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People

Who is who 

The Hellenic Observatory is built around the Eleftherios Venizelos Chair on Contemporary Greek Studies and comprises a small team of academic staff,  researchers, visiting fellows, and research associates, who are supported by a dedicated professional services team.

 Hellenic Observatory Core Academic Staff

 

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Professor Kevin Featherstone 

Hellenic Observatory Director; Professorial Research Fellow

 

 

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Dr Spyros Economides

Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director; Associate Professor of International Relations and European Politics

 

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Professor Vassilis Monastiriotis

Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies, Professor of Political Economy

Visiting Staff

The Hellenic Observatory (HO) hosts Academics or Policy Practitioners who want to spend a period of between 6-12 months at the LSE to conduct independent research on a topic relevant to the work of the Hellenic Observatory. The Visiting Fellows, Visiting Senior Fellows & Visiting Professors play an active part in the intellectual life of the Hellenic Observatory during their fellowship. Our Current Visiting Staff are: 

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Professor Anthony Bartzokas

Visiting Professor in Practice

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Dr Athanasia Chalari

Visiting Senior Fellow

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Dr Philipp Katsinas

Visiting Fellow

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Dr Georgios Kazamias

Visiting Senior Fellow

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Professor Gerasimos Tsourapas

Visiting Professor

Professional Services

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Maria Komninou
Hellenic Observatory Manager

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m.komninou@lse.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7107 5096

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Areti Eleftheria Chatzistergou 
Administrator & Communications Officer

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a.e.chatzistergou@lse.ac.uk
+44 (0) 20 7107 5309

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Georgios Tsialas
Research Administrator

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g.tsialas@lse.ac.uk

Research Associates

Research Associates are scholars from within LSE and from other institutions worldwide whose work and research is relevant to the Hellenic Observatory and who over the years have made significant contributions to the achievements of the Centre. 

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George Alogoskoufis
Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics &  Business; Fellow of the European Economic Association (EEA); Former Constantine Karamanlis Professor of Hellenic & European Studies, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (2016-2019); Former Greek Minister of Economy and Finance (2004-2009)

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Nicos Christodoulakis
Professor of Economic Analysis, AUEB
Former Greek Minister of Economy & Finance, 2001-2004 

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Effie Fokas

Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
Principle Investigator, European Research Council GRASSROOTSMOBILISE project

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

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Panayotis C. Ioakimidis
Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens

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Katseli Louka

Louka Katseli
Professor Emerita, Department of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Former Minister for the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping; Former Minister for Labour and Social Security; Former non-executive Chair of the Board in the National Bank of Greece

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Andreas Kornelakis
Reader, King’s College London

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Afroditi Koulaxi
LSE100 Fellow 

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Stella Ladi
Professor in Public Policy, Queen Mary University of London
Assistant professor at Panteion University in Athens

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Eleni Louri-Dendrinou
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business

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Costas Meghir
Douglas A. Warner III Professor of Economics and Professor of Management, Yale University
Co-Director ESRC Research Centre, Institute for Fiscal Studies

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Achilleas Mitsos
Professor Emeritus, University of the Aegean Senior Policy Advisor, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)

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George Pagoulatos 
Greece's Permanent Representative to the OECD Professor of European Politics and Economy,  AUEB 

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Dimitris Papadimitriou

Dimitris Papadimitriou
Professor of Politics, University of Manchester
Director of the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence 

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Apostolis Philippopoulos
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business

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Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens

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Panos Tsakloglou
Deputy Minister for Social Insurance
Professor of International & European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business

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Dimitri Vayanos

Professor of Finance; Director, Financial Markets Group, Department of Finance, LSE

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

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Vogkli Maria-Christina
Guest Teacher, LSE Sociology Department 

 

 

Research Advisory Groups

The Hellenic Observatory has launched the Hellenic Observatory Research Calls Programme and the A.G. Leventis Research Innovation Programme on Cyprus with the purpose of developing and supporting high-quality academic and policy-related research and publications within the social sciences, on Greece and Cyprus. To achieve a diversity and breadth of topics and to gain from the highest level of academic support, expertise and standards, Research Advisory Groups have been established respectively, comprising of senior academic colleagues (LSE & non-LSE).

The members of the Hellenic Observatory Research Programme group can be found below: 

Arapoglou-Vassilis

Vassilis Arapoglou
Professor in Urban sociology, social inequalities and exclusions, Department of Sociology, University of Crete 
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Avgerou Chrisanthi

Chrisanthi Avgerou 
Professor of Information Systems, Department of Management, LSE 
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Bryant Rebecca

Rebecca Bryant 
Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Utrecht University, Netherlands
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Christodoulakis

Nicos Christodoulakis 

Professor of Economic Analysis, AUEB
Former Greek Minister of Economy & Finance, 2001-2004 
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Joan Costa FOnt

Joan Costa-Font 
Professor of Health Economics, Department of Health Policy, LSE
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Paul De Grauwe
John Paulson Chair in European Political Economy, European Institute, LSE 
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Dimitrakopoulos Dionyssis

Dionyssis Dimitrakopoulos
Jean Monnet Chair in Parliamentary Democracy and European Integration, Department of Politics, Reader in European Politics, Birkbeck University of London
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Ellinas Antonis

Antonis Ellinas
Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus
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Effie Fokas
Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
Principle Investigator, European Research Council GRASSROOTSMOBILISE project
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Haliassos Michalis

Michalis Haliassos
Professor and Chair of Macroeconomics and Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt
Founding Director of the CEPR Network on Household Finance
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Halikiopoulou-Daphne

Daphne Halikiopoulou
Chair in Comparative Politics, University of York
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Kallinikos Jannis

Jannis Kallinikos 
Professor of Information Systems, Department of Management, LSE 
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Kalyvas Stathis

Stathis Kalyvas
Gladstone Professor of Government, All Souls College, University of Oxford 
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Katseli Louka

Louka Katseli
Professor Emerita, Department of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Former Minister for the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping; Former Minister for Labour and Social Security; Former non-executive Chair of the Board in the National Bank of Greece
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Eleni Louri-Dendrinou
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
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Antigone Lyberaki
Professor of Economics, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
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Achilleas Mitsos
Professor Emeritus, University of the Aegean Senior Policy Advisor, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
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Moustaki Irini

Irini Moustaki
Professor, Department of Statistics, LSE
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Pagoulatos George

George Pagoulatos
Greece's Permanent Representative to the OECD Professor of European Politics and Economy,  AUEB 
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Papadimitriou Dimitris

Dimitris Papadimitriou
Professor of Politics, University of Manchester
Director of the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence 
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Papadopoulos Yiannis

Yannis Papadopoulos
Professor of Political Science, University of Lausanne
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Apostolis Philippopoulos
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
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Pissarides Chris

Sir Christopher Pissarides
Regius Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, LSE
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Marilena-Simiti

Marilena Simiti
Associate Professor of Political Sociology, Department of International and European Studies, University of Piraeus
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Smith Karen

 

Karen Smith
Professor of International Relations, LSE
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Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens
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Spanou Calliope

Calliope Spanou
Professor of Administrative Science - Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Greek Ombudsman 2011 – 2015
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Anna Triandafyllidou
Canada Excellence Research Chair on Migration and Integration, Department of Sociology, Toronto Metropolitan University 
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Panos Tsakloglou
Deputy Minister for Social Insurance
Professor of International & European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business
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Tsoukalis Loukas

Loukas Tsoukalis
Professor, Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Po)
Emeritus Professor, University of Athens
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Tziovas Dimitris

Dimitris Tziovas
Professor Emeritus of Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham
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Vasilopoulou-Sofia

Sofia Vasilopoulou
Professor of European Politics, Department of European and International Studies, King’s College London
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Vayanos Dimitri

Dimitri Vayanos
Professor of Finance, LSE
Director of the Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality
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The members of the A.G. Leventis Research Innovation Programme on Cyprus group are:

Bryant Rebecca

Rebecca Bryant 
Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Utrecht University, Netherlands
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Charalambous

Giorgos Charalambous
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Nicosia
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Olga Demetriou
Associate Professor in Post-Conflict Reconstruction, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
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Ellinas Antonis

Antonis Ellinas
Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus
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Loizides

Neophytos Loizides
Professor of International Conflict Analysis
Director of the Conflict Analysis Research Centre
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Yiannis Papadakis

Yiannis Papadakis
Professor, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus
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Pissarides Chris

Sir Christopher Pissarides
Regius Professor of Economics, LSE
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Sarris

Michalis Sarris
Independent Public Policy Professional, Former Minister of Finance  
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Research Officers

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Dr Theodoros Arvanitopoulos

Hellenic Observatory Research Officer

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Dr Marilena Anastasopoulou

ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, European Institute

 

Research Students

Throughout the years the Hellenic Observatory has hosted many scholars and the Academics have supervised several research students who worked on Greece and/ or Cyprus.

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