20th Annual Corporate Governance Academic Conference at Drexel University

Call for papers

In collaboration with ECGI and the Society for Financial Studies (SFS), the Raj & Kamla Gupta Governance Institute at Drexel University invites papers in any area related to corporate governance, which includes topics about the board of directors, executive compensation, ownership structure, shareholder activism, institutional investors, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, sustainable finance, regulation, talent management, etc.

The conference will take place on Friday, 16 April 2027 at Drexel University. All participants must attend in-person.

The keynote speaker for this year’s conference is Jeffrey Coles, Professor of Finance and the Samuel S. Stewart, Jr. Presidential Chair of Business at the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah and Research member of ECGI. Professor Coles has conducted extensive research in the areas of compensation, boards of directors, corporate governance and control, and organization structure. He has published numerous academic papers in premier journals, and his work has also been covered in a wide spectrum of business publications.

The conference this year offers an optional dual submission to the Review of Corporate Finance Studies (RCFS).

Submission deadline: Tuesday, 15 December 2026 (11:59 p.m. EST)

Submission Instructions

• There is a non-refundable submission fee of $100 per paper (reduced to $25 for papers written by current PhD students thanks to SFS’s financial support)
• After registering for the event and paying the fee, you will receive by email a link to a page where you can submit your paper and select the dual submission option
• The submitting author will be informed of the conference decision by the end of January 2027
• To contact the organizers, please send an email to: michelle.lowry@drexel.edu.