Events

Prof René Stulz receives an Honorary Doctorate from UCD
We are delighted to announce that the FMC Cluster’s former Scientific Advisory Board member, Prof René Stulz visited UCD Smurfit Business School and received an Honorary Doctorate in December 2023. Many congratulations to Prof Stulz on his Honorary Doctorate.
15 January, 2024 Read More
Congratulations - viva success
Huge congratulations to Dr. Huayuan Dong, Dr. Emmanuel Erem and Dr. Illia Kovalenko who have recently passed their PhD vivas.
19 August, 2022 Read More
Visit From Our Scientific Advisory Board
UCD Smurfit School was delighted to host VAR’s eminent Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) visit on the 31st of May through 1st of June 2022.
02 June, 2022 Read More
Fintech Symposium 2021
A symposium on the Fintech Fintech was held remotly via Zoom on 8th of December 2021. The symposium was organized by the VAR project as part of the VAR Research Day which is held twice per year. Instead of a cohort of early career researchers presenting their research, this year the Fintech symposium had senior researchers present their current research in the Fintech area.
14 December, 2021 Read More

VAR Research Day June 2021
The VAR project held their VAR Research Day event on 17th of June 2021 via zoom.
29 June, 2021 Read More
What is happening in financial markets?
Invitation to a Fireside Chat with Alexandra Hachmeister (Managing Director, Head of Market Data and Services at Deutsche Börse Group) and John Cotter (UCD).
21 April, 2021 Read More
Post-Doctoral Researcher, UCD College Of Business
University College Dublin (UCD) has openings for Post-Doctoral Researcher positions for a programme of research in Financial Econometrics or Empirical Finance. These positions are relevant for well-qualified students have completed or in the final stages of completion doctoral degrees, in finance, economics, statistics, mathematics, computer science and related disciplines.
21 January, 2021 Read More
VAR Research Days in November 2020
The VAR project held their VAR Research Days event on 25-26 November 2020 via zoom.
07 December, 2020 Read More
Post-Doctoral Researcher, UCD College Of Business
University College Dublin (UCD) has openings for Post-Doctoral Researcher positions for a programme of research in Financial Econometrics or Empirical Finance. These positions are relevant for well-qualified students have completed or in the final stages of completion doctoral degrees, in finance, economics, statistics, mathematics, computer science and related disciplines.
28 September, 2020 Read More
Post-Doctoral Researcher, UCD College Of Business (until 31 August 2022)
University College Dublin (UCD) has openings for Post-Doctoral Researcher positions for a programme of research in Financial Econometrics or Empirical Finance.
14 July, 2020 Read More
VAR Research Days in May 2020
The VAR project held their VAR Research Days on 27-28 May 2020 via Zoom.
08 June, 2020 Read More
The Latest Issue Of The Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series
The latest issue of the Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series was released in March 2020.
08 March, 2020 Read More
Post-Doctoral Researcher, UCD College of Business (Temporary 24 months with a possibility of a single 1 year renewal)
University College Dublin (UCD) has openings for Post-Doctoral Researcher positions for a programme of research in Financial Econometrics or Empirical Finance.
21 February, 2020 Read More
VAR Research Day in December 2019
The VAR project held the third VAR research day on 04 December 2019.
29 January, 2020 Read More
The latest Issue of The Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series
The latest issue (Vol. 2 No. 2) of the Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series was released in October 2019.
02 October, 2019 Read More
UCD Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 Or 2, UCD School Of Business (24 months, renewable)
The Valuation AND Risk (VAR) project has openings for Post-Doctoral Research Fellow positions for a programme of research in Financial Econometrics or Empirical Finance.
30 September, 2019 Read More
Congratulations To Emmanuel Eyiah-Donkor
Congratulations to Dr Emmanuel Eyiah-Donkor who has started a new job at Rennes School of Business, France as an Assistant Professor. We wish him every success in his new role.
03 September, 2019 Read More
Visit from our Scientific Advisory Board
On the 29th and 30th of May, UCD was delighted to host this year’s bi-annual visit from VAR’s eminent Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).
17 July, 2019 Read More
UCD Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 Or 2, UCD School Of Business (24 Months)
The Valuation AND Risk (VAR) project has openings for Post-Doctoral Research Fellow positions for a programme of research in Financial Econometrics or Empirical Finance.
05 May, 2019 Read More
Congratulations to Marco Bianco
Congratulations to Dr Marco Bianco who has secured a new job at Lund University, Sweden. We wish him every success in his new position.
05 May, 2019 Read More
The fourth issue of the Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series
February 2019 sees the fourth issue of the Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series
26 February, 2019 Read More
UCD PhD Scholarship in Finance
University College Dublin (UCD) has openings for PhD Scholarships for a programme of research in Financial Econometrics or Empirical Finance.
13 February, 2019 Read More
UCD Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 Or 2, UCD School Of Business (24 Months)
The Valuation AND Risk (VAR) project has openings for Post-Doctoral Research Fellow positions for a programme of research in Financial Econometrics or Empirical Finance.
30 January, 2019 Read More
Michael J. Brennan Working Paper Series-Special Conference Issue
December 2018 saw the publication of a special conference issue of the Michael J. Brennan Working Paper Series entitled “Fintech and Financial Risk Management, Evolution or Revolution?”
19 December, 2018 Read More
The Second issue of the Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series
September 2018 saw the publication of the second issue of the Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series.
24 September, 2018 Read More
Professor John J. McConnell Honorary Doctorate
Congratulations to Professor John J. McConnell who received an Honorary Doctorate at the recent UCD College of Business graduation ceremony.
04 September, 2018 Read More
Conference on Fintech and financial risk management: evolution or revolution?
A joint academic-practitioner conference on the theme Fintech and financial risk management: evolution or revolution? will be held in at the Institute of Bankers, Dublin
23 August, 2018 Read More
Michael J.Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series
We are pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of Michael J.Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series which SIG is sponsoring.
01 August, 2018 Read More
Prof Michael Brennan visits UCD Smurfit School
We are pleased to announce Professor Michael Brennan, Emeritus Professor at UCLA
10 January, 2017 Read More