Launch of the UN PRI Academic Zoom Seminar Series — Start Nov 6, 2020
Susilo Fellow and Chair of the United Nations’ PRI Academic Advisory Committee, Prof. Caroline Flammer announced the UN PRI Academic Seminar Series. This multidisciplinary virtual seminar series will feature ESG thought leaders and is open to academics, investors, students, and others. The aim of this seminar series is threefold:
- To give world thought leaders in responsible investing the opportunity to present their work and obtain valuable feedback
- To provide an opportunity to junior scholars to network with the speaker and obtain career advice
- To be more inclusive and strengthen our global PRI Academic Network community throughout the year
Each session will consist of two parts:
- Part 1: Presentation (60min interactive seminar) – open to all
- Part 2: Network opportunity and career advice for junior scholars with speaker (30min) – open to PhD students and junior faculty
Feel welcome to join! You can register for the first seminar here: https://www.unpri.org/all-events-and-webinars/pri-academic-seminar-series-luigi-zingales/6555.article . Below is the (tentative) full schedule for the AY2020/21:
Nov 6: Luigi Zingales (U Chicago)
Dec 4: Laura Starks (UT Austin)
Jan 29: Patrick Bolton (Columbia U)
Feb 12: Philipp Krueger (U Geneva)
Feb 26: Hao Liang (Singapore Management U)
March 19: tbc
April 2: Andrew King (Boston U)
April 23: George Serafeim (Harvard U)
Also, feel free to join the PRI Academic Network (you can register here: https://account.unpri.org/register).