Dr. Haikun Zhu is Assistant Professor of Finance at CEIBS. Prior to joining CEIBS, he was an Assistant Professor in Finance at Erasmus School of Economics in the Netherlands. Dr. Zhu received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Finance from Tilburg University and B.A. in Economics from Nankai University.

Dr. Zhu’s research interests concentrate on FinTech, the political economy of finance, behavioral corporate finance, etc. Two of his papers have been/will be published in FT Top 50 Journals i.e. Journal of Financial Economics and Management Science (forthcoming). He was awarded the SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific Best Paper Award in 2017, International Workshop on Financial System Architecture and Stability (IWFSAS) Best Paper Award in 2018, Finance Down Under Best Paper Award in 2018, and Erasmus School of Economics Top Researcher in 2022. Dr. Zhu has been invited to present at numerous seminars since 2010.

Dr. Zhu’s teaching has been very well received by students. He has previously taught behavioral finance and FinTech at different levels. He also serves as a reviewer of different journals, including Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Journal of Business Ethics.