Professor Steven Li is a Professor of Finance at the College of Business and Law (COBL), RMIT University. He has previously taught at a few universities in Australia and China, including University of South Australia, Queensland University of Technology and Tsinghua University. He has extensive teaching experience in many finance subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He currently lectures on Financial Management, Introduction to Financial Technology, and Sustainable Financial Management.
Steven’s research interests include financial market efficiency, asset pricing, corporate finance, derivatives and financial engineering, Chinese financial markets, FinTech and sustainable finance. He has published over 100 academic papers. He has been a visiting scholar to Central South University, Sichuan University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Bank of Japan, Sun Yat-san University, Hokkaido University, and University of Wollongong.
Steven is active in applying his finance knowledge and mathematical/statistical modelling skills for solving real-world business problems. He has significant consulting experience, including work for News Corporation, Bank of Japan, National Climate Change and Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) and Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) of the Commonwealth Government of Australia.
Professor Li has successfully supervised many PhD students and Masters by Research/Honours students. He is currently recruiting new PhD students to do research on a wide range of finance subjects.
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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.