Dr Filipa da Silva Fernandes

Biography

Dr. Filipa Da Silva Fernandes is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Finance at the Business School, University of Aberdeen. She served as Postgraduate Research Director for the Finance Group from 2021 to March 2026, where she led doctoral training strategy, programme design, and academic progression frameworks, contributing to the development of structured PhD training aligned with AACSB standards.

Prior to joining the University of Aberdeen in 2018, she was an Assistant Professor in Finance at Coventry University. She also held a Research Fellowship at the University of Stirling and worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Glasgow.

Filipa holds a PhD in Finance from the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow. She also holds an MSc in Finance and a BSc in Economics from the University of the Algarve, Portugal.

Her work has been published in leading 4- and 3-rated CABS academic journals, including the British Journal of Management, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, International Journal of Finance and Economics, among others. Her recent research on climate risk and firm cash holdings, and on fintech, financial development, and banking efficiency, has gained significant recognition, with both papers ranking among the top three most-read articles in the European Journal of Finance in 2025.

Her research has been presented at major international conferences, including the Royal Economic Society (RES) Conference and the Forecasting Financial Markets Conference, and she has delivered invited seminars at several UK and international institutions. In addition, Filipa serves as a reviewer for a range of leading academic journals and as an external grant reviewer for the National Science Center in Poland. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) and has received several distinctions, including Early Career Researcher of the Year at Coventry University and Teaching Excellence Awards at the University of Glasgow.

Internal Memberships

Previous:

Postgraduate Research Director (Finance)

Mentor of junior colleagues

Interview Panel Member – Lectureship in Finance

Shortlisting Committee – Lectureship in Finance

Research Overview

My research portfolio includes work on corporate financial strategy, trade credit, firm performance, and financial forecasting.  I have contributed to the development of quantitative and econometric approaches to modelling financial markets, including forecasting asset prices and analysing financial efficiency. My current research pipeline targets leading international journals and focuses on topics such as sustainable finance, climate risk, corporate governance, and ESG-related decision-making.

Teaching Responsibilities

• BU5565:Empirical Methods in Finance Research (Postgraduate Level)
• BU55F9: International Finance (Postgraduate Level)
• BU5903: Master's Dissertation in Accounting and Finance (Postgraduate Level)
• BU59F6: Financial Analysis (Postgraduate Level)

Previously taught courses

• FI1004: Finance, Risk and Investment
• FI2004: Business Finance 2 
• FI4002: Financial Strategy and Investment Management 
• P02508: Understanding Statistics
• BU55FG: Quantitative Analysis Methods
• BU55F4: Economics for Finance (Postgraduate Level)

Across previous institutions, I has delivered teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, covering modules such as Principles of Financial Investment, Introduction to Business Economics and Statistics, Quantitative Methods for Accounting and Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions.