Isaac Tabner

Dr Isaac Tabner is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the University of Stirling, specializing in household finance research that enables individuals and households to achieve better quality of life through improved financial decision making. His work spans multiple research centers including Social Surveys and Social Statistics, Stirling Physical Activity Research, Knowledge & Learning Exchange (SPARKLE), and Behavioural Science.

Dr Tabner holds a PhD from the University of Stirling (2004), an MSc with distinction in investment analysis (1999), and a BSc (Hons) in marine and environmental biology from the University of Saint Andrews. He has professional designations including CFA (2003), ASIP (2002), and DipPFS (2010).

His research interests focus on household finance, personal financial planning, environmental economics and finance, corporate governance, and asset pricing. Dr Tabner's work explores how financial decisions relating to housing, transport, education, borrowing, and saving interact with financial and other aspects of wellbeing. His interdisciplinary approach bridges traditional finance with environmental sustainability and social considerations.

His publications over the past decade reveal a growing emphasis on sustainable finance, with recent articles examining the financial wellbeing implications of active travel, the relationship between savings goals and wealth allocation, and the impact of coronavirus lockdowns on economic inequality. His research demonstrates a consistent thread connecting traditional finance topics with contemporary social and environmental challenges.

• Member of the CFA Institute
• Member of the CFA Society of the UK
• Member of the Personal Finance Society
• Academic advisor to the IMC Panel at CFA Society UK
• Member of the Pensions Expert Panel at CFA Society UK
• Member of the Capital Markets Policy Council at CFA Institute

His teaching and research are informed by practical experience as a private investor during varying financial conditions since the BT3 privatization in 1993, as well as his earlier career as a marine biologist in Canada, which provides him with a unique interdisciplinary perspective on financial decision making.