South-East European Research Centre (SEERC)

Mr. Vogiazas obtained his BSc degree in Applied Mathematics in 1993 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, his MSc in Management Science (Operations Research) from Lancaster University in 1994 and the MSc in Banking and Finance from the University of Sheffield in 2007. He upgraded from MPhil to PhD candidate in July 2011. His PhD research focuses on the macroeconomic credit risk modeling & determinants in the SEE region and is supervised by Dr Nikolaidou E., Business Administration & Economics Department, CITY College (Affiliated College of the University of Sheffield) and Dr Mouratidis K., Economics Department, University of Sheffield.His work has been presented at the following conferences:

• The 5^th Annual South-East European Doctoral Student Conference, 2010, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• The 3^rd International Conference on ‘The Economies of Balkan and Eastern European countries in the changed world’, 2011, Pitesti, Romania.
• The VUZF University Conference on ‘The Banking System under the Global Financial Crisis’, 2011, Sofia, Bulgaria.
• The 6^th Annual South-East European Doctoral Student Conference, 2011, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• The MIBES (Management of International Business & Economic Systems) International Conference, 2011, Serres, Greece.

Supervisors: Dr Konstantinos Mouratidis and Prof. Eftychia Nikolaidou