Ruowen Xu holds the position of Assistant Professor of Accounting at Warwick Business School. Prior to this role, she was a research fellow at Finwork Futures research center at King's College London. Ruowen earned her PhD degree from Warwick Business School, with her research centering on credit rating systems.

Grounded in empirical fieldwork, Ruowen's research draws on interdisciplinary insights from accounting theory, sociology and organisation studies. Her research delves into the intrinsic social, material, and temporal interconnections within emerging paradigms of modelling work, Fintech/Techfin work, and the configuration of artificial intelligence (AI). More broadly, her work explores the risks and practices entwined with calculative tools and market lives. 

Ruowen received the WBS Award for Outstanding Early Career Research in 2024-2025 and Teaching Excellence Award in 2020, and her research papers received nominations for the Best Paper Award in 2021 at EGOS and the Max Boisot Annual Award in 2019.

Her research interests include algorithmic practice, digital infrastructure, value and valuation, accounting and accountability,  credit and credit scoring.