Dr. Julian Koelbel

Julian was a senior researcher at the chair of sustainability and technology (SusTec), within the business department D-MTEC of ETH Zurich Previously, he completed an MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management at the University of Oxford and a BSc in Environmental Science at ETH Zurich. In September 2016, Julian joined the system dynamics group at MIT Sloan as a post-doc.

Besides academia, Julian has been working as an analyst at RepRisk AG, as researcher at the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem in Bethlehem (ARIJ), and as an auditor at Bank Vontobel’s asset management.

Research: Julian’s research revolves around on corporate sustainability, stakeholder management, and risk management. In his dissertation, he studied how stakeholders connect firms’ impacts on the natural environment to financial risk. His current research focus is on financial risk and risk management in the context of the global water crisis.

Teaching: Julian teaches the finance module in SusTec’s corporate sustainability lecture, as well as a seminar on sustainability and financial markets.