Jeroen Derwall

Jeroen Derwall is associate professor of finance at Maastricht University and associate professor of sustainable finance at Utrecht University School of Economics (since November 2020). He is co-founder of the European Centre for Sustainable Finance. His current research focuses on sustainable finance and investments, shareholder engagement, sustainable mutual funds, and sustainable finance disclosure regulation.

On the teaching front, Jeroen has experience developing Master's programs and courses in Sustainable Corporate Finance, Responsible Investing, and responsible business. He has also (co)developped and taught professional, postgraduate, MBA, and executive courses for Amsterdam Institute of Finance, Dutch Financial Analysts Association (VBA/VU Amsterdam), Duisenberg School of Finance, TIAS Business School, and Maastricht University.

His work on sustainable finance has received the Moskowitz Prize from the Center of Responsible Business at UC Berkeley (2005), the Finance & Sustainability Research Award of the French Social Investment Forum (2005, 2007), and the PRI/Sustainalytics Best Paper Award (2012), and the GRASFI Best Paper Award (2023). He publishes international peer-reviewed journals such as Management Science, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Financial Analysts Journal, and has received attention in various financial media such as The Economist, Forbes, Financieel Dagblad, International Herald Tribune, Investment & Pensions Europe, and Le Monde.

Previously he also was associate professor at Open University of The Netherlands and he held faculty positions at Tilburg University and RSM Erasmus University. Jeroen has a PhD in Financial Management from RSM Erasmus University.