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From impact investing to climate risk consulting, sustainability is now a core component of the finance industry – and the Cambridge MFin has evolved to match the demand. We spoke to 2 Cambridge Judge alumni and Professor Khaled Soufani to find out what’s special about working in sustainable finance, the growing importance of ESG in the wider finance sector and how the MFin can help prepare stude…

Box-office receipts matter in Hollywood. But research in the Journal of Business Ethics co-authored by Allègre Hadida of Cambridge Judge Business School shows that the most dominant persuasive appeal in 35 chosen cli-fi films is rational appeal, and this holds implications for how climate is presented in cinema as filmmakers balance ethical storytelling with commercial imperatives. The post Clima…

The failure of health institutions to prevent harm in conflict is a political choice reflecting a lack of the neutrality that clinicians claim, argues a Comment in The Lancet Global Health publication co-authored by a Cambridge Judge academic. The post Monitoring but not ending misery: global health falls short appeared first on Cambridge Judge Business School .

Governments should examine whether major decisions to procure and adopt frontier technologies could restrict future competition, argue 2 academics at Cambridge Judge Business School writing in the leading journal Nature. They propose a contestability check to help public agencies reward strong performance today without closing credible routes for later suppliers. The post Governments urged to kee…

Prison officers rely on a specific set of de-escalation techniques to shape the atmosphere around them and prevent violence before it starts. This ‘atmospheric work’ goes far beyond managing physical space - it's an active, moment-to-moment skill that officers develop through sensing rising tension, and either amplifying it as a deterrent or dampening it before it boils over. The implications rea…

Allègre Hadida, Associate Professor of Strategy at Cambridge Judge Business School, was awarded the François Colbert Research Impact Award by the International Association of Arts and Cultural Management (AIMAC) at the group’s conference in Rio de Janeiro in July. The post Allègre Hadida honoured by arts and culture group appeared first on Cambridge Judge Business School .

Faculty members of Cambridge Judge Business School won 2 awards and were finalists for 2 other awards at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management held 31 July-4 August in Philadelphia. The post Academy of Management honours for Cambridge Judge faculty appeared first on Cambridge Judge Business School .

Many studies over the decades have examined how diversity affects team performance. Yet those studies did not also explore the role that status plays in how diversity impacts team functioning and results. Research by Professor Prithviraj Chattopadhyay and Professor Elizabeth George of Cambridge Judge fills this scholarship gap. The post How status, not only diversity, impacts team performance app…

From the vineyards of New Zealand to the boardrooms of ASEAN and the strategy firms of London, Cambridge MBA alumni are building businesses and careers that span industries, continents and disciplines. We hear from 3 graduates whose journeys show what the MBA makes possible. The post Where the Cambridge MBA takes you: 3 alumni stories appeared first on Cambridge Judge Business School .

Research on innovation in organisations usually focuses on the actual adoption of new technologies. Research by Dr Virginia Leavell of Cambridge Judge says the preceding period in which tech is analysed, budgeted and planned for is a crucial period in which companies can avoid being constrained by past experience and get the most out of innovative opportunities. The post Why organisations should …

Curious about how finance professionals are engaging with Africa’s growth story during their MFin? Members of the Cambridge Africa Business Network share how organising a major conference, working with leading investors and moderating high-profile panels has helped them connect classroom learning with real-world impact across the continent. The post Beyond the classroom: Cambridge MFin and Africa…

Andrés Mendoza (MFin 2025) reflects on how the MFin has broadened his horizons beyond traditional finance, leading to opportunities in impact investing, entrepreneurship, search funds and Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA). The post Beyond finance: entrepreneurship through acquisition appeared first on Cambridge Judge Business School .

This article, by Pavle Avramovic, Gabriella Gebri and Aishwarya Viswanathan, examines the governance challenges shaping the next generation of digital identity systems. Based on cross-regulatory dialogues in Uganda and Ethiopia, it explores how stronger coordination, interoperability, and trust can unlock the full potential of digital identity and e-KYC across sectors. The post Digital ID governa…

MSt in Entrepreneurship graduates Alice Aubry and Budoor Almulla turned a classroom pitch into Gems with Origin, a global venture improving transparency in the coloured gemstone trade while creating more economic value in Madagascar. The post Cambridge graduates turn classroom pitch into global venture appeared first on Cambridge Judge Business School .

Balancing a corporate legal career, national level para-athletics coaching and the Cambridge Executive MBA, Jason Sewanyana is challenging traditional ideas of ‘elite’ by putting people, purpose and inner strength at the heart of performance. The post From courtroom to track: redefining ‘elite’ at Cambridge Judge appeared first on Cambridge Judge Business School .

Envy is a natural human emotion, but it can be harmful in the workplace. Research co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School finds that in evaluating colleagues’ creative ideas, people can have benign envy or malicious envy – so managers need to understand this better to ensure that the most creative ideas are not stifled. The post How different types of envy affect workplace ideas appeared f…

Financial Innovation for Impact (Fii) in collaboration with the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), has launched the Global e-KYC Landscape Study. It captures intersecting perspectives of public authorities, regulators and supervisors, and industry (fintechs, banks, other financial institutions and digital ID service providers) via 2 parallel surveys. The resulting insights will prov…

The huge rise in low-Earth orbiting devices has degraded astronomical capability and carries environmental risks that current regulatory and international governance frameworks cannot handle, says a new policy paper by Arjuna Sathiaseelan, a Visiting Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School involved in the Space Economy Initiative at the Business School. The post Paper calls for satellite ceilin…

Scholarships at Cambridge Judge Business School do far more than ease financial pressure; they unlock access to a world-class education, foster confidence and a sense of belonging, and inspire recipients to pay that opportunity forward. The post Inclusive futures: the Dean’s EMBA Diversity Award appeared first on Cambridge Judge Business School .

From equine-assisted therapy for young people to removing hunger as a barrier for learning, 4 exceptional social entrepreneurs and their ventures have been recognised for their achievements and ambition in creating social change through business. The post Cambridge Social Innovation Prize 2026 winners announced appeared first on Cambridge Judge Business School .