Three Minute Thesis Update

The Faculty’s 3MT competition was held on 18 June, with some terrific presentations making it a tough job for the judges: Dr Karen Lai (Dept of Accounting), Dr Nichola Robertson (Dept of Marketing), Dr Jon Hopwood (Director, Social Agility)

Our presenters and their Departments, topics and supervisors were –

Xing Xu – Department of Economics
US-China Trade War 2018
Professor Pasquale Sgro (PS); Dr Xuan Nguyen (AS)

Panagiotis Sotirakopoulos – Department of Economics
What is the Impact of Economic and Social Shocks on Individual’s Socio-economic Behaviour?
Dr Cahit Guven (PS); Dr Aydogan Ulker (AS)

Ching Hin Wong – Department of Finance
Anchoring Bias in Mutual Funds
Associate Professor Mike Mao (PS); Dr Fengfei Li

Merve Kucuk– Department of Economics
Household Finance in the Aftermath of a Natural Disaster
Professor Mehmet Ulubasoglu (PS); Dr Aydogan Ulker (AS)

Bo Yu– Department of Economics
Emission Reduction Quota, Air Pollution and Internal Skilled Migration in Chinese Cities: Evidence from the 11^th Five-Year Plan
Dr Shuddha Rafiq (PS); Associate Professor Wang-Sheng Lee (AS)

Sumon Bhattacharjee – Department of Accounting
Translation of integrated thinking and connectivity: an exploration of integrated reporting practices
Dr Dessalegn Mihret (PS); Dr Simona Scarparo (AS); Dr Joanne Locke (external)

Amanjot Singh – Department of Finance
Three essays on hedge fund activism
Dr Saikat Sovan Deb (PS); Associate Professor Harminder Singh (AS)

Chakrawarthige Antonette Shanika Fernando – Department of Economics
The role of financial structural factors in interest rate pass through
Associate Professor Debdulal Mallick (PS); Professor Pedro Gomis Porqueras (AS); Dr Wenying Yao (AS)

Jayant Nasa – Department of Marketing
Impact of Spokesperson Characteristics on Consumer Responses to Offensive Advertising
Associate Professor Andrea Vocino (PS); Dr Jeffrey Rotman (AS); Dr Tanuka Ghoshal (external)

Our two winners, who will now proceed to the Deakin University 3MT final, are –

• Bo Yu, Department of Economics
• Merve Kucuk, Department of Economics

Our winners would love to have a big contingent of supporters at the Deakin University final, which will be held at 3pm on 13 August 2019 at Burwood Corporate Centre, Building BC. Please mark your diary now!

Pictured above are our presenters (left to right): Amanjot Singh, Jayant Nasa, Sumon Bhattacharjee, Ching Hin Wong, Panagiotis Sotirakopoulos, Merve KUCUK, Bo Yu,  Antonette Fernando, Xing Xu.