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Raša Karapandža is a Professor of Finance and the Dean of EBS Business School at EBS University of Business and Law. He serves as Academic Director of the Master of Finance program, holds the Chair of Finance at EBS, and maintains industry roles as a board member of rs2.com and mentor at Plug and Play accelerator.
His educational background includes a PhD in Economics and Finance from Barcelona Graduate School of Economics – Pompeu Fabra University. He has held research fellowships at NYU and UC Berkeley, and served as a visiting professor at NYU.
Professor Karapandža's research centers on empirical asset pricing and portfolio management, with recent work exploring stock return predictability, information-driven forecasting, and big data applications for generating robust portfolio alphas. He actively investigates cryptocurrency regulation and blockchain technologies, having advised U.S. Congress members on policy frameworks.
His publication record reveals an interdisciplinary approach spanning finance, network science, and demographic economics. Key themes include quantitative methods for return predictability, text analysis of financial disclosures, complex systems modeling, and emerging market financial instruments.
No scientific awards are documented in the provided materials, though his research has gained recognition through media coverage in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Der Spiegel.
Professor Karapandža bridges academia and industry through congressional advisory work on cryptocurrency regulation, board membership at rs2.com, and startup mentorship via Plug and Play. His policy impact extends to blockchain governance frameworks and fintech innovation strategies.
He actively contributes to fintech education through NYU Abu Dhabi courses on blockchain applications and financial market foundations, while continuing research on metaverse economics and digital asset ecosystems as evidenced by recent Wired Magazine publications.
