Dr Michael Harrison
Senior Lecturer
Economics and Finance
Department of Business Entrepreneurship & Finance , Royal Docks School of Business and Law
Michael is a Senior Lecturer in Economics and Finance at the Royal Docks School of Business and Law. He teaches microeconomics, behavioural economics, financial analysis and econometrics. His research focuses on market microstructure and green finance.
OVERVIEW
Michael joined UEL in 2017 and is a Senior Lecturer in economics and finance. His research focuses on the availability of green finance to support European firms’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, and net-zero objectives. He has also contributed to interdisciplinary research projects on financial crime, sustainable fintech and challenger banks. In the past he has contributed to literature around market microstructure, and financial risk spill overs.
Michael has extensive media experience. He has appeared on BBC One and contributed to articles published in the Daily Express, New Law Journal and The Conversation. Before completing his PhD at UEL, Michael completed a master's degree in economics at the University of Birmingham. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is recognised as a Certified FinTech Professional by the Global Academy of Finance and Management.
CONFERENCES AND MEDIA
Selected Conferences
- Organised Crime Businesses, not Organised Crime Gangs. Serious and Complex: National Policing and Crime Conference 2024 (Stoke-On-Trent, UK). With Coxhead, J., and Allen, C.
- The need for operationalising situational crime prevention using forensic science to disrupt the organised crime business profiteering landscape. 7th Global Webinar on Forensic Science: Global Scientific Guild Conference 2023. With Coxhead, J.
- The new UK 'Challenger Banks': do we trust them? New Digital World DBMR Virtual Conference 2021. With Mingazova, D.
- High-Frequency Trading: New Challenges in Financial Markets. Online Presentation at Fatima Al-Fihri University (2020).
- Temporal asymmetries in the efficiency of financial markets characterised by algorithmic traders. IFABS Conference 2019 (Angers, France).
Selected Media Items
- LAC Podcast Episode 5: Interdisciplinary Perspectives to Law as a Social Science. With Onafuwa, O. 19 June 2024. youtube.com
- How Gen Z is navigating the world of wealth. Quoted in World Finance Magazine. 2 January 2024.
- Data reveals the amount of sausage rolls one needs to forgo to own London property. Quoted in South West Londoner. 12 January 2024. swlondoner.co.uk
- Worldpay’s Due Diligence Checks Causing Challenges for Businesses. Interviewed on the BBC One Show (Watchdog). 29 March 2023 BBC One - The One Show, 29 March 2023
- Laughing Gas: Not so Funny After All? New Law Journal – 28 April 2023. With Onafuwa, O. The leading weekly legal magazine
MODULES
Current
- EC5010 - Fundamentals of Microeconomics
- EC6011 – Applied Econometrics and Introduction to Programming
- FN5011 – Central Banks and Prudential Regulation
- Dissertation Supervision
- Number of PhD Students: 2
Previous
- EC5011 – Fundamentals of Macroeconomics
- FN6022 – Foundations and Application of FinTech
- FN7230 - Bloomberg Trading Game
PUBLICATIONS
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Publications
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Full publications list
Visit the research repository to view a full list of publications
- Understanding Organised Crime Businesses [OCBs] from a Practice-Based and Theoretical Perspective in: Mukherjee, B. N., Uduwerage-Perera, R., Mathew, M. and Tripathi, S. K. (ed.) Rethinking the Police for a Better Future: Navigating Policing Challenges with Accountability and Trust. Springer, pp.25-41
- Corporate Egoism: An Investigation of Business Ethics in the South-Western Nigerian Banking Industry Journal of Business Research. 189 (Art. 115178). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115178
- Managing and Resourcing Nigerian banks’ diasporic operations in the UK: An empirical study Journal of General Management. p. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1177/03063070241305729
- The role of FinTech in driving sustainability and inclusive practices in banking in: Shabani, M. and D'Avino, C. (ed.) International Banking in Global Perspective. London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge), pp.158-176
- An evolution of global and regional banking networks: A focus on Japanese banks’ international expansion Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money. 83, p. 101717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2022.101717
