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Alexandros Skouralis

Lecturer in Real Estate and Planning

Alexandros

Specialisms

  • Housing Markets, 
  • Systemic Risk, 
  • Macro-financial Stability, 
  • Real Estate Lending, 
  • Climate risk (Flood risk)

Location

EM 168, Whiteknights Campus

Alexandros Skouralis is a Lecturer in Real Estate & Finance at Henley Business School, University of Reading

His research focuses on financial stability/ systemic risk, real estate markets, climate risk (flood risk), and macroeconomic policy. His work has been published in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Housing Economics, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, and Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. Before joining Henley Business School, Alexandros was a Research Fellow and Visiting Lecturer at Bayes Business School, City St George’s, University of London, where he contributed to various research projects, including the UK Commercial Real Estate Lending report. Prior to that, he worked in the Macro-Financial Division of the Central Bank of Ireland.

Alexandros would be interested in supervising PhD students on topics such as housing markets, financial stability and real estate, and climate risk.

Qualifications

  • PhD Economics, Lancaster University
  • MSc Economics & Finance, University of Bristol
  • BSc Economics, University of Piraeus (Greece)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Reference: Skouralis, A. (2026) Systemic risk under the radar: evidence from building societies and challenger banks. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 107. 102267. ISSN 1873-0612 doi: 10.1016/j.intfin.2025.102267
Henley faculty authors:
Alexandros Skouralis
Reference: Kladakis, G., Lux, N. and Skouralis, A. (2025) Exploring the non-linear dynamics between commercial real estate and systemic risk. Journal of Empirical Finance, 82. 101607. ISSN 1879-1727 doi: 10.1016/j.jempfin.2025.101607
Henley faculty authors:
Alexandros Skouralis
Reference: Kladakis, G. and Skouralis, A. (2025) Sovereign credit rating downgrades and Growth-at-Risk. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 103. 102195. ISSN 1873-0612 doi: 10.1016/j.intfin.2025.102195
Henley faculty authors:
Alexandros Skouralis
Reference: Andrew, M., Culley, J., Lux, N. and Skouralis, A. (2025) Climate risk, insurance retreat and mortgage exposure: implications for UK households and housing finance. Housing Finance International, XXXIX (1). pp. 27-34. ISSN 2078-6328
Henley faculty authors:
Alexandros Skouralis

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