Research Seminar Series

The HO Research Seminar series provides a forum for academic and policy research. Topics cover current economic, public policy and foreign policy issues related to Greece, Cyprus and southeast Europe region but also extend to topics on culture and history.

The seminar series runs during the Autumn and Winter Terms. You can find out more about our recent seminars & listen to the podcasts of our past seminars below.

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A listing of all of our forthcoming seminars and events can be found on our Events Page

March 2024

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Remnants of Civil War: immediate and long-run effects of electoral oppression in cold war Greece 

Tuesday 19 March 2024, 6.00pm-7.30pm

Speaker: George Melios, Research Fellow, Department of Psychological & Behavioural Science, LSE; Research Advisor, Gallup

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

Venue: CBG.2.04, 2nd floor, Centre Building, LSE

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Before and after the 1974 transition to democracy: institutions, politics and economics in post-war Greece

Thursday 9 May 2024, 6.00pm-7.30pm

Speaker: George Alogoskoufis, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics &  Business

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

Venue: Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Centre Building, LSE

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Past Seminars

2023/24

Winter Term

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Cyprus and EU sanctions: macroeconomic impacts and policies for a sustained recovery

Tuesday 12 March 2024, 6.00pm-7.30pm

Speaker: Stelios Sakkas, Research Economist, Economics Research Centre, Department of Economics, University of Cyprus

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

Venue: CBG.2.05, 2nd floor, Centre Building, LSE

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Greek economy: the trajectory from crisis to sustainable growth

Tuesday 5 March 2024, 6.00pm-7.30pm

Speakers: Anthony Bartzokas, Associate Professor, University of Athens; Professorial Fellow, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
Peter Sanfey, Deputy Director for Country Economics and Policy within the Economics, Policy and Governance Department, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Professor of Political Economy and Eleftherios K. Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies

Venue: CBG.1.06, 1st floor, Centre Building, LSE

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From statism to cooperation for export-oriented production? The case of contract farming in Greece

Tuesday 6 February 2024, 6.00pm-7.30pm

Speaker: Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow,  Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), University of Oxford

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

Venue: CBG.2.06, 2nd floor, Centre Building, LSE

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Refugees from Anatolia in Greece. A Centennial Assessment.

Tuesday 16 January 2024, 6.00pm-7.30pm

Speaker: Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics, London Business School

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Professor of Political Economy and Eleftherios K. Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies

Venue: CBG.2.06, 2nd floor, Centre Building, LSE

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Autumn Term

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Coming to terms with forced migration

Tuesday 14 November 2023, 6.00pm-7.30pm

Speaker: Marilena Anastasopoulou, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, European Institute, LSE 

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

Venue: SAL.LG.04, Lower Ground, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE 

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The birth of a new predominant party system? The May and June 2023 elections in Greece

Tuesday 24 October 2023

Speaker: Yannis Tsirbas, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

Venue: MAR.2.05, 2nd floor, Marshall Building, LSE

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The twin deficits, monetary instability and debt crises in the history of modern Greece

Tuesday 3 October 2023

Speaker: George Alogoskoufis, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics &  Business

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

Venue: CBG.2.05, 2nd floor, Centre Building, LSE

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2022/23

Autumn Term

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Exiting the Crisis: the challenges of reform agency in Greece

Tuesday 11 October 2022

Speaker: Calliope Spanou, Professor of Administrative Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Jens Bastian, CATS Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

Venue: CBG.1.06, 1st floor, Centre Building, LSE 

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Entrepreneurship and Firm Resilience in Times of Crisis: evidence from Greece

Tuesday 25 October 2022

Speaker: Ioannis Kaplanis, Research Fellow, Athens University of Economics and Business

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE

Venue: Alumni Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Political Trust and Satisfaction with Democracy in Greece in Comparative Perspective (1986-2020)

Tuesday 8 November 2022

Speaker: Sofia Vassilopoulou, Professor of European Politics, Department of European and International Studies, King’s College London

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

Venue: Alumni Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE  

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The Privatisation of Public Space by Leisure Industries and Commercial Gentrification in (post) Pandemic Greece

Tuesday 22 November 2022

Speaker: Philipp Katsinas, Visiting Fellow, LSE 

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE

Venue: CBG.2.05, Centre Building, LSE

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Winter Term

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Crisis, Clientelism and Institutional Resilience: reflections on a public sector reform under the MoUs

Tuesday 24 January 2023

Speaker: Dimitris Katsikas, Assistant Professor of International & European Political Economy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

Venue: Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre, Centre Building, LSE

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Intergenerational Mobility in Education in Greece

Tuesday 28 February 2023, 6.00pm- 7.30pm

Speaker: Nikos Vettas, General Director of the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE); Professor, Athens University of Economics & Business

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE

Venue: Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre, 1st Floor, Centre Building, LSE

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Greece’s Strategy Vis-à-Vis Turkey: from ‘hard’ to ‘smart balancing’?

Tuesday 14 March 2023, 6.00pm- 7.30pm

Speaker: Panayotis Tsakonas, Professor of International Relations, Security Studies & Foreign Policy Analysis, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens 

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

Venue: Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre, 1st Floor, Centre Building, LSE

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Exploring ‘Culture Wars’ in Greece: mapping new conflicts and voter support

Wednesday 22 March 2023, 6.00pm- 7.30pm

Speakers: Sokratis Koniordos, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Department of Political Science & International Affairs, University of the Peloponnese
Roula Nezi, Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Surrey
Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Professor of Political Science, Νational and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

Venue: CBG.2.02, 2nd Floor, Centre Building, LSE

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2021/22

Autumn Term

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Youth and Politics in Protracted Conflicts

Tuesday 5 October 2021

Speakers: Huseyin Cakal, Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, Keele University
Oded Adomi Leshem
, Fellow, Truman Research Institute, Hebrew University
Neophytos Loizides
, Professor in International Conflict Analysis, University of Kent 
Charis Psaltis
, Associate Professor of Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Cyprus

Chair: Philipp Katsinas, Hellenic Observatory Research Officer

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Public Trust and Citizen Engagement in Greece: learning from the past?

Tuesday 2 November 2021

Speaker: Stefanos Loukopoulos, Co-founder and Director of Vouliwatch

Discassants:
Vasiliki Georgiadou, 
Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University
Lamprini Rori, Assistant Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Chair: Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics, LSE

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Entrepreneurialising Solidarity? A Pragmatic Sociology of the Social and Solidarity Economy in Greece

Tuesday 16 November 2021

Speaker: Dimitris Soudias, Hellenic Bank Association Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy at the European Institute, LSE

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Cyprus and Stability in the Eastern Mediterranean

Tuesday 30 November 2021

Speaker: Ambassador Alexandros N. Zenon, f.  High Commissioner of Cyprus to the UK

Discussant: Emmanuel Karagiannis, Reader in International Security, King’s College London

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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Winter Term

Crisis Management within Government: Papandreou and Tsipras compared

Tuesday 18 January 2022

Speakers: Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Dimitris Papadimitriou, Professor of Politics, University of Manchester

Chair: Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director; Associate Professor of International Relations and European Politics, LSE 

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Intelligent Modelling of e-Government Initiatives in Greece 

Tuesday 15 February 2022

Speakers: Fay Makantasi, Research Director, diaNEOsis
Diomidis Spinellis, Professor of Software Engineering, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
George Xirogiannis, Deputy Director General at SEV Hellenic Federation and Enterprises; CEO at SEV’s research institute.

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observator

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Deciphering the Formulation of Greek Economic Diplomacy towards the Western Balkans

Tuesday 1 March 2022

Speakers: Nikolaos Tzifakis, Associate Professor of International Relations, University of the Peloponnese
Ritsa Panagiotou, 
Senior Research Fellow, Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE), Athens

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy at the European Institute, LSE 

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2020/21

Autumn Term

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Evaluating the Impact of Labour Market Reforms in Greece during 2010-2018

Tuesday 13 October 2020

Speaker: Nikos Vettas, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy, European Institute, LSE; member of the Hellenic Observatory; Director of the LSE Research unit on Southeast Europe

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Is Greece Falling Behind in the E-Economy? What is to be Done?

Tuesday 10 November 2020

Speaker: Charalambos Tsekeris, Research Fellow, National Centre for Social Research, Greece; Professor Extraordinary, School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University

Discussants: Effie Bitrou, Head of Digital Banking, National Bank of Greece
Calliope Spanou, Professor of Administrative Science – Public Administration, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy, European Institute, LSE; Director of the LSE Research unit on Southeast Europe

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Winter Term

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Can the Greek Economy Recover Once Again?

Tuesday 19 January 2021

Speakers:
Julia Brouillard, Associate Economist, Country Economics and Policy Team, EBRD 
Dr Peter Sanfey, Deputy Director for Country Economics and Policy within the Economics, Policy and Governance Department, EBRD
Dimitris Sourvanos, Associate Counsellor, Governance and Political Affairs Team, EBRD

Discussant: Dimitri Vayanos, Professor of Finance, LSE; Director of the Financial Markets Group and the Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy, European Institute, LSE; Director of the LSE Research unit on Southeast Europe

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The Invisible Impact of Frozen Conflicts: a case study of foreign domestic workers in Cyprus

Tuesday 16 February 2021

Speaker: Nasia Hadjigeorgiou, Assistant Professor in Human Rights & Transitional Justice, University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory 

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Crisis and Change: the right of Greek citizens to vote abroad

Tuesday 16 March 2021

Speakers:
Othon Anastasakis, Director of South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX); Senior Research Fellow, St Antony’s College
Foteini Kalantzi, A.G. Leventis Research Officer, Diaspora Project in SEESOX, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford

Chair: Spyros Economides, Deputy Director, Hellenic Observatory

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2019/20

 Autumn Term

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Revisiting Challenges to Greek Foreign Policy

Tuesday 15 October 2019

Speaker: Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics, LSE; Deputy Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 
Venue: Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theater, Centre Building

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Greek Politics After the 2019 Elections: future prospects

Tuesday 29 October 2019

Speakers: 
Maria Karaklioumi, Political Analyst at polling company RASS SA. 
Spyros Kosmidis, Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 

Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building

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Fiscal Space in the Eurozone: redistribution in Greece and Ireland

Tuesday 12 November 2019

Speakers: 
Angelos Angelou, PhD candidate at the European Institute
Chrysoula Papalexatou, Hellenic Bank Association Postdoctoral Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 
Venue: CBG 1.02, Centre Building

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Retirement and Expenditure in TurbuWinter Times

Tuesday 10 December 2019

Speaker: Ioannis Laliotis, Lecturer at the Department of Economics, City University of London
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy at the European Institute, LSE
Venue: CBG 1.02, Centre Building

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Winter Term 

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What Drives People to Accept or Resist Austerity? Evidence from a survey experiment in Greece

Tuesday 21 January 2020

Speaker: Theofanis Exadaktylos, Senior Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Surrey; Visiting Professor at the College of Europe
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy at the European Institute, LSE
Venue: Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre, Centre Building

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Immigrant and Refugee Segregation Dynamics (InSert)

Tuesday 4 February 2020

Speaker: Paschalis A. Arvanitidis, Associate Professor of Institutional Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Thessaly
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE  
Venue: Yangtze Lecture Theatre, Centre Building

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Economic Growth in Greece: barriers and prospects

Tuesday 25 February 2020

Speakers: Apostolis Philippopoulos, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
George Economides, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of International & European Economic Studies, School of Economic Sciences, Athens University of Economics and Business
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE  
Venue: Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre, Centre Building

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Distributional Changes in TurbuWinter Times: Greece 2007-2016

Tuesday 10 March 2020

Speaker: Panos Tsakloglou, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE  
Venue: Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre, Centre Building

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2018/19

Autumn Term 

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Organising against Democracy: the local organisational development of the Golden Dawn in Greece

Tuesday 9 October 2018

Speaker: Antonis A. Ellinas, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Cyprus
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room (COW 1.11), 1st Floor, European Institute, Cowdray House

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Greece’s Russian Policy

Tuesday 23 October 2018

Speaker: Panagiota Manoli, Assistant Professor in Political Economy of International Relations, Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean (Greece)
Chair: Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics, LSE
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room (COW 1.11), 1st Floor, European Institute, Cowdray House

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Rebooting the Greek Economy: How Greece can lift growth, employment and stabilise public debt

Tuesday 30 October 2018

Speaker: Nicos Christodoulakis, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Discussant: Manolis Galenianos, Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory 
Venue: Old Building (OLD 3.21), 3rd Floor, Department of Finance

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The political consequences of intergenerational inequality in Greece

Tuesday 6 November 2018

Speaker: Spyros Kosmidis, Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford 
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory 
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room (COW 1.11), 1st Floor, European Institute, Cowdray House

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Winter Term

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The Case of the Far-Right and Far-Left in Greece: Understanding Online Political Networks

Tuesday 15 January 2019

Speaker: Lamprini Rori, Lecturer on Politics, University of Exeter
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory 
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room (COW 1.11), 1st Floor, European Institute, Cowdray House

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Towards a National Competition and Competitiveness Policy for Greece 

Tuesday 29 January 2019

Speaker: Yannis Katsoulakos, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room (COW 1.11), 1st Floor, European Institute, Cowdray House

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Transforming the housing system: austerity and property taxation during the 'Greek crisis'

Tuesday 26 February 2019

Speaker: Philipp Katsinas, Hellenic Bank Association Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room (COW 1.11), 1st Floor, European Institute, Cowdray House

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Analysing Crisis Discourse in Greece: who should we blame?

Tuesday 26 March 2019

Speaker: Stella Ladi, Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University, London; Assistant Professor, Panteion University in Athens
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory 
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room (COW 1.11), 1st Floor, European Institute, Cowdray House

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2017/18

Autumn Term 

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The Energy Geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Role of Greece

Tuesday, 10 October 2017

Speaker: Emmanuel Karagiannis, Senior Lecturer, Department of Defence Studies, King's College London

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The Depoliticisation of Greece’s Public Revenue Administration

Tuesday, 24 October 2017 

Speakers: Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos,Senior Lecturer in Politics, Birkbeck College, University of London and Anargyros Passas, Associate Professor of State Administration and European Integration, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences 

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We are grateful to the National Bank of Greece for funding this research project.

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The Political Economy of Privatization in Greece after the Economic Crisis

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Speaker: Özgün Sarimehmet Duman, Visiting Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

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Winter Term

Andreas Kornelakis

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Social Partners and Reforms in the Wage-Setting System in Greece under Austerity

Tuesday 9 January 2018

Speakers: Andreas Kornelakis, King’s College London; Horen Voskeritsian, UWE-Bristol and Panos Kapotas, University of Portsmouth

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Nation Branding and Nation Competitiveness: Implications for Greece

Tuesday 23 January 2018

Speaker: George J. Avlonitis, Professor of Marketing, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

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The Effects of Economic Crisis on Greek Entrepreneurship

Tuesday 6 February 2018

Speaker: Jessie Voumvaki, Senior Economist, Head of Entrepreneurship and Business Analysis, Economic Analysis Department, National Bank of Greece

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Mobility of Highly-Skilled Individuals, Local Innovation and Entrepreneurship Activity

Tuesday 20 February 2018

Speaker: Claire Economidou, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Piraeus, Greece

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2016/17

Autumn Term

Tuesday, 4 October 2016
The Political Economy of NPLs resolution in Greece: Ownership and Conditionality
Eleni Panagiotarea, Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)

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Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Communication architecture of the border: Constructions of Europe’s humanitarian securitization
Myria Georgiou, Deputy Head of Department, Department of Media and Communications, LSE

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Tuesday, 8 November 2016
The Analytics of the Greek Crisis
Dimitri Vayanos, Professor of Finance, Head of the Department of Finance, Director of the Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality, LSE

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Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Outward migration from Greece during the crisis
Lois Labrianidis, Secretary General for Strategic and Private Investments, Greek Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism; Professor of Economic Georgraphy, University of Macedonia; Manolis Pratsinakis, Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Macedonia; Research Fellow, Institute of Migration and Ethnic Studies, University of Amsterdam

We are grateful to the National Bank of Greece for funding this research project.

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Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Advance or Regression? Gender balance and the crisis in Greece
Antigone Lyberaki, Professor of Economics, Panteion University; Visiting Professor, Hellenic Observatory Platon TINIOS, Assistant Professor at Piraeus University; Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory

We are grateful to the National Bank of Greece for funding this research project.

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Winter Term

Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Contrasting Greek and UK Youths’ Subjective Responses to Austerity:  Lessons for other European countries
Athanasia Chalari, Principal Lecturer in Sociology; Subject Leader in Sociology and Criminology at the University of Northampton 
Clive Sealey, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Theory, University of Worcester

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Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Changing the policy agenda? The impact of the Golden Dawn on Greek party politics
Kyriaki Nanou, Lecturer in European Politics, School of Politics & International Relations, University of Nottingham 
Daphne Halikiopoulou, Associate Professor in Comparative Politics at the University of Reading 

We are grateful to the National Bank of Greece for funding this research project.

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Tuesday, 21 February 2017
Religious pluralism and Education in Greece
Effie Fokas, Principal Investigator, GRASSROOTSMOBILISE; Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy; Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory, LSE 
Margarita Markoviti, Postdoctoral Fellow, GRASSROOTSMOBILISE, Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy

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Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Beyond Crisis: Constitutional Change in Greece after the Memoranda
Anna Tsiftsoglou, NBG Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Reflections on the “Punctuated Equilibrium” Theory of Modern Greek History
Stathis N. Kalyvas, Arnold Wolfers Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University

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2015/16

Autumn Term

Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Evaluating the structural reform of central government departments in Greece
Panagiotis Zervopoulos, Assistant Professor in Quantitative Methods, Bursa Orhangazi University 
We are grateful to the National Bank of Greece for funding this research project.

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Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Exploring the psychological effects of the Greek financial crisis
Bettina Davou, Professor of Psychology, Department of Communication & Media Studies, Director of Laboratory for Psychological Applications & Communication Planning, University of Athens

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Tuesday, 17 November 2015
Pension Poor and Housing Rich:  A generational perspective of the Greek crisis, its aftermath and possible ways out
Platon Tinios, Assistant Professor at Piraeus University; Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory

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Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Political development and the rise of the Golden Dawn in Greece
Antonis Ellinas, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Cyprus

Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Of Austerity, Human Rights and International Institutions
Margot Salomon, Associate Professor; Law Department and at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights, LSE; Director Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy, LSE

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Winter Term

Tuesday, 12 January 2016
How do Greek Foreign Elites perceive Turkey:  findings from an empirical research project
Dimitrios Triantaphyllou, Director of the Center for International and European Studies (CIES); Chair of the Department of International Relations,  Kadir Has University, Istanbul
We are grateful to the National Bank of Greece for funding this research project.

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Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Young Greeks and Democracy: social representations and imaginaries and the impact of the crisis
Thalia Magioglou, Visiting Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE and Centre Edgar Morin/IIAC, EHESS, Paris France

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Tuesday, 9 February 2016
The Agent-Structure Issue in Foreign Policy Analysis: The “Macedonian” issue
Georgios Evangelopoulos, Scientific Advisor to the President of the Hellenic Republic, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute of International Relations (IDIS) at Panteion University of Athens 

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Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Still Europeanized?: Greek Foreign Policy During the Eurozone Crisis 
Angelos Chryssogelos, National Bank of Greece Postdoctoral Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

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Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Experiments with austerity and anti-poverty policies in Greece
Vassilis Arapoglou, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology,University of Crete; Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
We are grateful to the National Bank of Greece for funding this research project.

2014/15

Autumn Term

Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Greece: Taking Stock; Economic and Financial Changes Since the Onset of the Global and Euro Area Crises
Eleni Louri-Dendrinou, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business; Former Deputy Governor, Bank of Greece

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Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Crisis and Democracy- Democracy in Crisis Social Anthropological Perspectives on the Fragility of the Social Contract
Elisabeth Kirtsoglou, Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Durham

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Tuesday, 11 November 2014
The Newly Disadvantaged: Responses to rapid socioeconomic change in Greece
Alexander Kentikelenis, Research Associate, King's College, University of Cambridge

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Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Banal, benign or pernicious? The relationship between religion and national identity from the perspective of religious minorities in Greece
Effie Fokas,
Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Athens, and Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

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Tuesday, 9 December 2014
The European Debt Crisis: The Greek Case
Costas Simitis, Former Greek Prime Minister

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Winter Term

Tuesday, 20 January 2015
What Do Greek Political Elites Think about Europe and the Crisis? Preliminary Results of Recent Survey Research
Dimitri Sotiropoulos, Associate Professor, University of Athens

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Tuesday, 3 February 2015
The Restructuring of the Greek Economy: 2010-2014
Panos Tsakloglou, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business

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Tuesday, 17 February 2015
How to study the crisis anthropologically? Theoretical and methodological puzzles
Dimitrios Theodossopoulos, Reader in Social Anthropology, University of Kent

Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Policing the Crisis: The other side of the story
Rosa Vasilaki, National Bank of Greece Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
We are grateful to the National Bank of Greece for funding this research project.

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Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Privatizations: Auction and Market design during the Crisis 
Vasiliki Skreta, Economics Department, UCL

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2013/14

Autumn Term

Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Crisis and Austerity: A Painful Watershed for the Greek Welfare State
Maria Petmesidou, Professor of Social Policy, Democritus University of Thrace; ROP/ISSC Fellow

Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Civil Society and Religion in Greece in a Period of Crisis  
Manussos Marangudakis, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Aegean

Friday, 1 November 2013
The Challenges of Administrative Reform in Greece
Evy Christofilopoulou, Greek Deputy Minister for Administrative Reform

Tuesday, 5 November 2013
The Persistence of Political Terrorism
George Kassimeris, Reader in Terrorism Studies, University of Wolverhampton

Tuesday, 19 November 2013 
The Dynamics of Conflict in the Greek Civil War 1946-49
Nicos Christodoulakis, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business; Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

Tuesday, 3 December 2013
On the Limits of Fiscal Consolidation within a Monetary Union - How to resolve the austerity puzzle at the Europeriphery
Iannis (John) A. Mourmouras, Chief Economic Adviser to the Greek Prime Minister; Former Deputy Finance Minister of Greece


Winter Term

Tuesday, 14 January 2014
The slow growth and sudden demise of supplementary pension provision in Cyprus
Bernard H. Casey, Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick; Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE                                                     

Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Emerging ethnic economies at times of crisis: socio-economic and spatial dimensions of migrants’ entrepreneurship in Athens
Panos Hatziprokopiou , Department of Spatial Planning & Development, School of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki                    
The Hellenic Observatory gratefully acknowledges the National Bank of Greece for the funding of this research project.              

Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Does the Greek labour market work? Crisis and adjustment across the Greek regions
Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in the Political Economy of South East Europe, LSE                                            

Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Crisis and famine in island Greece: Sovereign debt, political violence and topologies of memory in Chios
Nicolas Argenti, Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Brunel University            

Tuesday, 11 March 2014
The Greek Growth Project
Theodore Pelagidis, Non-resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, USA; Professor of Economic Analysis, University of Piraeus

2012/13

Autumn Term

Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Stylized Characteristics of the Greek Inflation: Some Policy Recommendations
Nicholas Apergis, Professor in Economics, Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus

Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Currency crisis and collapse in interwar Greece: Predicament or Policy Failure?
Nicos Christodoulakis, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business; Former Greek Minister of Economy & Finance; Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory, LSE                 

Tuesday, 6 November 2012
The Eurozone Crisis and Austerity Politics: A Trigger for Administrative Reform in Greece?
Stella LADI, Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London             

Tuesday, 20 November 2012 
Politics, Privatization and Performance in Greek Telecommunications 
Nikolaos Zahariadis, Professor & Director of International Relations, University of Alabama at Birmingham                

Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Accommodating the Cyprus issue in the European Union’s political and legal order
Nikos Skoutaris, A.N. Hadjiyiannis Senior Research Fellow; Hellenic Observatory, LSE


Winter Term

Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Greek Prime Ministers and the Problem of Reform Capacity
Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory                                                       

Tuesday, 5 February 2013
De Facto States and the Threshold of Sovereignty
Rebecca Bryant,
A.N. Hadjiyiannis Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE                   

Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Transition of Credit Spreads in the European Periphery Debt Crisis
George Christodoulakis, Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Manchester              

 Tuesday, 5 March 2013
'God Save the Green': renewable energy programmes in the Greek economic crisis
Daniel Knight, National Bank of Greece Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE               

Tuesday, 19 March 2013
The (Very Deep) Roots of Greece’s Crisis: A Historical Reassessment
Stathis N. Kalyvas, Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science; Director, Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence, Yale University

2011/12

Autumn Term

Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Greece's European Policy Making 
Yannis Valinakis, Ministry of Finance Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE; Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece; Professor of International Relations/Jean Monnet Professor of European Diplomacy, University of Athens            

Thuesday, 25 October 2011  
The current reform of IKA and the re-establishment of Social Insurance credibility in Greece - Reconciling social dilemmas and funding challenges
Dimitris Micharikopoulos
Senior Advisor, Social Insurance Institute

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Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Familistic welfare capitalism in Greece: from the crisis of social reproduction to the emergence of a political economy of generalised insecurity

Theodoros Papadopoulos
, Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Bath                                          

Monday, 28 November 2011
Greece's Economy: Crisis and Exit Strategies
Yannos Papantoniou, Former Minister of National Economy, Greece, 1994-2003

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Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Of Debts and Denial: The Greek Crisis in the context of the post-2008 world
Yanis Varoufakis, Professor of Economics, University of Athens

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Winter Term

Tuesday, 17 January 2012 
Social Policy and Social Justice in Greece: the unfair deficit
Dimitris Venieris,
Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE; Associate Professor of Social Policy, University of Peloponnese 

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Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Social change in modern Greece: the contribution of young generation to a new social reality

Athanasia Chalari
, A.C. Laskaridis Post-Doctoral Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

Tuesday, 21 February 2012
The 'Callicrates' reform: Transforming Greek local government in the years of austerity
Vasilis Leontisis,
National Bank of Greece Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE 

Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Democratic Accountability in Greece
Spyros Kosmidis, National Bank of Greece Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

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Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Pushing the EU borders to the East: The Europeanization of Greek Foreign Policy in the aftermath of the Eastern Enlargement
 
Theofanis Exadaktylos, Ministry of Finance Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE; Lecturer in European Politics, University of Surrey

2010/11

Autumn Term

Tuesday, 12 October 2010
The EMU-sovereign debt crisis: Fundamentals, expectations and contagion 

Michael Arghyrou, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff Business School                                              

Tuesday, 26 October 2010
The political management of the crisis. Problems and implications      
              
Christos Lyrintzis, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of Athens; National Bank of Greece Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE            

Tuesday, 9 November 2010
The interplay of ICT innovation with state administrative tradition: Evidence from the Greek Taxation Information System (TAXIS) 
Elpida Prasopoulou, A.C. Laskaridis Post-doc Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE                    

Tuesday, 23 November 2010
The Forgotten European Spring of the Greek Communist Party, 1987-1991

Susannah Verney, Assistant Professor of European Integration, University of Athens; Visiting Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE                             

Tuesday, 7 December 2010
The twin deficits hypothesis: Evidence from Greece 
Theodore Panagiotidis, Lecturer in Econometrics; Ministry of Economy, Competitiveness & Shipping Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE


Winter Term

Tuesday, 11 January 2011
The Sovereign Debt Debate and Greece
Gikas A. Hardouvelis
,
Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus

Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Determinants and effects of government size: Overview of theory and the Greek experience
Chris Tsoukis
, Senior Lecturer, London Metropolitan Business School; Ministry of Economy, Competitiveness & Shipping Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE                               

Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Hollow at the Core? Greek Prime Ministers and the Constraints on Governing 

Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor, Director of the Hellenic Observatory, LSE

Tuesday, 22 February 2011
The Eden-Dill Mission and the Doomed Quest to Save Greece from Axis Occupation, February to April 1941
Steve Morewood, Lecturer, Institute of Archaeology & Antiquity, University of Birmingham      

Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Special Education and Equal Opportunities in the Context of Economic Crisis 
Eleftheria Bernidaki-Aldous, Professor of Classics, Holder of the Endowed Chair of Modern Greek Studies Eleftherios Venizelos, American College of Greece, Deree

Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Imagined Enemies. In quest of the deeper reasons for Greek-Turkish Antagonism
Alexis Heraclides
,
Professor of International Relations & Conflict Analysis, Panteion University of Social & Political Science; National Bank of Greece Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE 

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2009/10

Autumn Term

Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Investigating Greek Multinationals' Behaviour: Identifying Opportunities, Overcoming Barriers and Creating Competitiveness
Fragkiskos Filippaios,
MBA Course Director International), Principal Lecturer in International Business, Kingston University London; Visiting Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Expanding and Aligning the EU; European Integration and Neighbourhood Policies: A Greek Overview
Dimitris Katsoudas, Former Secretary-General for EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Employment Regulation and Labour Relations in Greece
Christos A. Ioannou,
Mediator-Arbitrator, Organisation for Mediation and Arbitration (O.ME.D)                

Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Greece and the Crisis: Recovery or Decline?
Yannos Papantoniou, Former Minister of Trade; National Economy; Defence; President, Centre for Progressive Policy Research

Tuesday 8 December 2009
Is Athens burning? Urban Riots, Urban Planning and National Identity
Georges Prevelakis, NBG Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory; Professor of Geopolitics, University of Pantheon-Sorbonne 


Winter Term        

Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Political Developments in Greece during the last Decade. A slide towards the Segmentary Society
Thanos Veremis, Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE; Professor of Political History, University of Athens; Board Member of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)                 

Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Rethinking Public Financial Management and Budgeting in Greece: An Integrated Approach to Governance
Effie Vraniali
, A.C. Laskaridis Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Greece's Faltering Economy: Facets and evidence of low competitiveness and institutional weakness 
Theodore Pelagidis,
Ministries of Economy & Finance Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE; Professor Economic Analysis, University of Piraeus, Department of Maritime Studies

Wendnesday, 17 February 2010
South East Europe: the Energy Challenges Ahead
Plutarchos Sakellaris,
Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB)

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Tuesday, 2 March 2010
The Emerging BRIC Economies: Evidence from the Interest Rate Transmission Mechanism
Prodromos Vlamis, Ministries of Economy & Finance Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE; Temp Assistant Professor in Economics (AUEB); Associate, Department Land Economy, Cambridge University                                              

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 
Exploring the Muslim past: Western Thrace during the Second World War and the Greek Civil War
Kevin Featherstone,
Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies; Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE and Dimitris Papadimitriou, NBG Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory; Reader in European Politics, University of Manchester

2008/09

Autumn Term

Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Ten years of EMU: Convergence, divergence and new priorities in the Euro-zone
Professor Nicos Christodoulakis, NBG Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE; Athens University of Economics and Business; Greek Minister of Economics & Finance (2001-2004)

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
The Greek-Turkish Conflict in the Aegean: In Quest of Resolution                     
Alexis Heraclides, Professor of International Relations & Conflict Analysis, Panteion University of Social & Political Science           

Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Decreasing global energy supply resources and regionalism: correlation, efficiency and patterns of energy co-operation in South-East Europe
Diana Bozhilova, A.C. Laskaridis Post-doctoral Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE                             

Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Constitutional limitations of privatizations: the Greek experience under a comparative perspective
George Katrougalos, Demokritos University of Thrace and Organization for Mediation and Arbitration Services

Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Managing the flow: a Greek policy for optimizing gains from ongoing regional energy developments
Constantinos Filis,
Institute of International Relations, Centre for Russia and Eurasia, Athens


Winter Term

Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Greece and the EU : Prospects for Greece's European Policy
Panayiotis Ioakimides, University of Athens                                   

Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Skills and wage inequality in Greece: 1995-2002
Rebekka Christopoulou, Ministry of Economy & Finance Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Distributional implications of tax evasion in Greece
Manos Matsaganis, Athens University of Economics & Business                  

Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Problem-Solving and Ideology in Public Policy Instrumentation: Populism, Modernization, and all that
Kostas Lavdas, NBG Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Greek-US security relations: the limits of influence and partnership
Kostas Ifantis, Institute of Defence Analysis (IAA) Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE  

2007/08

Autumn Term

Tuesday, 9 October 2007
Conditionality, EMU, and the Limits of Reform: reflections on southern European adjustment
George Pagoulatos , Associate Professor of Politics, Athens University of Economics & Business                                                          

Tuesday, 13 November 2007
The EU and the wider Black Sea area: what role for Greece?
Dimitris Triantafyllou Director General, International Centre for Black Sea Studies, Greece                  

Tuesday, 20 November  2007  
Microeconomic reform options for Greece
Costas Meghir, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, UCL and Co-Director, ESRC Research Centre at the Institute of Fiscal Studies    

Tuesday, 27 November 2007
1999 and All That: Greek-Turkish rapprochement and its impact
James Ker -Lindsay, Senior Research Fellow, European Research Centre, Kingston University                    

Tuesday, 11 December 2007
The Greek Economy in the Euro-Zone: A Retrospective & Future Challenges
Nicos Christodoulakis, Former Greek Minister of Economics & Finance; Professor of Economic Analysis, Athens Economics University


Winter Term

Tuesday, 15 January 2008
Micro-perspectives on Immigrant Welfare in Greece 
Effie Fokas ,
A.C. Laskaridis Post-doctoral Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE                                              

Tuesday, 29 January 2008
The trade- offs between transition and sustainable development in the former socialist countries of the Balkans
Rumen Gechev, Professor of Economics, University of National and World

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Greek FDI and FDI in Greece
Fragkiskos Filippaios
, MEF Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory & Lecturer, Kent Business School, University of Kent and Kostas Tzioumis, NBG Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory & and Consultant, Financial Sector Vice-Presidency, The World Bank

Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Foreign aid in the Balkans
Vladimir Gligorov, Professor of Economics, Vienna Institute of International Economic Studies             

Tuesday, 4 March 2008
Modernization and Centre-Left Dilemmas in Greece: the Revenge of the Underdogs
Euclid Tsakalotos, Professor of Economics, University of Athens              

Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Socio-Economic Differences in the Perceived Quality of High and Low-paid Jobs in the European Union
Ioannis Theodossiou,
Centre for European Labour Market Research, University of Aberdeen Business School, University of Aberdeen

2006/07

Autumn Term

Tuesday, 17 October 2006
Balkan Immigration to Greece Spatialities of Urbanism in Modern Greek Political Culture  Theodore Lianos, Department of Economics, Athens University of Business and Economics

Tuesday, 24 October 2006 
The Hellenic Plan for Reconstruction in the Balkans: A Challenge for Greek Foreign Policy  Charalambos Tsardanidis, Institute of International Economic Relations, Greece

Tuesday, 7 November  2006
Institutions and the Implementation of EU Policy in Greece: The Case of Public Procurement 
Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos, National Bank of Greece Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

Tuesday, 5 December 2006
Gaining from Migration: The Cases of Albania and Bulgaria
Eugenia Markova, Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE


Winter Term

Tuesday, 16 January 2007
Wage Differentials in Greece: Inter-industry Differentials, Gender Pay Gap, Low-wage Workers, Public and Private Sector Pay
Elias Ioakeimoglou, Economic Advisor at the Institute of Labour, Greece. Senior Research at the Cyprus Institute of Labour

Tuesday, 23 January 2007
Subsidising European Industry: Is Greece an Exception?
Nikolaos Zahariadis, Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA; National Bank of Greece Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE 

Tuesday, 30 January 2007
Adding Value to the Legacy: post-Olympic utilisation of the Athens 2004 venues
Christos Hajiemmanouil, President of the Hellenic Olympic Properties, Greece

Tuesday, 13 February 2007
Olympic Airways: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Insights into the Governance Issues of Greek State-owned Enterprises
Professor Rigas Doganis, Former CEO of Olympic Airways, Rigas Doganis & Associates, UK

Tuesday, 27 February 2007
Social and Economic Aspects of Ageing and Social Protection
Platon Tinios, University of Piraeus, Greece

Tuesday, 13 March 2007
Entrepreneurship in Greece
Takis Politis, Scientific Advisor of IOVE (Foundation of Economic and Industrial Research), Greece

2005/06

Autumn Term

Tuesday, 11 October 2005
Euro-Turkish Relations and Cyprus 
Andreas Theophanous, Research and Development Centre Director, Intercollege, Cyprus

Tuesday, 25 October 2005
Col. Papadopoulos and the Seduction of the 'Mother of Parliaments'
Richard Clogg, Emeritus Fellow, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford 

Tuesday, 8 November 2005
Complying with the EU? the politics of reforming Olympic Airways, 1994-2003 
Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 

Tuesday, 22 November 2005
The Political Economy of the Regional Allocation of Public Investment in Greece, 1976-2004 
Yiannis Psycharis, Assistant Professor, Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly

Tuesday, 29 November 2005
Structural Reforms in Greece: lessons from the Irish model for the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy
Eleni Louri, Athens University of Economics and Business; Office of the Greek Prime Minister 

Tuesday, 6 December 2005
Poverty and Social Policy in Greece: economic modernisation, social cracks and the contradictions of corporatism
Elias Kikilias, National Centre for Social Research (EKKE), Greece


Winter Term

Tuesday, 17 January 2006
Spatialities of Urbanism in Modern Greek Political Culture 
Lila Leontidou, Dean School of Humanities, Hellenic Open University

Tuesday, 31 January 2006
Aspects of Crisis and Reform Interventions in Greek State Bureaucracy and Administration Antonis Makrydemetres, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens; Greek Prime Minister's Office

Tuesday, 7 March 2006
The Balkan Economic Migration to Greece 
Antigoni Lyberaki, Department of Economic and Regional Development, Panteion Univeristy 

Tuesday,14 March 2006
Education Reform in Greece
Thanos Veremis, National Education Council Director; Professor, Department of International and European Studies, University of Athens

2004/05

Autumn Term

Tuesday,12 October 2004
In Denial? Why so many Greek Cypriots voted against the Annan Plan: the difficulties of reliable explanation
Peter Loizos, Anthropology Department, LSE

Tuesday, 26 October 2004
Welfare and Religion in Modern Europe (WREP): the Greek Case
Grace Davie and Effie Fokas, Centre for European Studies, University of Exeter

Tuesday, 9 November 2004
Geographical and Political Economy Perspectives on Regional Disparities in Greece
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis, Lecturer in the Political Economy of Greece and Southeastern Europe, LSE

Tuesday, 30 November 2004
Historiography and Greek-Turkish Reconciliation: Is it Possible for Greeks and Turks to find a common historical narrative?
Bruce Clark, Religion Correspondent, The Economist

Tuesday, 7 December 2004
The Effects of Greek accession to the Euro on the Greek economy
Michael Arghyrou, Lecturer in Economics, Brunel University 


Winter Term

Tuesday, 25 January 2005
Education and Inequality in Greece
Panos Tsakloglou, Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory

Tuesday, 8 February 2005
Culture and Entrepreneurship in Historical Perspective: Nineteenth Century Greek Merchant Communities
Sakis Gekas, Teaching Fellow, Economic History Department, LSE

Tuesday, 22 February 2005
Evaluating Greek Immigration Policies in the 1990s Gerasimos Konidaris, Lecturer in International and Comparative Politics, University of Sheffield

Tuesday,1 March 2005 
Corruption in International Law: the Case of Greece 
Maria Gavouneli, Lecturer in International Law, University of Athens; Advisor to the Minister of Justice of the Hellenic Republic

Tuesday, 15 March 2005 
The Pros and Cons of Greek Foreign Direct Investments
Lois Labrianidis, Professor of Economic Geography, University of Macedonia

2003/04

Autumn Term

The Political Economy of Finance: Greece from Postwar to EMU
Speaker: George Pagoulatos, Assistant Professor, Department of International and European Economic Studies Athens University of Economics and Business
Date: 14 October 2003

Eurasian Gambles Over Cyprus's EU prospects
Speaker: Vassilis Fouskas, Editor of the Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University. ~
Date: 28 October 2003

The Competitiveness of the Greek Economy in the Enlarged European Union
Speaker: Ross E Catterall, Director, Director, International Finance, Economics and Accounting Research Group, Ashcroft International Business School, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge. Date: 4 November 2003

Were the eagle and the phoenix birds of a feather? The US and the Greek coup of 21st April 1967
Speaker: Louis Klarevas, Associate Professor of Political Science City University of New York and Associate of the Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Date: 18 November 2003

Rethinking belated modernization: Greek culture in transition.
Speaker: Dimitris Tziovas, Professor of Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham
Date: 25 November 2003

Greece and the Balkans: Quo Vadis?
Speaker: Dimitrios Triantaphyllou, Defence Analysis Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Date: 9 December 2003


Winter Term

EMU strategies: Lessons from Greece in view of the EU Enlargement (Graphs & Table)
Speaker: Theodoros Papaspyrou, Special Adviser, Bank of Greece
Date: 20 January 2004

Europe and the Balkans: Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
Speaker: Misha Glenny, Writer and Broadcaster. Date: 27 January 2004

The Greek System of Financial Regulation: In Need of Structural Streamlining and Procedural Safeguards
Speaker: Christos Hadjiemmanuil, Senior Lecturer in Law, LSE Date: 3 February 2004

Kosova's Independence - A Crisis for Greece?
Speaker: James Pettifer, Professor, Conflict Studies Research Centre, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.
Date: 24 February 2004

Assessing the Results of the 7 March 2004 Parliamentary Elections in Greece
Speakers: Spyros Economides, International Relations, LSE; Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory, European Institute, LSE; Christos Hadjiemmanuil, Dept of Law, LSE; Elias Mossialos, LSE Health and Social Care & Social Policy; Dimitrios Triantaphyllou, Defence Analyses Institute Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Date: 9 March 2004

2002/03

Autumn Term

The Cyprus problem and the European Union - The role of the Cypriot Vouli
Speaker: Dr Stelios Stavridis, University of Reading and Honorary Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Date: Wednesday, 16 October 2002

Political Corruption: lessons from ancient Greece, medieval England and Mary Douglas
Speaker: Dr Peter Bratsis, CUNY and Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory
Date: Tuesday, 22 October 2002

A voiding a 'Cyprus of the Balkans': What Macedonia today should learn from the Cyprus of the 1960s
Speaker: Claude Nicolet, Specialist on Civil Society and Regional Security in the Balkans, Zurich
Date: Tuesday, 19 November 2002

Everything you ever wanted to know about national identity, but were afraid to ask the Greek-Americans
Speaker: Dr Peter Bratsis, CUNY and Research Fellow, The Hellenic Observatory
Date: Tuesday, 26 November 2002

The Changing Dilemmas of Greek Security
Speaker: Dr Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Date: Wednesday, 4 December 2002

Unholy Alliance: Greece and Miloševic's Serbia
Speaker: Takis Michas, Eleftherotypia, Athens Date: Wednesday, 11 December 2002


Winter Term

Cyprus and the European Union: Before and After Copenhagen Speaker: Dr Thomas Diez, University of Birmingham
Date: Tuesday, 21 January 2003

FYR Macedonia's Economic Arrangements with International Institutions: Gains and Losses. The first in a series of the Balkan Reconstruction Network Seminars organised jointly by the Hellenic Observatory and the Centre for the Study of Global Governance Speaker: Silvana Mojsovska, Institute of Economics, University "Sts Cyril and Methodius"
Date: Tuesday, 28 January 2003

Religion and Politics in Contemporary Greece Speaker: Dr Yannis Stavrakakis, University of Nottingham
Date: Tuesday, 4 February 2003

Democratization and administrative reform in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain: Is there a distinct ideal-type of South European bureaucracies? Speaker: Dr Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Senior Research Officer, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Date: Tuesday, 18 February 2003

The Greek EU Presidency and the Convention on the Future of Europe
Speakers: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory, LSE; Dr Kirsty Hughes, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies Brussels & Associate Fellow, European Institute, LSE
Date: Tuesday, 25 February 2003

Issues on Greek Migration Trends and Policy Considerations
Speaker: Dr Gregory T. Papanikos, Secretary General, Economic and Social Committee of Greece (OKE) Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE
Date: Tuesday, 11 March 2003

The Modernisation Experiment: The Greek Socialists in Power 1996-2002
Speaker: Dr Dimitris Papadimitriou, Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE
Date: Tuesday, 18 March 2003


Spring Term

Formal Weakness and Informal Strength: Civil Society in Contemporary Greece
Speaker: Dr Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Senior Research Officer, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Date: Tuesday 20 May 2003

Greece between Old and New Europe: Strategic Challenges in a Changing European and International Security Environment
Speaker: Dr Lou Klarevas, Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Date: Tuesday 27 May 2003

2000/01

Michalemas Term

The State of the Balkans after the War in Kosovo Speakers: B. Clark, The Economist; V. Gligorov, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies; M. Kaldor, Centre for the Study of Global Governance, LSE; J. Pettifer, University of Bath; S. Woodward, King's College, London January 2000

The Prospects for Democracy in South Eastern Europe
Speakers: Professor Nikiforos Diamandouros, National Ombudsman of Greece / University of Athens Discussant: Dr Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Law Department, LSE
February 2000

The Repercussions of the Elsinki European Council on the Greek-Turkish Relations, the Cyprus Accession to the European Union and the European Integration of Turkey [in Greek] Speakers: Spyros Economides, LSE; Andreas Hatzikyriakos, Mega Channel, Cyprus; Alkis Kourkoulas, Newspaper To Vima; Christos Stylianidis, Political Modernisation Movement, Cyprus March 2000 (co-organised with the Hellenic Centre)

Globalization, Europeanization and Changing Models of European Capitalism Speakers: Professor Vivien Schmidt, International Relations, Boston University, Discussant: Professor David Soskice, Visiting Professor, LSE
March 2000

The Balkans and the Markets Speaker: Andrew Kenningham, Senior Economist, Emerging Markets Research, Merrill Lynch
November 2000


Winter Term

The Federal Future of Europe Sperakers: Professor Dusan Sidjanski, University of Geneva; Professor PaulTaylor, LSE and Professor William Wallace, LSE Chair: Professor Loukas Tsoukalis
January 2001

Diaspora, Identity and Nation-Building Speaker: Professor Paschalis Kitromilides, University of Athens Discussant: Professor Fred Halliday, International Relations, LSE
January 2001

Politicising the Diaspora: Contested Identities among the Greek Cypriot Community in Britain Speaker: Dr Madeleine Dimitriou, PhD, University of Kent, Canterbury
11 January 2001

Learning through Participation; Greece and the IGCs
Speaker: Athina Markantoni, PhD, University of Kent, Canterbury
25 January 2001

Local Government Corruption and Scandals in Greece
Speaker: Dimitris Christopoulos, Senior Lecturer, University of the West of England 8 February 2001

Projections of the 'Nation' and 'Other' in Greek and Turkish History Textbooks
Speaker: Dr Yasemin Soysal & Ms Vasilia Antoniou, University of Essex
February 2001

In search of an Advocacy Coalition: Making the Greek Pension System fit the Eurozone
Speaker: Dr Dimitris Papadimitriou, Lecturer, University of Bradford
22 February 2001

Human Rights and the EU's Foreign Policy
Speaker:Ruby Gropas, PhD, University of Cambridge
8 March 2001

1999/00

Rationality without Vision: The Amsterdam Treaty and its Critics.

Speaker: Dimitris Chryssochoou, Reader, University of Exeter
Discussant: Simon Hix, LSE 

The Road towards EMU: Greece's Experience in the 1990s
Speakers: Yannis  Stournaras, then Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Ministry of National Economy & Dr Miranda Xafa, Consultant, Salomon Brothers

The Transformation of the Greek Economy
Speaker: Nicos Christodoulakis, then Deputy Minister of Finance, Greece

Annual Research Seminar
Old Wines in New Bottles? The Macedonian Question(s)
Speaker: Dr D. Livanios, University of Cambridge
Inflation and Stabilisation in Early Post-War Greece 
Speaker: Dr A. Lykogiannis, LSE
Flexible Labour Markets, Unemployment and Trade Union Decline in Greece 
Speaker: Dr S. Seferiades, University of Cambridge
An Impossible Country: The Failure of the Dayton Process to Reintegrate Bosnia-Herzegovina
Speaker: Dr S. Bose, LSE
The Search for Regionalism in the Balkans
Speaker: D. Papahadjopoulos, LSE