Call for Papers: United Nation’s PRI Academic Network Conference

GDP Center Faculty Steering Committee Member Caroline Flammer is co-organizing the upcoming United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Academic Network Conference, which runs alongside PRI in Person, the largest global conference on responsible investment.

On behalf of Dr. Caroline Flammer, we are delighted to share the call for papers for the eleventh PRI Academic Network Conference. Submissions are open to interested PhD students and faculty.

The PRI is proud to collaborate with the Research Chair on Sustainable Finance and Responsible Investments (Chaire FDIR) at Toulouse School of Economics and École Polytechnique on this conference, to be held on 9 September in Paris.

The event is for academic researchers in sustainability and will also be an opportunity for academics and investors to engage with each other, learn and discuss the latest insights, and to network. The conference focuses on the latest research on responsible investment practices and submissions in this area, especially with a focus in the following areas are invited:

• Achieving a sustainable financial system
• The role of responsible investment in meeting today’s investment challenges
• ESG integration
• ESG engagement

The submissions should be made via email to 2019-PRI-academic@tse-fr.eu by 5 April 2019. Submissions will be reviewed according to the following criteria:

• Contribution to responsible investment research
• Originality of subject of study or approach
• Methodological strength
• The practical significance of the research

For more information, please refer to the call for papers here or contact academic@unpri.org or 2019-PRI-academic@tse-fr.eu. Registration for the conference opens in January 2019.

Read Dr. Flammer’s Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) Working Paper presented at last year’s conference, entitled, “Corporate Green Bonds.”