Dr Nikolaos Antonios Kalyvas is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at Kent Business School, University of Kent, since January 2023. His academic career includes prior roles at the University of Southampton (Lecturer B in Finance), University of Greenwich (Lecturer in Finance), and University of Sussex (Fellow in Banking). He earned a PhD in Finance from Sussex, an MSc in International Banking (Southampton), an MSc in International Business and Development Economics (Reading), and a BA in Business (Reading). Dr Kalyvas is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) with a PGCE in Higher Education from Greenwich. Research focuses on: Bank loan contracting, pricing, and performance (internal governance vs. external regulations) Real effects of finance on entrepreneurship, inequality, employment, growth, and health Political economy impacts on finance, including corruption, risk, ideology Corporate innovation drivers via banking/finance sector Recent publications analyze corruption in US corporate lending, economic freedom impacts on loan costs, and Bitcoin crash risk. His work bridges finance, political economy, and behavioral economics. Dr Kalyvas supervised PhD candidate Dr Christine Christofi on CEO cultural heritage effects on banks. Teaching includes Corporate Governance & Ethics, International Banking, and Islamic Banking modules.




