Dr. Theodore Syriopoulos is Professor of Finance and Chair of the Ports Management and Shipping Department of the School of Economics & Political Sciences (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens). He also holds adjunct and visiting posts in several Universities, including Athens Law School. Professor Syriopoulos teaches a range of undergraduate as well as postgraduate courses in the field of Finance, including: International Finance, Shipping Finance, Banking Management, Global Capital Markets and Portfolio Management, Advanced Corporate Finance & Risk Management, and Financial Derivatives and Risk Management.
He is a PhD (1990) and Master graduate (1987) of University of Kent at Canterbury and bachelor graduate of University of Piraeus (1985). He participates regularly in international conferences, expert-panels and round-tables and publishes systematically in accredited international financial journals, as well as in edited volumes and books in contemporary topics of applied finance: Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, International Review of Financial Analysis, Applied Financial Economics, European Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Economics and Finance, Maritime Policy & Management, Applied Economics.
Among his recent publications: Greek Shipping, Employment and Competitiveness (together with I. Theotoka, M. Lekanou, A. Palli, I. Tsamourgeli, 2008), Transports: Arteries of Life for Islands (together with M. Lekanou, K. Panou, E. Papadimitriou, E. Tzannatos, K. Xlomoudi, 2007), as well as the following articles: Stock Market Volatility Spillovers and Portfolio Hedging: BRICS and the Financial Crisis (with Β. Makram, Α. Boubaker, International Review of Financial Analysis, 2015 (39), 7-18), Basel III and Its Effects on Banking Performance: Investigating Lending Rates and Loan Quality (with D. Gavalas, Journal of Finance and Bank Management, 2015 (2) 17-52), Which Risk-Collateral Channels Affect Loan Management? (with D. Gavalas, Journal of Energy Markets, 2015 (8), 1-27).