Running order for the seminar

1.     Welcome 

 

2.     'Faculty Focus' - Prof. Colin Tyler, Associate Dean for Research, FBLP

Professor Tyler will give an update on the what’s happening with research activity in the faculty. If there is anything specific you would like to hear about please click this link to email us in advance. (5-10 mins) 

 

3.    ‘PGRs talk to us' – (10 mins)

PGRs can raise group/individual issues, discussions around health and wellbeing and any other issues. Email us in advance if you like!

 

4.     PGR Presents: "CEOs' facial masculinity and the maturity structure of corporate debt" with

Muwaffaq Ayaad, PhD Candidate in Accountancy and Finance, Hull Business School. (15 mins)

Recent biological and psychological literature document that individuals' facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR), a physical sign of high testosterone level, is related to a cluster of masculine behaviours such as dominance, aggression and risk-taking. Accordingly, a recent growing literature in accounting and finance shows that differences in fWHR among male managers help explain the heterogeneity in firms' financial and investment decisions. This study extends this line of enquiry by examining whether CEOs with higher facial masculinity affects an important but previously unexamined financial decision, the maturity structure of corporate debt (hereafter "debt maturity"). 

There will be time afterwards for open discussion/questions.

 

5.      Perspectives on: 'Interpreting ancient texts: law, politics and philosophy' with

Antony Hatzistavrou,  Senior Lecturer in Legal and Political Philosophy, Department of Politics, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics. (15 mins)

Abstract: In my short presentation I will briefly outline some of the main methodological issues surrounding the interpretation of ancient philosophical works, political treatises and laws. Those relate primarily to the reconstruction of the 'authentic' text from different manuscripts, the interpretation of the intentions of the author and the relevance of the historical context. My primary examples will be drawn from ancient Greek texts (especially of the so-called 'classical period').

There will be time afterwards for open discussion/questions.

 

6.      PGR Thoughts on future seminar topics/activities

 

Target audience

This seminar is likely to be of interest to PGRs from across the University.

 

General questions

If you have any general questions about the seminar programme please contact Jackie McAndrew at the Doctoral College in the first instance on jackie.mcandrew@hull.ac.uk

 

To view the full PGR Research Culture and Community Programme click here for more details

 

 

 

Biography  - Muwaffaq Ayaad, PhD Candidate in Accountancy and Finance

 

I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Accountancy and Finance, Hull Business School, and my research area is behavioral finance. I graduated with a BSc in "Economics" from Yarmouk University, Jordan, in 2010 with the highest average in my class (88.7%), which put me in the top 1% among graduates from the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in that year. Then, I enrolled in the MSc "Accounting and Finance" program at the same university and obtained the degree in 2014 with a GPA of 90%.

From 2015 to 2018, I worked as an accounting and finance lecturer at Yarmouk University. Before that, I worked as an economic researcher at the Foreign Trade Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Industry and Trade. During my work at the Ministry of Industry and Trade from 2011 to 2014, I obtained two diplomas, the first one is "Engineering Management Diploma" from the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan, in 2012. The second one is '' Advanced Trade Policy Diploma'' from the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2013. In addition, in 2014, I participated in a regional coordinator Internship Programme in Geneva, Switzerland. Moreover, I attended numerous national and international seminars and workshops addressing subjects relating to international trade.