Daniel Burnier

Datos Biográficos

ID3912820
NOMBREDaniel Burnier
NOMBRESDaniel
APELLIDOBurnier
FIRMABURNIER D
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Neuchâtel
ORCID0000-0002-2680-7051
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS7
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR3
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2011
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Varieties of Impact Investing

    Eve Chiapello, Camille Roth et al.BOOKVarieties of Impact Investing2025

    International audience

  • Varieties of Impact Investing

    Open AccessPhilip Balsiger, Daniel Burnier et al.BOOKVarieties of Impact Investing2025

    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. A new trend in ethical finance, impact investing aims to generate positive social or environmental impacts alongside financial returns. But what does it really mean and how is it practiced across different regions and organizations? This volume explores the malleability of impact investing and how it overlaps with the development sphere to give finance a new role. From global networks to …

  • Morality in Times of Uncertainty

    Open AccessDaniel Burnier, Philip Balsiger et al.ARTICLESwiss Journal of Sociology2025

    This paper analyses the moral discourse of contemporary “caring capitalists” through a Geneva-based study of impact asset managers seeking to generate measurable social and environmental results alongside a financial return. The discursive analysis reveals how strongly impact investing is grounded in the worldview of finance, in spite of its claim to transcend it. In a context of uncertainty about impact, we also show that principle-based deontol…

  • Varieties of Impact Investing

    Philip Balsiger, Daniel Burnier et al.BOOKVarieties of Impact Investing2025

  • To Plan or Not to Plan? Experiences and Challenges of Older Swiss Adults Facing End-of-Life Decisions

    Open AccessDolores Angela Castelli Dransart, Christian Maggiori et al.ARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying2024

    End-of-life (EoL) planning and the drafting of advance care directives (ACD) are challenging for older adults. As part of a mixed study, the content of 18 semi-structured interviews with Swiss community-dwelling older adults was analyzed to investigate contextual and interactional aspects that might influence their choice to complete ACD. Results show that EoL planning vary greatly. Three types of planners were highlighted: the solo planners, the…

  • Dépeindre la finance comme une « force pour le bien »

    Open AccessDaniel Burnier, Philip Balsiger et al.ARTICLENatures Sciences Sociétés2022

    Cet article s’intéresse au discours de l’industrie de l’investissement d’impact à travers le cas du Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), l’une des plus importantes organisations à faire la promotion de cette approche à travers le monde. À partir d’une analyse documentaire, nous décrivons le concept flou d’« investissement d’impact » qui se trouve au cœur de ce discours. Afin de favoriser la diffusion de ce concept et de son discours, le GIIN f…

  • Sortir de chez soi

    Harvey Molotch, Daniel BurnierARTICLERéseaux2019

    Cet article, écrit en 1994, s'interroge sur la place de la sociologie dans le discours public américain et constate que les principaux médias et politiciens ignorent les hypothèses et résultats sociologiques. Si le public de la sociologie, à tous les niveaux, est plutôt mince, cette réalité amène un certain nombre de conséquences négatives sur les manières dont se comportent les sociologues. L'article dévoile ainsi avec humour quelques secrets de…

  • Household food insecurity and childhood overweight in Jamaica and Québec

    Open AccessLise Dubois, Damion Francis et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    Public health interventions which aim to stem the epidemic of overweight/obesity should consider gender differences and other family factors associated with overweight/obesity in both developed and developing countries

  • Demographic and socio-economic factors related to food intake and adherence to nutritional recommendations in a cohort of pre-school children

    Open AccessLise Dubois, Anna Farmer et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011

    Objective To examine: (i) children's food intake and adherence to both Canada's Food Guide for Healthy Eating and Dietary Reference Intakes; and (ii) the social and demographic factors related to children's food intake. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting Data were obtained through the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development 1998–2010, a representative sample ( n 2103) of children born in 1998 in the province of Quebec, Canada. Informa…