Apostolos Kourtis

Apostolos Kourtis is an Associate Professor in Finance at Norwich Business School (University of East Anglia), serving as Head of the Finance Group from 2015 to 2024. He also holds visiting roles as a Professor for the MSc in Blockchain and Digital Currency at the University of Nicosia and as a Visiting Researcher at Durham University’s IHHR Forecasting Laboratory. He is a member of the American and European Finance Associations and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Education:

• BSc in Mathematics, University of Athens
• MSc in Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of Oxford
• Doctorate in Finance, Athens University of Economics and Business

Research Interests: Portfolio selection, forecasting, risk management, blockchain finance, and sustainable finance. His work focuses on portfolio choice under estimation risk, return moment forecasting, and blockchain applications in finance. His research has been published in top journals like the Journal of Banking and Finance and Journal of Empirical Finance, and featured in media outlets such as the Financial Times and Bloomberg.

Recent Research Trends: His articles emphasize empirical finance, with a focus on quantifying market behaviors (e.g., aesthetics in digital art markets) and regulatory challenges (e.g., green finance for energy systems). His methodologies often blend computational modeling with real-world financial data.

• Awards: 2014 Augusto Gonzalez Linares Award for attracting international talent, 2010 Basic Research Funding Competition (Athens University).

Advising & Grants: Currently supervising six PhD students and leading the Horizon Europe-funded project "Beyond the horizon: A human-friendly deployment of artificial intelligence and related technologies". He co-organizes the International Symposium in Finance (ISF), a paper development workshop.

Labs & Teams: Active in the IHHR Forecasting Laboratory (Durham University) and serves on editorial boards, including Forecasting and Journal of the British Blockchain Association.