Appointments:
Senior Lecturer in Finance, Department of Finance
Research Associate, Centre for Economic History (QUCEH) 
Research Associate, Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH)

Leadership roles:
Programme Director, MSc. Finance
Coordinator, QBS Finance Induction
Editor, QBS Working Paper Series
Panel member, Queen’s Merit Award Scheme
Finance representative, Athena SWAN committee

Professional service:

Council member on Executive, Economic History Society
Chair, Economic History Society New Researcher Prize Committee
Mentor, Economic History Society Residential Training Course
Royal Economic Society Conference Programme Committee
Member, ESRC Peer Review College
Member, ARD UK Fellowship Scheme Funding Panel
Member, The Productivity Institute

External links:
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Philip Fliers is an economic historian specializing in banking, corporate finance, financial economics, and corporate governance. His research explores the evolution of corporate decision-making in British and Dutch financial and business history during the twentieth century, integrating financial data, corporate networks, and archival evidence. He examines how firms navigate financial constraints, regulatory changes, and economic shocks, shedding light on long-term trends in corporate governance, investment behavior, and capital structure dynamics. Additionally, his work contributes to contemporary debates on dividend stability, financial flexibility, and the role of CEOs and boards in shaping corporate outcomes.

Philip Fliers is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at Queen’s Business School and a Research Associate at the university’s Centre for Economic History. His research focuses on financial and business history, with a particular emphasis on corporate finance and governance. He is previously worked on The Rise of Corporate Titans, a Leverhulme Trust-funded project examining the evolution of large corporations.

Philip has received multiple awards and research grants in recognition of his work. In 2020, he was honored with the Queen’s Merit Award and became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He was awarded a Carnevali Small Research Grant in 2021 for his project Measuring Business Performance in the UK (1900-1986). In 2022, he secured both the ESRC BDR Open Call grant and a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant.

Beyond his research, Philip is actively involved in the academic community. In 2022, he was appointed to the Royal Economic Society Conference Programme Committee. In 2023, he joined the Productivity Institute and was appointed Chair of the Economic History Society’s New Researcher Prize Committee. In 2024, he was elected to the Economic History Society Council and joined its executive board.

Before joining Queen’s, Philip was an Assistant Professor of Finance at Utrecht University. He holds a BSc in Business Economics, a BA in Philosophy, and an MSc in Financial Economics, all from Erasmus University Rotterdam. He completed his PhD at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, in 2016, where he also lectured in finance.

His past research includes participation in an externally funded project (2011–2016) on the evolution of corporate finance in the Netherlands during the twentieth century. He has also held visiting positions at Monash Business School (Australia), University of Groningen (Netherlands),  and served as a Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast.

• Economic and Financial History
• Corporate Finance
• Banking
• Corporate Governance

Current teaching:

• Programme Director, MSc Finance
• Corporate Finance (MBA7186, MBA)
• Equity Research (FIN3013, BSc Finance)
• Guest lecturer, (ECO1014, BSc Economics)

Current PhD students:

• Sweta Pramanick (Completed February 2023), as primary supervisor (second supervisor: John Turner; third supervisor: David Jordan; external supervisor: Rebecca Stuart)
• Edwin Koenck, as secondary supervisor (first supervisor: John Turner)