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Aya Ghalayini

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4360-3851

    • Aston Triangle

      B4 7ET Birmingham

      United Kingdom

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    Biography

    Aya joined Aston University in 2021 as a  teaching fellow. She teaches Finance at both undergraduate and Master's levels. Aya discovered her passion for teaching in higher education when she started teaching at the University of Exeter in 2015, where she won the student-nominated best postgraduate teaching assistant award. Aya has also previously taught at Lancaster University. She is passionate about raising awareness around finance-related topics and their implications beyond the classroom. In particular, Aya enjoys helping students connect what they learn in class to their lives to make better financial decisions and prepare them for finance-related jobs after graduation.

     

    Qualifications

    Aya attained her PhD in Economics from Lancaster University after completing an MSc in Finance and BSc in Mathematics from the American University of Beirut. Aya was awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.

    Research Interests

    Her research interests generally lie in Applied financial econometrics and, more specifically, modelling mixed frequency financial and economic data and time-varying parameters using Bayesian analysis.

    Teaching Activity

    BS3396 Portfolio Management and Behavioural Finance

    BFM120 Invesment Management

    BFM164 Fixed Income Securities 

    BFM119 Security Analysis

     

    Membership of Professional Bodies

    Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 

    Education/Academic qualification

    PG Cert, Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Aston University

    Award Date: 31 Dec 2022

    PhD, Essays on Models with Mixed Frequency Data and Time Varying Parameters, Lancaster University Management School

    Award Date: 1 Sept 2022

    MSc, Finance, American University of Beirut

    Award Date: 31 Jul 2016

    BSc, Mathematics, American University of Beirut

    Award Date: 31 May 2015

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    • A dynamic state-space HAR model

      Tsionas, M., Ghalayini, A., Izzeldin, M. & Trapani, L., 24 Jun 2026, In: Journal of Econometrics. 256, Part B, 17 p., 106146.

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