Biography

Dr Zhichao (April) Li is a Lecturer in Accounting in Newcastle University Business School. She is an ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) affiliate. She obtained her PhD in Accounting from Durham University. Her paper has been published in prestigious international journals, such as Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Review, International Review of Financial Analysis, and Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money. She has also published several book chapters with world-renowned publishers and organizations, including Springer, World Scientific, and the Asian Development Bank. Her works have won the Best Full Paper Award in the UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS) 2025 Conference, the Best-in-Track paper award at the 35th annual conference of the Academy of Finance, and the best student paper award at the 8th Indonesian Finance Association International Conference “Capital Market and Securities Digital Transformation: the Future and Challenges of Digital Assets” in conjunction with 45th Indonesia Capital Market Anniversary.