Professor Karolyi is a scholar in investment management with a specialization in international financial markets. He has published extensively in journals, including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Review of Financial Studies, and has published several books, including his 2015 book Cracking the Emerging Markets Enigma. His research is featured in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, Time, New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes, BusinessWeek, and CNBC. He is a recipient of the Michael Jensen Prize for Corporate Finance and Organizations (2017), the Fama/DFA Prize for Capital Markets and Asset Pricing (2005), the William F. Sharpe Award for Scholarship in Finance (2001), the Journal of Empirical Finance's Biennial Best Paper Prize (2006), and Johnson School's Prize for Excellence in Research (2010). He leads executive education programs in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is actively consulting with corporations, banks, investment firms, stock exchanges, and law firms. Karolyi is a newly elected board member of Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) and the UN’s Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). He serves as a Global Advisory Councilor for Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), and is an Academic Advisory Councilor for the Kroner Center for Financial Research. He currently serves as a director of the American Finance Association, is past president of the Western Finance Association, and is past chairperson of the board of trustees of the Financial Management Association International. Karolyi received his BA (Honors) in economics from McGill University and worked at the Bank of Canada for several years in its research department. He subsequently earned his MBA and PhD degrees in finance at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago.