Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and Financial Analytics

About us

The UCL Institute of Finance and Technology (IFT) is the new UCL Institute dedicated to finance. The IFT is committed to becoming a hub for the highest level of excellence in research, and for its creative and innovative approach to the education of financial students, and will provide leadership and training for future financial and business leaders by enabling close collaboration between cutting-edge applied research, financial innovation, industry and government. Innovative forms of finance are being developed and tested due to new technologies coming into operation and in response to future expectations.

The IFT is built around a vision of finance at the service of major societal challenges. New financial models, embedding technical, environmental and social aspects within financial mechanisms, have been developed within the Institute by experts in their fields who pass on this new understanding to combine applied research, innovative finance, and entrepreneurial creativity in a dynamic learning environment.

The IFT runs two MSc programmes: the MSc Banking and Digital Finance, launched in 2019, and the MSc Venture Capital and Private Equity with Financial Technology, launched in 2021. The dissertation module is shared between the two programmes. The primary objectives of the programmes are to provide students with the tools and skills to understand the underlying concepts and practical trade-offs entailed in technology-led finance, investment and policy. The programmes emphasise the analytical foundations of finance and financial products and FinTech, focusing on theory and methods and making extensive use of relevant practical applications. The syllabi are structured around the development of a global view of responsible finance tailored to students’ career aspirations in business, financial institutions, government and NGOs.

For more information see: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-finance-technology/

About the role

The main purpose of the job is to carry out research, teaching and administration within the IFT, especially in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and financial analytics.

This is an open ended academic position, available from January 2023.

The role will start at UCL Bloomsbury campus before transitioning to UCL East in September 2023.

About you

The successful candidate will hold a PhD and have excellent interdisciplinary and intersectional knowledge of financial analytics and issues in financial technology.

The successful candidate will also have a track record of relevant publication and the ability to cover the core provisions in diverse set of topics pertaining to Artificial intelligence (AI) and financial analytics, and in particular private equity applications and impacts on banking and financial institutions. A commitment to high quality research and teaching is essential to support the graduate taught programmes in UCL IFT. The ability to work across disciplinary boundaries and to engage in collaboration with the financial industry will be an important requisite for developing new and imaginative financial solutions.

The appointment will be made at Lecturer (Grade 8) level. A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page. If you would like to have an informal discussion about the post, please contact Professor Francesca Medda on .

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