Vasileios Plakandaras

Vasilios Plakandaras is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the same department, where he completed his graduate studies, leading to a PhD in Applied Economics. His research interests focus on studying complex non-linear systems and their application to economic problems, using machine learning and econometric approaches. He has published more than 30 studies in leading peer-reviewed journals as the International Journal of Finance and Economics, Economics Letters, Economic Modelling, Journal of Policy Modelling, Journal of Forecasting, Resources Policy, International Finance, Empirical Economics and Applied Economics, compiling numerous citations. He participated in research programs funded by national and European sources, while teaches Econometrics, Applied Economics and Quantitative methods at the undergraduate and graduate level.