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Dr

Doureige Jurdi

Lecturer, Finance

Finance

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  • Lecturer, Finance
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BIO

Dr. Doureige Jurdi is an expert in finance and risk management at LBS. He coordinated the Financial Risk Management specialization in the Master of Financial Analysis program and served as a degree advisor for the finance program. He has been actively involved in developing the finance curriculum and has introduced new specialized banking and risk management subjects (FIN5CRM; FIN5ORM; FIN5BRM; FIN3001DRM) at the postgraduate level, as well as developing other subjects (FIN5DER; FIN5EQS; FIN2ARM; BUS5THE). His teaching interests include Risk and Financial Management, Banking, Financial Technology (FinTech), and Investments. Dr. Jurdi's current research interests are in asset pricing, sustainable finance, governance, innovation, and risk. He is an active HDR supervisor and has supervised doctoral and master's by research candidates to successful completions.


HDR Supervision (Successful Completions and thesis under examination)

- H. Li - Essays in Empirical Finance: A Risk Perspective (Ph.D. degree 2025)
- R. Said - Topics in Financial Development and Financial Inclusion - Ph.D. degree, 2022,
- A. EL Saleh - Essays in Ethical Finance - Ph.D. degree, 2020. (Position: Responsible Investments Analyst)
- T. P. Pham - Three Essays on ASEAN Stock Markets - Ph.D. degree (Associate Supervisor), 2019. (Position: Senior Modelling Analyst)
- N. Iqbal - The Impact of Macroeconomic Conditions and Institutional Ownership on Dividend Policies of U.S. Firms - Master's by Research (Associate Supervisor), 2018 (Ph.D. candidate)

Current HDR Supervision: 2 candidates


Dr. Jurdi currently serves as a Guest Co-Editor for Mathematics and the Journal of Risk and Financial Management.

DEGREES

  • PhD (Finance)
    Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
  • Teaching and Learning Certificate
    University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
  • Lic Econ (Finance)
    Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland
  • MSc (Computational Finance)
    Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Certified ESG Analyst
    European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies
  • Executive Education: FinTech Innovation and Transformation in Financial Services
    National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • University Leadership
    La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 13 Climate Action
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

EXPERTISE