Matti Keloharju appointed Eero Kasanen Professor of Finance
07.02.2013
Professor Matti Keloharju has been invited to take up the new Eero Kasanen Chair established for the Aalto University School of Business. Professor Keloharju has worked as Professor of Finance at the Helsinki School of Economics and at the Aalto University School of Business since 1999.
In 2010, Aalto University established three professorships to honour the work of the rectorsof the three founding universities. Persons who are especially distinguished in their field of science are appointed to the professorships. Professor Eero Kasanen served as the Rector of the Helsinki School of Economics between 1996 and 2009. In addition to the professorship now filled, the Yrjö Sotamaa Chair (New frontiers in design) and the Matti Pursula Chair (Sustainable energy solutions) have been established. The process of filling the two last-mentioned professorships is under way.
Professor Matti Keloharju is an internationally recognised and scientifically distinguished Professor of Finance at the Aalto University School of Business. He has worked at the school since 1992 and as a professor since 1999. He has been a visiting scholar at the Anderson School of Management of the University of California and at the Stern Business School of New York University in the United States.
Matti Keloharju is one of the world's leading researchers especially in the field of Behavioural Finance. He has published several articles in the most high-ranking finance journals. He is one of the most cited researchers in Europe in the field of finance.