Location: | Coventry |
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Salary: | £32,348 to £42,155 per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 3rd February 2023 |
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Closes: | 5th March 2023 |
Job Ref: | 1890052 |
Fixed term contract for 2 years.
We invite applications for a Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology Research Fellow (Post Doc) position at the Warwick Business School. This is an opportunity to join the founding team of the Centre and contribute to leading edge global research in the FinTech space, gaining exposure to world leading researchers and institutions. The primary mission of the Gilmore Centre is to conduct world-class, cutting-edge research at the intersection of finance and technology. The Centre engages in research exploring the transformative impact of emerging technologies like AI, ML, blockchain, mobile payments, cryptocurrencies and crowdfunding platforms on financial activities.
The broad research directions of interest are the following:
Societal Impacts and Policy: crypto-currencies, cyber security, financial and privacy regulation, inequality and underserved markets.
Firm and Industry Analysis: blockchain and financial intermediation, smart contracts, nature and source of competition in the financial sector, emerging industry structure, impact of social media on financial markets.
Consumer Analysis: Innovative technology-infused products and services, financial literacy and empowering consumers.
Technology Management: financial principles and instruments to manage data and technology resources such as bandwidth and cloud computing.
We invite applicants with research interests aligned with the mission of the Centre and an ability to publish in top tier business journals. Applicants should hold (or are about to complete) a PhD in Business, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Applied Mathematics or a related discipline.
We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.
Interview date: TBC.
For informal inquiries, please contact Prof Ram Gopal, ram.gopal@wbs.ac.uk
Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button.
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