Lecturer in Finance

Contact Details

• Tel: +44 (0) 116 223 1788
• Email: c.schinckus@le.ac.uk
• Office: Room 319, Level 3, Ken Edwards Building
• Office hours: TBC

Biography

Christophe holds a PhD in Financial Economics (University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne) and he joined the School of Management at the University of Leicester as Lecturer in Finance in August 2011. His initial background is MSc in Business Engineering from University of Liege. After graduating, he was awarded an MA in Economics from the University of Paris I. He also holds a MA in Philosophy of Sciences from the Catholic University of Louvain as well as a MSc in Risk Management and a BSc in Computer Sciences. Between 2009 and 2011, Christophe had a postdoctoral fellowship in Canada (University of Quebec at Montreal).

He regularly publishes papers in journals in which he also has editorial and referee activities. His research interest focus on financial economics and more precisely behavioral finance and econophysics (statistical physics applied to finance). He also tries to use his philosophical background in order to propose some epistemological reflections about financial economics. For several years, Christophe has been a research consultant for private companies, such as JPMorgan and Suez Gaz de France.

In September 2011, Christophe Schinckus also joined the London School of Economics as visiting scholar (Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science).

Research Interests

Financial economics, Econophysics, Behavioural finance, Physics applied to Economics and Finance, Philosophy of Economics/Finance, Contemporary Philosophy of Sciences and Postmodernity, Ontology and Software Engineering.

PhD Supervision

I would be delighted to supervise PhD students. My areas are financial economics, behavioural finance, econophysics and philosophy of economics/finance

Most recent publications

Refereed Journals

Jovanovic F. & Schinckus C. (2013), "The History of Econophysics as a New Approach in Modern Financial Theory" (with Franck Jovanovic), History Of Political Economy, forthcoming.

Gingras Y. & Schinckus C. (2012), “The Institutionalization of Econophysics in the shadow of physics”, Journal of the History of Economics Thought, forthcoming.

Schinckus C. (2012), “Archeology of Behavorial Finance”, Journal of Behavioral Finance, forthcoming.

Bucsa G., Jovanovic F. & Schinckus C. (2011), “A unified econophysics for price return distributions”, Physica A, forthcoming.

Bay Th. & Schinckus C. (2011), “Critical Finance Studies: A manifesto for an interdisciplinary finance”, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics. forthcoming.

Schinckus C., (2011) « Financial Economics and Non-Representative Art », Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, forthcoming.

Schinckus C. (2011), “Art of Finance: When artists use financial economics as source of inspiration, Leonardo (MIT-Press), Vol. 44, No 3, 195-198.

Schinckus C. (2011), “What can Econophysics contribute to Financial Economics?”, International Review of Economics, vol. 58, no2, 147–163.

Schinckus C. (2011), “Considérations épistémologiques sur les conditions d’émergence de La Créatique chez Isidore Isou”,  EpistemoCritique, Vol.8, no 2, 1.

Schinckus C. (2010), “Is Econophysics a new discipline?, Physica A, Vol. 389, 3814-3821.

Schinckus C. (2010), “The importance of Communicative Rationality on Financial Markets”, Journal of Economic and Social Research, Vol 12(2), 2010, 119-144.

Schinckus C. (2010), “A Reply to comment on Econophysics and Economics: Sister disciplines ?” in American Journal of Physics, Vol.78 (8), 789-791.

Schinckus C. (2010), “Econophysics and Economics: Sister disciplines ?” in American Journal of Physics, Vol.78, n°4, 1-3.

Schinckus C. (2010) “Semiotic Approach of Financial Marketplace” Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, Vol. 22, n°1, 317–333.

Schinckus C. Wautelet Y. et Kolp M., (2010) « Software Development Life Cycles Evolution: an Epistemological Approach » International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach, Vol. 3, n°1, 21-40.

Schinckus C., (2009) « Economic Uncertainty and Econophysics », Physica A, Vol 388, n° 20, pp.4414-423.

Schinckus C., (2009) « Behavioural Finance or the Emergence of a New Paradigm », Revue d’Histoire des Sciences Humaines, n°20, Juin 2009.

Schinckus C. Wautelet Y. et Kolp M. (2008), « A Modern Epistemological Reading of Agent Iterative Software Engineering », International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies, Vol. 4, July-September.

Schinckus C. (2008), « The Financial Simulacrum », Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol 73/3 – pp.1076-1089.

Schinckus C. (2007), « Sur la pluridisciplinarité en Finance », Revue d’Economie Financière, Vol.83, Février.

Schinckus C. (2007), « Rorty : Une critique davidsonienne du réalisme putnamien » in « Faut-il avoir peur du relativisme », Revue Tracés ENS, Lyon, Février.

Special Issue
Bay Th. & Schinckus C. (2011) (eds), “Critical Finance Studies”, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, special issue, forthcoming.

Contributions to Edited Books
Schinckus C. (2010), “L’expression de la postmodernité en Economie”, in Tumultes : Le Postmodernisme et après ?, vol.34, Tomaz and Nollez-Goldbach (ed.), Editions Kimé-Université Diderot, Paris.

Schinckus C. Wautelet Y. & Kolp M. (2009), « A Modern Epistemological Reading of Agent Orientation », in Vijayan Sugumaran (ed.), Methodological Advancements in Intelligent Information Technologies: Evolutionary Trends, New York, Information Science Press.

Schinckus C. (2008), “Constructivisme et relativisme ou l’expression de la postmodernité dans les sciences sociales” in Epistemologie de la Sociologie, Jacquemain M. & Corcuff P,(ed.), (2008), Brussels, De Boek Press.

Schinckus C. (2008), “Sur l’intertextualité du concept de risque “, in Le concept de risque à la croisée des disciplines. Cartuyvels Y., (ed.) (2008), Brussels, Facultés Universitaires St-Louis Press.

Schinckus C. (2008), « Modèles mathématiques et schizophrénie épistémologique en finance » in Attentes d'un modèle mathématique pragmatisme de l'économie et contraintesde la théorie, Justens D. (ed.) (2008), Brussels, Ferrer Press.

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