Idunn Hafsteinsdottir

Education

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  University of Glasgow

  2020 - 2020

  Exchange Program Business Administration and Management, General

  Activities and Societies: Member of the Women's basketball team Coursework: Accountability and Human Rights, Finance, Statistics 2X, Microeconomics

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  Reykjavik University

  2018 - 2021

  Bachelor of Science - BS Financial Engineering

  Activities and Societies: Treasurer for Pragma, student association for engineering students. Mentor for exchange students. Coursework: Mathematics, Physics, Derivatives, Securities, ProgrammingProgramming Languages: Python, Matlab, SQL and R

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  The University of Edinburgh

  2022 - 2023

  Master of Science - MS Climate Change Finance and Investment

  Activities and Societies: Programme Representative Women's basketball team At UofE, I've deepened my understanding of the mechanisms that regulate new financial flows like renewable investment funds, international climate funds, and carbon markets. I've learned to explain and evaluate the current state of climate change science and key climate change policy initiatives, explain and apply principles of finance in the energy sector, as well as describing and evaluating the challenges and opportunities for low-carbon investment.Dissertation - Evaluation of fund… Show more At UofE, I've deepened my understanding of the mechanisms that regulate new financial flows like renewable investment funds, international climate funds, and carbon markets. I've learned to explain and evaluate the current state of climate change science and key climate change policy initiatives, explain and apply principles of finance in the energy sector, as well as describing and evaluating the challenges and opportunities for low-carbon investment.Dissertation - Evaluation of fund flows into SFDR funds, Do investors value sustainability?Results: Article 8 and 9 experienced inflows and Article 6 outflows between 2021- may 2023Consulting project: Analyzing PAB indexes for Longspur Capital Coursework: Advanced Energy Finance, Carbon Accounting, Carbon Pricing, Investment Management, Climate Change Consulting Project, Climate Risk and Investment Alignment, Research Methods for Climate Change Finance. Show less