FACULTY BIO

Dr. Aktan is an Associate Professor of Finance at the College of Business Administration, University of Bahrain, and is also a Research Fellow at EuroMed Research Business Institute, Emerging Markets Group. Dr. Aktan’s current research activity focuses on emerging capital markets, global investments, corporate valuation, and energy issues. He has published in high-ranked journals such as The European Journal of Finance, International Review of Economics and Finance, International Journal of Forecasting, International Journal of Business, Journal of Property Investment and Finance. He is a member of some professional bodies such as American Finance Association (AFA), The Financial Management Association International (FMA), and The Society for Financial Econometrics (SOFIE), among others. Dr. Aktan has served several international scholarly journals on the Editorial Boards such as Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, Security and Defense Quarterly, Journal of Public and Municipal Finance, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues.