The Department of Finance is devoted to excellence in teaching and research in the full range of subfields of finance including corporate finance, banking, asset pricing, portfolio analysis, risk management, energy finance and market microstructure. Aligned with ECOS 2025, our curriculum and research are guided by the principle of "responsible business", which concerns shareholder wealth as well as climate change and social transition. The ultimate aim is to develop a curriculum and a research that serve the interests of society as a whole.
The Department of Finance facilitates a stimulating environment for research and learning. It has grown in recent years to become one of the most highly-regarded finance groups in France and in Europe. Faculty members regularly publish in top academic journals, with recent publications being featured in the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Review of Finance, and Management Science.
The Department of Finance also maintains close ties with private and public institutions both nationally and internationally. As such, part of our research agenda aims at supporting public policy makers and corporate practitioners. As testimony of its impact, our research has received in recent years numerous public and private funding (for example, PANORisk, Horizon 2020, ANR, Finance for Innovation chair. The Department of Finance regularly hosts a wide variety of seminars and conferences (for example, the 2021 conference of the French Finance Association). Our research is further communicated to the public through traditional and online media.
Our pedagogy guides our students to develop strong technical skills and critical thinking. It is driven by renewed efforts for the development of teaching material that integrates the required rigour of finance practitioners with a focus on social and environmental responsibility. We offer programs ranging from undergraduate to executive levels and enjoy a reputation of excellence for our teaching.
Sustainable finance: Alexandre Garel, Carine Girard-Guerraud, Iordanis Kalaitzoglou, Giacomo Nocera
Entrepreneurial finance: Carine Girard-Guerraud, Aristogenis Lazos
Corporate governance: Alexandre Garel, Carine Girard-Guerraud, Panagiotis Politsidis, Etienne Redor
Banking: Emilios Galariotis, Iordanis Kalaitzoglou, Giacomo Nocera, Panagiotis Politsidis
M&A: Etienne Redor
Shareholder activism : Carine Girar-Guerraud
Green finance: Alexandre Garel, Emilios Galariotis, Iordanis Kalaitzoglou, Joelle Miffre
Asset pricing: Joelle Miffre, Diego Ronchetti
Energy and commodity finance: Emilios Galariotis, Iordanis Kalaitzoglou, Joelle Miffre
Behavioral finance: Alexandre Garel, Emilios Galariotis
Efficiency: Emilios Galariotis, Iordanis Kalaitzoglou, Joelle Miffre
Market microstructure: Emilios Galariotis, Iordanis Kalaitzoglou
Asset management: Joelle Miffre, Giacomo Nocera
Risk management: Joelle Miffre
Financial econometrics: Alexandre Garel, Iordanis Kalaitzoglou, Diego Ronchetti
Machine learning: Alexandre Garel, Joelle Miffre
Multicriteria decision making for Finance: Emilios Galariotis, Iordanis Kalaitzoglou
Financial Mathematics/Time Modelling: Iordanis Kalaitzoglou
Algorithmic trading: Alexandre Garel
Fintech: Aristogenis Lazos
Equity crowdfunding: Carine Girard-Guerraud, Aristogenis Lazos
Discover some of the programmes offered to students in Finance:
Finance majors in Master in Management programme:
Finance major in Bachelor in Business Administration programme
MSc Financial Technology and Risk Control
MS Financial Strategies and Sustainable Investments
Executive MSc Directeur financier