Prof. Oğuzhan Karakaş

Oğuzhan Karakaş is a Professor of Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Prior to joining Cambridge Judge Business School, he was an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Carroll School of Management, Boston College. His research focuses on Corporate Governance, Ownership and Control, Private Equity, Dynamic Investment Strategies, and Corporate Social Responsibility. His research has been published in the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, and Management Science.

His paper "Active Ownership," published in the Review of Financial Studies (with Elroy Dimson and Xi Li), is the recipient of the 2012 Moskowitz Prize for research in Socially Responsible Investing, the 2015 IRRCi Research Award – Honorable Mention, and the 2016 FIR-PRI Finance and Sustainability European Research Award – Best Published Research Article. His paper "Coordinated Engagements," forthcoming in the Journal of Finance (with Elroy Dimson and Xi Li), received an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Moskowitz Prize.

Professor Karakaş received his PhD from London Business School, his MSE from Princeton University, and his BS from Middle East Technical University. He has served as a part-time consultant to a hedge fund on establishing trading strategies.