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The Centre for the Analysis of Investment Risk (CAIR)

Financial investments are having an increasing impact on diverse areas of our lives. From the environment to technology, and from social innovation to economic development.

Established in 2005, the Centre for the Analysis of Investment Risk (CAIR) provides research expertise on wide-ranging aspects of investment decision-making and the governance of the ambiguities, risk, and uncertainty faced when making decisions.

Our interdisciplinary research concerns the assessment, communication, auditing, and assurance of investment decisions and their returns, productivity, and social and environmental impact.

Our people

Key contacts

Professor Vlad-Andrei Porumb

CAIR Director, Associate Professor (Reader) of Accounting

Ipek Faria

External Engagement Officer

Research associates

Dr Alice Liang Xu

Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Professor Brian Nicholson

Professor of Business Information Systems

Professor Edward Lee

Professor of Accounting and Finance

Dr Emiel Jerphanion

Lecturer in Finance

Professor Konstantinos Stathopoulos

Professor of Accounting and Finance

Professor Martin Walker

Emeritus Professor of Accounting and Finance

Professor Ning Gao

Professor of Finance

Professor Paolo Quattrone

Professor of Accounting, Governance and Society

Professor Robert W Scapens

Emeritus Professor of Accounting

Professor Ser-Huang Poon

Professor of Finance

Dr Sofia Yasmin

Associate Professor of Accounting

Dr Sung Hwan Chai

Lecturer in Accounting

Professor Viet Dang

Professor of Finance

Dr Wei Jiang

Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Research affiliates

Dr Aleksandr Ermakov

Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Finance

Professor Amedeo De Cesari

Senior Lecturer in Finance

Professor Anne Stafford

Professor of Accounting

Professor Arif Khurshed

Professor of Finance

Professor Brahim Saadouni

Professor of Accounting & Finance

Professor Brendan O'dwyer

Professor of Accounting

Dr Chi-Yang (Ben) Tsou

Lecturer in Finance

Dr Chris Godfrey

Senior Lecturer in Finance

Professor Christopher Humphrey

Professor of Accounting (Semi retired)

Dr Christos Begkos

Associate Professor in Management Accounting

Dr Chun Lei Yang

Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Dr Claire Levison

Senior Lecturer

Dr Eirini Konstantinidi

Lecturer in Finance

Dr Georgios Voulgaris

Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Professor Hening Liu

Professor of Finance

Professor Ian Garrett

Professor of Finance

Dr Jason Moon

Lecturer in Accounting

Professor Javed Siddiqui

Professor of Accounting

Dr Jenny Tak

Assistant Professor in Finance

Dr Jonathan Tweedie

Lecturer in Accounting

Dr Julian Jones

Senior Lecturer in Management Accounting

Professor Kevin Aretz

Professor of Finance

Dr Leonid Sokolovskyy

Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

Dr Leonor Guedes Soares

Lecturer in Accounting

Professor Maria Marchica

Professor of Finance

Professor Marie Dutordoir

Professor of Finance

Dr Matteo Ronzani

Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Dr Mehdi Lehlali

Lecturer in Finance

Professor Nongnooch Kuasirikun

Associate Professor in Accounting

Dr Paromita Rakhi

Lecturer in Accounting

Dr Patricia Perlman-Dee

Senior Lecturer in Finance

Dr Patrick Ryu

Lecturer in Accounting

Professor Roberto Mura

Professor of Finance

Dr Sara Closs-Davies

Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Tax

Dr Sarah Russo

Lecturer in Accounting

Dr Sarah Zhang

Lecturer in Finance

Dr Spyridon Gkikopoulos

Assistant Professor in Accounting

Dr Stefan Petry

Lecturer in Finance

Professor Stuart Hyde

Head of the Division of Accounting and Finance, Deputy Head of School at Alliance Manchester Business School and Professor of Finance

Dr Sumair Hussain

Assistant Professor in Accounting

Dr Sungjun Cho

Senior Lecturer in Finance

Professor Susanne Espenlaub

Professor of Accounting and Finance

Professor Sven Modell

Professor of Management Accounting

Professor Tamara Lambert

Professor of Accounting

Professor Thomas Schleicher

Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

Dr Toyin Dosumu

Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

Dr Yaoyuan Zhang

Lecturer in Finance

Dr Yifan Li

Lecturer in Finance

Dr Yuekun Liu

Lecturer in Finance

Dr Yasmine Chahed

Visiting Research Fellow, Independent Senior Advisor

Dr Wendi Huang

Lecturer in Finance

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