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Christoph F Biehl

Christoph F Biehl

BA, MLitt (dist.)

Education

2010 - present
 PhD Candidate, Research topic: "The financial performance of screened responsible investment funds and indices: A Meta Regression Analysis (MRA)" 

2009 – 2010
 MLitt Management, University of St Andrews
Dissertation: "Socially Responsible Investment in the UK – The Ethical and Financial Performance of SRI Equity Funds"

2005 – 2009
 BA Philosophy and Economics, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Dissertation: "A Simulation-Based Approach – The Primacy Effect in Contribution Dynamics" 

Research Interests

Socially Responsible Investment (SRI).  The aim of my PhD project is to conduct a meta-regression analysis of the existing SRI literature. This analysis can reveal factors and biases, which influence the results of analysed studies. In addition to this a 'final'result can be calculated which accounts for these factors and biases.

Research Supervisors

Professor John Wilson
Dr Andreas Hoepner

Teaching

2010 – 2011
University of St Andrews, tutorials

Undergraduate level

  • MN4001 Organisations and Society
  • MN1002 Organisation and Analysis
  • SD2002 Social and Economic Aspects of Sustrinable Development: Guest Lecture on Sustainable Investment

Postgraduate level

  • MN5608 Risk Management

Working Paper(s)

Biehl, C.F., Dumke, M., Hoepner, A.G.F., Wilson, J.O.S. (2010) "SRI Funds: Does more social mean less financial performance?"
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1726146

Conference and Seminar Papers

2011

  • PRI/Mistra Academic Conference
  • CSEAR International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research
  • ICAS/BAFA ScotDoc 2011
  • SDMC – Scottish Doctoral Management Conference
  • PRI/oikos Young Scholars Finance Academy

2010

  • Finance Seminar Fall

Scholarships and Grants

2011– present
Konrad Adenauer Foundation, full PhD Scholarship.

2010 – present
 e-fellows.net, Scholarship based on excellent grades, international experience and extracurricular activities.

2011

  • PRI/Mistra conference travel grant
  • ACCA/CSEAR conference bursary

2007 – 2010
 Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Ongoing scholarship for excellent grades and social involvement awarded to 2% of German students.

2007 – 2008
 ERASMUS programme,European scholarship for studying abroad, based on high grades.