Raša Karapandža is the Dean of EBS Business School and Professor of Finance, where he also serves as Academic Director of the Master in Finance program and holds the Chair of Finance. He earned his PhD in Economics and Finance at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics under the supervision of Andreu Mas-Colell, following earlier studies in astrophysics at the University of Belgrade. He is currently a Visiting Professor at NYU and Co-Director of the NYU Center for Technology, Economics, and Development (CTED).

His work focuses on investments, empirical asset pricing, and the use of technologies such as blockchain, AI, and large-scale data in economics and finance, both in research and in practice. He previously held visiting research positions at New York University and UC Berkeley.

Earlier in his career he worked at BlackRock, Berkshire Hathaway, and Renaissance Technologies. Outside academia, he serves as a non-executive director and member of audit committees on the boards of publicly listed companies in the payments and technology sectors. He is a sixteen-time recipient of the EBS student body’s Teaching Excellence Award, and his research has been featured in major international media outlets like WSJ, NYT and Bloomberg. He has also contributed to policy discussions on digital assets and financial innovation and has advised members of the US Congress.