Rate My Professor Boram Lee

Dr. Boram Lee is a Senior Lecturer in Arts and Cultural Management in the School of Management, College of Business and Law at Adelaide University. She holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Stirling, where she served as a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance from 2013 to 2018. Previously at the University of South Australia, Lee specializes in accounting and finance with an emphasis on behavioural studies based on psychological approaches. Her research interests encompass cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary studies, including the valuation of arts and culture, creative fundraising, arts governance and accountability, artists’ labour markets, well-being, and entrepreneurship. Before entering academia, she managed international tours for highly respected theatre companies, worked as a producer at arts festivals, and participated in many visual arts projects, which inform her current research agenda.

Lee has published extensively in leading journals. Key works include 'Myopic loss aversion and stock investments: An empirical study of private investors' (Journal of Banking & Finance, 2016), 'New forms of finance and funding in the cultural and creative industries. Introduction to the special issue' (Journal of Cultural Economics, 2022), 'Entrepreneurial pathways for emerging creatives' (Journal of Arts Management Law and Society, 2023), 'Leveraging entrepreneurial identity and technology: legitimacy of art securitization platforms' (Journal of Cultural Economics, 2025), and 'Disability access and inclusion in performing arts festivals' (International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 2025). She has secured major grants, such as $333,000 from the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (2023) and a documentary project 'Dancing Against the Odds', $150,000 from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program (2021), $30,000 from the Australia-Korea Foundation (2021), £48,196 from the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council Cultural Value Project (2014), and £22,930 from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (2014). Her Connect2Abilities project promotes disability inclusion in arts through collaborations between Australia and Korea.