Karin S. Thorburn is an Adjunct Full Professor of Finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the Research Chair Professor of Finance at NHH Norwegian School of Economics. Prior to joining NHH in 2009, she was a faculty member at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College for 11 years.
Thorburn’s research focuses on takeovers, bankruptcy, IPOs, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility. She regularly publishes in the top academic journals, including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Thorburn is a Research Associate of the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London, a Research Affiliate of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) in Brussels, a Council member of the Society for Financial Studies (SFS), and a Director of the Financial Management Association International (FMA).
She is a Director of the boards of Maritime & Merchant Bank ASA, Preferred Global Health AS, Global LNG Services AS, and Falck Advisory AS. In 2021, she was a member of an expert group that assessed the impact of climate change on the investment strategy of the Norwegian oil fund.
Thorburn holds a Ph.D. in financial economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.
