Zhou Ren

Hi, I’m Zhou Ren. 

I will be on the 2025-2026 academic job market. Download my CV here

I am currently visiting Kellogg School of Management.

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Finance at the Vienna Graduate School of Finance. Before coming to Vienna, I earned an M.Sc. in Economics from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and completed the Advanced Studies Program at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

My research spans macro-finance and international finance, combining theory with empirical analysis.  Recently, I am particularly interested in how macroeconomic shocks affect bank operations and corporate finance behaviour, and in the role that real and financial frictions play in this transmission. Download my research statement here

Contact: zhou.ren@vgsf.ac.at  

Research Interest:

• Macro-Finance

• International Finance

• Firm Dynamics

• Empirical Macroeconomics and Banking using Panel Data 

Research Visits:

• Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon, Spring 2024

• Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University,  2025-2026