{"id":62054,"date":"2025-06-13T00:46:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T21:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/?page_id=62054"},"modified":"2026-01-24T03:38:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:38:37","slug":"faculty-d-of-economics-finance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/faculty-d-of-economics-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"62054\" class=\"elementor elementor-62054\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28ab915 e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28ab915\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:100,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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He is a former Faculty member at the J.F.K. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (1986-2009) and a 2007 NOBEL Peace Prize Contributor. He served as Director of the Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM) and Professor of Economics, Ethics and Sustainability at CIIM (2000-2023). He has also served as a Visiting Professor at Tel Aviv University (2010-15) and as a Member of the Cyprus President\u2019s Council of the National Economy (2013-18). He has published over 100 journal articles, monographs and books on economic development &amp; environment, climate change, sustainability and competitiveness. 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dean of the CIIM Business School<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52de34a e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"52de34a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ca0ede elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"5ca0ede\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-university\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M496 128v16a8 8 0 0 1-8 8h-24v12c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H60c-6.627 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He earned his PhD in Business Economics from Stanford University, California. Most recently, he served as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics at Ben-Gurion University, Israel (2018\u20132021). Professor Sonsino is well known for his top-tier publications in economics and finance, particularly in the fields of behavioural and experimental finance. 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He received his PhD in Mathematics from the Steklov Institute of Mathematics and a PhD in Finance from the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dr Afanasiev has more than 25 years of experience in international banking and risk management, covering Europe, emerging markets, and the Gulf region. 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She received her PhD in Business Administration and Management (Topic: FinTech Business Models and Their Linkages with Customers and Founders) in 2022 from Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia). In 2016, she obtained a PhD in Regional Economics from the Institute of Regional Economic Problems (Russia). Ekaterina has more than 10 years of teaching experience. 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