Chen (Ryan) Liu

I am a PhD student in Accounting and Finance at the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School. My research focuses on corporate reporting, financial reporting technology, cybersecurity, and auditing in decentralised finance.

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Corporate reporting and analysis

How disclosure, governance, auditing, and taxation shape market interpretation and organisational accountability.

Research Focus

  • Corporate reporting and analysis, governance and auditing, and taxation
  • Financial reporting technology
  • Cybersecurity
  • Auditing in DeFi
  • Empirical archival methods

Current Research

Digital reporting

Machine-readable financial reporting, financial information systems, and how technology changes disclosure quality and assurance.

Cyber governance

Cybersecurity risk disclosure, governance mechanisms, and the capital-market implications of cyber incidents.

DeFi assurance

Auditability, controls, and evidence in decentralised finance systems where transactions, protocols, and governance are digitally native.

Education

  • PhD, Accounting and Finance, University of Glasgow (Oct 2023 - Present)
  • MSc by Research, Management (Finance), University of Edinburgh Business School (Sep 2021 - Sep 2022)
  • MSc, FinTech, University of Edinburgh Business School (2020 - 2021)

Publications

Working papers and manuscripts will be added as they become publicly shareable.

Please visit Publications for updates.

Contact

For collaborations, speaking invitations, or research questions, contact: c.liu.5@research.gla.ac.uk.

Last updated: July 2026.

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