Michael Harrison

Senior Lecturer

, Royal Docks School of Business and Law

Michael is senior lecturer in finance and fintech and is the programme leader for undergraduate economics degrees in the Royal Docks School of Business and Law. His teaching spans modules in microeconomics, fintech and econometrics. He is research active in the areas of high frequency trading and market microstructure.

OVERVIEW

Michael joined UEL in 2017 and is currently a senior lecturer in Economics and Finance. His research focuses upon non-cooperative interaction in financial markets characterised by the presence of high frequency and algorithmic traders. Further to this Michael participates in research projects which address issues. Recently, Michael has also participated in interdisciplinary research projects which focus on financial crime, sustainable banking, and emerging banks. In addition, Michael is very experienced in media engagement and has appeared on the BBC One show and contributed to articles published in the Daily Express, New Law Journal and the Conversation.

Prior to obtaining his PhD at UEL, Michael obtained a master's degree in Economics from the University of Birmingham. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is recognised as a Certified FinTech Professional by the Global Academy of Finance and Management. Michael leads the undergraduate economics degree programmes at UEL and has a teaching portfolio which covers microeconomics, econometrics and FinTech.

PUBLICATIONS

Harrison, M., Nakajima, J., & Shabani, M. (2023). An evolution of global and regional banking networks: A focus on Japanese banks’ international expansion. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 83, 101717.
Adisa, T. A., Harrison, M., Sani, K. F., Mingazova, D., & Kypuram, J. (2022). The National Student Survey and the 'customerisation' of university students: a qualitative study of UK higher education. Higher Education, 1-18.
Roy-Mukherjee, S. Harrison, M. (2020) 'The shifting boundaries of capitalism and the conflict of surplus value appropriation within the gig economy', in Yerby, E. Page-Tickell, R (ed.) Conflict and Shifting Boundaries in the Gig Economy. London: Emerald Publishing Limited.
Working Paper: Maharaj, J., & Harrison, M. (2022). FDI Led Growth and Human Capital: A Comparative Analysis in the Regions of Africa, Asia and South America. Asia and South America (October 14, 2022).
Conference Paper Given: The need for operationalising situational crime prevention using forensic science to disrupt the organised crime business profiteering landscape. 7th Global Webinar on Forensic Science: Global Scientific Guild Conference 2023.
Conference Paper Given: The new UK 'Challenger Banks': do we trust them? New Digital World DBMR Virtual Conference 2021.
Conference Paper Given: Temporal asymmetries in the efficiency of financial markets characterized by algorithmic traders. IFABS Conference 2019 (Angers, France).
Adisa, T. A., Harrison, M., Sani, K. F., Mingazova, D., & Kypuram, J. (2022). The National Student Survey and the 'customerisation' of university students: a qualitative study of UK higher education. Higher Education, 1-18.
Roy-Mukherjee, S. Harrison, M. (2020) 'The shifting boundaries of capitalism and the conflict of surplus value appropriation within the gig economy', in Yerby, E. Page-Tickell, R (ed.) Conflict and Shifting Boundaries in the Gig Economy. London: Emerald Publishing Limited.
Working Paper: Harrison, M., Nakajima, J., & Shabani, M. (2022). An evolution of global and regional banking networks: A focus on Japanese banks' international expansion (No. HIAS-E-120).
Conference Paper Given: Temporal asymmetries in the efficiency of financial markets characterized by algorithmic traders. IFABS Conference 2019 (Angers, France).
Conference Paper Given: The new UK 'Challenger Banks': do we trust them? New Digital World DBMR Virtual Conference 2021.

TEACHING

Current

EC5010 - Fundamentals of Microeconomics
EC6006 - Business Analytics
EC6011 - Applied Econometrics and Introduction to Programming
FN6022 - FinTech Strategy and Applications
Dissertation Supervision

EC5011 - Fundamentals of Macroeconomics
FN7230 - Bloomberg Trading Game