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Finance & Entrepreneurship: CfP PRI Young Scholars Finance Academy 2009 (Switzerland)

  • 1.  Finance & Entrepreneurship: CfP PRI Young Scholars Finance Academy 2009 (Switzerland)

    Posted 10-08-2008 04:45
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    Call for Papers: oikos/PRI Young Scholars Finance Academy 2009 

    February 8-13, 2009 (Switzerland), (Application deadline: Oct. 30, 2009) 

    oikos and the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative (www.unpri.org) are now inviting applications to the first oikos/PRI Young Scholars Finance Academy 2009 (Feb. 8-13). The annual programme seeks to promote high-impact scholarship in responsible finance. The Academy will gather leading academics, practitioners and exceptional graduate students and young faculty pursuing research related to issues of integration, engagement and transparency in responsible investment.

    The academy features two distinguished guest academics: Dr. Gordon Clark (Oxford University, UK) and Dr. James P. Hawley (Elfenworks Center for the Study of Fiduciary Capitalism, St. Mary's College, USA) and will be facilitated by Dr. Danyelle Guyatt (Mercer, UK).

    To allow in-depth discussions the oikos/PRI Young Scholars Finance Academy is limited to 15 PhD students and 5 distinguished practitioners. Please send us your proposal abstract (max. 2 pages), a short resume and a letter of interest before     October 30, 2008. Practitioners are invited to apply with a motivation letter. For more details please download the call for papers at http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/finance or consult the UN PRI Academic Network page at http://academic.unpri.org 

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    Dr. Jost Hamschmidt
    oikos foundation for economy and ecology
    University of St. Gallen - Switzerland
    phone: ++41 71 224 2595
    http://www.oikosinternational.org

    oikos Case Writing Competition 2009: Submission Deadline Nov. 30, 2008
    http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/cwc.html

    NEW: Wuestenhagen, R., Hamschmidt, J., Sharma, S., Starik, M. (eds., 2008): Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK.
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