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Symposium establishes research links

14 May 2008

Professor David Hillier, Professor Allan Hodgson, Professor Robert Faff and Dr George Tanewski.

Leeds University's Professor David Hillier, Amsterdam University's Professor Allan Hodgson and Professor Robert Faff and Dr George Tanewski from Monash.

A symposium initiated by the Monash Department of Accounting and Finance and held at the Monash Prato Centre in Italy has been hailed a success, attracting participants from seven countries, forging new research links and offering PhD students invaluable feedback on their research projects.

The symposium was held in conjunction with the universities of Leeds and Amsterdam to allow the students to present their research to prominent academics and researchers.

Overall, 27 doctoral candidates participated, presenting research on topics related to the theme of capital markets research.

Symposium organiser Dr George Tanewski, a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Business and Economics, said the symposium provided a forum for the students to present research results to an international audience.

"The symposium allowed the students to discuss and receive feedback from some of the leading academics in the field which will be of great support to them in their future work," Dr Tanewski said.

"It also served as an international networking opportunity allowing us to compare the PhD programs of various countries and enhance Monash's international research collaborations."

Dr Tanewski said the symposium has already led to the creation of a network of PhD researchers from Monash, Leeds, Amsterdam, Bologna and Salamanca universities.

He said this network would work on joint research projects as well as the development of an interactive website to enhance collaboration and networking among symposium delegates.

"These initiatives will substantially strengthen Monash University's own PhD program," Dr Tanewski said.

"We also hope to encourage participation of prominent tier-1 journal editors at next year's symposium.

"This will give students the opportunity to receive constructive feedback as well as to expose them to journal submission procedures."

Feedback from students was overwhelmingly positive, with most students indicating that it exceeded their expectations.

The symposium is set to become an annual event and will be held at the Prato Centre in April 2009.