Category: News

Susilo Institute and ISE Launch Program to Improve Sustainable Investment Metrics and Processes

University Research Institutes and Questrom School of Business team up to equip investors with more meaningful Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) metrics to measure corporate impact. In response to the rapid growth of impact investing as a mainstream asset management strategy, Boston University (BU) today announced the launch of the Impact Measurement and Allocation Program […]

Susilo Fellow to speak on race, justice, and equity in the workplace

Susilo’s Fellow Evan Apfelbaum to speak on a panel on race, justice, and equity in the workplace on June 16, presented by the Center for Positive Organizations and the Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division of the Academy of Management. Free registration required to join the panel: please click here.

Susilo Institute co-hosts a conference on financial inclusion & social impact (Feb 20)

Together with The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program at Boston University, the Susilo Institute will co-organize a conference on “Reshaping the World 2020: Financial Inclusion & Social Impact Conference”. This collaborative conference will bring together policy makers, researchers, industry practitioners, and Fintech to explore ways in which financial inclusion can promote poverty reduction, economic growth, and […]

Nature Sustainability report about design behavior for sustainability

A Nature Sustainability expert panel published a report on “how behavioral scientists, engineers, and architects can work together to advance how we all understand and practice design—in order to enhance sustainability in the built environment, and beyond.” The international panel of experts includes Susilo Institute’s co-director Pr. Nina Mazar. The report and comment in Nature […]

Joint speaker seminar of the Susilo Institute and the BU Cyber Alliance

As part of its multidisciplinary research activities on ethics at the frontier of technology the Susilo Institute will organize two events that will be part of the BU Cyber Alliance seminar series exploring the interaction between cybersecurity technology, law, and policy. On Feb 12 Chiara Longoni, Assistant Professor at Boston University Questrom School of Business […]

Can executive compensation influence long-term success? Joint research with FCLTGlobal (Focusing Capital on the Long Term)

What is the relationship between CEO variable performance compensation (as opposed to base salary) and long-term success? Two teams of BU Questrom MBA students worked on a semester long, behavioral economics-focused consulting project examining behavioral insights explaining CEO’s short-term decision making and proposed solutions specifically designed to tackle behavioral biases associated. Here are snippets of […]