Alireza Zarei

Assistant Professor in Finance, Business School, Durham University

Alireza is a seasoned educator and researcher who joined Durham University Business School in January 2023. Prior to joining Durham, Alireza worked as an Assistant Professor in Finance at Coventry University where he taught a variety of core financial modules. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce, an MBA in finance, and a PhD in Economics, which he completed in January 2016. Alireza has also completed a postgraduate certificate in academic practice from Lancaster University, and has been actively involved in several activities, including the development of scholarly outputs, funding/grant applications, PGR supervision, research leadership, and mentoring. He has also had the opportunity to participate in an exchange scholarship program at Harvard University in 2019. With a publication record of several research articles in reputed peer-reviewed journals, Alireza's research focuses on understanding the market manifestations of reactions to “Black Swan events”. His outputs are largely on asset pricing, exchange rate determination, risk management, Islamic finance, and capital financial markets.