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Caglar Kaya is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Finance within the Aalborg University Business School, part of Aalborg University's Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. His research focuses on corporate governance, banking, and corporate finance, particularly exploring foundation-owned enterprises and their credit risk dynamics compared to conventional ownership structures. He holds a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from Lund University and has industry experience in audit and banking. Education: Ph.D. in Economics (Financial Economics), Lund University (2020) M.Sc. Finance, Lund University & University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M.Sc. International Management, University of Bologna M.Sc. International Finance (Banking & Accounting), Istanbul Bilgi University Research Interests: Caglar examines board governance in foundation-controlled firms, trade credit finance, internal capital markets in corporate groups, and venture capital dynamics. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with empirical analysis of ownership structures and financial policy impacts. Current Projects: Leading a project on Green Finance (2024-2026) focusing on sustainable financial mechanisms. Collaborations: Active research collaborations include work with institutions like the University of Illinois and Lund University, with publications in journals such as Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money and North American Journal of Economics and Finance .

• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Finance
• Banking
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Caglar Kaya is a post-doctoral researcher at the Center for Corporate Governance within Copenhagen Business School . Holding a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from Lund University, his academic journey includes visiting scholar roles at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and graduate studies at Istanbul Bilgi University, University of Bologna, and Lund University. His research bridges corporate governance, corporate finance, and banking, with a focus on enterprise foundations and capital structure dynamics. Lund University: Ph.D. in Financial Economics (dissertation: Corporate Growth and Corporate Credit Risk) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Visiting Scholar (Finance Department) Istanbul Bilgi University: Master’s in International Finance (Banking & Accounting specialization) University of Bologna: Master’s in International Management Lund University: Master’s in Finance His research investigates governance and financial decision-making in unique ownership structures, particularly enterprise foundations (foundation-owned firms). Key projects compare these to publicly and family-owned firms, analyzing board governance, stakeholder relationships, and credit risk. Additional work explores internal capital markets in Swedish corporate groups, collateral’s role in financing, and relationship banking in cooperative banks. His publications reflect expertise in corporate growth dynamics (2019) and creditor governance (2024), with ongoing studies on foundation ownership implications. At Lund University, Caglar taught graduate courses including Financial Valuation & Risk Management, Fixed Income & Derivatives, and Mathematics in Finance. His industry background in audit and banking (five years at multinational firms) informs his empirical research approach. Current projects include analyzing enterprise foundations’ impact on corporate survival and financing strategies, as well as cooperative banks’ role in relationship banking.

• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Finance
• Banking
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Marcus Asplund is Professor of Economics at Copenhagen Business School, specializing in Industrial Organization. His extensive publication record includes work in top journals such as Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Industrial Economics, and Economica. Research focuses on market structures, pricing strategies, and firm behavior across diverse sectors including media, retail, and manufacturing. Key research areas: Price discrimination and competition in oligopolistic markets Tax policy impacts on consumer behavior and firm performance Market structure dynamics and firm turnover Spatial economics and cross-border trade patterns Publications demonstrate consistent methodological rigor in empirical industrial organization, particularly analyzing Scandinavian markets. Recent work examines electric vehicle taxation effects, while earlier contributions established foundations in media economics and retail competition.

• Industrial Organization
• Price Discrimination
• Market Structure
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Frederik Steen Lundtofte is a Full Professor of Finance at Aalborg University Business School, part of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He holds a PhD in Economics from Lund University and conducted PhD studies at UCLA. His research focuses on portfolio choice, asset pricing, and banking risk behavior, with publications in top journals like European Economic Review and Journal of Banking and Finance . He has led/co-led projects such as Green Finance (2024–2026) and Climate Finance (2019–ongoing). Education: PhD in Economics, Lund University (2000–2005) PhD studies in Economics & Finance, UCLA (2001–2002) MSc in Economics, Lund University (1996–2000) His research interests include volatility analysis, risk premiums, and investor behavior. Notable projects involve green transitions in port operations and cross-border banking dynamics. He has served as a peer reviewer for journals like Investment Analysts Journal and Financial Markets and Portfolio Management . He is also a Research Fellow at the Danish Finance Institute and has collaborated internationally, including at the Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei.

• Portfolio Choice
• Asset Pricing
• Bank Risk-Taking Behavior
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Jacob Lunding is a Research Fellow at the Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), School of Business. His work centers on elite networks, power structures, and historical sociology within Danish and international contexts. His research focuses on social network analysis of power elites , examining continuity and change in corporate, civil society, and scientific elites through longitudinal studies. Key interests include elite reproduction mechanisms , career hub dynamics , and the interplay between historical legacies and contemporary power structures , particularly in Denmark and Switzerland. His methodology combines prosopography, network analysis, and Bourdieusian field theory. His recent publications reveal strong trends in comparative elite studies using the World Elite Database (WED), with emphasis on cross-national variations in economic elites and the evolution of core-periphery structures in corporate networks. Work on Danish civil society elites since 1910 demonstrates exceptional attention to historical continuity. Lunding actively contributes to major collaborative projects including Longitudinal Elite Networks (LONGLINKS) and the World Elite Database initiative. His research has been supported through institutional partnerships with Aarhus University's Department of Political Science.

• Social Network Analysis
• Power Elites
• Historical Sociology
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Kira Lancker serves as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor within the Department of Food and Resource Economics at the University of Copenhagen, specializing in resource economics with particular focus on food and energy systems where multiple capital stocks interact dynamically. Her research employs theoretical and applied dynamic optimization models to analyze resource use policies, supplemented by quantitative analysis of time series and panel data for structural estimation in natural resource management contexts. Her research interests span environmental economics, fisheries economics, and food economics, with methodological emphasis on dynamic modeling and econometrics. Key investigation areas include multispecies fisheries management under climate change, over-capitalization in resource extraction, nutrient-contaminant trade-offs in food systems, and groundwater protection policies. Her work bridges ecological and economic perspectives to develop sustainable resource policies, with field applications ranging from Denmark's groundwater systems to fish consumer behavior in Kenya. Analysis of her 2024-2025 publications reveals concentrated research on marine resource economics, particularly fisheries management under climate change scenarios and ecological stability in complex food webs. She actively explores policy instruments for vulnerable groundwater areas, socio-economic dimensions of ocean alkalinity enhancement, and nature's role in global agricultural trade. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates ecological modeling with economic analysis to address sustainability challenges in coupled human-natural systems, demonstrating strong collaboration across environmental science, economics, and policy domains.

• Resource Economics
• Environmental Economics
• Fisheries Economics
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Jessica Mariana Carlsson is a Research Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen and Head of Research at the Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry (CTP), Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark. She is also Co-PI of the CultMind project and leads a dynamic research group at both CTP and Trauma Research and Treatment (TREAT) at Mental Health Centre Ballerup. Her role integrates research leadership, clinical work, teaching, and supervision. Research Interests: Jessica's work centers on transcultural psychiatry and clinical research on trauma-affected populations, particularly refugees. Her primary focus includes PTSD, treatment development, cultural influences on mental health, and the integration of research with clinical practice through the Treatment and Research Integrated Model (TRIM). She employs both quantitative and qualitative methods and leads neurobiological studies using MRI and EEG. Research Trends: Her recent publications (2023–2025) show a strong emphasis on developing and validating assessment tools (e.g., ScoRE-SR), understanding sleep and pain in PTSD, refining diagnostic processes for migrants, and evaluating interprofessional care models. The studies often involve multidisciplinary collaboration and are published in high-impact journals in psychiatry, sleep research, and transcultural mental health. Scientific Awards: No specific awards mentioned in the provided text. Advising and Grants: Jessica supervises a growing research group and mentors junior researchers. While specific grant details are not listed, her leadership in multiple clinical trials and research initiatives (e.g., CultMind, TRIM) indicates substantial grant-funded work. She actively collaborates with national and international researchers and clinicians, contributing to a broad network in trauma and transcultural mental health. Labs and Teams: She leads research activities at the Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry (CTP) and the Trauma Research and Treatment (TREAT) unit at Mental Health Centre Ballerup. These teams focus on clinical trials, diagnostic innovation, cultural assessment, and neurobiological research in trauma-affected refugees.

• Transcultural Psychiatry
• Trauma and PTSD
• Clinical Research
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Aleksandra Gregoric serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting at Copenhagen Business School, affiliated with the Center for Corporate Governance. Her scholarly work bridges corporate governance, international business, and labor economics with empirical focus on Danish institutional contexts and emerging markets. Gregoric's research program emphasizes board composition dynamics, particularly worker representation mechanisms and gender effects in corporate decision-making. She investigates how diaspora networks facilitate technology transfer for emerging market firms and examines governance challenges in multinational enterprises through parent-country director roles. Her methodology combines quantitative analysis of board data with comparative institutional approaches. Recent publications reveal strong thematic continuity in studying labor representation's impact on corporate governance, with expanding focus on gender dynamics in academic evaluations and diaspora-driven internationalization. Her work consistently analyzes European and emerging market contexts through empirical lenses, often leveraging Danish corporate datasets. She contributes to active research initiatives including The Danish Trading Foundations , The role of diaspora investors in developing countries examining firm internationalization, and the IAFEP conference series. These projects explore executive compensation structures, board demographic evolution, and executive education frameworks within Scandinavian business ecosystems.

• Corporate Governance
• International Business
• Labor Economics
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Rune Majlund Vejlin is a Professor at the Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, specializing in labor economics. His research focuses on wage formation, wage inequality, and quantitative search and matching models. Key research areas include: Labor market dynamics Educational policy analysis Marital sorting and inequality Wealth and employment duration Recent publications examine family career investments, exporter wage gaps, and wealth portfolios. His work combines reduced-form empirical methods with structural modeling to analyze labor market outcomes. He has been actively collaborating with institutions like the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research, and CESifo. His research outputs span microeconometric analysis, labor supply studies, and policy evaluations.

• Labor Economics
• Wage Formation
• Wage Inequality
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Morten Graugaard Olsen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen. His email is mgo@econ.ku.dk and he maintains a personal website at www.morten-olsen.com. He specializes in economic growth and international economics with a focus on technological change, income inequality, and automation. Dr. Olsen completed his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 2011 with a dissertation on 'Incomplete Contract Enforcement in International Trade.' His educational background provides a strong foundation for his research in international economics and technological change. Morten's research focuses on quantifying new automation technology using text analysis of patents to estimate the drivers and consequences of technological advancements. He has extensively studied the relationship between automation, horizontal innovation, and income inequality. Previously, his work examined the effects of trade liberalization on income distribution. His research bridges theoretical economic models with empirical analysis of real-world data, particularly patent databases, to understand how technological change affects labor markets and economic growth. His most recent publications (2022-2024) show a clear trend toward analyzing automation's impact on labor markets and economic structures. He has developed innovative methods using patent data to measure technological change and has explored how these changes affect income distribution and economic growth patterns. His work connects macroeconomic theory with micro-level evidence from firm and patent data. Scientific awards received: AEJ Macro Best Paper Award (2023) for 'The Rise of the Machines: Automation, Horizontal Innovation and Income Inequality' Dr. Olsen has taught a variety of courses including Microeconomics, International Economics, and specialized seminars on Automation, Employment and Income Inequality at both undergraduate and graduate levels at the University of Copenhagen and IESE Business School. His research has been supported by various academic institutions and has resulted in numerous publications in top economics journals. While specific information about labs or research teams isn't explicitly mentioned in the provided text, Dr. Olsen appears to collaborate extensively with researchers like David Hémous, Carl-Johan Dalgaard, and others on projects related to technological change and economic growth.

• Economic Growth
• International Economics
• Technological Change
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Cesario Mateus is a Full Professor of Finance at Aalborg University Business School, part of The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. He joined Aalborg University in 2019 and has previously held academic positions at institutions such as Cass Business School, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and the University of Melbourne. He has also worked in industry roles at entities like the Portuguese Securities and Exchange Commission and Banco Comercial Portugues. His research focuses on corporate finance, corporate governance, and asset management, with over 50 publications in high-impact journals such as the European Journal of Finance and the International Review of Financial Analysis. Education: PhD in Finance from Aarhus University (2008). Research Interests: Corporate Finance: Capital Structure, Cash Holdings, Taxation, Right Issues Corporate Governance: Regulation, Supervisory Boards, Banks’ Risk-Taking Asset Management: Mutual Funds’ Performance, Style Investments Selected Projects: Principal Investigator of 'The Impact of Fiscal and Industrial Policies on listed SMEs: Evidence from Germany and Italy' (2021). Project Participant in 'Climate Risk Reporting by Pension Funds: International Evidence' (2021–2023). Publications Trends: His recent work emphasizes volatility spillovers in energy and equity markets, mutual fund performance analysis, and the impact of fiscal policies on SMEs. Articles often employ econometric models to analyze market dynamics and regulatory effects. Professional Roles: Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Corporate Governance and Sustainability Review, and editorial board member of the Journal of Banking Regulation and Journal of Industry-University Collaboration.

• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Governance
• Asset Management
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Lars Joachim Lindberg serves as a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Copenhagen, based at Rigshospitalet (Copenhagen University Hospital) under the Capital Region of Denmark (Region Hovedstaden). His clinical and research operations are centered at Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 København N. His research specializes in hereditary cancer syndromes with primary focus on Lynch syndrome, where he has dedicated three decades to developing systematic provider-mediated cascade testing frameworks. This work integrates clinical genetics, molecular diagnostics, and patient counseling methodologies to optimize hereditary cancer screening across familial networks. His recent 2024 publication in Cancers analyzes three decades of national implementation data, revealing critical trends in population-level genetic screening adoption. The Danish model demonstrates how structured cascade testing protocols significantly improve early cancer detection in high-risk families, establishing benchmarks for international hereditary cancer prevention programs through practical healthcare system integration.

• Genetics
• Cancer Genetics
• Genetic Counseling
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Jesus Peiro Palomino is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Valencia, Spain, specializing in the Department of Economic Structures and the Area of Applied Economics. His academic background includes a PhD from Universitat Jaume I, awarded in 2014, for his research on social capital and its implications for economic development across different geographical contexts. PhD, Universitat Jaume I, 2014 His research focuses on applied economics, particularly the role of social capital in regional and economic development. His work integrates empirical analysis with socio-economic modeling across diverse geographical settings. While no publications are listed in the provided text, his thesis topic suggests engagement with interdisciplinary themes at the intersection of sociology and economics. No scientific awards or honors are mentioned in the available information. There is no information available regarding graduate student supervision, research grants, or funded projects. Similarly, there is no mention of lab affiliations or research teams.

• Applied Economics
• Economic Development
• Social Capital
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Christian Riis Flor is a Professor and Head of the Research Unit in Finance at the Department of Business & Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southern Denmark (SDU). He holds a Ph.D. and an M.Sc. in Mathematics-Economics and is actively engaged in research, teaching, and academic service. Department: Department of Business & Management (DBM) Research Unit: Finance (FIN) Email: crf@sam.sdu.dk ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5537-1576 Education: M.Sc. in Mathematics-Economics Ph.D. Research Interests: Christian Riis Flor specializes in corporate finance, with a primary focus on dynamic corporate finance, capital structure, valuation under asymmetric information, real options analysis, and private equity. His work explores how firms make investment, financing, and dividend decisions under uncertainty and information asymmetry. Secondary interests include asset allocation and compensation models (P/A-models). He integrates theoretical modeling with empirical implications, particularly in the context of sustainable finance and incentive design. Recent Research Trends: His most recent publications (2021–2025) center on private equity, capital structure choices (callable vs. convertible debt), real options under imprecise learning, and exit strategies under market fluctuations. These works reflect a consistent theme of decision-making under uncertainty, with applications in both public and private firms. Keywords across these articles include corporate finance, private equity, real options, asymmetric information, and valuation, indicating a cohesive and impactful research trajectory. Scientific Awards: Best paper award: Portuguese Finance Network 4th Finance Conference (2006) Identifying the role of private equity firms in creating value (2016) The Firm's Life Cycle -- Investment and Financing Decisions (2019) Outstanding Reviewer Award 2021, Managerial Finance (2021) Special Teaching Award for Research Based Learning (2021) Supervision and Grants: Flor has supervised academic work and taught courses such as Dynamic Corporate Finance, Derivatives and Risk Management, and Real Options. He has led two major research projects: 'Identifying the role of private equity firms in creating value' (2016–2021) and 'The Firm's Life Cycle -- Investment and Financing Decisions' (2019–2020), both as Principal Investigator. These projects explored value creation in private equity and life-cycle financing strategies, respectively, and were funded within the university research framework. Labs and Research Teams: He is a key member of the Finance (FIN) research unit within the Department of Business & Management at SDU, contributing to a collaborative network focused on corporate finance, private equity, and dynamic information problems. He actively participates in research networks, peer review, and academic conferences, enhancing the unit's visibility and impact.

• Corporate Finance
• Dynamic Corporate Finance
• Capital Structure
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Hamid Raza is an Associate Professor at Aalborg University Business School, affiliated with The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. His primary research focuses on macroeconomic modeling, stock-flow consistent frameworks, and policy analysis within the context of small open economies like Denmark. Raza leads the MaMTEP (Macroeconomic Methodology, Theory and Economic Policy) research unit and has contributed significantly to understanding unemployment insurance, income distribution, and financial stability through empirical models. Research Interests: Stock-flow consistent (SFC) macroeconomic models Unemployment benefits and macroeconomic policy Denmark's economy and structural dynamics Functional income distribution and wealth dynamics Financial cycles and household debt impacts Crisis analysis in small open economies Publications highlight his work on quarterly empirical models for Denmark, ecological SFC-IO frameworks , and policy simulations . Recent articles (2024–2025) emphasize model flexibility and environmental integration. His 2020 Teacher of the year award reflects his pedagogical contributions. Current projects include developing an Interactive Web-based Platform for Ecological Stock Flow Consistent Input-Output (E-SFC-IO) Model (2024), collaborating with Hamid Bekamiri to advance sustainability-linked macroeconomic tools. Labs/Teams: Active in the MaMTEP research unit, focusing on policy-relevant macroeconomic modeling and interdisciplinary collaboration.

• Macroeconomics
• Stock-flow Consistent Models
• Unemployment Insurance
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