[voew-listserver] Call for Papers: oikos/UN PRI Young Scholars Finance Academy 2009

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Call for Papers: oikos/PRI Young Scholars Finance Academy 2009


February 8-13, 2009 (Switzerland), (Application deadline: Oct. 30, 2009)


oikos and the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment
Initiative (www.unpri.org) are now inviting applications to the first
oikos/PRI Young Scholars Finance Academy 2009 (Feb. 8-13). The annual
programme seeks to promote high-impact scholarship in responsible finance.
The Academy will gather leading academics, practitioners and exceptional
graduate students and young faculty pursuing research related to issues of
integration, engagement and transparency in responsible investment.


The academy features two distinguished guest academics: Dr. Gordon Clark
(Oxford University, UK) and Dr. James P. Hawley (Elfenworks Center for the
Study of Fiduciary Capitalism, St. Mary's College, USA) and will be
facilitated by Dr. Danyelle Guyatt (Mercer, UK).

To allow in-depth discussions the oikos/PRI Young Scholars Finance Academy
is limited to 15 PhD students and 5 distinguished practitioners. Please
send us your proposal abstract (max. 2 pages), a short resume and a letter
of interest before October 30, 2008. Practitioners are invited to apply
with a motivation letter. For more details please download the call for
papers at http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/finance or consult
the UN PRI Academic Network page at  http://academic.unpri.org


(See attached file: CfP oikos UN PRI.pdf)
____
Dr. Jost Hamschmidt
oikos foundation for economy and ecology
University of St. Gallen - Switzerland
phone: ++41 71 224 2595
http://www.oikosinternational.org

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http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/cwc.html

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