Stavros Kourtzidis joined the University of Dundee in November 2017 and is Senior Lecturer in Finance & Banking and Associate Dean of Research in the School of Business. He holds a BSc in Economics, an MSc in Applied Economics and a PhD in Economics from the University of Thessaly, Greece. 

Stavros’ research interests lie in the field of Efficiency & Productivity Analysis with a particular focus on financial institutions. Specifically, Stavros specialises in the modelling of non-parametric production functions in two (or more) stages and in the network data envelopment analysis (DEA) models. He has published, among others, in the European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Banking & Finance and in the Journal of the Operational Research Society. His current work centres around four key topical areas in the area of banking and finance literature: 

1. the modelling of bank performance; 
2. portfolio efficiency;
3. advances in network DEA models; and 
4. interdisciplinary benchmarking applications, including court performance, school performance, and environmental sustainability.

Research interests:

• Efficiency & Productivity Analysis
• Performance Measurement
• Banking & Finance
• Operational Research
• Network Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Current Teaching

• Quantitative Methods (5QM)
• Bank Modelling and Performance Analysis (5BM)

Past Teaching

• Econometrics for Finance (5EF)
• Research Methods (5RM)