Sustainable Finance Research Seminars and Events
News & Events
The 2025 Responsible Finance Workshop, on Thursday 22nd May was jointly organised by the Responsible Business Institute (ReBI) and the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL) at Strathclyde Business School. This year, the workshop theme is "Responsible Business and AI". Together, we will explore how emerging technologies intersect with ethical and sustainable finance, and what that means for the future of responsible business.
Morning Session
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Speaker |
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Huyen Nguyen, (Halle Institute for Economic Research; University of Jena) |
Environmental Incidents and sustainability Pricing Provisions |
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Bonnie Buchanan (University of Surrey) |
Firm Complexity and Sentiment Interplay: Evidence from Earnings Conference Calls |
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Kostas Stathopoulos (University of Manchester) |
Does Zombification Influence Corporate Carbon Performance? |
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Nataliya Tkachenko (Lloyds Banking Group) |
Novel approaches for carbon accounting in AI applications: Asset-level metrics |
Afternoon Session
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Strathclyde Faculty rapid fire presentations |
Linxiang Ma (ReBI) The (Unintended) Consequences of Strategic Disclosure on Green Transition: Evidence from Supply Chain Kushagra Jain (FRIL) Gendered bias in algorithmic lending: A comparative ensemble panel case with nuanced model-agnostic artificial intelligence interpretability Dimitris Andriosopoulos (ReBI) Human Capital Quality and Radical Innovation |
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Hans Degryse (KU Leuven) |
The Disciplining Effect of Bank Supervision: Evidence from SupTech |
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Kieran Garvey (University of Cambridge) |
Evolving Adoption of AI in Financial Services |
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Expert Panel: Sustainability & Innovation in Finance Nataliya Tkachenko (Lloyds Banking Group) Claire Reid (Barclays) |
The Disciplining Effect of Bank Supervision: Evidence from SupTech |
External Activities
- Visiting Economist position at the Bank for International Settlements - Livia Pancotto (Oct 2025 - Mar 2026)
- Member of ClimateXChange’s Advisory Panel
Professor Dimitris Andriosopoulos has become a member of ClimateXChange’s Advisory Panel, which is one of four Scottish Government centres of expertise. The ClimateXChange’s Advisory Panel provides a research, advice and analysis service to policy teams at the Scottish Government and associated public agencies. (July 2025 -) - Opportunities for financing a climate resilient Scotland - Organised by the ClimateXChange and the Scottish Government.
Professor Dimitris Andriosopoulos served as a panelist to the interdisciplinary workshop spanning policy makers, industry and academia. (March 2025) - 2025 Consortium on Asset Management - Financial Management Association and the Cambridge Judge Business School's Centre for Endowment Asset Management
Professor Dimitris Andriosopoulos served as invited speaker
24 Feb 2025 - Decarbonization Finance Series II: The Path to Net Zero Innovation & Sustainability
Professor Dimitris Andriosopoulos served as a panelist to the interdisciplinary workshop spanning policy makers, industry and academia which took place at the Panmure House. (May 2024) - Livia Pancotto - Peer Reviewer - During 2024 -2025 for the European Financial Management, European Journal of Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Journal of Economics & Business.
- Ellie Luu - Peer Reviewer - During 2024 -2025 for Corporate Governance: An International Review, Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment.
- Linxiang Ma - Peer Reviewer - During 2024 -2025 for Global Finance Journal
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Philipp Krüger (University of Geneva) |
Green Revenues |
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Claudia Girardone (University of Essex) |
Closing Doors, Opening Insights: Bank Branch Closures, Income Inequality, and Spatial Spillover Dynamics |
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François Derrien (HEC Paris) |
ESG news, future cash flows, and firm value |
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SBS Presentations |
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Daniel Metzger (Erasmus University Rotterdam) |
Sustainability Wage Gap |
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Chendi Zhang (University of Exeter) |
Temperature Sensitivity, Mispricing, and Predictable Returns |
A number of ESG related seminars were organised during the 23/24 academic year.
Paper Title |
Speaker |
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| Leveling Up Your Green Mojo: The Benefits of Beneficent Investment | Prof. Xiaoyun Yu (Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance) |
| Corporate culture and CSR nexus: the role of blockholders | Biwesh Neupane (SBS) |
| How learning about behavioural biases can improve financial literacy? Experimental evidence on the effects of learning about the myopic bias. | Francisco do Nascimento Pitthan (KU Leuven) |
Paper Title |
Speaker |
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| The toxic triangle of state, stake, and institution: Sovereign wealth fund ownership and firm ESG reputation risk | Prof. Hisham Farag (Professor of Finance and Director of Research at Birmingham Business School ; Founding Director of the Sustainable Financial innovation Research Centre (SFIC)) |
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For more clarity in sustainable finance. The value of use-of-proceeds bonds in the experience of the European Investment Bank |
Aldo Romani (Head of Sustainable Finance, Finance Directorate at the European Investment Bank (EIB)) |
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Catering through transparency: Voluntary ESG disclosure by asset managers and fund flows |
Marco Ceccarelli (Assistant Professor in Finance at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam) |
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Sustainable Treasury teams
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Arthur Krebbers (Managing Director, Head of Corporate Climate and ESG Capital Markets at NatWest; Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University) |
A number of ESG related seminars were organised during the 22/23 academic year.
Paper title |
Speaker |
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| Climate Risk and Financial Stability: Evidence from Syndicated Lending | Xing Huan (EDHEC) |
| The Economic Consequences of Firms' Commitment to ESG Policies | Prof Dan Amiram (Tel Aviv University) |
| The Joint effect of Corruption and ownership Structure on Cash | Prof Dimitiris Andriosopoulos (University of Strathclyde) |
| Investors in Green bonds | Dr Moqi Groen-Xu (Queen Mary University of London) |
| Prepayment Penalties, Adverse Selection and Mortgage Default | Prof Danny McGowan (University of Birmingham) |
| Climate Regulatory Uncertainty and Corporate Green Innovation | Olakunle Olaboopo (University of Strathclyde) |
| The Investment Skill of ESG Aware Mutual Funds | Ellie Luu (University of Strathclyde) |
| Stigma and Accountability in English Social Housing | Dr Mercy Denedo & Dr Amanz Ejiogu (University of Durham) |
Address
Responsible Business Institute Strathclyde Business School
University of Strathclyde
199 Cathedral Street
Glasgow
G4 0QU
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