Panteion University of Social and Political SciencesDepartment of Economic and Regional Development

Research team

Laboratory Director and researcher

Stavros Degiannakis

Energy finance, financial econometrics, and macroeconomic forecasting

Portrait of Stavros Degiannakis

Research profile

Professor Degiannakis was recognized as one of the world's top 2% scientists across all scientific fields in 2023. This was the fourth year in which he was included among the researchers with the highest impact worldwide.

Professor Degiannakis's research interests lie in energy finance, including oil-price modelling and forecasting, oil-trading strategies, oil ETFs, tradable volatility assets, and big-data analysis for energy finance; financial econometrics, including ultra-high-frequency modelling, ultra-high-frequency algorithmic trading, option pricing, and financial-market modelling; applied economics, including nowcasting and forecasting for macroeconomic policy; and market-risk management, including predictive models for market risk.

His research has received multiple scholarships and awards. He has more than 5,000 citations on Google Scholar and approximately 57,000 reads on ResearchGate. He evaluates research proposals for the European Research Council and serves as a reviewer for 50 high-profile international scientific journals.