Prof John Wilson

Prof John Wilson

Head of Finance

Professor

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 2803
Email
jsw7@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

John is Professor of Banking & Finance and Head of the Department of Finance at the Business School, University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. He is also the Director of the . He is also a Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Chartered Association of Business Schools Academic Journal Guide. Previously, he was Treasurer and General Secretary of the British Accounting and Finance Association during the period 2009-2011, and the founding Chair of the British Accounting and Finance Association Financial Markets and Institutions Special Interest Group over the period 2007-2018. John serves as  Editor to Journal of Business Finance and Accounting and Associate Editor to the Journal of Money Credit and BankingJournal of Financial Stability, British Accounting Review, European Journal of Finance and Finance Research Letters. He also serves on the editorial board of a number of journals including the Journal of Financial Economic Policy and the Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance. He has guest edited 10 special issues for various journals including: Journal of Corporate Finance; Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organization, European Journal of Finance, Public Money & Management and the British Accounting Review.

In the period June 2011 to April 2012, John served as a full member of a Commission on Credit Unions established by the Irish Government. The Commission delivered interim and final reports to the Minister for Finance in September 2011 and April 2012 respectively. In 2018, John delivered evidence on the impact of Brexit on UK small and medium-sized enterprises to the House of Lords EU Internal Markets Committee. In 2020, John was appointed as a full panel member to the 2021 Research Evaluation Framework (REF) Sub-panel 17: Business and Management Studies. n 2024-2025, he served on the 2025 REF People, Culture and Environment (PCE) pilot panel for Business and Management Studies. In September 2025, he was appointed as a full member of the 2029 Research Evaluation Framework (REF) Sub-panel 17: Business and Management Studies. 

In 2025, he was appointed as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Science (FAcSS). John has held visiting positions at the Helsinki School of Economics, University of Limoges and University College Dublin.

Teaching

  • MN4223 International Banking

PhD supervision

  • Bono Berisa
  • Trang Do
  • Amelia Nelson
  • Friedrich Roper

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Berger, A. N., Chronopoulos, D. K., Sobiech, A. L. & Wilson, J. O. S., 26 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. Early View, p. 1-34 34 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Sobiech, A. L., Kgari, L. M., Nguyen, L. & Wilson, J. O. S., 1 May 2025, In: Journal of International Economics. 155, 104094.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Lim, I., Nguyen, D. D., Nguyen, L. & Wilson, J. O. S., 28 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. 57, 6, p. 1465-1508 44 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Berger, A. N. (Editor), Molyneux, P. (Editor) & Wilson, J. O. S. (Editor), 27 Mar 2025, 4th ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press. 1280 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Open access
    Kampanelis, S., Chronopoulos, D. & Wilson, J. O. S., Oct 2024, In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 226, 16 p., 106683.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Chronopoulos, D., Rempoutsika, L. M. & Wilson, J. O. S., Jan 2024, In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 51, 1-2, p. 657-687 31 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Liñares-Zegarra, J. M. & Wilson, J. O. S., 8 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Journal of Finance. Latest Articles

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Chronopoulos, D., Yilmaz, M. H. & Wilson, J. O. S., 8 Jul 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Management. Early View

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Chronopoulos, D., Che Johari, E. E., Scholtens, B., Sobiech, A. L., Wilson, J. O. S. & Yilmaz, M. H., 1 Oct 2023, In: Journal of International Money and Finance. 137, 20 p., 102898.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Goddard, J., McKillop, D. G. & Wilson, J. O. S., Dec 2023, In: Journal of Financial Stability. 69, 101176.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review