Dr Bomikazi Zeka is an Associate Professor in Finance and Financial Planning at the University of Canberra. Bomikazi has experience in teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level from the Nelson Mandela University and Hong Kong Baptist University. She has also contributed to the development of financial planning programmes and has supervised several of research projects.

Bomikazi’s research interest is in the economic outcomes of previously disadvantaged individuals (particularly women, people of colour and older adults) and seeks to understand the pathways that maintain their marginal status, as well as the coping strategies they employ to overcome economic vulnerability. Bomikazi’s research aims to fully appreciate the different shades of poverty resulting from socio-economic inequality and her research agenda also addresses the consequences of economic inequality on families, communities, and social structures. Bomikazi welcomes opportunities for research collaborations and research supervision.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Zeka, B. & Alhassan, A.L. 2023. Gender disparities in financial resilience: insights from South Africa. International Journal of Bank Marketing. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-01-2023-0053.
• Zeka, B. 2023, Chapter 12: Retirement policy and saving behavior. In A Research Agenda for Consumer Financial Behavior. Eds Xiao, J. J. & Kumar, S. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803922652.00020.
• Zeka, B. 2022. Gendered poverty perceptions: How do retired women fare? Risks, 10(2): 29, https://doi.org/10.3390/risks10020029. 
• Zeka, B. & Veri, F. 2022. The necessary and sufficient conditions for retirement funding adequacy: A fuzzy set analysis. Economics and Sociology, 15(1): 109-124, https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789X.2022/15-1/7.
• Zeka, B. 2020. Retirement funding adequacy in black South African Townships. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, 11(4): 573-585, https://doi.org/10.1108/AJEMS-09-2019-0353.

FUNDING

• 2023 – The Australian Capital Territory Women’s Participation Grant (ACT Government) (A$4 000).
• 2017 – The South African National Research Foundation PhD Funding Instrument (NRF – South Africa) (A$15 600).
• 2017 – The South African National Research Foundation Research Sabbatical Grant (A$8 500).

SUPERVISION

Area of Supervision:

• Retirement planning
• Personal finance
• Financial education and literacy

CURRENT PROJECTS

• Zeka, B. & Alhassan, A.L. The gender gap in retirement planning behaviour: Evidence from Australia.

EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT

Association membership:

• Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) affiliate
• Financial Planning Institute of South Africa
• Financial Planning Association of Australia

Journal article reviewer:

• Ageing and Society
• Frontiers in Sociology 
• Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies 
• International Review of Financial Analysis 
• Journal of Applied Gerontology

Conference reviewer:

• European Academy of Management
• International Business Conference
• Southern Africa Institute for Management Scientists

Journalistic contribution:

• Broad Agenda
• The Conversation