Dr Wei Jiang is currently a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) of Accounting at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. Wei’s research investigates the use of accounting information by capital market participants, and the effects of corporate governance on firm performance and corporate policies. Her work has been published in a number of international peer-reviewed academic journals and the ‘Forbes’ online magazine. Wei sits on the editorial board of Accounting and Business Research, and serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for a number of journals in the accounting, finance and management fields. Wei is currently a member of the Academic Advisory Group at the UK Endorsement Board.

Prior to joining Alliance Manchester Business School, Wei held a position as an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Warwick Business School, the University of Warwick.  Wei was a Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award Scholar for her PhD studies at the University of Manchester. Wei has experience teaching accounting courses (e.g., financial reporting and financial statement analysis)  at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.  

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