Dr. Cristian Badarinza is an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore, a Faculty Affiliate of the Institute of Real Estate Studies, and a Network Associate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, London.

His research interests are in the areas of residential real estate, household finance and financial economics. Previously, he has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at Saïd Business School, a Research Assistant in the Monetary Policy Research Division of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt am Main, and has obtained a PhD and an MSc in Economics from Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main.

He is part of the Oxford-Harvard-Sloan Initiative for International Comparative Household Finance. This research initiative connects academics from Europe and the US which seek to explore how household financial markets (such as mortgage, pension, and risky asset markets) are set up around the world, and whether there are international best practises that can be established.

Keynote Speech
Real estate sustainability: Taking stock or going with the flow?