Dr. Armin Pourkhanali
Details
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Department: Economics Finance & Marketing
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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armin.pourkhanali@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-4784-7765
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr Armin Pourkhanali is a lecturer at RMIT University with a research focus on the intersection of finance, econometrics, and energy policy. Since joining RMIT in 2022, he has published extensively in A*/Q1 journals, and received multiple research excellence awards (he was awarded the ECR Research Excellence Award by the School of Economics, Finance & Marketing in December 2023, followed by the prestigious College of Business and Law (CoBL) ECR Research Excellence Award in December 2024). His work has been cited by leading scholars and recognised in policy, including citation in a European Commission report.
He is usually passionate about using statistical techniques (such as time series models) to solve real economic/finance problems, such as analysing dependency structure among financial systems, insurance companies, network analysis of financial companies, and finally forecasting price and demand in electricity markets in Australia. He likes to bring his econometrics intuition to solve real economic problems, especially the energy market in Australia.
Research keywords
- Applied financial econometrics
- IPO pricing
- Energy economics
- Time series modelling
- Climate & Biodiversity Risk
Supervisor projects
- Partial Least Squares application: Sentiment on Return in Australia Housing Market
- 14 Apr 2025
- AI for clean energy and sustainability
- 31 Jan 2025
- To what extent do fundamental dynamics affect longer-horizon volatility in equity markets? In search of effective volatility dynamics with an GARCH-MIDAS approach.
- 8 Nov 2024
- Foreign Institutional Investment and Domestic Market Shares Prices Fluctuations
- 3 Jul 2024
- Buyers' Cognitive Biases in Australian Real Estate Market
- 16 Oct 2023
Teaching interests
Dr Armin Pourkhanali is a passionate and innovative educator whose teaching philosophy strongly aligns with RMIT’s “Knowledge with Action” strategy and the Education Plan to 2025. As a subject coordinator, he designs and delivers large, multi-campus finance courses including BAFI1002 (Financial Markets and Institutions) and BAFI3288 (Quantitative Financial Methods & Modelling) across RMIT’s Melbourne, Singapore, and Vietnam campuses. His teaching integrates real-world data, research-led insights, and industry-partnered assessments to create engaging, practice-oriented learning experiences. Through initiatives such as curriculum gamification and equity outreach programs, Armin fosters inclusive, future-focused environments that inspire and empower diverse learners.
Research interests
Applied econometrics , Risk analysis, Forecasting and time series modelling
