Dr Alison Lui

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Lui A, Jones P. 2025. Written evidence to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee on Acceptance of Cash Publisher Url

Lui A. 2025. Written evidence to the International Development Committee Publisher Url

Lui A. 2019. Written evidence to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee's Automation and the Future of Work Inquiry Publisher Url

Lui A. 2018. House of Commons Treasury Select Committee Digital Currency Inquiry, Written Evidence. Publisher Url

Journal article

Lui A, Lamb G, Durodola L. 2025. A right to explanation for algorithmic credit decisionsin the UK Law, Innovation and Technology, :1-29 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Lui A, Womack AC, Orton P. 2025. Collaborative Online International Learning as a Third Space to improve students’ awareness of cybersecurity Education and Information Technologies, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Lui A, Lamb G. 2018. Artificial intelligence and augmented intelligence collaboration: Regaining trust and confidence in the financial sector Information and Communications Technology Law, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Arsalidou D, Lui A. 2018. Post Brexit Britain and the Pay Culture: Challenges and Opportunities Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 69 :107-125 Publisher Url Public Url

Lui A. 2015. Cross-border voting chains and the case for improving the quality of shareholder engagement International Journal of Corporate Governance, 6 :70-85 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Lui A. 2015. Greed, recklessness and/or dishonesty? An investigation into the micro-regulation and culture of five UK banks between 2004-2009 Journal of Banking Regulation, 16 :106-129 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Lui A. 2014. Protecting whistle-blowers in the UK financial industry International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, 11 :195-210 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Lui A. 2013. Macro and micro prudential regulatory failures between banks in the United Kingdom and Australia 2004-2009 Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 21 :241-258 DOI Publisher Url

Lui A. 2013. Macro and micro prudential regulatory failures amongst financial institutions in the United Kingdom: Lessons from Australia Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 21 :241-258 Publisher Url Public Url

Lui A. 2012. Retail ring-fencing of banks and its implications Journal of Banking Regulation, 13 :336-348 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Lui A. 2012. Single or twin? the UK financial regulatory landscape after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 (This article is the fifth most downloaded article from the LJMU website) Journal of Banking Regulation, 13 :24-35 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Lui A. 2011. Multiple principal-agent problems in securitisation Poznan University of Economic Review, 11 :47-72 Publisher Url Public Url

Internet publication

Lui A. 2025. The Impact of Generative Agentic Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace Publisher Url

Jackson V, Harrison R, Lui A. 2024. International student arrival: the impact of week -1 Publisher Url Public Url

Lui A. 2023. Going digital could avert another cash crisis in Nigeria Publisher Url

Lui A, D'Alvia D. 2020. Financial support for women led SMEs during the Covid-19 pandemic Publisher Url

Lui A. 2019. Alexa, Siri, Eno, Kai – Can we trust you? Alan Turing Institute Blog https://www.turing.ac.uk/blog/alexa-siri-eno-kai-can-we-trust-you Publisher Url

Lui A. 2019. Message in a Bottle – A note to the financial regulators on whistle-blower protection, Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics Blog Publisher Url

Lui A. 2017. Removing class bias in algorithms? Author Url

Lui A. 2016. UK fight to keep financial sector lead should spur more funds for regulation in The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/uk-fight-to-keep-financial-sector-lead-should-spur-more-funds-for-regulation-62653. Publisher Url

Chapters

Wall T, Ridyard R, Lui A, Kang K. 2025. Provocation Sustainability Teaching for Impact :179-186 Routledge DOI Publisher Url

Wall T, Ridyard R, Kang K, Lui A. 2025. Provocation: Rights of the River Wall T, Osterlind E, Hallgren E, Kernan MA. Sustainability Teaching for Impact: How to Inspire and Engage Students Using Drama Routledge DOI

Turksen U, Abukari A, Rasmouki F, Kreissl R, Bourton S, Luecke H, Lui A, Mahuta H, Öner S, Grasso C, MacLennan S, Pasculli L. 2023. Tax Crimes and Illicit Money Flows in the EUs: Comparison and Key Findings Turksen U, Vozza D, Kreissl R, Rasmouki F. Tax Crimes and Enforcement in the European Union Solutions for Law, Policy and Practice :14-66 Oxford University Press 9780192862341 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Lui A. 2020. Fear, futility and frustration: Concerns of UK whistle-blowers in finance Grasso C. Whistle-blowers: Voices of Justice Springer

Lui A, Turksen U. 2020. Vulnerabilities, Obstacles and Risks in Reporting Financial Crimes: Conundrum of whistle-blowers Ryder N, Pasculli L. Corruption, Integrity and The Law: Global Regulatory Challenges Routledge 9780367186500 Publisher Url

Lui A, Apampa S. 2019. Keep the canaries singing: Are whistle-blowers in Nigeria adequately protected? Ryder N, Pasculli L. Corruption, Integrity and The Law: Global Regulatory Challenges Routledge. UK

Lui A. 2017. The importance of whistleblowers in uncovering misconduct in Potemkin villages Ryder N, Turksen U, Tucker J. The Financial Crisis and White Collar Crime - Legislative and Policy Responses Routledge 9781138119970 DOI Publisher Url

Lui A. ‘Oriental Pearls of Wisdom: Interview with The Honorable Mr Justice Michael Lunn, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court in Hong Kong’ Trends in the Judiciary Taylor and Francis

Books (authored)

Lui A. 2021. FinTech, Artificial Intelligence and the Law: Regulation and Crime Prevention Lui A, Ryder N. Routledge 9780367897659 DOI Publisher Url

Lui A. 2016. Financial stability and prudential regulation: A comparative approach to the UK, US, Canada, Australia and Germany (Listed as one of the best Banking Law books and one of the best selling Banking Law books of all time: https://bookauthority.org/books/best-banking-law-books ) :1-213 Taylor & Francis 9781315707563 DOI Publisher Url

Conference publication

Vohra R, Pahareeya J, Hussain A, Ghali F, Lui A. 2020. Using Self Organizing Maps and K Means Clustering Based on RFM Model for Customer Segmentation in the Online Retail Business Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 12465 LNAI :484-497 DOI Publisher Url

Report

Lui A, Fullbrook M, Spirrizzi A. 2011. Auditor Independence in Canada since 2004 Publisher Url

Thesis/Dissertation

Lui A. Regulation and Corporate Governance: A Case Study of the UK Banking Industry

Professional activities

Conference presentation:

Oral presentation, Online, Keynote speaker at the Unicaf Graduate Conference, A right to explanation for algorithmic credit making decisions. 2025

Oral presentation, Nancy, France, New Total Arts for Sustainable Futures, Rights of Rivers. 2024

Oral presentation, City University, London, Creative Practice in the Arts, Yesrem--Rights of Rivers. 2024

Oral presentation, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, Tax Research Network 2023, Corporate fiscal corruption in the UK: A critique of corporate criminal liability in practice. 2023

Oral presentation, University of Leeds, Leeds Financial and FinTech Law Conference 2023, Enhancing access to digital financial payment services for women and minority groups in urban-rural areas of Nigeria. 2023

Oral presentation, Society of Legal Scholars & University College London Financial Regulation Conference, The Rule of Law and Artificial Intelligence—Algorithmic Transparency and the Customer’s Right to Explanation in Automated Credit Making Decisions’. 2022

Other Professional Activity:

Submitted written evidence to the International Development Committee In development call for inquiry. 2024

Submitted written evidence to the House of Commons Treasury Committee on Acceptance of Cash. 2024

Member of the Ethics Advisory Board of the EU KEYSTONE (Knowledgeable Comprehensive and Fully Integrated Smart Solution for Resilient, Sustainable and Optimised Transport Operations. 2024

Reviewer for Journal of Work Applied Management. 2023

Reviewer for the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. 2023

Chief Examiner of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys. 2023

Completion of PhD supervision--Improving Accountability and Enforcement actions against company directors under the UK Companies Act 2006. 2023

Completion of PhD supervision--The Balancing Act: Regulating in the age of Artificial Intelligence. 2023

Completion of PhD supervision--Corporate Governance Regulation and Enforcement:  A cross-national case study of the United Kingdom and the United States. 2023

Shortlisted for the ALT Award for Individuals, 2022 ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Awards. 2022

Guest Editor for Journal of Risk and Financial Management's Special Issue "Utilization of Information Technology in Financial Regulation and Compliance". 2022

Completion of PhD supervision--Money laundering- An assessment of soft law as a technique for repressive and preventive anti-money laundering control. 2022

Co-Convenor of the Banking and Finance stream of Socio-Legal Studies Association.

Erasmus+ Teaching Scheme at Tuebingen University, Germany, May-June 2017.

Member of the Financial Crime Research Network, University of West of England.

Reviewer of Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance.

Reviewer of Liverpool Law Review.

Public engagement:

Public talk or lecture, Financial Technology experts, Invited Speaker, FinTech North Forum--FinTech for Good. 2024

Research Grants Awarded:

Grant value (£): 4,319, Society of Legal Scholars, Banking to the Future: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges. 2024

Grant value (£): 1,000, Society of Legal Scholars, The Climate Crisis and the Teaching of Law: Who? What? How?. 2024

Grant value (£): 15,863, Research England, Enhancing Access to digital and financial​ payments for women and minority groups in Nigeria. 2023

Grant value (£): 4,500, Association of Commonwealth Universities, Durban University of Technology, Project DISC (Digital Information Security Course). 2023

Grant value (£): 9,987, Research England, Enhancing Access to digital and financial​ payments for women and minority groups in Nigeria. 2022

Grant value (£): 133,000, British Council, The Digi:Đổi Consortium - scaling-up a sustainable digital ecosystem for HE in Viet Nam. 2022

Grant value (£): 9,995.30, Research England Policy Support Fund, Enhancing access to digital financial payment services for women and minority groups in urban-rural areas of Nigeria. 2021

Grant value (£): 3000, Society of Legal Scholars, “A regime fit for purpose? Corporate governance and insolvency in the 2020s”. 2020

Grant value (£): 8920, Liverpool John Moores University, Enhancing access to digital financial payment services for women and minority groups in rural areas of Nigeria.. 2019

Grant value (£): 2,000, The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence and the Law: Right balance of financial innovation and inclusion?. 2018

Grant value (£): 750, Society of Legal Scholars, Timeliness and timelessness-Corporate governance and regulatory challenges after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 and Brexit. 2017

Grant value (£): 2000, Liverpool John Moores University, Breaking the Oligopoly? The Use of Technology by ‘Challenger Banks’ in the UK and Canada. 2017

Grant value (£): 2000, Liverpool John Moores University, The ethical, legal and technical challenges of artificial intelligence in the financial industry. 2016

Grant value (£): 2,000, Liverpool John Moores University, Timeliness and timelessness-Corporate governance and regulatory challenges after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 and Brexit. 2016

Grant value (£): 879, Liverpool John Moores University Student Union, Change Liverpool--Improving employability of Law School students. 2014

Duration of research project: 2021-2024, Grant value (£): 936,824 Euros, EU Commission, Support for Innovative Methodology, Approaches and Tools for Teaching through the Medium of English in order to improve Educational Yield, Sustainability and Internationalization [SMARTI].

Other invited event:

Liverpool John Moores University, Invited speaker to speak on Preparing Future Lawyers for AI in the Legal Sector, Liverpool Law Society AI and the Provision of Legal Services. 2024

Hilton Hotel, London, Invited speaker on the topic of "How effective is the failure to prevent model in tackling financial crimes in the UK?", Anti-Financial Crime Summit. 2022

Online event, Judge for the Law category of The Global Undergraduate Awards 2021, The Global Undergraduate Awards. 2021

Virtual, Guest speaker. Presentation titled 'Deterrent effect of whistleblowing and the Lithuanian Whistleblower Programme', PROTAX Addressing Human and Legal Factors in Tax Compliance and Enforcement in the EU and Beyond. 2021

EU Research Commission Agency, Keynote Speaker. Speech entitled 'Of Whistle-blowing in the European Union in the 21st century', PROTAX Conference--New methods to prevent, investigate and mitigate corruption and tax crimes in the EU. 2019

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Artificial Intelligence, Economic Analysis of Law, Taxation and Civil Procedure, “II New Trends In the Common Law” Artificial Intelligence, Economic Analysis of Law, Taxation and Civil Procedure. 2019

London (Coventry University campus), Guest speaker at International conference on corporate crime reporting and whistle-blowers' protection, Whistle-blowers: Voices of Justice. 2019

Leeds University, Guest speaker, SLSA Leeds Conference: The SwissLeaks scandal-Legal and ethical dilemmas of whistle-blowing on tax evasion. 2019

Coventry University, Guest speaker at the International Roundtable on Corporate Settlement Agreements, A review of settlement agreements and whistle-blowers' protection in the UK financial sector. 2018

Max Planck Institute, Munich, Presentation on 'Robo-advice and social trading: A happy co-existence?', 6th Crowdinvesting Symposium "Blockchain and Initial Coin Offerings". 2018

University of Bristol, Guest speaker on the topic of: Artificial intelligence and augmented intelligence collaboration: Regaining trust and confidence in the financial sector, SLSA Conference. 2018

Inner Temple, London, Guest speaker on the topic of 'Of trust and confidence in artificial intelligence', The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple Lecture. 2018

Malaysia, Guest speaker. Topic: 'FinTech, Artificial Intelligence and the Law in the Financial Industry'., Researcher Links Workshop on Developing an Agenda for FinTech Research in Emerging Economies. 2017

Singapore, Guest speaker on the topic of corporate governance in technology driven challenger banks, International Conference on Corporate Governance and Business Ethics. 2017

Canterbury Christ Church University, Guest speaker on 'Greed, recklessness and/or dishonesty? An investigation into the culture of five UK banks between 2004-2009', Critical Law and Corporate Social Responsibility Network Conference. 2017

Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, Guest speaker on the topic of 'Twin peaks in practice', Macro-prudential policy: Implementing the financial stability mandate. 2017

Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, Guest speaker. Topic: 'Artificial intelligence in the financial industry', A Celebration of Women's Research at LJMU. 2017

Cambridge University, UK, Keynote speaker at the Annual International Conference on Law, Economics and Politics. Topic: ‘The impact of ‘gig economy’ crowd workers in large corporations’, The impact of ‘gig economy’ crowd workers in large corporations. 2016

University of West of England, Guest speaker at University of West of England: ‘Was Australia lucky in the financial crisis of 2007-2009?-- A comparative analysis between the Australian and UK financial regulatory structures and responses’, UWE Guest Lecture-‘Was Australia lucky in the financial crisis of 2007-2009?. 2015

University of West of England, Bristol, Guest speaker. Topic: ‘Protecting whistleblowers in the UK financial industry’, University of West of England’s conference: ‘The global financial crisis and white collar crime’. 2014

Amsterdam, Guest speaker. Topic: ‘Cross-border voting and shareholder engagement’, International Corporate Governance Network Academic Conference in Amsterdam on cross-border voting and shareholder engagement. 2014

Vienna, Guest speaker at the World Bank High Level Meeting on Governance of Bank Subsidiaries held in Vienna. The round table meeting contributed towards a publication, which is a global knowledge tool to build capacity of banks with bank subsidiaries. It also offers practical guidance to respond to the challenges of bank subsidiary governance. Topic: Retail ring-fencing of banks, World Bank High Level Meeting on Governance of Bank Subsidiaries. 2014

Fontainebleau, Paris, Guest speaker. Topic: ‘‘Better protection for whistle-blowers to improve corporate governance—A comparative approach between the United Kingdom and Nigeria’, INSEAD/EABIS 10th Annual Colloquium. 2011

Warwick University, Coventry, Guest speaker. Topic: ‘Macro and micro prudential regulatory failures amongst financial institutions in the United Kingdom: Lessons from Australia’, Warwick University’s conference on ‘Sovereign Debt and the Banking Crisis. 2011

Melbourne, Australia, Guest speaker. Financial development and financial stability: Is the ‘twin peaks’ regulatory approach the most suitable one for the financial sector in the United Kingdom and Australia?, Second Corporate Governance and Finance Conference. 2011

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Guest speaker. Topic: ‘Corporate Governance, the crisis cycle and isomorphism: a case study of the UK and Nigerian banking sectors 2007 – 2010’., Corporate Governance & Global Financial Crisis Conference at the Wharton School. 2010

Poznan University of Economics, Poland, Guest speaker. Topic: ‘Turmoil in the financial world: Financial Innovation, multiple principal-agent problems and regulatory dialectic’, Institutional Change in the European Transition Economics. 2010

Award:

Institute of Digital Knowledge-Association of Vietnamese Universities and Colleges Achievement in Digital Integration Award 2024. 2024

Liverpool John Moores University Faculty Teaching Excellence Award for Academic Leadership. 2024

Liverpool John Moores University Faculty Teaching Excellence Award for Collaboration. 2024

Liverpool John Moores University Faculty Teaching Excellence Award for Digital Transformation. 2024

Liverpool John Moores University Faculty Teaching Excellence Award for Learning Partnerships. 2024

Liverpool John Moores University Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Promoting EDI in Research--University Winner. 2023

Liverpool John Moores University Teaching and Learning Excellence Awards—University Winner for Excellence in Digital Education Award Winner.. 2022

Liverpool John Moores University Faculty Winner Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence-Postgraduate Research Supervisor. 2021

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Outstanding Reviewer Award. 2017

Higher Education Academy, HEA grant for employability and social media. 2012

British Federation of Women Graduates, Runner-up in the British Federation of Women Graduates Travel Bursary Competition. 2010

External committees:

Durban University of Technology, International board member, Applied Law Advisory Board. 2024

Society of Legal Scholars, Council Member, Society of Legal Scholars Council. 2018

External PGR examinations performed:

PhD, University of Leeds, Regulatory and Policy Measures to Address the Problem of Non-Performing Loans: A Cross-Country Comparison. 2024

PhD, University of Coventry, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Global Financial Corporations in the United Kingdom: Ethico-Legal, Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility Perspectives. 2023

PhD, University of Coventry, An argument for minimum due diligence standards in Commonwealth Island citizenship by investment programmes facilitated by artificial intelligence. 2023

PhD, University of South Wales, The value of 'Technology-Enhanced Learning' (TEL) in evidencing compliance with the 'Student Contract to Educate' (SCTE) in a new era of accountability in UK Higher Education. 2020

PhD, Deakin University, Assessment and Theories of China’s Compliance with WTO in Financial Services’. 2017

Media Coverage:

Interview with Xinhua News Agency and United News of India: British Academics call for global AI regulation following EU AI deal 2023

Indus News Pakistan--Transparency International's Report on Corruption 2019

BBC Radio Merseyside on the role of trade unions in modern society, 2015

Interviewed by BBC Radio Merseyside in December 2012 about the trade mark of Liverpool Football Club.

Interviewed by BBC Radio Merseyside in June 2014 about the employment law changes brought by the coalition government

Conference organisation:

Co-convenor, SLSA Conference Banking and Finance Stream in York University. 2022

Co-convenor, SLSA Cardiff Conference (Banking and Finance Stream). 2021

Online conference using EventsAir platform, A regime fit for purpose? Corporate governance and insolvency in the 2020s. 2021

LJMU FinTech, Artificial Intelligence and the Law, https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/conferences/fintech-artificial-intelligence-and-the-law. 2019

Co-organiser and guest speaker, Hans-Boeckler Foundation ‘Pre-Brexit’ Colloquium, LJMU. Topic: ‘The impact of Brexit on the UK financial sector’. 2018

Organiser, Timeliness and timelessness-Corporate governance and regulatory challenges after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 and Brexit, https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/conferences/corporate-governance-and-financial-regulation-conference. 2017

A new employability model for the twenty-first century: the importance of social media and digital employability skills.

Convenor of the Banking and Finance stream, Socio-Legal Studies Association Conferences.

Fellowships:

SPRITE+ Network Plus, SPRITE+ (Security, Privacy, Identity, Trust, Engagement) Expert Fellow, https://spritehub.org/. 2022

Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, Max Planck Fellowship. 2015

Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool John Moores Early Career Fellowship. 2013

Royal Society of Arts, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts.

The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, Academic Fellow of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.

Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Winston Churchill Fellowship.

External collaboration:

Consortium led by Coventry University, Advisory Board of the EU Horizon TRACE Research Project of 7 Million Euros. 2021

Professor Umut Turksen-- EU Horizon 2020 Project of £3 million: Contribution to case studies on tax crimes, Coventry University. 2018

Editorial boards:

Editorial Board Member and Conference Management Committee Member, Centre for Multidisciplinary Artificial Intelligence. 2018

Member of the Editorial Review & Advisory Board for Conferences, Global Business Research Journals. 2017

Industrial connections:

Global Integrity Research Network, Member of the Global Integrity Research Network, http://www.girnweb.com/people.html.

Membership of professional bodies:

Law Society of England and Wales, Member.

Liverpool Law Society Employment Law Committee, Member.

Royal Society of Arts, Member.

Society of Legal Scholars, Member.