Universities
For the last twenty years, SRI has been an industry in rapid development and constant evolution and there has been little time for self-analysis by the practitioners. The industry, therefore, has derived great benefit from academic research that has reviewed emerging industry practice, evaluated its assumptions and tested the performance of its theories and outputs.
Considerable academic research has been undertaken on the relationship between the application of sustainability criteria and the financial performance of funds. Subjects that are, perhaps, under-researched include:
- The business dynamics of the SRI industry – perhaps one for MBA students?
- Sector-by-sector analysis of how individual environmental or social interventions (by government, employees or customers) have influenced the profitability of individual companies – and how (and when) this is recognised by the company’s share price
An industry benefits when open channels of communication exist between industry practitioners and the academics studying the industry.
SRI-CONNECT wishes to encourage this by:
- Giving senior academics a window on the world of SRI in practice and by
- Raising the awareness of industry practitioners of the academic research written about their work
- Ensuring that both can contact each other easily
To support this, SRI-CONNECT:
- CONTENT: Curates (within Market Buzz) this library of recent academic research on SRI & corporate governance
- COMMUNITY: Maintains this list of academics registered with SRI-CONNECT.
- CONTACT: Also this list of other influential academics who are working on different aspects of sustainability and responsible investment (see below)
- CONTACT: Has launched a discussion group: Academic research to facilitate contact between academics and practitioners
- Has established some rules of engagement for academics that we hope will guide and ensure constructive contact between the two groups
- Notably, registration with SRI-CONNECT is limited to post-doctoral academics
Please do contact Mike Tyrrell if you have suggestions about how SRI-CONNECT might usefully support a constructive dynamic between academics and practitioners.
(Note: We focus our scope of interest on academics and research that is directly interested in SRI & corporate governance within listed equities, fixed income, private equity, venture capital, infrastructure or, at pinch, real estate investment. It would be counter-productive to include academics with wider interests in sustainable development or even sustainable finance more broadly).
Academics with an interest in SRI
Full listing
- Alan Gregory - - University of Exeter
- Alex Money - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford
- Alexander Bassen - - University of Hamburg
- Andre Nijhof - - Nyenrode Business University
- Andreas Hoepner - ICMA Centre - University of Reading (ICMA Centre)
- Anna Estelle Young - - University of Sydney
- Ben Caldecott - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
- Bert Scholten - - University of Groningen
- Bouchra M’Zali - - University of Quebec
- Cameron Hepburn - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford
- Cary Kroskinsky - Brown University
- Céline Louche - - Audencia Nantes
- Christoph Biehl - Governance, Accountability & Responsible Investment Research Centre, Henley Business School - University of Reading (GARI)
- Daniel Beunza - - London School of Economics
- David Wood - Initiative for Responsible Investment - Harvard University
- Elroy Dimson - - London Business School
- Erin Shackelford - Initiative for Responsible Investment - Harvard University
- Fabrizio Ferraro - - IESE Business School
- Falko Paetzold - - Harvard University
- Frank Coggins - - Université de Sherbrooke
- Frank Figge - - Kedge Business School
- Gail Whiteman - - Erasmus University
- Geoff Warren - - Centre for International Finance and Regulation
- George Serafeim - - Harvard University
- Gordon Clark - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford
- Ioannis Ioannou - - London Business School
- Ioannis Oikonomou - ICMA Centre - University of Reading (ICMA Centre)
- James Gifford - Initiative for Responsible Investment - Harvard University
- Jeroen Derwall - - Maastrict University
- Jill Atkins - Governance, Accountability & Responsible Investment Research Centre, Henley Business School - University of Reading (GARI)
- Joakim Sandberg - - University of Gothenburg
- John Kay - - London School of Economics
- Kais Bouslah - - University of St Andrews
- Katie Grace - Initiative for Responsible Investment - Harvard University
- Lucian Bebchuk - - Harvard Law School
- Michael Barnett - - Rutgers Business School
- Nadja Guenster - - University of Münster
- Nick Stern - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment - London School of Economics
- Nicolas Mottis - - ESSEC Business School
- Nils Kok - Maastricht University - GRESB
- Paolo Perego - Rotterdam School of Management - Erasmus University
- Paul Shrivastava - John Molson School of Business - Concordia University
- Philipp Krueger - - Université de Genève
- Rob Bauer - - Maastrict University
- Robert Eccles - Harvard Business School - Arabesque
- Sébastien Pouget - - Toulouse School of Economics
- Steve Lydenberg - Initiative for Responsible Investment - Domini Social Investments
- Tessa Hebb - Carleton Centre for Community Innovation - Carleton Centre for Community Innovation
- Trude Myklebust - - University of Oslo
Universities and academics are likely to use the following services from SRI-CONNECT:
Market Buzz & Research
- Channel news of their research and findings to SRI industry participants with mutual interests
- Search the SRI-CONNECT database for research and reports
Directory, networks & discussion
- Find and filter profiles to identify SRI practitioners with mutual interests
- Present themselves and their relevant research activities to the SRI marketplace
- Build and manage their own SRI network via the groups, events and messaging functions
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Build profile, distribute research, share ideas
Universities can:
- Use Market Buzz to raise the profile of their research and share their opinions with investors and analysts (About Market Buzz | Post research & reports)
- Use the Directory to highlight their organisational and individual capabilities and interests (About Directory | Update your organisation's profile | Update your personal profile)
- Advertise events (About Events | All events)
- Monitor the developing profile of their firm and research with sustainable investment industry
- Response to requests for research made via the Research Marketplace
Learn & interact
Universities can:
- Receive research that matches their areas of focus (About Market Buzz | View the latest buzz)
- Learn about the dynamics of the sustainable investment industry (SRI Primer | Ecology of SRI | Trends & opinion)
- Join discussions (All Discussion Groups)
- Make connections & send messages
Other
... and like all members of the network, they can:
- Careers, skills & jobs: Employ others and develop their own skills & careers
- People & networks: Network with, follow and engage with others
Note
These special conditions govern the access of NGOs to SRI-Connect
