Dr Bing Xu
Dr Bing Xu
Associate Professor in Finance
Dr Xu’s research focuses on banking and investment analytics by modelling the impact of uncertainty on banks’/firms’ performance, their lending/investment and risk-taking behaviours. She is also passionate on scrutinizing the causes of sustainable finance gap, and the consequences of climate-related risks on firms’ performances and access to finance. Another strand of Bing’s research is around the design of multidimensional frameworks (e.g., DEA, multi-criteria decision-making analysis-based approaches) to evaluate energy strategies and prediction models. She also has works around modelling/forecasting oil prices and studying the dynamic impact of oil price shocks on the economy.
Dr Xu has worked on 10+ external multidisciplinary funded energy projects and worked with a diverse team of academic and industrial partners. Currently, Bing is working on several UKRI funded projects around performance analytics, stakeholder engagement, policy, social dynamics, and sustainable finance:
- HWU-PI, “E-bio-fuels (SGBH FF Feb2019 1)” EPSRC, Supergen Bioenergy Hub and the Department of Transport; WP2 leader: Performance evaluation and engagement.
- HWU-PI, “GREEN ICEs” (EP/T022701/1) EPSRC; WP5.3 leader: Market Analysis and Techno-economic Evaluation.
- HWU-PI, “Fast-track vaccine cold-chain assessment and design for Mass Scale COVID-19 Vaccination in Bangladesh” (EP/V028332/1) GCRF; WP3 leader: Sustainable Financing.
- HWU-PI, “UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy” (EP/V011863/1) EPSRC. Theme 3 leader: Policy, Society and Finance.
Areas of interest
- Banking
- Finance
- Investment
- Sustainable Finance
- Energy Economics
- MCDA
- DEA
- performance evaluation
- stakeholder engagement
- social dynamics
- low carbon fuels
- circular economy.
Qualifications
2001 – 2005 MA (1st Class Honours) Business Studies and Accounting, University of Edinburgh, UK
2005 – 2009 PhD in Management, University of Edinburgh, UK
Background
EXTERNAL ROLES
- University of Stirling BA(Hons) Economics External Examiner, Sep 2019 – Aug 2023.
- Chinese Economics Associations (CEA), Board of Director, Dec 2020 – Present.
- CEA, Energy Economics Working Group Chair, Jun 2019- present.
- Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), Board of Director, Jun 2019 – Jun 2021.
Key publications
Projects/Research showcase
Awards
HWU-PI, “GREEN ICEs” (EP/T022701/1) EPSRC; WP5.3 leader: Market Analysis and Techno-economic Evaluation.
HWU-PI, “Fast-track vaccine cold-chain assessment and design for Mass Scale COVID-19 Vaccination in Bangladesh” (EP/V028332/1) GCRF; WP3 leader: Sustainable Financing.
HWU-PI, “UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy” (EP/V011863/1) EPSRC. Theme 3 leader: Policy, Society and Finance.