Karl Schmedders

Karl Schmedders currently serves as Professor of Finance at IMD Business School, bringing extensive expertise in computational economics and sustainable finance. After earning his PhD in Operations Research from Stanford University in 1996, he built an impressive academic career including positions at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and the University of Zurich. His research combines complex computational methods with economic and financial modeling, particularly focusing on sustainability and climate change economics. He has published extensively in prestigious journals including Econometrica, The Journal of Finance, and The Review of Economic Studies. His excellence in teaching has been recognized with multiple awards, including Stanford's Walter J. Gores Award and Kellogg's L.G. Lavengood Professor of the Year Award. As a Co-Editor of "Quantitative Economics" and area editor for "Operations Research," he continues to shape academic discourse in his field while advocating for sustainable business practices and climate change solutions.