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This is a collaborate global doctoral reading group focusing on Financial Economics of Climate and Sustainability (FECS). Corvinus University faculty and doctoral students are welcome to join the FECS program offered by leading scholars across the world. Register by 10th January, 2026 if you are interested in joining and can commit to the program schedule for attendance. This will be a self-paced online course, running for 12 weeks and will require weekly attendance of the online course. In case of sufficient number of participants, we will organise a joint in-person session every month to discuss key takeaways.
World-class professors of sustainable finance will be presenting starting 3rd February, 2026. The lineup of distinguished speakers include: Ben Caldecott, Caroline Flammer, Geoffrey Heal, Johannes Stroebel, Laura Starks, Marcin Kacperczyk, Patrick Bolton, Peter Tufano, Stefan Reichelstein, Stefano Giglio.
Dates and Content
Dates and Content
Each Core Session will provide an overview of the topic listed and cover 4-5 research papers. Core sessions of FECS will be taught from February 3 to April 28, 2026 on Tuesdays from 11:00-13:00 EST/EDT. Note that because of differing national practices of adoption of daylight savings times (e.g., US-Mar 8; UK/Euro-Mar 29), the time for the sessions with asterisks below may vary from the norm at your location. The topics covered
Feb 3 – Introduction to climate science
Feb 10 – Climate, Sustainability, Economic and Finance Theory 1
Feb 17 – Climate, Sustainability, Economic and Finance Theory 2
Feb 24 – Climate, Accounting, and Corporate Carbon Disclosures
March 3 – Climate and Asset Pricing (Theory)
March 10* – Climate and Asset Pricing (Empirics) (Note: Class at 11:00 EDT; for other participants check local time).
March 17– OFF, no class
March 24* – Sustainable Finance 1: Investing in Equity (Note: Class at 11:00 EDT; for other participants check local time).
March 31 – Sustainable Finance 2: Investing in Debt
April 7 – Climate, Banking, and Insurance (NEW)
April 14 – Climate and Corporate Finance
April 21– Nature and Biodiversity (NEW)
April 28 – Climate and Household Finance; Wrap up
Register to Join FECS for Corvinus Doctoral Students & Faculty Members
Register to Join FECS for Corvinus Doctoral Students & Faculty Members
Program local convener at Corvinus University
Program local convener at Corvinus University
Helena Naffa
Sustainable Finance Research Centre, Institute of Finance,
Contact: sustainable.finance at uni-corvinus.hu
More information about the program: https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/financial-economics-of-climate-and-sustainability/Corvinus University Insitutional
Register here (only with Corvinus email address): Registration to the Financial Economics of Climate and Sustainability 2026 – Űrlap kitöltése
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