Apostolos Serletis

Dr. Apostolos Serletis joined the University of Calgary in 1984 as an assistant professor of economics in the Faculty of Social Sciences, marking the start of many years of contribution to the university community. His career has led him to become an internationally recognized scholar whose research has made a significant impact in various areas of economics.

Serletis has been a full professor of economics and finance since 1991, specializing in macroeconometrics, monetary and financial economics and nonlinear and complex dynamics. His research continues to be widely published in highly regarded academic publications, such as the Canadian Journal of Economics, and most recently, in the Journal of Macroeconomics.

After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Piraeus in Greece in 1976, he obtained his Master of Arts from the University of Windsor in 1979, before moving on to earn his PhD in economics from McMaster University in 1984. Recent awards include a Faculty of Social Sciences research fellowship in 2002 and distinguished research awards in both 1997 and 2003 from the U of C. He has also received several research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) during that time.

Serletis’s role as a professor has allowed him to play a very active role with graduate students, having supervised 28 master’s and seven PhD candidates. He is widely acknowledged to be an outstanding macro and monetary economist by his colleagues and is highly respected by his peers and students.