Sustainable Finance Research Seminar
The sustainable finance research seminar is a place where thought-provoking working papers on the topic of sustainable finance are presented and discussed. This fall edition contains a mix of theoretical and empirical papers by both senior and junior scholars. Key themes include the impact of sustainable finance on the real economy, the implications of climate risks, and investor preferences for sustainability.
Presentations take place on Thursdays at 4pm (Zurich time) and last 60 minutes.
The seminar is hosted online and can be attended free of charge. Discussions are at an academic level, but everybody with an interest in the topic is welcome to join.
Register HERE to receive weekly invitations to the seminar talks.
FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS
By passing an oral exam during the exam session, doctoral students earn 3 ECTS. The seminar can be found in the course catalogue of the University of Zurich as DOEC0912.
You can find previous seminar programs here (PDF, 573 KB).
Seminar Program
| Date | Speaker | Topic of Seminar |
|---|---|---|
| 17.09.2020 |
Prof. Dr. Luc Renneboog Tilburg University |
Shareholder Engagement in Environmental, Social and Governance Performance |
| 24.09.2020 |
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hens, Florian Rümmelein University of Zurich |
When Greta meets Warren: The impact of sustainable investing on investment factors like value Intro video |
| 01.10.2020 |
HEC Paris |
ESG-Investing: How to optimize impact? |
| 08.10.2020 |
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
Firm-level Climate Change Exposure |
| 15.10.2020 |
Tilburg University |
Environmental Impact Investing |
| 22.10.2020 |
Prof. Dr. Alexander Dyck University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management |
Collective Activism |
| 29.10.2020 |
Prof. Oliver D. Hart, Harvard University, University of Chicago, University of Trento |
Exit vs Voice |
| 05.11.2020 |
University of Zurich |
Ask BERT: How Regulatory Disclosure of Transition and Physical Climate Risks affects the CDS Term Structure |
| 12.11.2020 |
University of Zurich |
Shades of Green: Do Investors Value How Sustainable Investments Are? |
| 19.11.2020 |
University of Zurich |
The Role of Sustainability Information for Investment Decisions |
| 26.11.2020 | Tbd. | Tbd. |
| 03.12.2020 |
Prof. Dr. Marco Wilkens, PD Dr. Martin Rohleder, Jonas Zink University of Augsburg |
The Effects of Decarbonizing Institutional Portfolios on Stock Prices and Carbon Emissions |
| 10.12.2020 |
University of Zurich Deutsche Bundesbank |
Shocks to Transition Risk |
| 17.12.2020 |
University of California Los Angeles |
Climate Change and Adaption in Global Supply-Chain Networks |