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Delve into groundbreaking research and insightful discussions from our researchers on climate finance and, if you haven't already done so, do not hesitate to subscribe to this quarterly newsletter.

On January 23, 2025 Nicolas Schneider, Senior Research Engineer and Macroeconomist at the EDHEC Climate Institute, delivered a compelling presentation as part of Sustainability Week. The event, titled "Climate Information Granularity and Projections of Physical Risk Impacts on Economic Outputs: A Spatial Momentum Has Started," drew attendees both in-person at the Nice Campus and online.

This month, in the #EDHECVox newsletter, "Emotions & decisions: an underestimated combo?", our Professors highlight why and how our emotions can be real allies in our ability to manage different situations and make choices.

On November 13, 2024 Nistha Manocha, PhD (Senior Research Engineer, ESG) and Qinyu Goh, (Sustainability Data Scientist) represented the EDHEC Infra & Private Assets Institute at AlterCOP29 in Singapore. Speaking as part of the thematic day focused on Resilience and Adaptation, their expert session, “The True Cost of Climate Change on Private Assets,” explored how we can effectively and systematically quantify climate risks for infrastructure assets and build resilience into these critical systems.

How can legal professionals innovate? What is the impact of new technologies? Where do ethics fit in? In this short interview, Christophe Roquilly, Professor at EDHEC and Honorary Dean of Faculty, presents the EDHEC Augmented Law Institute, which he has been directing since 2021.

We are delighted to announce that Riccardo Rebonato’s recent book, "How to Think About Climate Change: Insights from Economics for the Perplexed but Open-minded Citizen", has been selected as one of the best economics books of the year by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times.

Delve into groundbreaking research and insightful discussions from our researchers on climate finance and, if you haven't already done so, do not hesitate to subscribe to this quarterly newsletter.

This month, in the #EDHECVox newsletter "Is sustainability accounting set to change the game?", our professors highlight the silent revolution in accounting and reporting that has been at work in companies for the last twenty years, and which could contribute to significant change.

End of last August, the Institutional Money Management supplement to Pensions & Investments features a special infrastructure investment issue produced by the EDHEC Infra & Private Assets Research Institute (EIPA). This important publication provides institutional investors with cutting-edge academic research on critical topics impacting their portfolios today.

Riccardo Rebonato, Professor at EDHEC and Scientific Director of the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute, has been awarded the prestigious “Legends in Quantitative Finance” prize. This rare recognition was presented during the opening session of the 20th Quantitative Finance Conference, held from 25 to 27 September 2024 in Cannes, France.  

This month in the #EDHECVox newsletter, our professors and researchers present their thoughts on the way social media and AI could help promoting learning, exchange and innovation: "LinkedIn, ChatGPT, Slack: using them less... or using them better?".

The pace set by EDHEC's ambitious 2020-2025 strategic plan has been maintained: 22 new professors, in addition to the more than 25 already recruited, will join the school from September 2024.

This month in the #EDHECVox newsletter, our professors and researchers present their thoughts and concrete proposals on how financial players can be supported and equipped to deal with climate change: "Climate Change: Changing Finance".

April 2024 - Bristol Myers Squibb France and EDHEC Business School unveil the results of the second wave of the Barometer on connected health carried out by the IPSOS polling institute.

This month, in #EDHECVox newsletter, our professors draw on their most recent research and suggest possible courses of action on the theme of "Leading without misleading".

March 29, 2024, 2pm - The EDHEC Leadership Development Chair is delighted to welcome (online) Tal Ben-Shahar, co-founder of the Happiness Studies Academy and Potentialife, a partner of the Chair.

In this new issue of the #EDHECVox newsletter, our professors draw on the variety of their research work to shed light on some of the major challenges facing society today and to propose solutions to help shape a desirable future.

February 2024 - "Delivering Research Insights on Double Materiality to the Financial Community". This 3rd newsletter by EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute is offered entirely (and only) in English.

We are delighted to announce that the research paper "Determinants of internal carbon pricing" published by Gianfranco Gianfrate (EDHEC, EDHEC Risk Climate) and Nuno Bento (ISCTE-IUL) in Energy Policy, has been Highly Commended in the FT Responsible Business Education Awards, in the category “Best academic research with societal impact”.

Based on the research and expertise of its faculty members, EDHEC publishes articles and interviews on major contemporary issues. The second #EDHECVox newsletter looks at the circular economy, and how to move away from current "take/make/waste" models.

Last Monday, EDHEC Business School hosted an engaging session featuring Director of the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute,Frédéric Ducoulombier, CAIA, which was attended by some 300 finance master’s students. Introduced by Director of the Financial Economics track Professor Laurent Deville, the event discussed the mission and philosophy of the Institute, its ambitions and first research results.

October 2023, "Delivering Research Insights on Double Materiality to the Financial Community" This second newsletter by the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute is offered entirely (and only) in English.

In partnership with the Institut Hlm de la RSE and the Union sociale pour l’habitat, EDHEC's centre of expertise dedicated to the new generations has just published a study in French entitled "Mythes et réalités des métiers de l'habitat social" (oct. 2023). It was carried out by Geneviève Houriet-Segard and Manuelle Malot, respectively deputy director and director of the centre.

Climate finance, artificial intelligence, banking scandals, transfer of SMEs... in the last few weeks, EDHEC professors have taken a stand on (very) current social issues. Based on their recent research, these articles and interviews have been published on the platform dedicated to scientific dissemination, EDHEC Vox. Here is an overview.

Early June, during the 39th International Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI), held in Bordeaux, Hamid Boustanifar, EDHEC Associate Professor, won the best 2022 award for his paper entitled “Bankruptcy reform, credit availability and financial distress”.

Mid-June, Martin Wetzels, EDHEC Professor, has been awarded by AMA SERVSIG the 2023 Career Contributions award, created in 1994 and renamed in 2009, in memory of Professor Christopher Lovelock.

Can we learn to “face the unknown”? In their new online course entitled “Building Strategic Foresight Capabilities”, René Rohrbeck, Remco Lenstra and Camelia Ram, all members of the UNESCO Chair hosted by EDHEC, do think so. Discover this new 10-hours MOOC proposed on coursera.org.  

The UNESCO Chair in "Organizational Anticipation, Resilient Leadership and Educational Innovation" is a platform for training, research and North-South-South collaboration. In this 3-minute video, discover its mission and the testimonies and expectations of its partners.

Green infrastructure, connected health, artificial intelligence, sustainability, bank failure... in the last few weeks, EDHEC professors have taken a stand on (very) current social issues. Based on their recent research, these articles and interviews have been published on the platform dedicated to scientific dissemination, EDHEC Vox. Here is an overview.

Press review - Listen to the interview in French with Bertrand Monnet, Senior Lecturer at EDHEC and holder of the Criminal Risks Management Chair, on France Culture's "Entendez-vous l'éco" programme.

Press review - Read the interview of Riccardo Rebonato, EDHEC Professor and Scientific Director of the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute, published on rsedatanews.net.

Press review - Read this article in French, published in Le Monde, about the latest report by the EDHEC NewGen Talent Centre about the expectations, the ambitions and the commitment of the new generations.

The EDHEC Infrastructure Institute (EDHECinfra) and The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) release today a new report of the "Infrastructure Strategy" series as part of a research partnership signed in fall 2021.

Press review - Listen to this interview with Bertrand Monnet, EDHEC Senior Lecturer and Holder of the Criminal Risks Management Chair.

Press review - Read this column in French by Loick Menvielle, EDHEC Professor and Director of the Management in Innovative Health Chair, published in eco121.fr.

Press review - The Financial Times has asked Cyril Demaria, Affiliate professor at EDHEC, to "write a defence of the private markets industry’s practices".

Press review - Read this portrait of Bertrand Monnet, Senior Lecturer at EDHEC and holder of the criminal risks management chair, published in Le Point.

Press review - Discover this article published at the end of January in IPE Real Assets by Noël Amenc and Frédéric Blanc-Brude.

Presse review - Read this article published in Planète Grandes Ecoles about the EDHEC NewGen Talent Centre report "Du campus au bureau : comment les NewGen veulent apprendre et travailler".

Created in 2011, the National Digital Council (CNNum) is responsible for questioning the relationship between humans and digital technology. This independent commission is made up of 4 parliamentarians and 15 members, including, since February 2021, Olga Kokshagina, associate professor at EDHEC. In December 2022, she published - with her 3 co-authors - the 6th dossier of the CNNum entitled "Humains & Machines. Quelles interactions au travail ?".  

Press review - Read this column in ETF Stream by Frédéric Ducoulombier, Director of the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute.

Press review - Read this column in ipe.com by Noël Amenc, Associate Professor of Finance at EDHEC and Affiliate Member at the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute.

Press review - Read this article in French by journalist Kira Mitrofanoff (Challenges), who deciphers the latest study by the EDHEC NewGen Talent Centre.

Press review - Discover this collective column published in L'Opinion by, among others, Daniel Haguet, Associate Professor at EDHEC.

Press review - Read this column by Anne Witt, Professor at EDHEC and Research at EDHEC Augmented Law Institute.

M-C. Mars, Associate Professor at EDHEC and Deputy Director of the Marketing Department, is enjoying the end of 2022 with recognition for her recent publications.

Press review - Read this article by Rania Labaki, Associate Professor at EDHEC and Director of the Family Business Chair.

Press review - Discover the interview put online on November 28 of Christophe Roquilly, Professor at EDHEC, Honorary Dean and Director of the EDHEC Augmented Law Institute.

Press review - Read the article published on 28 November on Parents.fr about the Diversity & Inclusion Chair's study on paternity leave.

Press review - Watch the interview published on November 26 of Bertrand Monnet, EDHEC Senior Lecturer and Holder of the Criminal Risks Management Chair.

Press review - Read the article published on 21 November in Business Reporter by Bastiaan Van Der Linden, associate professor at EDHEC and head of the MSc in Global & Sustainable Business.

Press review - Read the article published in Le Monde (in French) on 18 November by Irene Monasterolo, professor of climate finance at EDHEC and director of the "Impact of Finance on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation" programme of the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute.

Press review - Discover the article published in IPE Real Assets on November 16 about the latest EDHECinfra report "The Pricing of Green Infrastructure".

Press review - Read the column published on October 27 in The Times by Anne Witt, Professor of Law at EDHEC and member of the EDHEC Augmented Law Institute.

Press review - Discover the article published on October 12th by l'Usine Nouvelle, with an interview of Manuelle Malot, director of the EDHEC NewGen Talent Centre, on the study (in French) "NewGen NewJob - Barometer of the challenges of the first job".

Press review - Read the article published on September 12 by the BBC, in which Serge da Motta Veiga, Professor at EDHEC and Diversity & Inclusion Chair Research Associate, presents its insights.

In May 2022, two key actors of the infrastructure ecosystem - namely the GI Hub formed by the G20 and EDHECinfra created by EDHEC Business School - have announced a new strategic partnership. Rooted…

A major redirection of resources is required from all areas of economic activity to tackle climate change in a decisive manner. Although solutions cannot solely come from finance, finance will play a…

On March 21 and 22, the 15th International Risks Forum was held in Paris, organized by the Louis Bachelier Institute, in partnership with many private and public players, including the EDHEC Risk…

EDHEC-Risk expert Irene Monasterolo, has been invited by the OECD Development Centre to take part in the next OECD experts’ meeting of the Latin American Economic Outlook 2022 which will cover …

PRESENTATION Finance is critical to achieving deep decarbonisation by 2050. Article 2.i.c of the 2015 Paris Agreement sets out the goal of “making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low…

What is the potential loss of value of Russian airports due to the war in Ukraine? When taking into account the closure of national airspaces to Russian airlines and the international sanctions…

BCG-Boston Consulting Group and EDHECinfra - our world-class research center specialized in providing data to investors in unlisted infrastructure equity and private debt – have joined forces to launch a ground-breaking report...

The NewGen Talent Centre explores the aspirations, behaviours and professional skills of new generations in order to tackle issues of corporate attraction, loyalty and commitment. As an observer of…

Since 2013, the NewGen Talent Centre has been analyzing the evolution of young graduates' expectations for their careers. In order to better understand and educate on the aspirations, skills and…

Making Strategic Foresight Stick Insights from Successful Implementation Comment tirer parti des résultats de la planification de scénarios ? Comment motiver la réflexion à long terme au milieu des…

Financial decisions worldwide are increasingly influenced by the scarcity of resources and climate. The extent of the environmental impact from climate change is still uncertain but the recent…

EDHEC-Risk Institute just published the latest special issue of the EDHEC Research Insights supplement to IPE. Download the supplement We aim to provide European institutional investors with an…

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest Climate Report on February 28: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability The IPCC is the international body…

Climate change has become a main concern of ministries of finance, central banks, and financial regulators. In response, a suite of scenarios and tools have been developed to assess the financial…

The students that I taught are unique in a number of ways. Some are already seasoned investment professionals and others have even had multiple successful careers. Their maturity and experience differ markedly from those of the typical PhD student who is fresh out of college or for that matter even of a typical MBA student who has had only a few years of work experience. Perhaps as a result, the students I had conveyed a more pure “learning-for-learning’s sake” enthusiasm for the class and the material. This was an unexpected and delightful experience for me."

The recently published book Les Fossoyeurs by Victor Castanet revealed serious dysfunctions and malpractice within the retirement home group Orpea. This has prompted Scientific Beta, the EDHEC…

Scientific Beta, set up in 2012 to leverage EDHEC-Risk Institute’s expertise in the field of quantitative equity portfolio management (smart beta), has just been recognised as the world’s "Best…

Climate change has been recognized as a new type of risk for finance by academics and financial supervisors and regulators in particular. On January 18, Irene Monasterolo, Professor of Climate…

You might have heard his voice as host of the Future Law Podcast or read one of his articles on madisonian.net or postindustrial.com because Michael Madison is a prolific knowledge creator. Law…

EDHEC Business School plans to host a series of monthly lectures entitled “The Future of Finance”. The online sessions will untangle financial issues in the context of recent developments in the…

A year in research: focus on retirement investing (goal-based investing, diversification, insurance, precision investing) and sustainable investing (climate change, ESG risks, SRI, greenwashing) As…

A great success for the EDHEC-Risk Institute webinar organised with over 300 professional registered to learn from top experts on the decumulation investing problem and how to solve it with the…

Laurent Calvet, Member of EDHEC-Risk Institute and Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School, together with co-authors Sebastien Betermier (McGill University), Samuli Knüpfer (BI Business School)…

The Financial Times published an article in early December devoted to the diversification of teaching formats. The article showcased the bold approach taken by Bertrand Monnet (Head of EDHEC Business…

As part of its partnership with Legal Suite, a subsidiary of Septeo Group, EDHEC Augmented Law Institute, a pioneering training and research centre on legal transformation, has created AlllmyIndex…

Through its EDHECinfra research centre, EDHEC has signed a partnership with the prestigious management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The partnership is geared to conducting new…

Facing huge challenges (reducing carbon emissions, digitalisation and the struggle to attract skilled labour), the construction sector is seeking to reinvent its operating approaches and develop a…

Working with each other to prepare the future was precisely the objective of the G20 Summit held in Rome on 30 and 31 October, in order to prepare the COP 26 climate change conference. Following the…

Irene Monasterolo has been invited by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to conduct an internal seminar as part of the Macrofinancial Seminar Series, which features analytical work to help inform…

EDHEC Business School is pleased to announce the arrival of 12 new professors and researchers for the new academic year. Underpinned by a model based on research of real practical use to society,…

EDHEC-Risk Institute is pleased to announce that Charles Hyde, Head of Asset Allocation at the New Zealand Superannuation has joined its international advisory board, which brings together…

The results of the research work performed by EDHEC-Risk Institute have been published by leading specialised scientific publications Get the most of EDHEC-RISK Institute expertise on retirement, ESG…

The EDHEC Augmented Law Institute, EDHEC Business School’s pioneering legal research and training institute, announces the signature of a partnership with Legal Suite, a leader in the field of…

L’immobilier est devenu un élément essentiel dans la gestion des portefeuilles institutionnels et il est désormais reconnu comme source de diversification et de valeur ajoutée dans la construction de…

For the 3rd time, first-year students in the Master in Management (MiM) Financial Economics track have the opportunity to gain hands-on research experience through the EDHEC-Risk Institute Research…

Gianfranco Gianfrate, Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School and Head of the Impact on Climate Change of Financing and Investment Decisions programme at EDHEC-Risk Institute has been invited to…

The EDHEC Student Against the Crisis was a collaboration between students and companies to create strategies that would help them address critical issues posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in a way that…

The « Fostering Employability Skills For Sustainable Fashion » project has just secured funding from the European Erasmus+ programme. Led by Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), together with EDHEC…

The EDHEC Foresight, Innovation and Transformation Chair is proud of the work of its students that supported ten companies as part the EDHEC Students Against the Crisis (ESAC) initiative. “In crisis,…

EDHEC Business School is joining the Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment (GRASFI), the global network for cutting-edge research on sustainable finance and investment. The…

As Covid-19 crisis is challenging companies, there is a way to explore and transform uncertainty into opportunity. Futures leaders, entrepreneurs of tomorrow will certainly be those who apply a new…

René Rohrbeck, Professor of strategy and Director of the EDHEC Chair for Foresight, Innovation and Transformation, participated in the Innovation Roundtable Summit held last week at Copenhagen with…

EDHEC-Risk Institute, EDHEC Business School’s financial research hub, has teamed up with Coursera, a world leader in online training, to offer a new specialization in machine-learning techniques for…

EDHEC Business School’s LegalEDHEC research centre (France) and Queen’s Law Conflict Analytics Lab (Canada) have just signed a partnership for a project that will place artificial intelligence at the…

What are the most pressing issues facing family businesses today? The biggest challenge for family businesses has been and is still undeniably succession. Succession is, however, no longer what it…

Earlier this month we held the first EDHECinfra Days event in London, bringing together asset owners, managers, bankers and advisors to present the EDHECinfra indices and discuss the future of…

On the June 20, 2018, the Family Business Centre made its first contribution at the Echos Solutions, "Philanthropy for the sustainability of family businesses", as part of their editorial partnership…

On major political subjects, as well as on legal innovation, the LegalEDHEC Research Centre participate in the reflections and lead the debates. Christophe Collard, Professor of Law and member of the…

During the Global MBA Learning Expedition in Singapore, the EDHEC "Innovation and Permanent Transformation" Chair had various meetings with innovation actors in Singapour. Felix Tan, founder of The…

Scientific Beta, the smart beta index provider offshoot of EDHEC-Risk Institute, has announced that assets tracking its smart beta indices reached USD 25bn at December 31, 2017. Compared to June 30,…

Based on preferences expressed by major institutions in a new survey, EDHECinfra is releasing a taxonomy of global indices and sub-indices to structure the infrastructure asset class. In its effort…

EDHEC Infrastructure Institute-Singapore (EDHECinfra), in partnership with the Long-Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA) and NATIXIS is releasing 384 infrastructure debt and equity…