Blog | Léo Denis

Best Paper Designation at AOM 2026 for "Hybridizing Investors"

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I am pleased to share that our paper “Hybridizing Investors: Designing Investment Organizations for Social Impact” received a Best Paper designation for AOM 2026.

This recognition means a great deal to me because the paper sits at the core of my dissertation work on sustainable finance, organizational design, and hybrid investment organizations. It develops the argument that the social impact potential of sustainable finance is shaped upstream, through the way investment organizations are designed, governed, and stabilized before they deploy capital.

The paper is co-authored with Nicolas Mottis and is available on the .

FIR-PRI 2024 Awards

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I am happy to share I received the 2024 FIR-PRI Research Grant for my PhD thesis, and more specifically for my ongoing project: “Towards impact-based contracting, the case of private equity”. You can find here the , and below a short video presenting my work.

Please also take a look at the work form the other Awardees !

Visiting Columbia University Fall 2024

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I will be in New-York City at Columbia University (School of International and Public Affairs, Sustainable Investing Research initative) for a research visit during Fall 2024. Please reach out!

Conferences - Summer 2024

Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I will be at EURAM 2024 (Bath, UK) and EGOS 2024 (Milan, Italy)!

New Empirical Report: Finance Durable & Structuration des fonds

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The empirical report Finance Durable & Structuration des fonds is now available.

It presents the latest results from my ongoing work on sustainable finance and the organizational architecture of private equity funds. The project page includes the associated empirical report slides in both French and English.

You can access the project materials on the .