Sasha Talavera

Sasha Talavera is a Professor in Financial Economics at the Department of Economics, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, where he joined in 2019. He previously held professorial and academic positions at Swansea University, University of Sheffield, Durham University, University of East Anglia, and DIW-Berlin.

• PhD in Economics, European University Viadrina
• MA in Economics, Boston College
• MA in Economics, Kyiv School of Economics
• BA in Economics, Ostroh Academy

His research focuses on financial economics, with specific interests in online prices, big data analytics, banking, fintech, corporate finance, behavioral finance, and emerging markets. His work integrates empirical methods with real-world financial and economic data to address policy-relevant questions.

The recent publications reflect a strong trend in analyzing financial behavior under crisis (e.g., war in Ukraine), monetary policy communication, and the application of big data and text analysis in economics. His research spans disciplines including econometrics, financial stability, labor economics, and public choice, often using innovative data sources such as online job ads and social media.

Sasha Talavera is actively involved in the academic community, serving on the editorial boards of Bank i Kredyt, Visnyk NBU, and as founder of VoxUkraine.org. He is also an expert for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

He supervises several PhD students, including Zixi Guo, Mohammad Aldoub, and Fei Ge, and has successfully placed past advisees in institutions such as the Capital Market Authority of Kuwait, Aston University, and NHS England. He has not received any explicitly mentioned scientific awards in the provided text.

He leads a dynamic research agenda involving big data, crisis economics, and financial decision-making, contributing significantly to both academic and policy-oriented discourse.