Greece: Modernisation and Europe 20 years on

Kevin Featherstone, Head of the European Institute; Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies & Professor of European Politics, LSE

Introduction podcast

Chair:
Kevin Featherstone, Head of the European Institute; Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies & Professor of European Politics, LSE

Greece’s current modernisation failure, Greek history's déjà vu
Takis Pappas, Visiting Professor at the Central European University, Budapest

Modernisation: The end of the ‘external constraint’ approach?
Calliope Spanou, Professor of Administrative Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

The remains of administrative modernisation in Greece, 1993-2006
Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Associate Professor of Political Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

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Chair:
Sir Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, LSE; Professor of European Studies, University of Cyprus

From project modernisation to forced adjustment: Two decades of incomplete reforms (1996-2016)
George Pagoulatos, Professor of European Politics and Economy, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB); Visiting Professor, College of Europe in Bruges

Back from the brink: How to end a seemingly interminable crisis
Miranda Xafa, Senior Scholar, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

Sisyphus or Ulysses: The face of reforms in Greece
Nicos Christodoulakis, Professor of Economic Analysis, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB); Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

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Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in the Political Economy of South Eastern Europe, LSE; Director of the LSE Research Unit on South Eastern Europe; Member of the Hellenic Observatory

‘Better Late than never’? Unblocking strategic bottlenecks in social policy reform
Platon Tinios, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Insurance Science, Piraeus University

Gender blindness and Social policy non-reform - before and after the bailout
Antigone G. Lyberaki, Professor of Economics, Panteion University, Athens

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Closing discussion- Modernisation in retrospection –reflection on what has been discussed thus far

Moderator:
Spyros Economides, Director of the Hellenic Observatory; Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics, LSE

Discussants:
Loukas Tsoukalis, Professor of European Integration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)

Aristos Doxiadis, Economist and Venture Capital professional; General Partner at Openfund

Paschos Mandravelis, Journalist and Columnist at KATHIMERINI newspaper, Greece

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Greece: Modernisation and Europe 20 years on
Costas Simitis, Former Greek Prime Minister

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