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Diana Castro Herrera

Associate Professor at UCLy

Research group (8) Sustainable enterprises and organizations

dcastroherrera@univ-catholyon.fr

Campus Lyon - Saint Paul
10 Place des archives 69002 Lyon

Function

  • Member of the Research group (8) Sustainable enterprises and organizations, UR CONFLUENCE : Sciences et Humanités (EA1598) Lyon Catholic University
  • Assistant Professor, ESDES Lyon Business School Lyon Catholic University

Further information

Research areas

Sciences de Gestion Sciences de Gestion Analyse textuelle

Teaching areas

Finance Finance Accounting Accounting Finance Finance

Presentation

Diana CASTRO-HERRERA is a lecturer and researcher (MCF) in Finance and Accounting at ESDES Lyon Business School and is a member of the CONFLUENCE: Sciences et Humanités research unit at the Lyon Catholic University. She obtained her doctorate at the Université Toulouse 1 Capitole. Her research primarily concentrates on environmental reporting and textual analysis. Before joining ESDES, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Navarra.
  • Scientific Publications & Communications
    • Articles In Peer-Reviewed Journals
      • CASTRO HERRERA, Diana, CUNADO, Juncal, EQUIZA-GOÑI, Juan , PEREZ DE GRACIA, Fernando (2025). «Climate change exposure risk, reserves and stock returns of oil and gas companies». Journal of Commodity Markets, Elsevier Masson, 40, 100524. [+]
      • BEN‐AMAR, Walid, CASTRO HERRERA, Diana, MARTINEZ, Isabelle (2024). «Do climate risk disclosures matter to financial analysts?». Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 51, 7-8, 2153-2180. [+]
      • CASTRO HERRERA, Diana, MORAN, Christian , RODRÍGUEZ VALENCIA, Leslie (2017). «Testing the trade-off theory and the pecking order theory of capital structure, ecuadorian evidence». Revista Ciencas Pedagogicas e Innovacion, 5, 3, 109-117. [+]
    • Scientific Articles In Non-Peer-Reviewed Journals
      • CASTRO HERRERA, Diana (2023). «Textual Analysis of Climate Risk Disclosures in 10-k filings using named-entity recognition». Vie & Sciences de l'Entreprise, 216/217(1), 235-255. [+]
    • Presentations at Symposiums
      • Conference paper
        • TEYE, Prince, CASTRO HERRERA, Diana. «How Does Psychological Distance Affect the Implementation of Climate Transition Plans: Empirical Insights». 47th EAA Annual Congress, European Accounting Association (EAA), May 2025, Rome, Italy.
        • ALONSO, Marta, CASTRO HERRERA, Diana, BEN‐AMAR, Walid. «Do CEOs' Political Ideologies Matter for Climate Disclosures?». 5th Annual Boca-ECGI Corporate Finance and Governance Conference, Boca-ECGI, December 2024, Madrid, Spain.
        • EQUIZA-GOÑI, Juan , CASTRO HERRERA, Diana, CUNADO, Juncal, PEREZ DE GRACIA, Fernando. «Climate Change Exposure, Reserves, and Stock Returns of Oil and Gas Companies». 5th Vietnam Symposium in Global Economic Issues, VSGE 2024, October 2024, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
        • CASTRO HERRERA, Diana, BEN‐AMAR, Walid, ALONSO, Marta. «Do CEOs' Political Ideologies Matter for Climate Disclosures?». 46th EAA Annual Congress, European Accounting Association, May 2024, Bucarest, Romania.
        • CASTRO HERRERA, Diana, BEN‐AMAR, Walid, MARTINEZ, Isabelle. «Specific Climate Change Risk Disclosures and the Cost of Debt». 41st EAA Annual Congress, EAA, May 2022, Bergen, Norway.
        • CASTRO HERRERA, Diana, BEN‐AMAR, Walid, MARTINEZ, Isabelle. «Specific Climate Change Risk Disclosures and the Cost of Debt». Congrès de l'AFC 2022, Association Francophone de Comptabilité, May 2022, Bordeaux, France.
        • CASTRO HERRERA, Diana, BEN‐AMAR, Walid, MARTINEZ, Isabelle. «When do Climate Disclosures Matter to Investors ?». First EAA Virtual Annual Congress, EAA, May 2021, Belgium.
        • CASTRO HERRERA, Diana, BEN‐AMAR, Walid, MARTINEZ, Isabelle. «Specific Climate Change Risk Disclosures and the Cost of Debt». 2020 AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium, American Accounting Association, June 2020, United States of America.
  • Scientific Collaborations
    • Member of research laboratories
      • Since 2024, Member of the Research group (8) Sustainable enterprises and organizations, UR CONFLUENCE : Sciences et Humanités (EA1598), UCLy, France
    • Involvement in subsidised research contracts
      • Member : 2023 - 2026, FINANZAS Y CONTABILIDAD PARA ESG, PID2022-136451NB-I00
      • Member : Precio de las materias primas, variables macro-financieras y riesgos globales, PID2024-162481NB-I00
  • Diplomas
    • 2021, Doctorat en Comptabilité Contrôle, Divulgation des risques liés aux changements climatiques : déterminants et conséquences, Université Toulouse I Capitole, France
  • Pedagogical activities and responsabilities
    • Since 2024, Assistant Professor, ESDES Lyon Business School, UCLy, France
  • Awards and distinctions
    • 2022 - 2022, Mention d’Honneur, France
  • Languages
    • English - Able to teach
    • French - Able to teach
    • Spanish - Able to teach