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 been published in the British Accounting Review (ABDC: A*), Journal of Financial Research (ABS: 3), International Journal of Finance & Economics (ABS: 3), and North American Journal of Economics & 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, Journal of Business Research, and Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money. In terms of service and engagement at XJTLU, he sits on the Finance Department Research Committee and serves as the Timetabling Officer for the Department of Finance. He has also 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).

He leads the IntelliGreen Finance research group, which welcomes motivated students interested in green finance and AI in finance.

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

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, Shenzhen Finance Institute (SFI), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 2018 - 2020

Casual Research Assistant, Shenzhen Capital Group (SCGC), 2019 - 2020

2025, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Excellent Poster

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)

2019, Outstanding Team Award – Young Leaders Program in FinTech Research, Ant Group

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

FIN201 Corporate Finance

BUS303 Final Year Project

FIN405 Industry Research Project

Behavioural Finance

Advanced Studies in Finance

Corporate Finance

Financial Econometrics

Financial Market and Financial Institutions

Advanced Derivatives

Climate Finance Workshop

Stata Workshop