He teaches Statistics and his research is centered around applied statistics and survey sampling methodology. In the beginning of his career he did research in clinical trials and AIDS drug development at the Harvard School of Public Health for the AIDS Clinical Trials Group. He has done research work on measuring innovation, R&D spending, and determinants of economic development. He is currently working on measuring absolute poverty and on the effectiveness of policy initiatives of the EU. ybassiak@econ.uoa.gr