Explore ongoing empirical research initiatives actively conducted by CISR fellows, spanning Northern European SME field audits to sustainable debt market econometrics.
This multi-country empirical study explores supply chain governance, supplier compliance mechanisms, and social-environmental performance in developing export manufacturing sectors across South and Southeast Asia.
Investigating material loops, reverse logistics systems, and economic incentives for industrial enterprises transitioning to circular manufacturing paradigms in emerging economies.
Coastal regions are among the most vulnerable to climate change, yet they hold significant potential for renewable energy development. This project examines the technical, economic, social, and policy dimensions of renewable energy adoption in coastal communities, with a focus on solar, wind, and hybrid solutions. Through interdisciplinary research, stakeholder engagement, and field studies, the project aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of how renewable energy can enhance energy security, support local livelihoods, and build climate resilience in coastal areas.
Examining how policy design influences capital mobilization for clean technology infrastructure across South Asian economies from 2023 to 2025.
While circular economic paradigms have been broadly examined in multinational conglomerates, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face distinct resource constraints, structural rigidities, and asymmetric capital barriers. This project explores the organizational capabilities, reverse supply chain partnerships, and policy conditions required for manufacturing SMEs to transition towards closed-loop models. Based on 142 survey participants and 18 facility audits across Sweden, Denmark, and Finland.
This project assesses empirical pricing differentials between conventional corporate bonds and sustainability-linked debt issues across European capital markets. Utilizing transaction-level secondary market data from over 3,400 debt instruments issued between 2020 and 2025, our team isolates the greenium (green premium) and evaluates whether ESG rating divergence induces market mispricing.
Focuses on the implementation challenges of EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) requirements across complex tier-2 and tier-3 industrial suppliers. We examine interoperable data protocols, intellectual property protection in bill-of-materials disclosures, and the cost of compliance for mid-market suppliers.
