Lang faculty contribute to UofG’s $6 million funding announcement
Seven Lang faculty from a variety of disciplines will receive funding from SSHRC and NSERC to kickstart new research projects.
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Lang announces three new economics and finance faculty
The Lang School welcomes new finance and economics faculty members who will be joining on July 1st, 2021.
New Associate Dean of Strategic Partnerships has eye on growing international partnerships
Globally recognized finance expert Dr. Gregory Bauer has accepted the role of Associate Dean, Strategic Partnerships within the Lang School.
Finance expert Dr. Ilias Tsiakas named new Lang Chair
Internationally recognized academic in finance Dr. Ilias Tsiakas has been named the Lang Chair in Finance at the Lang School.
An accomplished researcher in asset pricing, foreign exchange markets, and climate finance, Dr. Tsiakas is currently a professor of finance at Lang and will commence his role as Chair on July 1st, 2021 within the Department of Economics and Finance.
Lang faculty among latest SSHRC funding recipients
Lang faculty members are among the latest Canadian researchers to receive funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), which helps fund and support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities.
The following four faculty members will contribute their expertise to research projects that have received $3,015,055 in funding.
Improving the gender wage gap | Miana Plesca
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Men still outnumber women on the public-sector "Sunshine List"
A factor behind the wage gap in post-secondary institutions is that women quit before achieving tenure due to the impact of raising children
Bitcoin’s wild ride and what’s ahead for the cryptocurrency
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Bitcoin has been on a volatile ride in recent times, its value rising and falling like a kite caught in variable winds.