Personal Chair of Banking and Risk Analytics and Head of MSBE Group
Roles and Responsibilities
- Head of Management Science and Business Economics Group
- Course Leader for Introduction to Risk Management in Banks
Background
Dr. Yizhe Dong, is a Professor (Personal Chair) in Banking and Risk Analytics at the University of Edinburgh Business School. Prior to joining Edinburgh, he worked at Aberdeen University, Aberystwyth University and Durham University, respectively. He received his PhD from Loughborough University, MSc and MA from Cardiff University and Nottingham University, and BSc from South China University of Technology.
He is currently serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies and Associate Editor of the European Journal of Finance (2019-), British Accounting Review (2026-), Eurasian Economic Review (2026-) and Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (2017-2020). He also acted as a Guest Editor of the European Journal of Finance, British Accounting Review, Information Systems Frontiers, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, Economic Modelling, China Economic Review, Emerging Market Finance and Trade, etc. He served as the 33rd President of the Chinese Economic Association (UK/Europe). He also received awards for Excellence in Doctoral Supervision and other teaching awards in past years.
Research Interests
Yizhe’s main research interests are ML/Generative AI/Multimodal applications in financial markets and financial services, credit risk assessment, corporate finance, climate risk and green finance, banking and financial institutions, and equity valuation. He has published over 50 papers in leading international journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Corporate Finance, Nature Food, British Journal of Management, Journal of Financial Stability, British Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, European Journal of Finance, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Annals of Operations Research, amongst others.
Yizhe welcomes PhD applications from suitably qualified students to undertake research in the above-mentioned areas.