Dr. Wenquan Li is an Assistant Professor in Finance at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). He earned his PhD in Finance from The University of Queensland (UQ). Wenquan’s primary research interests include climate and environmental finance, household finance, and behavioral finance. His recent working papers also focus on corporate bonds and mergers & acquisitions.

His papers have been presented at prestigious finance conferences, including the AFA, CICF, FIRN, FMA, EFMA, AsianFA, CAFM, and NZFM, among others. Multiple studies have also been featured on The FinReg Blog of the Duke Financial Economics Center at Duke University. Wenquan’s papers have received R&Rs from high-quality journals, such as British Accounting Review. His research has been published in Journal of Financial Research (ABS: 3), International Journal of Finance & Economics (ABS: 3), and North American Journal of Economics and Finance (JCR: Q1). He was awarded the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Higher Degree by Research Theses at UQ in 2024.

Wenquan serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for several high-quality journals (ABDC: A*/A) and conferences, such as British Accounting Review, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, and Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money. He has supervised honours students at UQ, and his students’ theses received full grades in the examinations.

Moreover, Wenquan has extensive experience in entrepreneurship projects and competitions. He is also an alumnus of the Young Leaders Program in FinTech Research at Ant Group (Alibaba).

Google Scholar, SSRN, ORCID, Web of Science

Primary: Climate/Environmental Finance; ESG; Household Finance; Behavioral Finance
Secondary: Corporate Innovation; Financial Accounting; Mergers & Acquisitions; Corporate Bonds; Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Assistant Professor in Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2024 to present

Guest Lecturer / Casual Academic - Finance, The University of Queensland, 2022 - 2023

Casual Research Assistant, The University of Queensland, 2022 - 2023

Visiting PhD Student, Renmin University of China, 2021

Casual Research Assistant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 2018 - 2020

2024, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Higher Degree by Research Theses (Sole Recipient at UQ Business School), UQ

2021, UQ Graduate School Scholarships (UQGSS), UQ

2020, Outstanding Graduate (Sole Recipient from the MSc Finance Program), CUHK(SZ)

2020, Dean’s List, CUHK(SZ)

2020, First Class Academic Excellence Scholarship, CUHK(SZ)

2018, Outstanding Graduate at the Undergraduate Level, HainanU

2017 & 2018, Certificate of Appreciation for Service, Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)

2016, National Silver Award in China University Students’ “Internet Plus” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, Ministry of Education, China

2016, First Class Comprehensive Scholarship, HainanU

2015, National Undergraduate Training Program on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Program ID: 201510589007), Ministry of Education, China

FIN206 Securities Markets

Behavioural Finance

Advanced Studies in Finance

Corporate Finance

Financial Econometrics

Financial Market and Financial Institutions

Advanced Derivatives