ISF congratulates recipients of the 2023-24 McCall MacBain Sustainable Finance Fellowship
August 31, 2023
The Institute for Sustainable Finance congratulates three talented members of the next generation of sustainable finance scholars who have been awarded the McCall MacBain Sustainable Finance Fellowship by the ISF for the coming academic year: Edbert Oey, Ziyuan Liu, and Michael Scott.
The value of each award is $15,000-$20,000. The fellowships are generously funded by the McCall MacBain Foundation.
“The calibre of this year’s fellowship applicants was very impressive,” said ISF Director of Research, Ryan Riordan. “It’s very exciting to see so much new talent in the sustainable finance field. Best wishes for the coming year to Edbert, Ziyuan, and Michael.”
The fellowship for students in M.Sc. or Ph.D. programs at Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, is granted on the basis of demonstrated academic excellence and research interest in sustainable finance.
2023-24 McCall MacBain Sustainable Finance Fellows
Edbert Oey, Master of Science - Accounting Candidate, Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.
Edbert aims to use his analytics, accounting, and governance background to create an objective and comparable metric to document ESG measures using natural language processing (NLP). This will support investors and executives in understanding the impact of their investments and integrate ESG with traditional valuation methods.
Ziyuan Liu, Master of Science - Finance Candidate, Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.
Ziyuan’s research objective is to learn how sustainable investment practices can drive positive sustainability outcomes while generating financial returns for investors, and how ESG disclosures will impact risk mitigation, long-term value creation, and improved decision-making.
Michael Scott, Master of Science - Finance Candidate, Smith School of Business at Queen’s University
Michael’s work focuses on understanding the tension between financial returns and ESG practices in private equity.
For more information about the McCall MacBain Sustainable Finance Fellowships or other scholarship opportunities provided by ISF, please contact Maya Saryyeva at maya.saryyeva@queensu.ca or visit the website at isfcanada.org.
About the Institute for Sustainable Finance
ISF was launched in 2019 as a Canadian-specific hub of expertise and collaboration for advancing sustainable finance. Housed at Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, ISF is independent and non-partisan. It focuses on developing research, education, and collaborations among academia, industry and government to improve Canada’s capacity for sustainable finance as the shift to a low-carbon economy occurs. ISF’s work is generously supported by Ivey Foundation (inaugural supporter), McConnell Foundation, McCall MacBain Foundation, Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation, Smith School of Business, Queen’s University and Founding Contributors BMO, CIBC, RBC, Scotiabank and TD Bank Group.
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