Media & Awards

Awards and Achievements

Postgraduate Teaching Excellence Award, School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London, 2024
Best Paper Award at International Conference on Alternative Finance Research, Krems an der Donau, Austria, 2024
PhD Scholars of the Year, Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity & Research Centre in Business and Society , University of Coventry, 2024
CFA Charterholder Recognition, CFA Institute, 2023
Fully Funded PhD Fellowship, University of Coventry, 2020 – 2023
Quantitative Economics Fellowship, University of Alicante, 2019 – 2020
Teaching Excellence Award, Vietnam National University, 2018
Young Talent, Vietnam National University, 2013

Professional Talks and Presentations

• Invited Talk with PortF (a UK fintech firm): featured in three articles: (1) Understanding ESG Greenwashing: Beyond the Buzzwords; (2) ESG Walk vs ESG Talk: The Reality Behind Corporate Sustainability Claims; (3) Unmasking ESG Greenwashing: Lessons for Investors and Professionals, UK, 2024
• ESG Innovation Call Virtual Week: Greenwashing Session, Fintech Scotland, UK, 2024
ESG Innovation Day, Fintech Scotland, Glasgow, UK, 2024
Research Webinar: ESG Greenwashing and Applications of AI in Measurements, Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow, UK, 2024
International Conference on Alternative Finance Research, Krems an der Donau, Austria – Best Paper Award, 2024
Centre for Research on Economic Relation (CER), Fintech Symposium, Sundsvall, Sweden, 2024
Inaugural Annual Responsible Finance Workshop, Responsible Business Institute (ReBI), Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow, UK, 2024
Brownbag Presentation, Financial Regulation Innovation Lab Workshop, Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow, UK, 2023
International Conference on Alternative Finance Research, Sopot-Gdansk, Poland, 2023
Journal of Business Venturing Workshop for Special Issues “Hype and Entrepreneurship”, 2023
Economics of Fintech Conference, University of Edinburgh, UK, 2022
Coventry University Colloquium, Coventry University, UK, 2022
Presentation Series, Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity, Coventry, 2022

Funding and Impact

Visting Scholar Fellowship (£3,000) funded by Financial Regulation Innovation Lab, University of Strathclyde for the trip to University of Agder, Norway, 2024
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for (£2,272,448) KTP project – Financial Regulation Innovation Lab funded by Innovate UK, 2023 – 2024
PhD Fellowship (£140.000) funded by Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity, University of Coventry, UK, 2020–2024
Graduate Fellowship (£8000) funded by Faculty of Economics & Business Sciences, University of Alicante, 2019 – 2020
Research Fellowship for (£100,000) project – “Developing green economy in Vietnam” funded by Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology, 2018 – 2019
MBA Scholarship (£5000) funded by Bangor Business School, Bangor University, Wales, 2016 – 2017