Tackling systemic challenges through capital markets demands new knowledge to guide capital to do what it can do at its best, which is to drive long-term value. It’s why education is at the core of our mission at the MSCI Institute.

Our Scholars Program supports 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.

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Deepening insight into corporate use of carbon credits Edinburgh Scholars | 2025

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Insights from the Institute’s winter research exchange with Columbia Business School

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Supporting a new generation of climate-finance scholars

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 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.

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