Centers of Interest
Socially responsible investments.
Social construction of environmental and social reporting and rating systems.
Transnational governance.
The role of multi-stakeholder rankings in changing practices.
Transparency pressures.
Afshin Mehrpouya, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Management Control, investigates responsible investments, impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings, and transnational governance. An ESSEC Business School PhD graduate, he holds a medical degree from Tehran University and an MBA from York University (Schulich). He has several years of professional experience in ESG analysis of health sector, and has spoken at conferences organized by the World Health Organization and the United Nations. Afshin teaches management control and responsible investment courses.
Date of arrival at HEC Paris: 2011
Centers of interest
Socially responsible investments.
Social construction of environmental and social reporting and rating systems.
Transnational governance.
The role of multi-stakeholder rankings in changing practices.
Transparency pressures.
Main courses taught at HEC
Management control system
Responsible investment
CURSUS
2011 Ph.D. in Business Administration, ESSEC Business School, France.
2007 Master of Business Administration, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada.
2000 Medical Doctorate, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Langues : français, anglais, persan.
Other academic activities
External academic responsibility:
Lecturer, ESSEC Business School, 2007-2010.
Visiting Scholar at the Center for Analysis of Risk & Regulations (CARR), London School of Economics and Political Sciences, 2010-0.
Scientific activities
Honor distinction:
2010 Eurosif (European Sustainable Investments Forum) - Prize for research proposal - Marketization of ethics; does it work? Exploring the scenarios where firms social behavior is not reflected in its market performance.
