Diane-Laure Arjaliès

I am an Associate Professor (with tenure) belonging to the Sustainability and Managerial Accounting and Control groups at the Ivey Business School. This cross-disciplinary appointment reflects my research and teaching. I aspire to push the boundaries of knowledge and practice by investigating how fashioning new devices and collective actions can help transform financial markets toward sustainability.

Over the years, I have studied the emergence of biodiversity finance, responsible investing, impact assessment, integrated reporting, and alternative currencies. My work in this area has won me several academic, teaching, and professional prizes. As an ethnographer, I enjoy doing field research and sharing my experience with students and practitioners. I published my work, Chains of Finance: How Investment Management is Shaped, at Oxford University Press and in major academic journals across various disciplines.

I founded and have led the Sustainable Finance Lab at the Centre for Building Sustainable Value. I am currently working on an extensive research program on biodiversity finance, aiming to channel capital towards protecting ecosystems, notably through conservation impact bonds. I also work extensively on economic reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada and regenerative agriculture. Through collaboration with Indigenous nations, I aim to support the weaving of Indigenous and Western knowledge into academic practices, developing innovative approaches to research and teaching.