BIO:
“Eric Knight is currently a candidate for the D.Phil. at the University of
Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He has a Bachelor of Law with First Class Honours
and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in international relations and sociology from
the University of Sydney. He is involved in environmental finance research at
the OECD, HSBC Investment Bank, the James Martin 21st Century School, and the
Said Business School, Oxford University. He has previously worked in Australian
federal politics, as an Associate for Baker & McKenzie in Sydney, and is
admitted as a Solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales.”
INTERESTS:
”Financial markets face a daunting challenge in trying to reconcile the demand
for growth with the necessity of social and environmental sustainability.
Climate change makes this conflict particularly pronounced. I am interested in
how we develop the right regulatory mix to achieve this balance. Importantly,
this requires empirically examining the success of current regulatory
strategies, including the European carbon markets, and identifying where they do
too little or not enough. I am also focussed on improving the quality of
quant-based research which links environmental impacts to financial risk, both
in the context of regulation as well as in the context of physical geographical
change. “
e-mail: eric.knight@magd.ox.ac.uk
