GRASFI was founded in 2017 to promote academic research on Sustainable Finance and Investment. Our alliance of member Universities hosts the major international annual conference to discuss new research and opportunities in Sustainable Finance and Investment. 

Submission Guidelines

We are looking for high-quality research papers on Sustainable Finance and Investment. Each selected paper will be given a 30-minute presentation slot (20 to present and 10 for questions). Prizes will be awarded to the best papers presented.

All submissions must be original and unpublished. The conference is open to methodologically rigorous and robust submissions in all areas of sustainable finance and investment. All papers must be original and unpublished. PhD research is also welcome - look out for a special tag during the submission process to indicate that the research is part of a PhD program.

Specifically, we are looking for research that is relevant to Investment Management, Banking, or Insurance as they intersect with the following topic areas:

List of Topics

• Sustainable Finance Theory
• Sustainable Finance and Asset Pricing
• Sustainable Finance and Investor Behaviour
• Sustainable Finance and Corporate Performance
• Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Employee and Stakeholder participation
• Inequality, Gender, Race and Justice
• Biodiversity Finance
• Monetary Policy and Sustainability
• Climate Finance and Central Banking
• Sustainable Banking and Insurance
• Management of Sustainability Risk
• Climate Risk Modelling
• Carbon Markets and Decarbonisation
• Green Innovation
• Sustainability Stewardship
• Catastrophe/Resilience/Disaster Risk Financing 
• Sustainability Indicators, Measurement and Reporting
• Data sets, metrics, and data processing methodology
• Sustainability/ESG Regulation, Disclosure & Reporting
• Other

Committees

Program Committee

• Marie Lambert (HEC Liege)
• Caterina Santi (HEC Liege)
• Frederiek Schoubben (KU Leuven)
• Naciye Sekerci (KU Leuven)

Venue

The conference will be held at HEC Liege in Belgium

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to heidi.raubenheimer@sustainablefinancealliance.org