Christos Kallandranis has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance at the University of West Attica since 2025, having previously served as an Assistant Professor in the same department from 2021 to 2025. He holds a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from the University of Patras, Greece, where he specialised in credit markets and business investment decisions, an MSc in Finance and Economics from the University of Manchester (formerly UMIST), and a Bachelor's in Public Administration/ Economics Division from Panteion University in Athens.

Before joining the University of West Attica, Christos was a Senior Lecturer at Regent’s University London. He has also served as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Patras and has also taught at Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi in Rome, the Hellenic Open University and the Open University of Cyprus. Christos was also an External Research Associate at the Bank of Greece.

He has extensive experience in academic quality assurance. He has served as External Examiner at the University of West London, Staffordshire University Business School and the University of Bedfordshire Business School. He has also been International Moderator at Queen Margaret University, Scotland, and External Assessor for the MBA programme at the Open University, UK. He is also a regular reviewer for a number of ABS-listed journals and for leading conferences in his field.

His research examines real economic decisions under capital market imperfections. He also works across several related areas, including climate finance, trust in institutions, non-traditional markets, and economic growth and government spending. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and presented his work at national and international conferences.

Christos is committed to bridging theory and practice, bringing his research into the classroom to enrich the student experience. He aims to develop critical thinking and a deep understanding of economic and financial principles in his students, using hands-on activities and real-world examples to engage them.

Within the University of West Attica, he is Programme Director of the BA in Applied Philosophy and Business Decision Making, the first English-taught bachelor’s programme at the University. He also led the Lifelong Learning Programme “Fintech Foundations: Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies.”