Dr. Md Nurul Kabir

Biography

Dr Nurul Kabir is a lecturer in Accounting at Charles Darwin University, Sydney Campus. Nurul completed his PhD in Finance from Griffith University and joined CDU Business School in 2016. Prior to that, he did his MBA and BBA at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan. He was awarded the most prestigious scholarship - MEXT (Monbukagakushyo) by the Japan government to complete his Bachelor and Master degrees. Nurul has taught in the areas of Financial Accounting, Advanced Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions Management, Investment analysis and Management and Banking. He has an outstanding skill to teach both Accounting and Finance related courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. His research focuses on credit risk in banking, particularly a comparative analysis between Islamic and Conventional banking. His PhD thesis examines the impact of competition and efficiency on credit risk in Islamic and conventional banking systems. Nurul's research interest also extends to the area of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility in international context. In particular, he is interested to examine the impact of various ownership structures on corporate default risk. Nurul published two book chapters and several journal acticles in internationally reputed journals. His research paper has appeared in Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. Nurul has presented his research at conferences such as AFAANZ, Australasian Banking and Finance Conference, Malaysian Finance Association conference and at other major conferences. His paper presented at iCast conference was awarded "Best paper award" in 2012.

Research Interest

Credit Risk in Banking, Banking Efficiency, Competition, Islamic Banking, Corporate, Governance, Ownership Structure, Corporate Social responsibility.