dr. L.J.R. (Bert) Scholtens

• Bert Scholtens is coordinator for the course Sustainable Finance. He teaches Banking, Insurance, and Risk Management; Climate Finance; Energy Finance; Sustainable Finance.
• He developed and set up the courses Bachelor thesis Finance; Sustainability in Business and Economics; Banking, Insurance, and Risk Management; Energy Finance; Responsible Finance and Investing; Sustainable Finance; Climate Finance.

• Bert Scholtens supervises Finance students’  Bachelor-thesis as well as Finance students' Masters-thesis. He also supports Bachelor honours and Research master students with their research projects.

Bert Scholtens currently supervises the following PhD students:

• Jesper Beverdam (sustainable financial instruments, with Klaus Hubacek and Frans Sijtsma),
• Stephanie Werleman (monetary and financial policy in sub-national island jurisdictions, with Jan Jacobs),
• Jiaxin Chen (climate finance, with Auke Plantinga),
• Qijia He (sustainable finance and AI, with Asad Rauf),
• Joe O'Sullivan (Netgain project Corrour, with Lydia Cole and Frans de Vries),
• Isah Umar (Real options and African mining projects, with Mahmoud Elmarzouky),

• Quang Minh Nguyen (Biodiversity finance and investing, with Maria Chiara Iannino).

Phd-theses (completed)

• Pham Thi Thu Tra - Essays on Borrowing and Debt Contracting - 2006 [with Robert Lensink]
• Ilko Naaborg - Foreign Bank Entry and Performance - 2007 [with Jakob de Haan and Robert Lensink]
• Lammertjan Dam - Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Markets - 2008 [with Elmer Sterken]
• Choudhry Tanveer Shehzad - Panel Studies on Bank Risks and Crises - 2009 [with Jakob de Haan]
• Muhammad Omer - Selected Topics in International Monetary Economics - 2014 [with Jakob de Haan]
• Yanping Zhao - Essays on International Capital Flows, Currency Crises and Exchange Rate Regimes - 2014 [with Jakob de Haan]
• Michael Rezec - Alternative Approaches in ESG Investing - Four Essays on Investment Performance and Risk - 2015 [with Andreas Hoepner]
• Suxiao Li - International Fund Flows: Surges, Sudden Stops and Cyclicality - 2017 [with Jakob de Haan]
• Moritz Wiesel - Investing, Personality and Social Preferences - 2017 [with Kristian Myrseth]
• Saskia Störch - Not all derivatives are alike: Insight from the German market - 2017 [with Andrea Schertler]
• Herman van Os - Modular Evaluation Method for Subsurface Activities - 2018 [with Rien Herber]
• Qiubin Huang - Systemic Risk and Financial Regulation - 2019 [with Jakob de Haan]
• Edie Erman Che Johari - Bank Payout Policy: Evidence from Three Regulatory Changes - 2019 [with Dimitris Chronopoulos and John Wilson]
• Arjan Trinks - Falling for Rising Temperatures? - 2020 [with Machiel Mulder]
• Konstantinos Sklavos - Energy Markets and the Financial Environment - 2021 [with Lammertjan Dam]
• Meng Han - Commodities as an Asset Class - 2022 [with Lammertjan Dam]
• Lina Xie - The Role of Public Financial Institutions in Reducing CO2 Emissions and Countries' Vulnerability to Climate Risks - 2024 [with Swarnodeep Homroy]