Members of the Centre for Sustainable Finance

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Professor Ulrich Volz

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

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Senior Lecturer in Global Energy & Climate Policy

Dr Harald Heubaum

Climate and energy policy and governance; climate and sustainable finance; economic analysis and evaluation of climate adaptation and resilience-building interventions; political economy of energy transitions; risk and policy analysis.

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Network Coordinator

Catherine Farinhas-Gray

Network Coordinator, University Network for Strengthening Macrofinancial Resilience to Climate and Environmental Change.

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Senior Fellow

Dr Jonathan Acosta Smith

Banking, Financial Intermediation, International Finance, Climate Finance, Financial Stability, Monetary Policy, Sustainable Finance.

Senior Fellow

Bob Annibale

Bob Annibale is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Finance, SOAS University of London, focusing on social, sustainable and inclusive finance, social entrepreneurship, and financial justice.

Lecturer in Economics

Dr Thereza Balliester Reis

Financial Inclusion, Over-Indebtedness, Poverty, Income inequality, Brazil, Kenya.

Reader in Economics

Dr Yannis Dafermos

Financial macroeconomics, Climate finance, Ecological macroeconomics, Climate-aligned development, Inequality, Political economy of the green transition.

Professor of Economics

Professor Daniela Gabor

Critical macrofinance, Institutional capital, Derisking state, Monetary theory, Decarbonisation.

Teaching Fellow - Global Energy and Climate Policy

Felicia Jackson

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.

Senior Fellow

Dr Moritz Kraemer

Senior Teaching Fellow

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.

Senior Lecturer in Economics

Dr Risa Morimoto

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.

AXA Professor in Global Finance

Professor Victor Murinde

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

Professor of Management Economics

Professor Christine Oughton

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

Senior Fellow

Jeanne Stampe

Centre Director and Programme Convenor

Professor Thomas Tanner

Climate policy, Climate adaptation, Urban resilience, Children and youth, Development cooperation.

Senior Fellow

Dr Dieter Wang

Applied financial econometrics, Climate finance, Food insecurity, Economic development, Financial stability.

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Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance

Professor Barbara Buchner

Dr Barbara Buchner is Global Managing Director of the Climate Policy Initiative and Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance at the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance.

Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance

Professor Sean Kidney

Professor Sean Kidney is the co-founder and CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) and Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance at the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance.

Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance

Professor Jakob Thomä

Sustainable Finance, Climate Risk, Stress-tests, Financial Supervision, Long-termism.

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Senior Research Fellow

Dr Yuen Lo

Applied finance, Blockchain applications, Tokenomics, Climate finance and sustainability.

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Professorial Research Associate

Professor Gerhard Kling

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

Research Associate

Dr Peter Knaack

Professorial Research Associate

Professor Thomas Marois

Public banks, Public development banks, just transitions, Public-public collaborations, Global PDB ecosystem, Climate finance.

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PhD Student in Economics

Damon Aitken

Macroeconomics, International economics, Green industry, Economic history.

PhD Student in Economics

Alexander Dryden

Monetary Policy, Debt Markets, Sovereign Defaults, Emerging Market Debt, Currency Markets.

PhD Student in Economics

Adam George

Macroeconomic modelling; fiscal policy; climate finance and ecological macroecomics.

PhD Student in Economics

Enrico Pulieri

Financial Macroeconomics, Public Finance, Public Debt Management, Political Economy.

PhD Student in Economics

Florian Wengel

Sustainable and transition finance, Climate and transition risks, Finance and sustainable development, International climate finance, Chinese economy.

PhD Student in Economics

Yamika Ketu

Climate finance, Ecological economics, Biodiversity, Sovereign debt.

PhD Student in Economics

Yu Sun

Just Transition, Central Banks and bank lending, Inclusive Green Finance, Sustainable investment and development, Innovation Economics and Finance.

PhD Student in Economics

Ehireme Alexis Uddin

Climate finance, Climate governance, Ecological macroeconomics, Climate-aligned development.

Members of the Centre for Sustainable Finance

Director

Professor Ulrich Volz

Deputy Director

Dr Harald Heubaum

Network Coordinator

Catherine Farinhas-Gray

Senior Fellows

Dr Jonathan Acosta Smith

Bob Annibale

Dr Thereza Balliester Reis

Dr Yannis Dafermos

Professor Daniela Gabor

Felicia Jackson

Dr Moritz Kraemer

Dr Feja Lesniewska

Dr Risa Morimoto

Professor Victor Murinde

Professor Christine Oughton

Jeanne Stampe

Professor Thomas Tanner

Dr Dieter Wang

Professors in Practice

Professor Barbara Buchner

Professor Sean Kidney

Professor Jakob Thomä

Senior Research Fellows

Dr Yuen Lo

Research Associates

Professor Gerhard Kling

Dr Peter Knaack

Professor Thomas Marois

Doctoral Research Fellows

Damon Aitken

Alexander Dryden

Adam George

Enrico Pulieri

Florian Wengel

Yamika Ketu

Yu Sun

Ehireme Alexis Uddin

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