About
Dr Yacoub Sleibi joined Swansea Univeristy in January 2025 as a Lecturer (Asisstant Professor) in Finance within the Accounting & Finance department at the School of Management. Yacoub is a fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and holds a PhD in Financial Economics from Newcastle University Business School. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Global Finance and Banking with Distinction from Bradford University School of Management, and Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Bethlehem University. He is currently researching different areas in the field of macro-finance and banking including the endogeneity between finance and the real sector, the propagation of banking shocks between financial markets, and the co-movement between green energy stocks.
Yacoub serves as a Co-Editor for Economics Journal, De Gruyter, and acts as an ad-hoc reviewer for multiple journals. He also presented his work in international conferences in the UK, Italy, France, and Greece.
He previously held different positions at Newcastle University, University of Essex and Huddersfield University, and taught postgraduate and undergradaute modules including financial theory, corporate finance, investment banking and intermediate macroeconomics.