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Biography

Dr. Majerbi is an associate professor of finance at Gustavson School of Business, ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø. Her research interests include international finance, ESG and impact investing, and climate-related financial risks and opportunities. Her teaching integrates sustainable finance topics into core finance courses in various programs including the MBA in Sustainable Innovation. She is a recipient of multiple awards including Research Excellence, Best MBA Professor, Innovation Award, Service Excellence, IAB Community Engagement Award and the BC Cleantech Educator Award.

Basma is founder and director of the Impact Investing, a research and education center whose mission is to accelerate investments in climate solutions and help companies and investors align with the sustainable development goals (SDGs), through education and capacity building, collaborative research, and stakeholder engagement. She is co-founder and co-chair of the International Workshop on Financial System Architecture and Stability (IWFSAS), an annual conference focused on sustainable finance and climate-related finance research topics.

Basma is also a technical advisor with the International Monetary Fund’s Institute for Capacity Development where she contributes to training of government officials in developing countries on topics related to financial development, financial inclusion, and other financial sector issues. She is a member of the ESG Advisory Council to the BC Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation which leads the BC ESG Centre of Excellence, a founding member of the Canadian Sustainable Finance Network (CSFN) and serves on its Steering Committee, and a member of the Research Advisory Council of the Institute for Sustainable Finance. Basma also serves on the boards of multiple organizations, including the board of directors of the South Island Prosperity Partnership, the Advisory Board of the Center for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies (COAST), the Impact Investment Committee of the Victoria Foundation and the Research Advisory Group of New Power Labs.

Basma holds a PhD in Finance from McGill University and a MSc in International Finance from HEC Montreal.

Teaching

Selected publications

Awards & grants

Recognition & awards

• 2023 - Educator of the Year Award,  BC Cleantech Awards

• 2022 - IAB Community Engagement Award, Gustavson School of Business

• 2022 - CONNECT Tunisian Women in Finance of the Year

• 2020 - Faculty Service Excellence Award, Gustavson School of Business
• 2014 - MBA Professor of the Year Award , MBA Students Council
• 2013 - Faculty Innovation Award, Gustavson School of Business
• 2012 - MBA Professor of the Year Award , MBA Students Council
• 2009 - UVic Scholar Award, ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø (2009-2014)
• 2007 - Faculty Research Excellence Award, Gustavson School of Business
• 2004 - UVic Scholar Award, ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø (2004-2009)

Grants

• 2023 - NSERC CREATE, , Co-Applicant ($1,600,000)

• 2023 - CFREF, Accelerating Community Energy Transformation (ACET), Lead Investigator ($83.6 million)

• 2022 - Mitacs BSI Funding for one student intern with Propel Impact, Principal Investigator ($15,000)
• 2022 - Mitacs Accelerate – ESG Integration, Measurement and Reporting for SMEs: A pilot for Cleantech companies in BC, Principal Investigator ($60,000)
• 2022 - SSHRC Connection Grant to host the Canadian Sustainable Finance Network (CSFN) Annual Conference in August 2022, Co-applicant ($25,000)
• 2021 - PICS Opportunity Project, Climate Finance: Integrating Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Considerations into Investment Decisions, Co-Principal Investigator ($180,000)
• 2020 - UVic Strategic Framework Impact Fund for VI3Hub, Principal Investigator ($80,000)
• 2017 - SSHRC Partnership Development, Financial system diversity, growth and stability, Principal Investigator ($199,557)
• 2013 - CFI-Leaders Opportunity Fund, Principal Investigator ($120,000)
• 2006 - SSHRC Insight Grant, Financial development and growth, Principal Investigator  

Special projects

The Impact Investing Hub

Basma Majerbi is the founder of the , a research and education hub at the intersection of climate action and impact investing. The Hub’s mission is to build strategic capacity, create thought leadership, and share insights and useful data to align finance and investments with the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Hub offers a collaboration platform bringing together academia, industry, community and policymakers to accelerate the transition to a climate-positive and inclusive economy. 

Accelerating Community Energy Transformation (ACET)

Basma Majerbi is one of the lead investigators on the ACET initiative, a multi-partner research initiative helping small-to-mid-sized communities achieve their unique clean-energy systems goals. From harvesting offshore wind, tidal and solar energy to innovative low-carbon financing and governance models, ACET is integrating breakthrough renewable energy technologies and solutions that will help Canada get to net zero emissions—one community at a time. The 7-year project received $83.6 million in research funding from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund. She leads the Business & Finance Innovation, 1 of 6 strategic research areas in the ACET initiative. 

ESG-Impact for SMEs

As part of the Impact Investing Hub’s research program, she leads a multi-phase collaborative project seeking to understand the challenges and opportunities for small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to integrate and report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, and align their activities with the UN SDGs. The research involves surveys, interviews, longitudinal studies and training initiatives for start-ups and SMEs in multiple sectors. The goal is to help SMEs and start-ups be future-ready, climate resilient and well positioned to attract ESG and impact-driven capital.