PRESS RELEASE: The IEF/SCOR Foundation for Science award: Best Young Researcher in Finance and Insurance, 2024, has been named.

Paris, the 19th of March 2024, the IEF/SCOR Foundation for Science award: Best Young Researcher in Finance and Insurance has been attributed, during the 17th Financial Risks International Forum, organized by Institut Louis Bachelier in Paris.

This year, two winners tied: Claire Célérier, Associate Professor of Finance at University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and Paul Karehnke Associate Professor Finance at ESCP Business School. They are the 9th winners of the IEF/Scor Prize and have been nominated by a large majority of votes for the Best Young Researcher in Finance and Insurance 2024 Award.

The Institut Europlace de Finance (IEF) launched The Best Young Researcher Award in 2005 for a promising researcher under the age of 40. The “Best Young Researcher in Finance and Insurance” award is sponsored by the SCOR Foundation for Science since 2016. Candidates are nominated by the Louis Bachelier Academic Fellows, then a first selection is made by the Scientific Board of the Institut Louis Bachelier. Finally, the laureates are elected by the members of the IEF Scientific Council.

 

ABOUT THE WINNERS, BEST YOUNG RESEARCHER IN FINANCE AND INSURANCE 2024:

  • Claire Célérier is the Canada Research Chair in Household Finance, Associate Professor of Finance at University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. Claire’s research explores how finance can benefit households, investigating the role of innovation and the impact on diversity and inclusion. She addresses these questions taking different perspectives, from behavioral economics, to asset pricing and history. Her work has been published in refereed academic journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Finance and Review of Financial Studies, and has raised the interest of several medias, central banks and regulators around the world. https://www.clairecelerier.com/

 

  • Paul Karehnke is an Associate Professor of Finance at ESCP Business School. He received a joint PhD from Université Paris-Dauphine and Tilburg University in 2014 and a research direction degree (HDR) from Université Toulouse 1 Capitole in 2021. Prior to joining ESCP in 2018, he was a Lecturer and then a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Sydney (Australia). His research interests include asset pricing, investments, behavioral finance, and choice under risk. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, and Review of Finance. He has also served as a referee for top-tier finance and economics journals, and he is currently an associate editor at the Journal of Empirical Finance. https://escp.eu/karehnke-paul

ABOUT THE INSTITUT EUROPLACE DE FINANCE AND THE LOUIS BACHELIER NETWORK:

Institut Europlace de Finance (IEF), Fondation du Risque (FdR) and Institut Louis Bachelier (ILB) form together the Louis Bachelier Network. The backbone of the Louis Bachelier Network (ILB, FdR, IEF) and its network is research, that aims to promote sustainable development in Economics and Finance. The Louis Bachelier Network currently hosts more than 60 research programmes within four main societal transitions: environmental, digital, demographic and financial. www.institutlouisbachelier.org

 ABOUT SCOR FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE:

The mission of the Foundation is to support scientific research. The SCOR Corporate Foundation for Science lends its support to various kinds of risk and (re)insurance-related projects, including university chairs, research projects, conferences and publications. www.foundation.scor.com

 ABOUT THE FINANCIAL RISKS INTERNATIONAL FORUM:

The 17th Financial Risks International Forum has its focus on: “Big Data and Algorithmic Finance”. www.risks-forum.org