’s risk-taking decision

Dr Mo Sherif
I am interested in supervising PhDs in the areas of: stock valuation and return predictability; causes and interaction of the momentum and stock returns; ethical finance; the behaviour of financial investors – how psychological factors affect investor behaviour and stock markets including the rationality of motives to trade, investor herding, and investor sentiment; entrepreneurial finance and private equity.

Dr Bing Xu
(a) financial intermediaries and bank lending behaviour; (b) modelling and forecasting the commodity (e.g., oil, agricultural commodities, biofuels) prices/volatilities; (c) modelling the impact of energy (e.g., fossil fuels and renewable) price shocks on the economic activities; (d) designing multidimensional frameworks for performance evaluation of entities such as firms, industries, and aviation biofuel. (e) development of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methodology, as well as novel applications of DEA and MCDA.

Deadline for applications
All applications must be submitted by 9 February 2018.

Entry requirements for Accountancy and Finance
All applications will be reviewed within the relevant department with a shortlisting decision made based on qualifications, the research proposal and the availability of a supervisory team. Short listed applicants must have the equivalent of a 1st class honours undergraduate degree, or a Masters degree with an average mark of 65% or higher and a dissertation mark of 65% or higher. Applicants who are unsure if their qualifications meet the minimum criteria should contact c.a.murray@hw.ac.uk. Please note that possession of the minimum qualifications does not guarantee shortlisting for interview.

How to apply
Please submit your application on our online form and please state clearly on your application that you are applying for a Heriot-Watt University Scholarship.

In order that your application can be processed, please ensure that all the supporting documents listed below are submitted with your application:

1. Research Proposal (approximately 5 – 8 pages)
The research proposal should contain as much as possible of the following: an introduction or outline of the proposed topic; a statement of objectives and/or specific research questions; a summary of some of the relevant literature which supports the research objective(s); an indication of the intended research methodology; an indication of the theoretical structure and/or conceptual outline; a provisional timetable of the major phases of the research process; results expected from the research e.g. practical value of the research or possible contributions to knowledge or policy or methodology. At this stage we are not looking for a definitive document but merely an indication that you have thought through most of the above issues. Applicants may wish to identify potential supervisors on the application form. However, academic staff are unable to provide feedback on applications including drafts.

Please note that work submitted may be subject to screening via plagiarism software.

2. Academic Transcripts and Degree Certificates
Copies of full academic transcripts/marks from all previous academic degree courses and copies of degree certificates for degrees already awarded. If you are currently pursuing a degree course please provide available marks to date.

3. Curriculum Vitae
A CV should be submitted.

4. References
If you have references available these should be submitted with your application.

English language requirements
If you have not already studied a degree programme that was taught and examined in the medium of English we require evidence of language proficiency. For IELTS: the minimum overall IELTS score is 6.5 with no score lower than 6.0 in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening.

Further information can be found at https://www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa/knowledge-of-english

Queries may be directed to c.a.murray@hw.ac.uk

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