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Meet Ravi K. Mehrotra

Dr. Ravi K. Mehrotra is Founder and Executive Chairman of the Foresight Global Pte Ltd. A marine engineer by profession, he began his career in 1964 with the Shipping Corporation of India. Through hard work and dedication, he rose to the rank of Chief Engineer

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NARSC Conference Brings Insights

A Glimpse into the Future of Energy Transition Modelling By Alicia Zhang, PhD Candidate, in Earth & Environment at Boston University I attended the 70th North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International in San Diego, California, to present findings from a current IMAP

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Enviro Scoring of Fossil Fuels

Common Environmental Scoring of Fossil Fuels for Foreign Trade and Investment Decisions By Robert L. Kleinberg Download Report The Need for Better ESG Data Investment communities are searching for reliable sources of data in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) spheres. These data can aid

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IMAP Hosts Research on Tap Event

Seven BU researchers. Six-minute lightening talks on the topic of measuring corporate impacts on the environment and society. Mingling over hors d’oeuvres and drinks. This was the set up for the recent IMAP-hosted Research on Tap, organized by BU’s Office of Research. IMAP Director, Nalin

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IMAP Researcher to Give Keynote at NEURISA Day

IMAP Affiliated Faculty, Suchi Gopal, will give the keynote lecture at the November 6 New England Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (NEURISA) conference in Worcester, MA. She’ll be talking about how the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning with Spatial

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IMAP Researchers Publish Hedge Fund Activism Paper

Back in the spring of 2021, a hedge fund called Engine Number 1 was able to elect three of its candidates to the ExxonMobil Board of Directors, making news headlines. IMAP-funded faculty, Nalin Kulatilaka and Robert Kaufmann, delved into the motives behind Engine Number 1’s

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2023 Summer Fellows wrap up their projects

The summer flew by and now the IGS Grad Student Summer Fellows have wrapped up their projects. IMAP supported the work of Claudia Diezmartínez and Sakshi Sharma. Claudia conducted independent research on how cities across the United States are financing climate action and incorporating climate

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IMAP welcomes 2 new researchers for the summer

IMAP is hosting two summer fellows as part of the IGS Graduate Student Summer Fellows program. Sakshi Sharma will be building a database for the Corporate Carbon Risk project and Claudia Diezmartínez will be piloting a method to assess and compare climate finance across US

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