About
Dr Pengfei Gao is a Lecturer in Finance at the School of Management, Swansea University, a position he has held since May 2025. Prior to this, he was a University Teacher in Accounting and Finance at Loughborough Business School. He earned his PhD in Accounting and Finance from Cardiff Business School in 2024. He also holds an MSc in Social Science Research Methods (2020) and an MSc in Accounting and Finance (2019), both from Cardiff Business School.
Pengfei's research interests mainly focus on FinTech, corporate disclosure, corporate innovation, and sustainable finance. He is particularly interested in textual analysis and machine learning. His work explores how large-scale textual data can be used to uncover the narratives behind financial figures and corporate behaviour.
He welcomes research proposals from exceptional and motivated PhD candidates, particularly in areas related to FinTech, ESG, and data-driven corporate finance.