SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Overview

Graduate students in the PhD programme of the Department of Financial and Management Studies study towards the University of London PhD.

To be considered for the DeFiMS PhD programme in finance or management students must already have completed a good Masters degree in a relevant discipline and been awarded high grades. They must also submit an initial research proposal that demonstrates aptitude for academic research.

The full-time PhD programme normally requires three years of study in London.

To apply online or download a copy of the application form, please view the Admissions web pages on How To Apply.

Research Topics

The DeFiMS PhD programme provides supervision in a number of fields within finance and management. We concentrate on topics in fields which are actively being researched by faculty members. Currently the five principal areas are: corporate governance, finance, law, and regulation (in developed and developing countries) and sustainable development and agribusiness. 

• Corporate governance: finance, law, and regulation (in developed and developing countries) 
• Corporate finance: determinants of firms' capital structure 
• Finance and economic growth 
• Financial regulation, central banking and bank supervision 
• Management in China; Management in Japan; and Management in the Middle East and North Africa

View Current and Past PhD Theses in Finance and Management Studies

View Working Papers by DeFiMS Staff

Academic Staff and their Research Areas 

Dr Mathew Haigh Bcom Mcom PhD (Macquarie) CA
Energy Policy, carbon financing, social accounting, the semiology of business and accounting, postcolonial approaches to managed investment, nineteenth-century studies, art history

Dr Yothin Jinjarak BA (Thammasat) PhD (UC Santa Cruz)
International macroeconomics and finance

Dr Nigel Poole BSc(Notts) MSc, PhD (London)
Agrifood systems organisation and performance, addressing:

• marketing, information and market coordination
• management of natural resources and derived products
• small business development and problems of producer organisations
• value chain approaches to market development

Dr Helen Macnaughtan BA (Waikato) MA PhD (London)
Middle East: economic problems of the Middle East; land productivity and holding size in Egypt; political economy of agrarian change
Professor Pasquale Scaramozzino Laurea (Rome) MSc (Econ) PhD (London)
Applied Econometrics, Capital Structure, Investment.

Dr Huan Zou BA LLB (Peking) PhD (Manchester)
International market entry strategies; international acquisitions; international entrepreneurship; knowledge learning; venture capitals in emerging markets.

Financial Assistance

The Department has one Doctoral Scholarships for which UK/EU students have priority. This scholarship will provide remission of the tuition fees. Students must possess or expect to get Distinction (for overseas qualifications, they must be in the top rank). If there is no deserving UK/EU candidate it may be awarded to an overseas candidate on the same terms.

There are also 2 SOAS Research Scholarships that Defims can apply for competitively within the Faculty. These provide remission of tuition fees at the UK/EU rate and a maintenance allowance of £12,470 (2011/12 rate). Open to both Home/EU and overseas (For students paying the higher (overseas) tuition fees, the remaining tuition fees payable will normally be deducted from the maintenance allowance). Students must possess or expect to get Distinction (for overseas qualifications, they must be in the top rank).

Further information is available from: http://www.soas.ac.uk/registry/scholarships/