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University of Bath

Members of the Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS)

Our members bring a multidisciplinary, high-quality, rigorous approach to addressing topical issues in regulation, governance and industrial strategy.

CGR&IS is a leading academic and policy research centre at the University of Bath, combining expertise across various social sciences (accounting, economics, finance, law, management and politics).

Co-Directors

Members

Visiting professors/fellows

  • Professor Phil Allmendinger, University of London
  • Professor David Birks (Emeritus)
  • Paddy Bradley MBE
  • Dr Sandrine Labory, University of Ferrara)

Associates

Current PhD students

  • Samantha Archard
  • Arthur Bao
  • Laura Dkaidek
  • Maria Gratsova
  • Laura Smyth
  • Johnny Swierczynski
  • Zihan Wang
  • Yi Wu
  • Wenjun Zhu

Former PhD students (name, thesis, current employment)

2024

Ali Salmon: Policy discovery through a complexity lens: Case studies of economic reforms and policy practice in Malaysia and Pakistan

2022

  • Chris Dimos: Beyond input and output additionality of public R&D support, behavioural additionality and implications for industrial strategy: science, technology and innovation policy, University of Bath
  • Jane MacKay: Degree apprenticeships and their potential for widening participation: social mobility or social reproduction?, Director at Clearwater Advantage, Business Consulting, Salisbury, UK
  • Min Yang: The role of innovation in the corporate financing, University of Huddersfield

2020

  • Boondhiva Cheewatragoongit: ASEAN stock market consolidation: an implication for market integration, home bias and diversification benefit, Bank of Thailand, Thailand
  • Anzela Volkova: Financing deficit of defined benefit pension: the case of UK, Office for National Statistics, UK
  • Yue Zhang: Determinants and consequences of mutual funds’ exits, International School of Business and finance, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

2019

  • Muhamed Alsharman: Risk evaluation,
  • Hui Gao: Firm-level risk and systemic risk analysis in the insurance sector during the subprime mortgage crisis: CDS vs. non-CDS-based risk indicators
  • Jaehak Hwang: Foreign exchange risk and the stability of banking systems, FSA Korea
  • Kazimierz Michał Kelles-Krauz: The influences on innovation in transition economies, evidence from Poland and Czech Republic
  • Sozy Mohammed: Governance of public-private partnerships in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Emmanouil Sifodaskalakis: Determinants of bank ratings,

2018

  • Xinyu Huang: Dynamic portfolio construction and risk management of hedge funds, University of Durham, UK
  • Yadong Li: Probability density distributions of stock returns, market regimes, and financial risk measures, 2018, University of Bristol

2017

  • Marc Betton: The impact of regulation on micro-firms, University of Bath, UK
  • Xinyi Huang: The relationship of bank accounting ratios and financial crisis 2007/08, University of Durham, UK
  • Ozlem Ozen: Knowledge sharing, innovation and social capital: The role of business group affiliation in Turkey, Sirnak University, Turkey
  • Di Xiao: The role of information and liquidity in interbank network formation, 2017, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

2016

  • Prince Abbey: Economic governance and social capital: A case study of Ghana’s cocoa industry, Self-employed in publishing, Ghana
  • Yan Yan: Determinants and consequences of executive compensation: Empirical evidence from Chinese listed companies, Tsinghua University, China
  • Zhuoran Xu: Identifying systemic risk in interbank markets by applying network theory, Guandong University of Technology, China