Research Seminar by Prof. Robert Faff

Date: 6 May 2024, Monday, 11:40-13:00 

Venue: Institute of Finance – Room E.279.1. (Corvinus Main Building E, second floor) 

Language: English 

Summary of the lecture: This seminar/workshop provides a primer on “Responsible Science” – resting on the three core pillars of (a) credible research; (b) relevant research; & (c) independent research. We encounter a range of issues including “questionable research practices”; research “crisis”; and the importance of reproducibility and replication. Embracing “Open Science” practices is proposed as one important avenue for leading us toward the ideal of being responsible scientists.  

Learn more about Professor Robert Faff – The University of Queensland: 

 Robert Faff is an Emeritus Professor of Finance and formerly Director of Research at the University of Queensland Business School (Australia). He has an international reputation in empirical finance research:  

• securing 14 Australian Research Council grants (funding exceeding $4 million);  
• >500 publications; career citations  
• >22,894 (Google Scholar); and an h-index of 74 (Google Scholar).  

His particular passion is nurturing and developing the career trajectories of early career researchers. Robert has supervised approximately 40 PhD students to successful completion and examined 50 PhD dissertations. Building on a 35-year academic career, his latest focus is “Pitching Research”, now gaining great traction domestically and worldwide (source: cepr.org, updated). 

Consult the schedule of upcoming seminars: https://sites.google.com/view/finance-seminars/schedule  

Please note that this Microsoft Teams link is only in case you are unable to join the seminar at the Corvinus University of Budapest, Institute of Finance, E.279.1. However, the meeting will be generally held offline.