Guglielmo Maria Caporale is Professor of Economics and Finance at Brunel University of London, where previously he was also Divisional Lead for Economics and Econometrics, Director of the Centre for Empirical Finance and Head of the Empirical Finance Research Group. Further, he is a CESifo Research Network Fellow and an RCEA (Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis) Senior Fellow. Prior to taking up his current position, he was a Research Officer at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research in London; a Research Fellow and then a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Forecasting at London Business School; Professor of Economics at the University of East London; Professor of Economics and Finance and Director of the Centre for Monetary and Financial Economics at London South Bank University (LSBU). He has also been Visiting Professor at both London Metropolitan University and LSBU, Research Professor at DIW Berlin and an NCID (Navarra Center for International Development) Non-Resident Fellow. He carries out editorial duties for various academic journals and has published extensively in leading academic journals. He has recently edited the "Handbook of Financial Integration" and is currently editing the "Handbook of Climate Change and Financial Markets", both published by Edward Elgar Publishing.