IMAP Researchers Publish Hedge Fund Activism Paper
Back in the spring of 2021, a hedge fund called Engine Number 1 was able to elect three of its candidates to the ExxonMobil Board of Directors, making news headlines. IMAP-funded faculty, Nalin Kulatilaka and Robert Kaufmann, delved into the motives behind Engine Number 1’s goals and the ultimate impact the activism had on ExxonMobil’s […]
IMAP Fall 2023 Newsletter
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2023 Summer Fellows wrap up their projects
The summer flew by and now the IGS Grad Student Summer Fellows have wrapped up their projects. IMAP supported the work of Claudia Diezmartínez and Sakshi Sharma. Claudia conducted independent research on how cities across the United States are financing climate action and incorporating climate justice into their municipal budgets. She performed a deep dive […]
IMAP welcomes 2 new researchers for the summer
IMAP is hosting two summer fellows as part of the IGS Graduate Student Summer Fellows program. Sakshi Sharma will be building a database for the Corporate Carbon Risk project and Claudia Diezmartínez will be piloting a method to assess and compare climate finance across US cities. Sakshi Sharma One of the most important goals […]
Tackling Climate Lies Symposium: How Native Advertising Plays a Part in Disinformation
IMAP affiliated faculty Michelle Amazeen and Chris Wells shared their research findings on misleading “native advertising,” at the May 16, 2023 research symposium hosted by the Institute for Global Sustainability. Fossil fuel companies pay for native advertising, which is hard to distinguish from regular news content, to sway public perception around their sustainability efforts and […]