Mamunur Rashid

Dr Mamunur Rashid

Reader in International Finance, and Course Director of Economics and Finance.

I have spent the last two decades teaching and researching finance in four countries. My teaching experience includes designing and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate modules on FinTech, sustainable finance, Islamic finance, and wealth management. I have published nearly 100 manuscripts, edited five books, oversaw several private and government grants, and edited five special issues. I am currently working as an Associate Editor for two prestigious finance and economics journals. As part of my other citizenship activities, I cofounded and led an Islamic finance research centre (CIBFR), am currently a fellow at Prince Sultan University's GIFTZ Centre in Saudi Arabia, and was the Chief Judge of Malaysia's Emerald Reviewer Training Competition.

Current teaching portfolio:

  • Excel in Finance 
  • Business information and Analysis
  • Portfolio Management
  • The Business Environment 

Proposed module:

  • Fintech
  • Sustainable corporate finance 

Other modules taught:

  • Principles of Finance
  • Managerial Finance
  • Strategic Financial Management
  • International Finance
  • Bank Management
  • Islamic Capital Market
  • Financial Economics
  • Modern Financial Theory
  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Finance

Research areas:

  • Multinational Corporate Finance actions and policies influenced by social and cultural cohesiveness, values system, and religiosity. 
  • Individual preferences, attitude, values, culture, religiosity, and biases influencing financial decisions, risk-taking.
  • Financial motivations behind sustainability, climate risk matrix, climate risk in SME credit risk matrix.
  • Fintech-based inclusion strategy, financial stability, market microstructure, and economic growth.

Research expertise:

  • Economic psychology theories
  • Panel data
  • Drafting and modelling
  • Qualitative financial research

Research Projects

  • Determinants of Environmental Sustainability: the role of financial development. Researcher(s): Mrs Jiaying Zhu. Supervisor(s): Dr Mamunur Rashid, Professor Richard McManus, Dr Amee Kim. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Determinants of Green Finance of Chinese Banks: A perspective on China’s Dual Carbon Target. Researcher(s): Ms Cecelia Qian. Supervisor(s): Dr Mamunur Rashid, Professor Richard McManus, Dr Amee Kim. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Fintech as a Catalyst for the Impact of Corporate Governance on ESG Performance: Evidence from Developed and Emerging Financial markets. Researcher(s): Miss Saima Afsheen. Supervisor(s): Dr Mamunur Rashid, Dr Amee Kim, Professor Richard McManus. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL FORCES ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN BANGLADESH LEATHER INDUSTRY. Researcher(s): Mr Mehfuzul Haque. Supervisor(s): Dr Amee Kim, Dr Mamunur Rashid, Professor Richard McManus. [Postgraduate Research Project]

Associate Editor:

  • International Journal of Islamic Middle Eastern Finance and Management (Emerald; Q1; ABDC; ABS)
  • Journal of Economic Cooperation and Development (OIC; Q3) 

Editor Special issues (recent issues):

  • Managerial Finance on International Islamic Finance (2023) 
  • Global finance journal (2023-2024)
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mamunur.rashid@canterbury.ac.uk
01227923151

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Faculty of Science, Engineering and Social Sciences
Christ Church Business School