Upcoming seminars
New seminars to be announced soon.
Please refer to our LinkedIn for the most up-to-date centre activities.
Past seminars
11 December 2024 (in-person): Let’s Talk About - Synthetic Data
The CRC launched our Village Hall series, Let's Talk About, with a panel discussion on synthetic data featuring:
- Dr Antonia Gieschen - Modelling complex human behaviour using synthetic populations.
- Dr Ben Moews - Exploring generative modelling for synthetic banking microdata.
- David Tracy - Leveraging financial data to improve policy and outcomes.
- Dr. Gillian Raab - Expert in synthetic data for disclosure control.
18 October 2024 (Hybrid): Do Financial Literacy, Risk Attitude, or Time Preference Affect the Chance of Being Overindebted?
Professor Jonathan Crook, emeritus professor of Business Economics at the University of Edinburgh, and founder of the Credit Research Centre dived into the findings of his latest research, which explores the impact of financial literacy, risk attitude, and time preference on an individual’s probability of becoming overindebted.
Seminar presentation (PowerPoint format)
21 August 2024: Extreme Wildfires, Distant Air Pollution, and Household Financial Health
Dr Xudong An, Vice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, presented his* research on the far-reaching financial impacts of wildfires, affecting both direct burn areas and distant regions impacted by wildfire-attributed air pollution.
*This was a joint work with Stuart A. Gabriel (UCLA Anderson School of Management) & Nitzan Tzur-Ilan (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas).
16 September 2022: Designing mortgage contracts for financial resilience in mortgage lending
Professor Harry Scheule of the University of Technology Sydney presented research on proposed contract innovations that reduce illiquidity but increase leverage.
1 July 2022: Principles and practice of explainable machine learning
Dr Vaishak Belle presented research on explainable machine learning.
14 April 2022: Global Zombies
Professor Edward I. Altman shared his paper on zombie firms in this Credit Research Centre Seminar Series event.
9 July 2021: The fairness of credit scoring models
This Credit Research Centre Seminar Series event was held with Christophe Hurlin, Professor of Economics, University of Orleans.
14 May 2021: Profit-driven classification with machine learning: an application in credit scoring for micro-entrepreneurs
Join us for our Credit Research Centre Seminar Series on 14 May 2021, with Professor Sebastián Maldonado, Department of Management Control and Information Systems, School of Economics and Business, University of Chile.
29 April 2021: On the rise of FinTechs — credit scoring using digital footprints
Join us for our Credit Research Centre seminar series on 29 April 2021, with Tobias Berg, Professor of Finance, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.
15 April 2021: Scorecard modelling best practice — does it work in theory?
Join us for a joint seminar with Management Science and Business Economics (MSBE) on 15 April 2021, with Dr Alan Forrest, Head of Model Risk Oversight at Virgin Money UK PLC and Practitioner in Residence, Credit Research Centre.