Additional Contact Information
Office: Room 2.02 Hen Goleg, College Rd, Bangor LL57 2DG
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Qualifications
- Advance HE Fellowship Certificate
2024 - PhD: Business Studies and Management
University of Southampton, - BSc: Economics
Xiamen University, China,
Teaching and Supervision
Undergraduate Teaching
- Behavioural Finance (2023)
- Data Science (2024 - Present)
Postgraduate Teaching
- Data Science (2023 - Present)
- Coding for Business Applications (2023)
- Applied Finance Project (2022-2023)
- FinTech with Project (2023)
Doctoral Workshop
- Empirical literature review, conceptual framework & theoretical framework.
PhD Students Supervisor
- Jiaxin Li (2024 - Present)
- Ricardo Verschueren (2024 - Present)
Research Interests
My research interest includes but is not limited to:
- Retail Investing and Financial Inclusion: Exploring the decision-making, risk behavior, and cognitive biases of retail investors. Investigating the transformative impact of FinTech on the retail investment landscape, aiming to bridge the gap in financial inclusion and accessibility.
- Advanced News Analytics in Finance: Leveraging cutting-edge news analytics and sentiment analysis to construct predictive models of financial markets. Examining the interplay between media narratives and corporate governance, and their collective impact on market dynamics.
- Sustainable Business Analytics: Applying data science techniques to enhance business sustainability, with a focus on assisting Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in navigating the complexities of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards.
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
Publications
2024
- Accepted/In pressDynamic Connectedness and Directional Volatility Spill-overs from UK Tourism Markets to Financial Markets
Chang, Y., Brito, M. & He, H., Jun 2024, (Accepted/In press).
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review - Accepted/In pressNews Sentiment and the Cross-section of Cryptocurrencies
Tembo, T., Ma, T., McGroarty, F. & He, H., Jun 2024, (Accepted/In press).
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review - PublishedRobo-advisers are here – the pros and cons of using AI in investing
Jones, L. & He, H., 13 Mar 2024, The Conversation.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
2023
- PublishedInvestigating Retail Investors’ Decisions in a Social Network using Agent-Based Models
He, H. & Liu, J., 12 Sept 2023.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review - PublishedRoundtable Discussion Summary for the OR, Analytics, & Education SIG
He, H. & Kremantzis, M., May 2023, Inside OR, n.626, p. 42 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article - PublishedThe Impact of Mobile Devices on Individual Traders’ Responses to News Sentiment: Evidence from Early Adopters
He, H., Ma, T., Sung, M.-C. & Johnson, J. E. V., Sept 2023.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
2021
- PublishedAnalysing the impact of online news sentiment on individuals' sequential trading decisions
He, H., Ma, T., Sung, M.-C. & Johnson, J. E. V., 23 Aug 2021.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review - PublishedPrior gains and subsequent trade size: The moderating role of news announcements
He, H., Ma, T., Sung, M.-C. & Johnson, J. E. V., 24 Oct 2021.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Activities
2024
- 2024 ACM International Conference on AI in Finance
14 Nov 2024 – 16 Nov 2024
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Member of programme committee) - Annual Conference OR66 - The OR Society
Co-Chair of Operational Research Society Annual Conference 2024
Stream Lead of Education in OR Analytics
10 Sep 2024 – 12 Sep 2024
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Chair) - UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) Skills and Innovation Voucher (SIV) Scheme (£4,961)
This project involves working with a community venture in North Wales to understand the linkage between external funding availability and legal entity of business, and to develop business plans to meet the funding needs for two investment projects.
4 Sep 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor) - Queen's University Belfast Department of Accounting Research Seminar
Presentation on Working Paper: Technology-enabled Innovations and Retail Investors:A Systematic Literature Review
9 Feb 2024
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2023
- The Operational Research Society - OR, Analytics, & Education Special Interest Group Webinar
Organising team of the webinar
1 Mar 2023
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker) - UKRI Talent Peer Review College (External organisation)
Feb 2023 →
Activity: Membership of network (Member)
2022
- 3rd ACM International Conference on AI in Finance Workshop On Machine Learning for Investor Modelling
Oral presentation on "How Do Mobile Trading Apps Change Individual Investors’ Responses to News Sentiment?"
2 Nov 2022
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker) - OR Society Autumn Analytics Event
Oral presentation on "The Demand and Development of Business Data Analysts: Evidence from Current Job Market and Business Schools in the UK"
25 Oct 2022
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Wales Data Nation Accelerator - Alan Turing Institute Introductory Workshop
Oral presentation on "Apply News Sentiment Analytics in Analysing Individual Investors' Decisions"
8 Jul 2022
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker) - The Operational Research Society (External organisation)
Co-Chair of the Special Interest Group "OR, Analytics, and Education" of the OR Society
May 2022 →
Activity: Membership of network (Member)
2021
- ICAIF'21 Workshop on NLP and Network Analysis in Financial Applications
Oral presentation on "Apply News Sentiment in Analyzing Individual Investors' Decisions to Close Trading Positions"
3 Nov 2021
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
Projects
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Skills & Innovation voucher scheme - National Trust - Midi
01/06/2024 – 30/11/2024 (Active)
Other Grants and Projects
- British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Sep 2023-Feb 2025 (£9,964), Co-Investigator: Impacts of Bank Branch Closures on SME Performance: Evidence from the UK
- Welsh Government’s SMART-FIS program 2024 (£34,196), Co-Investigator: Analysing the Use of Data Analytics by Welsh Businesses
- UK SPF Skills & Innovation voucher scheme 2024 (£4,294.25), Principal Investigator: Identifying Climate Response Thresholds in North Wales: A Collaborative Initiative with the National Trust
- UK SPF SIV Scheme 2024 (£4,961), Co-Investigator: Collaborative Initiative with Wings Club Broughton
- UK SPF SIV Scheme 2024 (£7,692), Researcher: Collaboration with Kodergarten on Smart Towns Works.
Other Information
PhD Students External Advisor
- Thokozile Tembo, University of Southampton (2023 - Present)
Ah-hoc Refereeing
Operations Research; Journal of Accounting Literature; Pacific-Basin Finance Journal; Big Data Research; Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice