European Investment Forum 2021

The European Investment Forum Prize is really important. It’s part of training, or offering opportunities, to early career academics who are coming up through the ranks.

This is an amazing opportunity to collaborate with the world of finance and academics.

This is the first time, after lockdown, I ever attended a conference in person.

It’s a fantastic opportunity to disseminate academic findings among practitioners, in hopes of having a real impact on investment practises.

I think being the only PhD in these four finalists of this research prize is definitely a great honour to me.

We can learn a lot together, by just presenting our findings and learning more from how investors are thinking about addressing the global challenge of climate change at large.

So the ability to combine academic researchers and practitioners is absolutely vital. It gives both the opportunity to engage and exchange ideas.

So it means a lot to me, and I can’t wait to get together with other prominent researchers and investors.

The process of going through it, being shortlisted, winning. There’s a kudos attached to it, that I think is invaluable.

I think this award kind of motivates us to continue on this important line of work. It kind of catapults us to work even further, with more enthusiasm in the future, to shed light on some important issues that will be useful for academics and practitioners alike.

I’m very honoured to win the Best Presenter Award. And I think this means, for me, my research is not only rigorous, but also interesting, meaningful, for the general audience outside academia. So I think I just made a baby step towards this goal.