Climate Scholars Program

It’s why education is at the core of our mission at the MSCI Sustainability Institute.

Our Climate Scholars Program brings together some of the best minds in finance and climate science to support research by master’s-level students. The Institute operates the program in collaboration with MSCI’s Climate Risk Center, which is headquartered in Zurich and brings together some of the best minds in quantitative finance and climate science to design and build new types of models and analytics.

We are currently inviting proposals from students at participating institutions for research on the following topics:

Recognizing the Institute’s inaugural climate scholars

Chiara Crupi and Lorena Tassone, both master’s candidates at the University of Zurich, presented findings from their research into climate scenario analysis and capital spending, respectively, at a forum co-hosted by the MSCI Sustainability Institute and MSCI’s Climate Risk Center.

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The Institute’s inaugural cohort of climate scholars examined the power of MSCI’s scenario-analysis tool to serve as an indicator of movement in asset prices and the value of artificial intelligence in surfacing company spending as a proxy for climate readiness.

Please contact the Institute to register your interest if you are a student or lecturer from one of the participating institutions:

  • ETH Zurich
  • EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
  • University of Zurich
  • ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  • University of St. Gallen