Her two main research areas are the intersection of corporate social responsibility and finance, and asset price bubbles. Her papers have been published in such journals the Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Asset Management, and European Financial Management. She received the 2005 Moskowitz Prize for the best quantitative study in the SRI domain, 2005 European Finance and Sustainability Research Award, the 2011 Crowell Prize by Panagora Asset Management, and the 2011 European Financial Management Top Download Best Paper Award. Dr. Guenster obtained her PhD from RSM Erasmus University in 2009.