Dr Wei Li

Senior Lecturer

Adelaide Business School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


I graduated from the University of Melbourne with Ph.D. in Accounting in 2018.

My research area is in financial accounting. Specifically, I am interested in how capital market participants, such as investors, analysts, creditors and managers intereact and hence affect firms' information envrionment. I also serve as an Ad hoc reviewer for The Accounting Review, Management Science, Journal of Corporate Finance and European Accounting Review.

As an Higher Degree Research (HDR) coordinator in the Business School, I am responsible for supporting the Head of the Business School by closely collaborating with the HDR cohort, supervisors, the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, and the Adelaide Graduate Research School. My role involves facilitating the recruitment, retention, and timely completion of HDR students and managing milestones and records.

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2021 - ongoing Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2018 - 2021 Lecturer University of Adelaide
  • Language Competencies

    Language Competency
    Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2013 - 2018 University of Melbourne Australia Ph.D
    1999 - 2004 University of Toledo United States Ph.D
  • Research Interests

Early Career Researchers’ (ECR) Fellowship 2019 

Accounting and Finance Capstone III

Accounting Concepts and Methods

Introductory Accounting

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Co-Supervisor CEO Language and Financial Market Performance Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Haotian Ma
    2024 Co-Supervisor Board Reform and Managerial Myopia: Worldwide Evidence Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zifu Zhang
    2023 Co-Supervisor The impact of sustainability risk and digital information disclosure on enterprise performance: Evidence from China Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Siqian Zou
    2023 Principal Supervisor The relation between ESG and market-based performance in the Australian stock market pre, during and post Covid-19 Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yi Luo
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Phone: 83130508
  • Email: wei.li02@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Nexus 10, floor 13
  • Org Unit: Accounting

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