Affiliated Faculty

Winston Ma, CFA & Esq., has been an investor, attorney, author, and adjunct professor in the global AI-digital economy. He is the Executive Director of Global Public Investment Funds Forum and an Adjunct Professor (on Sovereign Investors) at New York University (NYU) School of Law. He is also an advisor for Dragon Global, an AI […]

Cynthia Zeng is an Assistant Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business in Abu Dhabi, where her research focuses on addressing the challenges of climate adaptation and promoting sustainable development through technological innovation. Her work primarily involves developing artificial intelligence solutions to forecast and manage extreme weather events. Cynthia completed her PhD in Operations

Jemima A. Frimpong’s research focuses on the complex dynamics of decision making, and the intersection of information processing and discrimination. She has worked extensively in healthcare organizations, examining how managerial attributes affect the adoption of innovations, treatment practices, and ultimately the health of patients. Another stream of her research investigates the impact of stereotyping and

Yaw Nyarko studies human capital and economic growth, which recently culminated in a pioneering study on the impact of brain drain on Africa’s intellectual and economic development. He is one of the founding directors of NYU’s Africa House and helped shape the study abroad program in Ghana. He brings his groundbreaking approach to global economics

Veljko Fotak is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University at Buffalo and a Fellow at the Sovereign Investment Lab, Paolo Baffi Centre on Central Banking and Financial Regulation, Bocconi University. Veljko’s research is focused on international corporate finance, with a particular emphasis on state capitalism, sovereign wealth funds, and, in broader terms, on

Barbara Scheck is Visiting Professor at NYU Abu Dhabi in the Social Science Division and Professor for Entrepreneurship at Munich Business School/Germany. She is the founder of the European Center for Social Finance, a research and technical assistance institute for impact investors and social finance providers. Prior to this position she was an Assistant Professor