Reza Bradrania is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the College of Business and Law, Adelaide University. He holds a PhD in Finance from The University of Sydney and an MSc in Finance and Investment from Durham University (UK).
 
Reza’s research focuses on empirical asset pricing, behavioural finance and market efficiency, and investment and portfolio management. His current research extends these areas through the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in finance and through interdisciplinary research on gambling-like behaviour in financial markets, financial decision-making and financial resilience.
 
His research has been published in leading international peer-reviewed finance journals and has attracted competitive research funding from national and international organisations, including the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA, UK), the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), and the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR). His research collaborations span academics and industry partners in Australia and internationally, with an expanding research network across Europe, the UK, North America and Asia.
 
Reza’s research has also attracted significant public and practitioner interest. His work has been featured in prominent media outlets including Science Magazine, The Times, Al Jazeera and The Australian, and highlighted by evidence-based investment organisations and practitioner-focused investment publications, demonstrating its relevance beyond academia to investment and portfolio-management practice.
Reza contributes to the international finance research community through editorial and professional leadership. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Global Finance Journal (Elsevier, Q1) and as a Handling Editor for Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (Springer Nature, Q1), and has served on the program committees of national and international conferences. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of McGraw Hill (Australia and New Zealand).
 
Reza has an established track record in PhD and Higher Degree by Research supervision, including principal supervision of five successfully completed PhDs. His former doctoral students have progressed to academic and industry positions across Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. He also mentors early-career academics across research, teaching and academic engagement.
 
His teaching focuses primarily on investments, portfolio management and applied research in finance. He combines academic research with industry-relevant applications and has received multiple awards and recognitions for teaching innovation and excellence at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Reza also co-founded and co-led the development of the IRESS Trading Lab at UniSA Business and subsequently led the integration of IRESS trading technology across selected undergraduate and postgraduate finance courses, strengthening experiential learning and students’ industry readiness.
 
From 2020 to 2023, Reza served as Program Director for Finance, Economics, Financial Planning, Property and Real Estate, with responsibility for a portfolio of 15 undergraduate and postgraduate programs delivered on campus, off campus and online, involving more than 900 students and 30 academic staff. In this role, he provided academic leadership across curriculum and program development, accreditation and quality assurance, industry engagement and graduate employability. His initiatives included developing new articulated programs, redesigning the Master of Finance in consultation with industry stakeholders, and leading curriculum innovation across Finance programs.
 
Before joining Adelaide University, Reza held academic and research roles at The University of Sydney and the University of South Australia. He also worked for several years as an Associate Director, Director and Senior Consultant across investment banking, private equity and management consulting. Earlier in his career, he co-founded and managed a start-up that was successfully acquired by a major industry player three years after its inception.