Susan Thorp researches life cycle finance, particularly individual financial decision making, and financial market integration. She works in cross-disciplinary teams, often using experimental and survey methods. Professor Thorp has published over 60 academic papers in leading finance journals including Management Science, the Review of Finance and the Journal of Banking and Finance. She is also a regular contributor to pension policy discussions.

Professor Thorp gained her BEc (Hons) from the University of Sydney, and her PhD from the University of New South Wales. Before joining Monash University, she held positions at the University of Sydney and as Professor of Finance and Superannuation at the University of Technology Sydney.

Experience

  • 2015–present
    Professor, University of Sydney
  • –present
    Professor and Head of the Department of Banking and Finance, Monash University
  • 2011–2014
    Professor of Finance and Superannuation, University of Technology Sydney

Education

  • 2005 
    University of New South Wales, PhD in Economics

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