William Joseph

William Joseph
  • Doctoral Student

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  • office Address:

    2000 SH-DH
    3620 Locust Walk
    Philadelphia, PA 19104

Overview

William Joseph is a Research Assistant with the Wharton Impact, Value, and Sustainable Business Initiative, where his research interests lie in the fields of non-market strategy and corporate governance. He held this role while pursuing a Master of Environmental Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, concentrating in Environmental Policy. His doctoral research will integrate remote sensing data and geospatial modeling to develop new identification strategies for analyzing firm strategy in the face of increasing physical and transition climate risks. He received his BSBA in Economics, International Business, and Management from the University of South Carolina, though his time as an undergraduate was split across Germany, Singapore, and Brazil as a member of the International Business Education Alliance.

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