Ali Kabiri

Professor Ali Kabiri is a Professor of Economics at the University of Buckingham, affiliated with the Faculty of Business, Humanities and Social Sciences and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. He is Co-director of the MSc in Money Banking and Central Banking program. His academic background includes a PhD in Finance from Bayes Business School, with specialization in measuring asset bubbles. He holds additional roles as Honorary Lecturer at UCL’s Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Decision-Making Uncertainty (CSDU).

His research expertise spans behavioral economics, credit and banking frictions, economic/financial history, and applications of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to financial markets. Recent work focuses on using NLP techniques to analyze how human psychology influences financial markets and macroeconomic outcomes, in collaboration with institutions like UCL, Princeton, and Rutgers University.

• Educations:
  • PhD in Finance, Bayes Business School
  • Investment and Banking qualifications from ICMA, Reading University, LSE

His research trends emphasize the interplay between sentiment and economic behavior, particularly during historical crises like the Great Depression. Collaborations with top-tier institutions highlight his interdisciplinary approach, combining psychology, NLP, and traditional economic analysis.

Professor Kabiri has held visiting roles at Columbia Business School, Princeton University, Yale SOM, and Rutgers University. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with empirical analysis, addressing systemic risk, banking policy, and financial market dynamics.