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Dr. Kai Li serves as Professor of Finance at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business, holding the Canada Research Chair in Corporate Governance and W. Maurice Young Endowed Chair in Finance. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2022), she is Managing Editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and previously served on editorial boards of Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, and Journal of Finance.
Her academic foundation includes a BSc from Jiaotong University, MA from Concordia University, and PhD from the University of Toronto.
Dr. Li's research examines corporate governance through three interconnected lenses: gender dynamics in finance (board diversity, analyst performance), corporate culture quantification (using generative AI and machine learning), and green innovation (environmental governance). Her methodology pioneers computational approaches to analyze textual data from corporate disclosures, bridging finance, computer science, and social sciences.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals a distinct trajectory toward interdisciplinary research, increasingly integrating artificial intelligence with traditional finance to study culture and sustainability. This shift demonstrates growing emphasis on empirical measurement of intangible governance factors through NLP and generative models.
Her accolades include:
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2022)
- UBC Killam Research Award
- Sauder Research Excellence Award (junior/senior)
- Barclays Global Investors Canada Research Award
- John L. Weinberg/IRRCi Best Paper Award (2024)
- Best Paper Award at 2024 China International Conference in Finance
While the provided materials confirm her editorial leadership and research impact, specific details regarding graduate student supervision and grant funding portfolios were not disclosed. Dr. Li maintains affiliations with the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (Senior Fellow), European Corporate Governance Institute (Research Member), and FinTech at Cornell Initiative (Research Fellow).
