Ilias' research interests lie (until now) in asset pricing, portfolio management, extreme events risk, bank systemic risk and returns forecasting. His preferred methods include Bayesian inference (MCMC, particle filtering), stochastic processes and time series econometrics. He has also refereed for acclaimed international journals, including the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money and Digital Finance.

Apart from Finance, he maintains a long and established interest in Micro- and Macroeconomics, Political Economy, History of Economic Thought, Growth and Development, and welcomes research ideas from those areas.

Ilias holds a PhD in Finance from Loughborough University, an MA in EU Studies from Leiden University, an MSc in Economics and Finance from the University of York and a Degree in Economics from National Capodistrian University of Athens.