Dr Chrysovalantis Vasilakis
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Contact info
Email: C.vasilakis@bangor.ac.uk
Bangor Business School
Hen Goleg, Bangor University, College Road, Bangor, LL57 2DG
Office:Room 1.06, Hen Goleg
Contact Info
Email: C.vasilakis@bangor.ac.uk
Bangor Business School
Hen Goleg, Bangor University, College Road, Bangor, LL57 2DG
Office:Room 1.06, Hen Goleg
Overview
Dr Chrysovalantis Vasilakis is Associate Professor(Senior Lecturer) at Bangor University, Department of Business. He has obtained his PhD in Economics in 2013 from Universite Catholque de Louvain. He is also Research Associate at Institute of Economic and Social Research- (IRES)-Universite Catholique de Louvain and The management and Decision Laboratory (MDE-LAB) of the University of Aegean, Department of Financial Engineering and Management. He is Research affiliate in IZA.
His research interests are in International Migration, applied econometrics with applications in Finance, Health, Education, Economic Growth and Corporate Governance. He is also interested in Big data, Machine learning, Forecasting, Number theory and Partial differential equations.
-Director of Forelab
-Ethics officer
Teaching and Supervision
Postgraduate Teaching:
- Financial Econometrics (ASB-4408)
- Financial Dissertation (ASB-4909)
Undergraduate Teaching:
- Current Issues in Economics (ASB-2320/3320)
- Econometrics (ASB-3317)
Bangor University: Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education
Supervision of Phd Students:
- Guan Wang: Essays in Machine Learning with Applications in Finance (Graduated)
- Yupeng Zhang: Essays in Finance and Chinese Economy
Grant Awards and Projects
2023: BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants: Sustainability Finance and Accounting
2022: AI methods for forecasting credit rating: Welsh Development Bank
2019: ESF 2019-20 (FEC £41,000): CI in Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESSII) funded Master by Research with industrial placement in 2025 Movement https://2025movement.org/ jointly with Professor K. Nikolopoulos (PI), Wrexham Glyndwr University and ClwydAlyn Housing for the period October 2019 to September 2020 on "Evaluating the effectiveness of current business practices for creating social enterprises: the case of 2025 Movement". (Acceptance in November 2019)
Education / academic qualifications
- 2015 - Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education , Bangor University
- PhD , Phd in Economics and Management
Research outputs (20)
- Published
Bank regulations and surges and stops in credit: panel evidence
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Operational Research in the time of COVID-19: the ‘science for better’ or worse in the absence of hard data
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
- Published
Forecasting and planning during a pandemic: COVID-19 growth rates, supply chain disruptions, and governmental decisions
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prof. activities and awards (2)
Bangor Business School (Organisational unit)
Activity: Membership › Membership of network