Women in Intermediary Asset Pricing
The research grant enables researchers within the Research Unit to invite female leading international scholars to collaborate and share their expertise. These visits provide opportunities for in-depth academic exchange, fostering new research ideas and long-term partnerships. Such visits contribute to the intellectual vibrancy of the Research Unit and offer members direct access to cutting-edge insights. The program also helps integrate global perspectives into the Research Units research agenda. If you are interested in applying for the Women in Intermediary Asset Pricing Research Grand, you can find more information here.
2024 WIAP research grant for Leyla Han
Leyla Jiany Han from Boston University gained our WIAP 2024 research grant. This research grant enabled her to visit Germany and Austria from April 23 to June 21, 2024. She visited KIT, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and WU Vienna. During her visit, she worked with several project leaders and PhD students, participated in our PhD workshop and gave a presentation and talk at our WIAP event.
2023 WIAP research grant for Aleksandra Rzeźnik
Aleksandra Rzeźnik from York University (Toronto) gained our WIAP 2023 research grant. She visited KIT from May 10 to 26, 2024 and intensified her collaboration with the PhD students of our research group. She gave a presentation and talk about her work at our WIAP event.
WIAP Event
On May 16, 2024, the Women in Intermediary Asset Pricing (WIAP) event was held at the Goethe University Frankfurt aM, focusing on promoting gender equality in the field of finance and fostering diversity within academic research. You can find the timetable for this event here.
The event began with a welcome session followed by a series of presentations. Leyla Han from Boston University kicked off the day with her talk on "Information-Driven Volatility", co-authored with Hengjie Ai and Lai Xu. The presentation, discussed by Nicole Branger from the University of Münster, delved into the role of information in shaping market volatility.
The second presentation was given by Aleksandra Rzeźnik from York University, who presented her research on "Peer Fragility, Liquidity Preferences, and the Propagation of Financial Shocks", co-authored with Ben Sand. This presentation was discussed by Monika Gehde-Trapp from Eberhard Karls University Tübingen.
Throughout the event, participants had ample opportunities to engage with the speakers and fellow attendees, fostering productive discussions on career development, challenges in academia, and the ways to enhance diversity in finance research. The event also provided valuable insights into the career paths of the two prominent researchers, both recent recipients of the WIAP grants, who continue to serve as role models and inspiration for others in the field.
