Previous Conferences

2024 ConferenceSociology of Finance
6–7 June 2024 at the Holiday Inn, Kensington, London

Organised by Gulnur Muradoglu (Queen Mary University of London), Arman Eshraghi (Cardiff University), and Professor Alexa Preda (Lingnan University, Hong Kong and King’s College, London)

Keynote Speakers: Marcin Kacperczyk, Imperial College London & CEPR, Donald MacKenzie, University of Edinburgh
Practitioner Keynote: Ian Taylor, Head of Crypto and Digital Assets, KPMG 


2023 Conference – Finance in a High-Inflation Post-COVID World
12-13 June 2022 at the Holiday Inn, Kensington, London

Organised by Gulnur Muradoglu (Queen Mary University of London), Arman Eshraghi (Cardiff University), and Ylva Baeckström (King’s College London).

Keynote Speakers: Dong Lou, London School of Economics, Rosie Campbell, King’s College London
Practitioner Keynote: Mike Diiorio, CEO of Marble Bar Asset Management


2022 Conference – Networks and Social Connections in Finance
9-10 June 2022 at the Queen Mary University of London

Organised by Gulnur Muradoglu (Queen Mary University of London), Arman Eshraghi (Cardiff University)

Keynote Speaker: Lauren Cohen (Harvard Business School) 
Practitioner Keynote: Charlotte Duke (London Economics)
Special Issue: Review of Behavioural Finance and International Review of Economics and Finance


2021 Conference – Behavioural Finance and Ethics
10-11 June 2021 at the Queen Mary University of London

Organised by Gulnur Muradoglu (Queen Mary, University of London, UK), Daphne Sobolev (UCL-University College London)

Keynote Speakers: Max Bazerman (Harvard Business School) and Boudewijn de Bruin (University of Groningen)
Special Issue: Review of Behavioural Finance 


2019 Conference – Can Behavioural Finance inform Volatility Modeling/Forecasting?
6-7 June 2019 at the Queen Mary University of London

Organised and chaired by Gulnur Muradoglu (Queen Mary, University of London, UK), Vasileios Kallinterakis (University of Liverpool, UK), and Dimos Kambouroudis (Stirling University, UK)

Keynote Speaker: Richard Sias (University of Arizona)
Practitioner Keynote: Emily Haisley (BlackRock)
Special Issue: Review of Behavioural Finance and Emerging Markets Finance and Trade


2018 Conference – Behavioural finance in advanced and emerging markets
14-15 June 2018 at the Queen Mary University of London

Organised and chaired by Ali M. Kutan (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA) and Gulnur Muradoglu, Queen Mary University of London.

Keynote Speaker: Avanidhar Subrahmanyam (UCLA – University of California Los Angeles)
Practitioner Keynotes: Chantal Richer (Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation) and Brad Evenson (Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation)
Special Issue: Review of Behavioural Finance and Emerging Markets Finance and Trade


2017 Conference – Sentiment and Mood in Finance 
13-14 June 2017 at the Queen Mary University of London

Organised and chaired by Darren Duxbury, Newcastle University Business School and Gulnur Muradoglu, Queen Mary University of London.

Keynote Speaker: Malcolm Baker (Harvard Business School)
Practitioner Keynotes: Chantal Richer (Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation) and Brad Evenson (Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation)
Special Issue: Review of Behavioural Finance


2016 Conference – Financial regulation and the politics of finance
13-14 June 2016 at the Queen Mary University of London

Organised and chaired by Kim Kaivanto, Lancaster University, and Gulnur Muradoglu, Queen Mary University of London.

Keynote Speaker: Hersh Shefrin (Santa Clara)
Practitioner Keynotes: Chair: Greg Davies (Barclays), Pete Brooks (Barclays), Pete Trainor (Nexus), Paul Adams (Financial Conduct Authority)
Special Issue: The European Journal of Finance


2015 Conference – Financial regulation in response to the financial crisis: seven years on
11-12 June 2015 at the Queen Mary University of London

Organised and chaired by Gulnur Muradoglu (Queen Mary, University of London) and William Forbes (Waterford Institute of Technology)  

Keynote Speakers: Harrison Hong (Princeton), Charles Goodhart (London School of Economics), Marie-Hélène Broihanne (Université de Strasbourg)
Practitioner Keynotes: Chair: Will Goodhart (CFA UK), James Clunie (Jupiter Asset Management), Paul Craven (Goldman Sachs), Greg Davies (Barclays)
Special Issue: The European Journal of Finance


2014 Conference – Emotional Finance
23-24 June 2014 at the Queen Mary University of London

Organised and chaired by Richard Taffler, Edinburgh University, and Gulnur Muradoglu, Queen Mary University of London.

Keynote Speaker: Alok Kumar (University of Miami), Russell Craig (University of Victoria)
Practitioner Keynotes: Chair: Will Goodhart (CFA UK), James Clunie (Jupiter Asset Management), Paul Craven (Goldman Sachs), Greg Davies (Barclays)
Special Issue: The European Journal of Finance


2013 Conference – Behavioural Finance: Austerity, Poverty and Policy
16-17 December 2013 at the Queen Mary University of London

Organised and chaired by Peter Ayton, School of Psychology, City University London, and Gulnur Muradoglu, Queen Mary University of London.

Keynote Speaker: Eldar Shafir (Princeton University), Meir Statman (Santa Clara University)
Practitioner Keynotes: Chair, Greg Davies (Barclays); Panellists, Emily Haisley (Barclays), Charlotte Duke (London Economics), Samuel Nguyen (Behavioural Insights Team)
Special Issue: The European Journal of Finance


2012 Conference – Behavioural Finance and Cross Border Investments & Acquisitions
21-22 June at the Cass Business School

Organised and chaired by Scott Moeller, Cass Business School, and Gulnur Muradoglu, Cass Business School.

Keynote Speaker: Warren Bailey (Cornell University)
Practitioner Keynotes: Chair, Greg Davies (Barclays); Panellists, Rich Lewis (Decision Technology), Matthew Blakstad (National Employment Savings Trust), Terry Thomson (Oxford Risk), Stefan Hunt (Financial Services Authority)
Special Issue: The European Journal of Finance


2011 Conference – Behavioural finance and economic psychology: Recent developments
7-8 April 2011 at the Cass Business School

Organised and chaired by Nigel Harvey, University College London Psychology Department and Gulnur Muradoglu, Cass Business School.

Keynote Speakers: Tommy Gärling (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Neil Stewart (University of Warwick)
Practitioner Keynotes: Jeremy Ko (Securities and Exchange Commission, USA) and Anna Riitta Lehtinen (National Consumer Research Centre, Finland) 
Special issue:  Review of Behavioral Finance


2010 Conference – Fairness, Trust and Emotions in Finance
1-2 July 2010 at the Cass Business School

Organised and chaired by Richard Fairchild (University of Bath, UK), Gulnur Muradoglu (Cass Business School, UK). And Daniel Zizzo (University of East Anglia. UK)

Keynote Speaker: Richard Olsen (Olsen and Associates)  
Special Issue International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance


2009 Conference – Behavioural Perspectives on the Financial Crisis
10-11 December 2009 at the Cass Business School.

Organised and Chaired by William Forbes (Loughborough University), Paul Hamalainen (Essex University), and Gulnur Muradoglu (Cass Business School).

Keynote Speaker: Werner DeBondt (DePaul University, Chicago, USA) 
Practitioner Keynote: Panel organised by Centre for Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI) with Support from Knowledge Transfer Network set up by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (ex-BERR, ex-DTI) at Armourer’s’Hall. 
Special Issue: Qualitative Journal of Financial Markets


2008 – Interdisciplinary Nature of Behavioural Finance
9 December 2008 at the Cass Business School.

Organised by Gulnur Muradoglu (Cass Business School).