GRASFI Conference 2019: Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment Annual Conference 2019 University of Oxford Oxford, UK, September 3-6, 2019 |
Conference website | http://www.susfinalliance2019.org |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=grasficonference2019 |
Submission deadline | April 15, 2019 |
ABOUT
The Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment (the ‘Alliance’) was founded in 2017 to promote multi-disciplinary academic research on sustainable finance and investment. The Alliance currently consists of 20 global research universities (with more joining), each with expertise in this emerging field.
Each year the Alliance aims to organise the major annual academic conference on sustainable finance and investment internationally. The Alliance is also developing academic collaboration between researchers working on sustainable finance and nurturing the growth and development of graduate students and junior academics working on these topics.
There is significant and growing interest among practitioners, policymakers, and civil society in sustainable finance and investment. High-quality, rigorous academic research can inform necessary developments in its theory and practice. Doing so will help align the financial system with global environmental sustainability, a necessary condition for implementation of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
The 1st Annual Conference was held at the University of Maastricht in September 2018. The 2nd Annual Conference will be held at the University of Oxford on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th September 2019.
The 2nd Annual Conference is being hosted by the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme at the University of Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. The Conference Committee are seeking 40 high quality papers for the conference with each paper having a 30-minute speaking slot. Papers will be presented in sessions organised by asset class or a cross-cutting theme. Within each session papers are likely to come from different disciplines to foster inter-disciplinary collaboration and learning.
The conference is preceded on Wednesday 3rd September 2019 by a PhD workshop, where pre-selected PhD students will be invited to present their papers or projects. Faculty and senior researchers from Alliance Universities will provide feedback, as well advice on research, publications, and careers.
Other workshops may also be organised on the 3rd September and we encourage Alliance Universities and other organisations to organise side-events on this day.
There will a day proceeding the conference on Friday 6th September for the Alliance Organising Committee and there will also be Alliance strategy sessions on key areas of future cooperation. There will also be a debrief on the 2nd Annual Conference and a discussion of plans for the 3rd Annual Conference hosted by Columbia University in 2020.
PAPER SUBMISSION
Submissions must be academic working papers not yet accepted for publication. Papers should be journal article length and include an abstract.
We invite submissions from any disciplinary, theoretical, or methodological perspective as long as they address topics within sustainable finance and investment.
Please anonymise your submission (double-blind reviewing policy) and submit your paper via EasyChair. Authors of accepted submissions will be required to attend and give a presentation at the Conference.
The deadline for submission is Friday 1st March 2019.
Papers will be presented over 14 conference sessions.
Draft session themes are below:
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