Centre for Sustainable Finance Members

Dr Yannis Dafermos

Member

Financial macroeconomics; Climate change and finance; Ecological macroeconomics; Shadow banking; Inequality.

Tel: +44(0) 207 898 4619
Email: yd6@soas.ac.uk
Room: 272
Academic Support Hours: Mondays 11:00 to 13:00 (Term 1)

Energy and climate policy in Europe, the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region; institutional change and innovation in global energy, climate and financial governance; climate and sustainable finance; ESG standards and financial performance; decarbonisation of transport; public policy

Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4362
Email: hh15@soas.ac.uk
Room: 4431
Academic Support Hours: By appointment

Ms Felicia Jackson

Member

Global finance, sustainability and climate change; energy and climate policy and governance; energy transition; systemic change; climate risk, financial resilience; the economics of climate change; data for climate and sustainable finance.

Email: fj3@soas.ac.uk
Room: 4433
Academic Support Hours: By appointment

Sean Kidney

Professor of Practice

CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

Dr Thomas Marois

Member

Political economist; Public banks; Development banks; Climate finance; Green transitions; Privatisation; Alternative development

Tel: +44 (0)207 898 4503
Email: tm47@soas.ac.uk
Room: 293
Academic Support Hours: currently unavailable
On Sabbatical:Until September 2022

Dr Risa Morimoto

Member

Environmental economics, Development economics, Economics of hydropower development, Energy economics, Transport economics, Economics of sustainable business, Sustainable economic development policy in developing countries, Climate change.

Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4730
Email: rm36@soas.ac.uk
Room: 274
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays and Fridays 11:00-12:00

Professor Victor Murinde

Member

Mega Trends in Global Finance; Inclusive Finance; Financial Institutions, Markets and Instruments; Financial Modelling & Forecasting

Tel: 020 7898 4057
Email: v.murinde@soas.ac.uk
Room: 541
Academic Support Hours: By email appointment

Dr Andrew Newsham

Research: Vulnerability to climate impacts, climate change adaptation and locally held knowledge, the political economy of climate-compatible development, knowing and deciding for conservation and development.

Tel: 020 7898 4884
Email: an14@soas.ac.uk
Room: 255
Academic Support Hours: By appointment: http://bit.ly/2xS56rg
On Sabbatical:Term 3 (2019/20)

Professor Christine Oughton

Member

Industrial organisation and policy, innovation, sustainable development and corporate governance, including the governance and regulation of sport

Tel: 020 7898 4410
Email: co12@soas.ac.uk
Room: 532
Academic Support Hours: Monday 2 - 4 or by email appointment

Dr Gregor Semieniuk

Member

Growth and distribution; theory of competition; finance and innovation in the energy sector; Bayesian inference

Tel: 020 7898 4219
Email: gs53@soas.ac.uk
Room: 264
Academic Support Hours: On leave in academic year 2019/20

Jeanne Stampe

Senior Fellow

Dr Thomas Tanner

Member

Research: climate change policy and planning, anticipatory decision-making, urban resilience, policy processes and political economy.

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7074 5166
Email: tt43@soas.ac.uk
Room: 477

Dr Jakob Thomae

Senior Fellow

Email: jt55@soas.ac.uk
Room: 276

Dr Ulrich Volz

Centre Director

International Finance, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Financial Market Development and Stability, Development and Transition Economics, Global Economic Governance, East Asian Financial Markets

Tel: +44(0) 207 898 4721
Email: uv1@soas.ac.uk
Room: 285

Professor Gerhard Kling

Professorial Research Associate

Professor Gerhard Kling holds a Chair in Finance at the University of Aberdeen.

Dr Feja Lesniewska

Climate change and energy law, sustainable development, ecosystems law and governance (forests, land, water), smart energy technologies, cryptocurrencies and transnational environmental law.

Email: fl7@soas.ac.uk
Room: 4406
Academic Support Hours: Thursdays 14.00-16.00

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