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Reader in Economics

Dr Danilo Spinola

Dr. Danilo Spinola is the Director of the Centre for Accountancy, Finance, and Economics (CAFE) and serves as the Academic Lead for Ethics at BCU's AFE College, alongside his role as a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Birmingham City University (BCU). His work explores the connections between innovation, inequality, and sustainability. With a Ph.D. in the Economics of Innovation from the UNU-MERIT and a postdoctoral fellowship at the same institution, he has deepened his understanding of how innovation affects both the economy and the environment. Dr. Spinola aims to find solutions that balance technological progress with fairness and sustainability.

In his role at BCU, Dr. Spinola teaches courses such as Economics for Sustainable Development, Political Economy, Economic History, and Labour Economics. His research, which has been published in journals like Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Review of Political Economy, Metroeconomica, and Review of Keynesian Economics, focuses on economic development, especially in emerging economies. This involves combining data analysis with theoretical models within Keynesian and Evolutionary frameworks.

Dr. Spinola also consults for organizations like the ECLAC, the IDB, and the INET, bringing his academic insights to broader economic development challenges. As a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), he is committed to teaching and learning excellence. Stationed in the Curzon Building, room C213, he is available to supervise PhD students interested in his fields of study, aiming to contribute to the academic community with both humility and dedication.

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Professor Javed Hussain

Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance

Professor Javed Hussain is Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance at Birmingham City University, where he currently leads the Accounting and Finance Group. Professor Hussain supervises a number of PhDs in the areas of corporate, micro and small business finance.
Ethel Inyang

Lecturer

Ethel Inyang is a lecturer in the department of Accountancy and Governance in Birmingham City Business School. Prior to joining BCU, she was a lecturer in the University of Calabar, Nigeria and an audit semi-senior with Deloitte. She has an MSc in Corporate strategy and governance from the University of Nottingham and is a...
Dr Xiehua Ji

Senior Lecturer in Finance

Xiehua Ji joined Birmingham City Business School in April 2017 as a Lecturer in Financial Services after completing his PhD and MSc at Durham University. Prior to his teaching experience and consultation experience at Durham University, he had industry experience in a commercial bank.
Dr Muhammad Ibrahim Khan

Lecturer in Finance

Muhammad Ibrahim is a Lecturer in Finance at Birmingham City Business School. He holds a PhD degree in Finance from Birmingham City University. His topic of PhD was “Impact of earnings announcement on stock returns” to test the semi strong form of market efficiency. He is an experienced academic in teaching core modules of...
Dr Md Rubel Khondoker

Lecturer in Finance

Dr Md Rubel Khondoker is a Lecturer in Finance at Birmingham City Business School. He holds a PhD in Finance from Middlesex University London and has spent the past six years teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has supervised PhD students and peer reviewer for world class journals. His research interests...
Dr Xia Li

Lecturer in Accounting

Xia Li is a Lecturer in Accountancy and Governance at Birmingham City University. Xia Li holds a PhD in Accounting and Finance from the University of Birmingham. Previously, during her PhD at the University of Birmingham, she was a teaching assistant in different accounting and finance modules at both postgraduate and...
Dr Scott Lichtenstein

Associate Professor

Scott's lecturing, research and publishing are in the areas of strategy and strategic leadership. His specialism is in the area of leaders’ and executives’ personal values and how they impact strategic choice and leadership.
Professor Eileen McAuliffe

Pro Vice-Chancellor Executive Dean

As Pro Vice-Chancellor Executive Dean for the Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences, Professor McAuliffe sets the vision and direction of travel of the faculty, making all major strategic decisions and implementation of operational policy. A qualified accountant, Professor McAuliffe obtained her PhD in International...
Shame Mugova

Lecturer in Finance

Dr Shame Mugova joined Birmingham City Business School as Lecturer in Finance in 2023. Prior to joining Birmingham City University, he was as a Research Fellow at Durban University of Technology (South Africa). His research interests are corporate finance, financial development, corporate social responsibility, corporate...
Dr Babak Naysary

Lecturer

Babak Naysary is a Lecturer in Accounting and Governance at Birmingham City University. He studied his undergraduate degree in Accounting, and has also achieved a Master's of Commerce (Finance) and a PhD in Accounting. Prior to joining BCU, Babak was a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the School of Business, Monash...