GGS-Workshop: Empirical Sustainability (ESG) Research
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- GGS-Workshop: Empirical Sustainability (ESG) Research
- 2024-09-30T09:00:00+02:00
- 2024-10-02T17:00:00+02:00
30.09.2024 09:00 bis 02.10.2024 17:00 (Europe/Berlin / UTC200)
Room 001, Licher Str. 68, 35394 Giessen
Target group: Doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers, Participation requirements: Some basic understanding of economics and econometrics can help,
| Instructor: | Professor Dr Peter Limbach (University of Bielefeld) | |
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Dates: |
September 30, 2024, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm October 1 & 2, 2024, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm |
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| Max. participants: | 10 | |
| Course language: | English (at least for presentations); German if all participants prefer it | |
| Registration Deadline: | September 6, 2024 | |
| ECTS: | 4 |
Objectives
In the realm of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors, this course delves into the empirical issues and literature critical for understanding today’s sustainability landscape and research. Amid pressing global challenges — such as climate change, inequity and human rights issues, and risks of digitalization — there is a growing recognition among firms, investors, and policymakers of the critical importance of integrating ESG criteria into decision-making processes. In response, academics have started producing tons of empirical research, which often grapple with considerable, partly ESG-specific issues of statistical inference. This course draws on research in the fields of accounting, economics, finance, and management to discuss a variety of pivotal ESG topics and to address the need for rigorous, data-driven ESG analyses. The course lays a sound foundation for your own sustainability research.
Learning objectives:
- Understand the basics of sustainability (ESG) topics and empirical research
- Get an overview of recent empirical research and methods in sustainability (ESG) research
- Develop an in-depth understanding of endogeneity problems that apply to most ESG studies
- Improve your presentation and discussion skills
- Learn how to set up a sustainability research project and write a short research proposal
- Develop new research ideas
You can find more details in the syllabus "Empirical Sustainability (ESG) Research".