PhD positions, starting September 2018

The last date to apply for postgraduate studies is Friday, 13th of April 2018.

For applications, click  here

• One (1) post in the following  topic: “Operations Management with emphasis Finance or Shipping”

Description: Operations Management with emphasis in shipping studies the learning environment of fundamental knowledge and skills related to the development and application of analytical tools essential for the support of corporate decisions. This field represents one of the key elements for the efficiency of operations management, especially in the shipping industry.

Required Qualifications: Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and a Master's level postgraduate degree in Business Management, or Economics or Shipping Economics or Operations Management or Mathematics or Statistics or Applied Mathematics or related field of study. The doctoral candidate usually receives financial support.

Research Advisors:

Panayiotis Andreou, Assistant Professor, panayiotis.andreou@cut.ac.cy

Neophytos Lambertides, Associate Professor, n.lambertides@cut.ac.cy

• One (1) post in the following topic  “Finance”

Required Qualifications: Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and a Master's level postgraduate degree in Finance or Economics or Applied Mathematics or related field of study. The doctoral candidate usually receives financial support.

Research Advisors:

Christodoulos Louca, Assistant Professor, christodoulos.louca@cut.ac.cy

Dimitris Tsouknidis, Lecturer, dimitris.tsouknidis@cut.ac.cy

• One (1) post in the following topic “Finance”

Required Qualifications: Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and a Master's level postgraduate degree in Finance or Economics or Applied Mathematics or related field of study. The doctoral candidate usually receives financial support.

Research Advisors:

Christodoulos Louca, Assistant Professor, christodoulos.louca@cut.ac.cy

Eleni Kalotychou, Assistant Professor, eleni.kalotychou@cut.ac.cy

• One (1) post in the area “International Finance” or “International Financial Management”

Required Qualifications: Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and/or a Master's degree from an accredited University in at least one of the following fields: Economics, Finance, Econometrics, Business Administration, Applied Statistics. Prospective doctoral students will receive financial support from the department.

Research Advisor: Andreas Savvides, Professor, andreas.savvides@cut.ac.cy

• One (1) post in one of following topics “Shipping or Shipping Management or Shipping Economics or Transportation Logistics ”

Required Qualifications: Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and a Master's level postgraduate degree from an accredited University in Operations Research, Econometrics or Quantitative Methods or Statistics or Finance or Business Administration or Shipping or Logistics/Supply Chain Management".

Research Advisor: Photis Panayides, Professor, photis.panayides@cut.ac.cy

• One (1) post in the one of following topics: “Financial Engineering” or “Financial Risk Management”

Required Qualifications: Candidates should have a postgraduate diploma (MSc) in Mathematics (Statistics or Probability Theory) or in a related field from a high standing University. Outstanding knowledge of English is a must. The doctoral candidate may receive departmental financial support.

Research Advisor: Panayiotis Theodossiou, Professor, p.theodossiou@cut.ac.cy

• One (1) post in the following  topic “Macro-econometric models in energy markets”

Description: Energy markets are extremely important for the global economy and the global industrial production. Manufacturing, refining and transportation sectors are heavily exposed to price variations of crude oil and oil products along with alternative forms of energy commodities, such as the natural gas. This topic focuses on the application of macro-econometrics models in energy markets, such as the family of Vector Autoregressive models (Structural Vector Autoregressive, Time-Varying Parameter Vector Autoregressive models, etc.).

Required Qualifications: Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s level postgraduate degree in Economics, Statistics, and Mathematics, Shipping Economics, Business Management or a related field of study. The doctoral candidate usually receives financial support.

Research Advisors:

Christos Savva, Associate Professor, christos.savva@cut.ac.cy

Dimitris Tsouknidis Dimitris Tsouknidis, Lecturer, dimitris.tsouknidis@cut.ac.cy

Information:

From the Department Secretary Tel.: 25002628, Fax: 25002766