PhD Studentship: Empirical Banking

The Department of Banking and Finance seeks to recruit excellent PhD students to conduct research in Empirical Banking. Our PhD students play a very important role in the department in propelling forward novel research at the same time as their own career potential. For example, a number of our PhD students gain internships at the IMF and at the Bank of England. Staff in the department have a wealth of experience publishing in these areas and now wish to incorporate new empirical banking research into any area of bank risk management and bank profitability in a low interest rate environment.

Research in this subject area is currently undertaken by members of the Department of Banking and Financeand the related Centre for Banking Finance and Sustainable Development (CBFSD) and Computational Finance and Business Analytics (CFBA) Research Centre

Please ensure that in the online application form you enter in the dedicated spaces:

• The title of the research area: “Empirical Banking”
• For funding, that you wish to be considered for the 2018/2019 Faculty PGR Scholarship
• The successful candidate will start on 1 October 2018. The scholarship will offer full tuition fee and maintenance funding for 3 years. The doctoral stipend for 2017/18 is currently £14,000.
• This studentship is only available for full time programmes and is open to applicants from the UK, the EU and overseas.
• As part of the application you will be required to submit a CV, research proposal, degree certificate and transcripts, two academic references and proof of English language proficiency. 
• The deadline for applications is 15 February 2018. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
• Shortlisted candidates will be informed of interview arrangements between February and March 2018.
• The awards will be allocated by end of April, with the outcome being communicated to the candidates in May.

 

If you wish to discuss any details of the studentship informally, please contact:

For specific research subject enquiries (i.e. research proposal):

• Professor Simon Wolfe ssjw@soton.ac.uk
• Professor Frank McGroarty F.J.Mcgroarty@soton.ac.uk
• Professor Richard Werner R.Werner@soton.ac.uk
• Professor Taufiq Choudhry T.Choudhry@soton.ac.uk

 

For general programme enquiries:

• Programme Director: Professor Laura Costanzo laura.costanzo@soton.ac.uk

 

Please mention reference FBLA-BUS-012 in the scholarship section of your application.