SIRI Practicum Clients Information
Partner with Columbia’s Sustainable Investing Research Initiative (SIRI) and benefit from a team of graduate students for a semester-long custom consulting project.
The SIRI Practicum is a graduate course (CEEN IA7799) offered at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. It connects global organizations with interdisciplinary graduate student teams from across Columbia’s campus to deliver evidence-based, actionable insights on sustainable investing and strategy. The SIRI Practicum includes sustainable investing projects from both the financial sector and the real economy (for-profit and non-profit organizations).
Value for Clients
Selected client partners benefit from the following:
- A dedicated consulting team of 4 graduate students bringing 250+ hours of research and analysis. The teaching team carefully matches the students with the projects in multi-disciplinary teams, such that student project preferences, career aspirations, work experience, team composition, project needs in terms of skills and expertise, and other factors are considered. Students are selected through a competitive application process. The student teams bring a diverse set of experiences and are equipped with strong professional and academic training in quantitative analysis; economic, energy, environmental, and social policy; corporate sustainability; impact measurement and management; impact and sustainability reporting; sustainable finance, impact investing, and blended finance; and much more.
- Expert guidance, advising, and mentoring from SIRI faculty.
- Strategic recommendations grounded in multi-disciplinary sustainability research, economic and financial analysis, and policy expertise.
- No participation fee for eligible organizations.
- Gain fresh multidisciplinary insights from future sustainability leaders on key questions for your organization and receive well-researched, data‑driven recommendations.
- Contribute to hands-on experiential learning and professional development of the next generation.
The SIRI Practicum is led by Dr. C. Sara Minard (Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs and The Brandmeyer Fellow for Impact and Sustainable Investing) and co-instructor Matthew Rusk (Adjunct Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs).
If your organization is interested in learning more and becoming a SIRI Practicum client, please fill in the SIRI Practicum Client Interest Form or/and reach out to SIRI at [email protected] and Dr. Minard at [email protected].
A sample of our past clients are listed below:
