About
Emdad Islam is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University's Banking & Finance Impact Labs, joining in July 2019 after completing his PhD at the UNSW Business School. His research focuses on corporate governance, finance, entrepreneurship, and innovation, with notable contributions to managerial compensation contracts and family businesses. He has presented work at major conferences including the European Finance Association and American Economic Association. His research has won multiple Best Paper Awards and been published in top journals like Journal of Financial Economics and Harvard Business Review (Online).
Education: PhD from UNSW Business School. Research emphasizes sustainable development goals through corporate governance frameworks. Active in collaborative projects such as the 2021-2022 study on litigation risk and managerial contracting.
Awards include the 2017 and 2018 Best Paper Awards, and the 2020 UNSW Dean's Research Award. His recent articles address topics like climate risk in banking, litigation's impact on incentive structures, and workplace safety under market competition.
