Dan Luo

Dr Dan Luo joined the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies (SCCS) in May 2011 as a lecturer in Business and Finance. She previously worked as a research fellow in the Centre of Global Finance, University of the West of England. Before that, she worked as a post-doctorate research fellow at SCCS, The University of Nottingham, where she was awarded her PhD and MA in Finance and Investment. She obtained her BA (Hons) Management in Accounting and Finance from Beijing Institute of Technology, China in 2005. She has also been a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) since 2007.

Her PhD thesis was entitled "Development of the Chinese Financial System and the Reform of Chinese Commercial Banks". Dr Luo's major research interests focus on the Chinese financial market, in particular the banking sector and stock market. She has also conducted intensive research on asset pricing, stock market volatility and income inequality. Her work has been published in leading journals such as The World Economy and Journal of Applied Financial Economics.