Adelina Barbalau, University of Alberta

Research

financial innovation security design sustainability climate debt investment carbon emissions esg performance

Latest funding

Beyond Charity: The Economic Case for Financing Climate Adaptation, and How to Design It
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$63,764
Corporate control and debt security design as drivers of corporate sustainability: A global perspective on carbon emissions
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$47,020
Financing the transition to a sustainable economy: theory and evidence
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$75,901

All 4 grants and awards

Beyond Charity: The Economic Case for Financing Climate Adaptation, and How to Design It

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Barbalau, Adelina

$63,764

Corporate control and debt security design as drivers of corporate sustainability: A global perspective on carbon emissions

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Roth, Lukas

Keywords: Corporate Sustainability; Environmental Performance; Climate Risks; Carbon Emissions; Carbon Pricing; ESG; Concentrated Ownership; Controlled Firms; Shareholder Preferences; Investors; Security Design; Sustainability-linked Bonds; Financial Institutions

$47,020

Financing the transition to a sustainable economy: theory and evidence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Barbalau, Adelina

Keywords: financial innovation; security design; sustainability; climate; debt; investment; carbon emissions; esg performance; disclosure; greenwashing

$75,901

Financing the transition to a sustainable economy: theory and evidence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Barbalau, Adelina

Keywords: financial innovation; security design; sustainability; climate; debt; investment; carbon emissions; esg performance; disclosure; greenwashing

$17,842

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: financial innovation Dear Professor Barbalau, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on financial innovation connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Beyond Charity: The Economic Case for Financing Climate Adaptation, and How to Design It" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]