Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
Emre Usenmez is Director of the Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership course where he leverages his knowledge of law, economics, and finance. His main research interests are in energy, mining, and natural resources, legal and regulatory mechanisms, finance, and manufacturing and supply chains. He is also a Director of Studies in economics at Gonville & Caius College and acts as a PhD adviser at the Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering.
Prior to joining CISL, Emre was a Senior Lecturer in Law and Senior Lecturer in Finance both at the University of Aberdeen and served as a University Dean for Internationalization. For over a decade, he taught law at undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive education levels and led the finance undergraduate program at the University's AFG College. Prior to joining academia, he was working in the natural resources sector.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society where he acts as the Secretary of the Finance and Economics Section, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He holds a PhD in Economics, Finance and Law, an MSc in Economics and Finance, and an LLM in Law from the University of Aberdeen, as well as a BSc in Economics and a BA in Political Science from the North Carolina State University.
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