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Dries Laurs serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Finance at the School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, while concurrently completing his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Remco Zwinkels, Prof. Philip Stork, and Dr. Joop Huij. His academic appointments include teaching the course Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance for the 2024-2025 academic year and maintaining an active industry role at Robeco Institutional Asset Management since January 2023.
His educational background comprises:
- Master's in Finance from Tilburg University
- Master's in Risk and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science
Laurs' research centers on climate change implications for financial systems, specifically examining sustainable investment portfolio construction and climate risk hedging/pricing methodologies. This focus was operationalized through his five-year project Climate Change and Financial Markets (2019-2024) under Principal Investigator Prof. Zwinkels, establishing his expertise in ESG integration frameworks and climate-related financial instruments.
He maintains professional activity at Robeco Institutional Asset Management in Rotterdam as a Medewerker (Employee), with institutional records indicating daily-updated ancillary work status. No student advisement activities or research grant management are documented in available sources.
