Affiliated Researcher, Bennett Institute of Public Policy, University of Cambridge and Associate Professor in Banking and Finance, University of East Anglia Dr Patrycja Klusak is an Associate Professor in Banking and Finance at University of East Anglia and an Affiliated Researcher at Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Her research investigates the behaviour and regulation of credit ratings agencies (CRAs), and their effects on financial systems. Her work evaluates the extent to which regulations achieve their aims, or whether they lead to unintended consequences. Her research also examines the relationship between firms’ financial flexibility and their ratings, the extent of herding behaviour by CRAs, potential conflicts of interests in the CRA industry, and the effect of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics on firm ratings. Her interdisciplinary work combines climate science and environmental economics with her expertise in empirical banking and applied econometrics to investigate how climate change risks have and could affect sovereign ratings. Dr Klusak holds a PhD in Accounting and Finance and a BA in Banking and Finance from Bangor University, and an MPhil in Real Estate Finance at Cambridge University.
Doctoral Student, EPFL – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne Philipp Schneider is a PhD student at the College of Management of Technology. As a Fulbright scholar, he holds M.Sc. degrees in Engineering & Technology Innovation Management and Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. In addition, he holds an undergraduate degree from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences as a corporate student of Airbus. From 2019 to 2020 he worked as Senior Data Scientist at EY in New York City. Philipp’s current work focuses on leveraging data, optimization, and machine learning, to solve practical problems that matter to society.
Professor in physics of ice, climate and earth, University of Copenhagen I am a member of the Ice and Climate Group and associated with the Complexity Group. My fields of interest are in climate research, turbulence, meteorology, complex systems, time series analysis and statistical physics.
Research associate, Griffith University I am research associate at Griffith University, Australia, and director of Lion Recovery Fund (an initiative of the Wildlife Conservation Network). I studied Zoology at Oxford University in the UK and subsequently did a Masters and PhD degree at the Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria.
Full Professor, Faculties of Social Sciences and Medicine; Senior Investigator, Global Strategy Lab, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Before returning to academe Patrick Fafard served as a senior executive in the Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan. He is the author, co-author and editor of numerous publications on public health governance, public health policy, and the intersection of political science and public health. Patrick’s current teaching and research includes the public administration of public health, building the political science of public health, and global health governance to address the challenge of antimicrobial resistance. Patrick also serves in leadership roles for the Global Strategy Lab at York University and the University of Ottawa and for the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics at the University of Ottawa.
