Events

Trust, Resilience and the Effectiveness of Government: lessons from the COVID-19 crisis

Thursday 3 December 2020, 18:30-20:00

Speaker: Sir Tim Besley, School Professor of Economics of Political Science & W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics, LSE

Discussants: Maria Petmesidou, Professor Emerita of Social Policy, Democritus University, Greece
Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of Athens

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

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*This event formed part of LSE’s Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative and was hosted by the Hellenic Observatory and the National Bank of Greece.

Greece and its New Geopolitical Challenges: which way forward?

Thursday 5 November 2020, 17.00-18.30 

Speaker: Nikos Dendias, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic

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

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Golfing with Trump: economic decline, inequality, and the rise of populism in the US

Thursday 1 October 2020, 16:00-17:30 

Speaker: Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Professor of Economic Geography, LSE

Discussants: Dimitris Kairidis, Member of Parliament, Hellenic Republic; Professor of International Politics, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece
Antigone Lyberaki, Economist, Professor of Economics, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy, European Institute, LSE; Director of LSEE: Research on South Eastern Europe

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*This event was organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the National Bank of Greece with the support of the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association.

Dame Minouche Shafik in Conversation with Mr Costas P. Michaelides: where is the world economy going and what can we do about it?

Thursday 27 February 2020, 18:45-20:30

Speaker: Dame Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics & Political Science
Discussant: Costas P. Michaelides, Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Greece
Welcome Address: Dr Eleni Doundoulaki, LSE Hellenic Alumni Association President
Venue: NBG, Auditorium of the Karatzas Mansion, 1st Floor 

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*This event was organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the National Bank of Greece with the support of the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association.

Cyprus and the new Geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean 

Monday 2 December 2019, 18.30-20.00 

Speaker: Averof Neofytou, Member of the House of Representatives of Cyprus and President of the Democratic Rally
Chair: Kevin Featherstone,  Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 
Welcome Address: Louis Loizou, Chairman of the Hellenic Bankers Association UK
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building

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The event was organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the Hellenic Bankers Association UK.

Will Greece Reform?

Wednesday 20 November 2019, 18.30-20.00

Speaker: Nikos Konstantaras, Columnist for Kathimerini Newspaper
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 
Venue: Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre, Centre Building

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The Future of British Politics after BREXIT

Thursday 10 October 2019, 18:45-20:30

Speaker: Tony Travers, Professor in Practice, Department of Government, LSE
Discussant: Alexis Papahelas, Editor-in-Chief of 'Kathimerini'
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE
Venue: NBG, Auditorium of the Karatzas Mansion, 1st Floor 

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*This event was organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the National Bank of Greece with the support of the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association.

The IMF and the Greek Crisis: myths and realities

Monday 30 September 2019, 18:30-20:00

Speaker: Poul Thomsen, Director of the European Department, IMF
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 
Venue: TBA to ticketholders

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The event was organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the Hellenic Bankers Association UK.

Five things we Don’t Know about the Economic Crisis in Greece

Saturday 15 June 2019, 14:00-15:30

Speaker: Dimitris Papadimitriou, Professor of Politics, University of Manchester
Discussant: George Pagoulatos, Professor of European Politics and Economy, Athens University of Economics and Business 
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies; Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Venue:Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building 

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Building Social Capital and Trust: the role of corporate social responsibility 

Thursday 16 May 2019, 18.45-20.30

Speaker: Ane Tamayo, Professor of Accounting, LSE
Discussant: Sophie Daskalaki- Mytilineou, President of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee of MYTILINEOS S.A. 
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies; Director of the Hellenic Observatory, LSE

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*This event was organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the National Bank of Greece with the support of the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association.

17th Hellenic Observatory Annual Lecture
A New Model for the Greek Labour Market

Friday 22 March 2019, 18.30-20.00

Speaker: Effie Achtsioglou, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Social Solidarity 
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, European Institute, LSE
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

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The Future of Eurozone: what reforms are needed

Thursday 14 March 2019, 18.45-20.30 

Speaker: Paul De Grauwe, John Paulson Chair in European Political Economy, LSE
Discussant: Helen Louri-Dendrinou, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies; Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Venue: Megaron Karatza, Eolou 82, 105 51 Athens, Greece

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*This event was organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the National Bank of Greece with the support of the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association.

Making a Difference in Greece 

Wednesday 6 February 2019, 18:30-20:00

Speaker: Kostis Hatzidakis, Member of the Greek Parliament, Vice President of the New Democracy Party
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory 
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

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From the Mediterranean Crisis to Brexit: transformations and challenges of citizens' European identity

Thursday 17 January 2019, 19.00- 20.30

Speaker: Michael Bruter, Professor of Political Science and European Politics, LSE
Discussant: Effie Fokas, Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies; Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Venue: Megaron Karatza, Aiolou 82, 105 51 Athens, Greece

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*This event was organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the National Bank of Greece with the support of the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association.

Lessons learned from the Greek Crisis: reflections from George Papandreou

Monday 19th November 2018, 18.30-20.00

Speaker: George Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece (Oct 2009-Nov 2011) 
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory 
Venue: LSE Venue to be announced to ticketholders

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Modeling Transformation: EU, Greece and NBG

Tuesday 13 November 2018, 18.30 - 20.00

Speaker: Costas P. Michaelides, Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Greece
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory  Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building

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The Future of Healthcare: staying healthy in the 21st century – A view from Greece

Thursday 4 October 2018, 18.30 - 20.00

Speaker: Vassili G. Apostolopoulos, CEO, Athens Medical Group
Chair: Elias Mossialos, Brian Abel-Smith Professor of Health Policy, London School of Economics (LSE)
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, NAB

Hosted by the Hellenic Observatory and LSE Health.

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Solving the Cyprus Problem: thinking outside the box

Wednesday 20 June, 18.30 - 20.00

Speaker: Harry Tzimitras, Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo - PRIO Cyprus Centre, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Washington, D.C.
Chair: James Ker-Lindsay, LSEE Senior Visiting Fellow, LSE European Institute
Venue: Room 1.11, Cowdray House

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Perspectives on a Cyprus Settlement and Developments in UK-Cyprus Relations since 2010

Wednesday 9 May 2018, 18.30-20.00

Speaker: Matthew Kidd CMG, Former British High Commissioner to Cyprus
Chair: Professor James Ker-Lindsay, Senior Visiting Fellow at LSEE- Research on South Eastern Europe.
Venue: Thai Theatre, New Academic Building

Hosted by the Hellenic Observatory and Contemporary Turkish Studies

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Fake News, Propaganda and Media in Greece

Tuesday 27 February 2018
Speaker: Nikos Pappas, Greek Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Information
Time: 18.30-20.00
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE

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16th HO Annual Lecture
Defeating populism, defending the truth and unleashing the potential of the Greek economy

Monday 15 May 2017
Speaker: Kyriakos Mitsotakis, President of Nea Dimokratia
Time: 18.30-20.00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building

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Cyprus: revival from the crisis in the European economic dimension

Monday 13 March 2017
Speaker: Harris Georgiades, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus
Time: 18.30-19.45
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building

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Greece: Conditions for a Sustained Recovery

Thursday 9 February 2017
Speaker: George Chouliarakis, Greek Alternate Minister of Finance & Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers of Greece
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building LSE Campus

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HO 20-year Anniversay Lecture
The principle of Solidarity in the framework of primary European Law: Guarantees provided by the Treaty for the European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union 

Monday 28 November, 2016
Speaker: H.E. Mr Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President of the Hellenic Republic
Time: 19:00
Venue: Megaron: the Athens Concert Hall, Greece

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A social or a neoliberal Europe?
The Greek experience

Monday 14 November, 2016
Speaker: George Katrougalos, Alternate Minister of European Affairs - Foreign Ministry, Greece and Professor of Public Law
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Thai Theater, New Academic Building. 
Organised by The Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy with the Hellenic Observatory

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Hellenic Observatory & Hellenic Bankers Association-UK
The Road to Recovery: can Greek banks revive the real economy?

Monday 31 October, 2016
Speaker: Nikolaos Karamouzis, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Eurobank Ergasias SA; Emeritus Professor, University of Piraeus
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Wolfson Theater, New Academic Building

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Cyprus and new security issues in the Eastern Mediterranean

Wednesday 10 February, 2016
Speaker: Euripides Evriviades, High Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus to the UK
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Wolfson Theater, New Academic Building

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Lessons Learnt from the Greek Crisis

Thursday 28 January, 2016
Speaker: Louka Katseli, Chair of the National Bank of Greece and Hellenic Bankers Association and Professor at the University of Athens
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theater, LSE

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Economic Blues: The Left in Government Times

Tuesday 10 November 2015
Speaker: Euclid Tsakalotos, Greek Finance Minister
Time:20:00-21:30
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

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15th HO Annual Lecture
The Hypocrisy of European Moralism: Greece and the Politics of Cultural Aggression

Wednesday 4 November, 2015
Speaker: Michael Herzfeld, Professor of the Social Sciences and Curator of European Ethnology in the Peabody Museum, Harvard University
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Hong Kong Theater, Clement House

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The current economic developments in Greece and Cyprus: when and how crisis exits are feasible

Monday 12 October, 2015
Speaker: Michalis Sarris, Former Minister of Finance of Cyprus; Former Department Director at the World Bank; Yiannis Kitromilides,Associate Member of the Cambridge Centre of Economic and Public Policy, University of Cambridge
Time: 18:31-20:00
Venue: CLM 2.02, Clement House, LSE

14th HO Annual Lecture
'The Greek Economy- Current Developments and Future Prospects'

Wednesday 25 March, 2015
Speaker: YANNIS STOURNARAS, Governor of the Bank of Greece; Former Greek Minister of Finance

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Local Governance in Times of Crisis - Lessons for Greece from the City of Thessaloniki

Tuesday 11 November, 2014
Speaker: Yiannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Hong Kong Theater, Clement House, LSE

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The Greek Orthodox Church and the Economic Crisis

Wednesday 12 November, 2014
Speaker: His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatius of Demetrias and Almyros
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Hong Kong Theater, Clement House, LSE

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The true story about the geopolitical role of Cyprus: David or Goliath?

Thursday 16 February, 2014
Speaker: H.E Nicos Anastasiades, President of the Republic of Cyprus
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE

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13th HO Annual Lecture
The Greek Ombudsman and Public Administration during Challenging Times

Monday 25 November, 2013
Speaker: PROFESSOR CALLIOPE SPANOU,  The Greek Ombudsman; Professor of Administrative Sciences, University of Athens

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Greece's way out of the crisis

Thursday 14 March, 2013
Speaker: Alexis Tsipras, President of Syriza-USF
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE

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Can we deliver a better Europe?The Challenge of Meeting Expectations for Economic Growth, Stability and Social Cohesion in the EU

31 October, 2012
Speaker: Andreas D. Mavroyiannis, Deputy Minister to the President of the Republic of Cyprus for European Affairs 
Time: 19:00-20:00
Venue: Alumni Theater, New Academic Building, LSE

12th HO Annual Lecture
Greece between Austerity, Reform and the Drachma

Monday 5 March, 2012
Speaker: COSTAS AZARIADIS, Mallinckrodt Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

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The Geostrategic Importance of Cyprus: Long Term Trends & Prospects

25 January, 2012
Speaker: Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, Cyprus Foreign Affairs Minister 
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theater, New Academic Building, LSE

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Politics, Culture and the State: the Greek crisis in historical perspective

Thursday 24 November, 2011
Speaker: Nikiforos Diamandouros, The European Ombudsman
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Thai Theater, New Academic Building, LSE

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The Role of Education in Greece's Recovery

Wednesday 2 February, 2011 
Speaker: Anna Diamantopoulou, then Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affars, Greece
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theater, New Academic Building, LSE

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The 2011 London Hellenic Society Annual Lecture Hellenism, Universal Rights and Apartheid

Wednesday 5 October, 2011 Advocate: George Bizos Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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The 3rd Greek Bailout: lessons to be learnt?

Wednesday 25 November, 16:00-17:30

Speakers: Joaquín Almunia, Chairman, Board of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS); Honorary President, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
Kari Korhonen, Evaluation Manager & Senior Adviser to Secretary General, European Stability Mechanism

Discussants: Iain Begg, Professorial Research Fellow, European Institute, LSE
Gikas A. Hardouvelis, Professor of Finance and Economics, University of Piraeus, Greece
Elena Panaritis, Economist; Policy Innovator, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Thought for Action

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Director, Hellenic Observatory

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A New Economic Plan for Greece: what future?

Monday, 16 November, 16:00 - 17:30

Speaker: Sir Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, LSE

Discussants:
Michael Haliassos, Professor & Chair of Macroeconomics & Finance, Goethe University, Frankfurt
Louka T. Katseli, Professor Emeritus of International Economics & Development, Department of Economics, National Kapodistrian University of Athens

Welcome Address: Dr Vassili G. Apostolopoulos, President, Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association (EENE)

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

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*This event was organised by the Hellenic Observatory and EENE- Hellenic Association of Entrepreneurs.

COVID-19 and Economic Recovery in Greece: challenges and prospects

Tuesday 27 October 2020, 17:30-19:00

Speaker: Christos Staikouras, Minister of Finance, Hellenic Republic

Discussants: George Handjinicolaou, Chairman, non-executive member, Board of Directors of Piraeus Bank; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX)
Helen Louri- Dendrinou, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
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: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory 

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*This event formed part of LSE’s Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative and was hosted by the Hellenic Observatory and the Hellenic Bankers Association UK.

Greece, Cyprus and the Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean

Thursday 22 October 2020, 16:00-17:30

Speakers: Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, Associate Professor & Jean Monnet Chair of European Studies, Bilkent University
Kostas Ifantis, Professor of International Relations, Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences, Athens, Greece
James Ker- Lindsay, Visiting Professor, LSEE, LSE
Fiona Mullen, Director of Sapienta Economics Ltd

Chair: Spyros Economides, Deputy Director, Hellenic Observatory 

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Governments in the Crisis: what do we expect of them? What do they expect of us?

Tuesday 30 June 2020, 16.00-17.30

Speakers: 
George Gerapetritis, Minister of State, Hellenic Republic
Amy Verdun, Professor in European Politics and Political Economy, Leiden University
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE

This event was part of LSE's public event series - COVID-19: The Policy Response.

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*CANCELLED* COVID-19 and Tourism in Greece: challenges and prospects

Tuesday 9 June 2020, 16.00-17.30

Speaker: 
Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism, Hellenic Republic
Discussants:
Dimitrios Buhalis, Professor in Marketing, Strategy and Innovation, Bournemouth University
Ioanna Dretta, CEO, Marketing Greece S.A
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE

Assessing the Economic Impact of COVID-19

Thursday 7 May 2020, 16:00-17:30

Speakers:
Paul De Grauwe, John Paulson Chair in European Political Economy, European Institute, LSE
Simeon Djankov, Research Fellow, Financial Markets Group, LSE
Panos Tsakloglou, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Miranda Xafa, CEO of E.F. Consulting Ltd; Senior scholar at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Chair: Kevin Featherstone,  Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE  

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This event was part of LSE's public event series - COVID-19: The Policy Response, organised in collaboration with the National Bank of Greece and with the support of the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association.

Πολιτική Βία στην Ελλάδα της Κρίσης

Εισαγωγική Παρέμβαση: Μιχάλης Χρυσοχοΐδης, Υπουργός Προστασίας του Πολίτη
Ομιλητές: Λαμπρινή Ρόρη, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Πανεπιστήμιο του Exeter 
Βασιλική Γεωργιάδου, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια Πολιτικής Επιστήμης στο Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο & Διευθύντρια του Κέντρου Πολιτικών Ερευνών
Κώστας Ρουμανιάς, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Συνομιλητές: Νίκος Δεμερτζής, Καθηγητής στο Τμήμα Επικοινωνίας & ΜΜΕ του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών 
Στάθης Ν. Καλύβας, Καθηγητής Πολιτικής Επιστήμης στο Πανεπιστήμιο της Οξφόρδης
Συντονιστής: Σπύρος Οικονομίδης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής  Διεθνών Σχέσεων και Ευρωπαϊκής Πολιτικής στο LSE, Υποδιευθυντής Ελληνικού Παρατηρητηρίου

Περισσότερες Πληροφορίες

Brain Gain: an exciting future for Greece

Wednesday 27 November 2019, 18:30-20:00

Speakers: 
Angeliki Kosmopoulou, Executive Director, A. C. Laskaridis Foundation 
Konstantinos Kyranakis, Member of Parliament, Hellenic Parliament
Angela Stathi, CEO, Reload Greece 
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 

Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

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The event is organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the '89 Initiative. 

Greek Politics After the 2019 Elections: future prospects

Tuesday 29 October 2019, 18:30-20:00

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

Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building

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The Future of the Greek Banking System

Tuesday 11 June 2019, 18:30-20:00

Speakers: Alon Avner, Head of Bain Capital Credit Europe
Sabina Dziurman, Director for Greece and Cyprus, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Christos Megalou, CEO, Piraeus Bank
Anastasia Sakellariou, CEO, Praxia Bank
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies; Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building 

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Athens’ Grassroots Regeneration: Reflections from Mayor Georgios Kaminis

Tuesday 2 April 2019, 18.30-20.00 

Speaker: Georgios Kaminis, Mayor of Athens
Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory, LSE 
Myria Georgiou, Professor of Media and Communications
Chair: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies, LSE and Director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age project

Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

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Greece Facing the Immigration and Refugee Crisis

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 18:30-20:00

Speakers: Antigone Lyberaki, General Manager, SolidarityNow
Lefteris Papagiannakis, Vice Mayor for Migrants, Refugees and Municipal Decentralization
Lilian Tsourdi, Departmental Lecturer in International Human Rights and Refugee Law, University of Oxford
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

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Growth strategies for Greece and Cyprus

Tuesday 27 November 2018, 18:30 - 20:30

Speakers: Gikas Hardouvelis, Sir Christopher Pissarides, Dimitri Vayanos and Constantinos Petrides 
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy, LSE
Venue: Auditorium B108 A.Leventis Council - Senate Building
Aglantzia Campus, University of Cyprus

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The Impact of Brexit on Greece and Cyprus

Tuesday 19 June 2018, 18.30 - 20.00

Speakers: His Excellency Dimitris Caramitsos-Tziras, Ambassador of Greece to the UK
James Ker-Lindsay, LSEE Senior Visiting Fellow, LSE European Institute
Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser and a board member at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR)
Effie Kyrtata, CEO of Reload Greece Foundation
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Head of the LSE European Institute, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

Co-hosted with the LSE Generation Brexit project

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Greece out of crisis? Building a competitive economy

Monday 21 May 2018, 18.30-20.00

Speakers: Dr Vassili G. Apostolopoulos, CEO, Athens Medical Group;
Nikos Drandakis, Founder and CEO, Beat;
Michael Tsamaz, Chairman and CEO, OTE Group
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Head of the European Institute, LSE
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building

Co-organised with the Hellenic Bankers Association-UK. 

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Greek Exports and Corporate Adjustment

Monday 12 March, 18.30-20.00

Speakers: Anthony Bartzokas, Board Alternate Director, EBRD
Peter Sanfey, Deputy Director for Country Economics and Policy, EBRD
Discussant: Manolis Galenianos, Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London

Venue: CLM.6.02, Clement House, LSE

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Post-crisis Greek Foreign Policy: Challenges and Prospects

Monday 27 November 2017

Speaker: Spyros Economides, Director of the Hellenic Observatory, Emmanuel Karagiannis, Senior Lecturer Defence Studies, KCL and James Ker-Lindsay, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of St Mary's, Twickenham 
Time: 19.00
Venue: Hellenic Centre, London

The event is organised by The Anglo-Hellenic League and the Hellenic Observatory

Sexualities and Ageing: the case of Cyprus

Monday 13 November 2017

Speakers: Debbie Laycock,  Head of Policy an Parliamentary Affairs at the Terrence Higgins Trust and Constantinos Phellas, Vice Rector for Faculty and Research, University of Nicosia, Cyprus.

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The Greek Crisis, structural reforms and Eurozone convergence

Monday, 30 October 2017

Speakers: Costas Meghir, Yale University, Christopher A. Pissarides, LSE, Dimitri Vayanos, Professor of Finance, LSE, Nikolaos Vettas, Athens University of Economics and Business, and and IOBE
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE
Time: 18.00-20.30

Cyprus and the Technology Transformation: breaking ground in the new economic & social environment

Monday 16 May, 2016
Time: 18.30-20.30
Venue: Leventis Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus

Organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the LSE Cyprus Alumni Association Panel Discussion

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The Future of Greek Banking

Wednesday 9 March, 2016
Venue: Karatzas Megaron, National Bank of Greece, Greece

Organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the Hellenic Alumni Association of LSE

Web Privacy and Data Protection: Digital Paths of High Risk

Tuesday 26 May, 2015
Time: 18:00
Venue: King George Athens Hotel

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Is austerity winning the argument  on ‘euro-zone’ recovery? Can the solutions to the crisis also be socially just?

Thursday 30 April, 2015
Time:18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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What do the Greek elections mean for Greece’s future?

Thursday 5 February, 2015
Time:18.30-20.00
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building,LSE

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What is 'modern' about Modern Greece?

Friday 7 November, 2014
Time: 18.30-20.00
Venue: Hong Kong Theater, Clements House, LSE

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Growth and Social Cohesion: Challenges for Greece and Beyond

Thursday 15 May, 2014
Time: 18.30 - 20.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Euro-crisis & Greece

Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Speakers: Daniel Gros, Charles Goodhart, Michael Haliassos
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

Organised by the Hellenic Observatory & the Hellenic Bankers Association, UK

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The Greek Crisis and its Possible Resolutions

Wednesday 11 September, 2012
Venue: Room U8, Tower 1, LSE

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Cyprus - Tired of Talking? Civil Society to Bring Life to a Stagnant Process

Wednesday 16 May, 2012
Venue: Canada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, LSE

Organised by the Hellenic Observatory and Contemporary Turkish Studies

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Greek Election Forum 2012

Wednesday 8 May, 2012
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

Can Greece get out of the crisis?

Wednesday 28 March, 2012
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Workshop on Social Change: Theory and Applications (the case of Greek Society)

Friday 9 March, 2012
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Growth for Greece! How to get out of recession and stay in the Eurozone

Monday 6 February, 2012
Venue: ACCI, Academias 7, 6th Floor, Hermes Hall, Athens

PSI - A Greek Gordian Knot. Current Issues and Future Consequences

Thursday 2 February, 2012
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: New Theatre, East Building, LSE

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16th Cyprus Virtual Summit 
Europe: Putting solidarity to the test – Cyprus: In need of a new growth model?

Tuesday 24 November

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*The Hellenic Observatory was a proud supporter.

Second Eastmed-London Investment Summit
Cyprus-Greece-Israel: Propelling a partnership for growth

Tuesday 3 December 2019 

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Workshop and Conference: Greece and the Euro: From Crisis to Recovery 

Workshop: 14th December 2018, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Conference: 12th April 2019, Fletcher School, Tufts University

The purpose of the workshops and conference was to assess the causes of the Greek crisis and the prospects for the Greek economy after the conclusion of the economic adjustment programs in 2018.

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Delphi Economic Forum III
New Globalization and Growth Challenges

March 1-4, 2018
Venue: European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Greece

The Hellenic Observatory was programming partner of Delphi Economic Forum III.

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Conference World Trade and Commerce: Why go maritime in this turbulent era?

Thursday 15 February, 17.00-21.30
Venue:The Hellenic Centre, London

The conference aimed to strengthen the knowledge of the younger generations on the challenges, prospects and threats of the maritime industry.

Organised by The Isalos.net London. In participation with the Hellenic Observatory
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Conference
Greece: Modernisation and Europe 20 years on                

Friday, 25 November 2016
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE

Drawing on the conference organised at the European Institute of LSE in November 1994, this retrospective conference asked participants to reflect on the modernisation of Greece, particularly over the past two decades.

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11th Annual London Conference of the British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the Hellenic Observatory
Greece, a Financial Overview and Investment Opportunities

Monday, 14 November 2016
Venue:The Old Library, Lloyd’s building
 

Reload Greece 2016 Conference
Enterprising Diasporas: from Brain Drain to Brain Gain

Saturday 24 September, 2016
Venue: Rooms on Regent's Park

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Symposium: 'Getting Policy Knowledge into Government: the Greek and European Experiences'

Thursday 19 May, 2016
Venue: Bank of Greece, Athens

This symposium was organised to commemorate the HO 20 Year anniversary.The event, which was by invitation only, was held under The Chatam House rule.

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Interpreting the Past, Present and Future of Cyprus

Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Venue: University of Cyprus, Nicosia
One-Day Conference Co-organised by the Hellenic Observatory & the University of Cyprus. The conference asked participants to reflect on the development of Cyprus-related research, particularly over the past two decades.

Conference Programme

The Cyprus Recovery Plan: A Midterm Assessment

Friday 6 March, 2015
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE

On the second anniversary of the Cyprus bail-in, the Hellenic Observatory in association with the University of Nicosia hosted this conference to debate the issues surrounding that momentous decision and its repercussions. The conference is the sequel to an earlier event jointly organised by the Hellenic Observatory and Neapolis University in Cyprus, in September 2012, to discuss the then worsening economic situation in Cyprus and the challenges ahead. 
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Private Symposium on the Future of Modern Greek Studies

Friday 7 November, 2014
Time: 09:30-17:15
Venue: The Box, Tower 3, LSE

The Symposium offered a unique opportunity for professors from around the world to meet and discuss the field of Modern Greek Studies and its possible future development.

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The Greek Economy: from Crisis to Development

Friday 4 and Saturday 5 April, 2014
Venue: Volos, Thessaly, Greece

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Reviving Famagusta; From Ghost Town to Eco-city?

Friday 21 February, 2014
Time: 14:00-18:45
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE

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Greek Politics in Crisis: Challenges to the Open Society

Friday 29 November, 2013
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE

One day conference organised by the Hellenic Observatory, LSE and the Open Society European Policy Institute, Brussels

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The Euro, Greece & the Southern Periphery

10 October, 2013
Venue: The Hellenic Centre

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Whither Social Policy? Social Policy in Greece in times of Crisis

Friday 17 May, 2013
Venue: University of the Peloponnese

2nd Annual Conference
Young Greek Minds: Leading Our Country to a Better Future

Monday 22 April, 2013
Venue: Athens Hilton Hotel

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Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association (EENE) Annual Economic Forum
The Crisis of the Eurozone: Challenges & Opportunities For the European South

Thursday 18 April, 2013
Venue: Grand Bretagne Hotel, Athens-Greece

Co-organised by the EENE and the Hellenic Observatory

PRIO Cyprus Centre 2012 Annual Conference
Good Governance in Europe and the Neighbourhood

Friday 26 & Saturday 27 October, 2012
Venue: Chateau Status, Nicosia Cyprus

Institutions of Economic Governance for an Incomplete Union

Tuesday 17 April, 2012
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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The Cyprus Economy at a Time of European Uncertainty: Managing Reform & Sustainability

Friday 10 February, 2012
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE

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Changing Conceptions of 'Europe' in Modern Greece: Identities, Meanings, and Legitimation

Thursday 28 & Friday 29 January, 2011
Venue: British School at Athens

Organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the British School of Athens

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Public Financial Management in Times of Crisis: Fiscal Realities and Management Challenges in Greece and the EU

Friday 22 October, 2010
Time:09:00-18:30
Venue: Shaw Library, LSE Old Building

Co-organised with the Association for the International Foundation of Public Finance and sponsored by the National Bank of Greece

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The cost of the financial crisis: Planning an exit strategy

Wednesday 27 May, 2009
Venue: Athens

Co-organised with the Bank of Greece and the Hellenic Observatory

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Migrant integration in small island economies-evidence from the island of Rhodes

Tuesday 3 February, 2009
Venue: New Academic Building, LSE 

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4th Hellenic Observatory Athens Conference: Welfare and Pension Reform in Europe: learning from each other?

Wednesday 25 June, 2008 
Venue: Athens, Greece

Co-organised with the LSE Migration Studies Unit Workshop and sponsored by the John S. Latsis Public Foundation

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3rd HO Athens Conference
The European Sustainable Development Strategy and Greece

Wednesday 4 June, 2007
Venue: Athens, Greece

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Migration and the New European Enlargement: Bulgaria and Romania

Friday 18 May, 2007
Key-note speakers: Elspeth Guild, Nadya Dimitrova & Dzenk Sejfula
Venue: Room 3.21, Old Building, LSE

War and Identities

Saturaday 26 & Sunday 27 May, 2006
Venue: The Gennadius Library, Athens, Greece

Organised by the Hellenic Studies Programme at Yale University and the Hellenic Observatory and co-sponsored by the Kokkalis Foundation, the Network for the Study of Civil Wars and the Gennadius Library

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The 2nd HO Athens Conference
The European Union's Balkan Enlargement: What Does it Mean for the Greek Economy?

Tuesday 6 June, 2006
Venue: Bank of Greece

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The 1st  HO Athens Conference
Labour Market Flexibility: international experience and the case of Greece

Friday 22 April, 2005
Venue: Grand Bretagne Hotel, Athens, Greece

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Pension Reform in Europe: Shared Problems, Sharing Solutions?

Friday 5 December, 2003
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE

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The 2003 Greek EU Council Presidency: between disintegration and consensus-building

Friday 14 November, 2003

Romania and EU Enlargement: The Challenge of Domestic Reform

Friday 31 October, 2003
Venue: Room G108, 20 Kingsway, LSE

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European Security and the New Global Challenges

Tuesday 4 March, 2003

Organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the Institute for Defence Analyses

Globalisation and Regionalism: A Double Challenge for Greece

Wednesday 28 & Thursday 29 March, 2001
Venue: Zappeio Megaron, Athens

The Last Bluff : how Greece came face-to-face with financial catastrophe and the secret plan for its euro exit

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 18:30-20:00

Speakers: 
Viktoria Dendrinou, Reporter for Bloomberg News in Brussels
Eleni Varvitsioti, Brussels correspondent for Kathimerini Newspaper and SKAI TV
Discussant: Hugo Dixon, Journalist, entrepreneur and campaigner
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 

Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

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Maximizing Added Value in the Greek Economy: a new era for Hellenic Entrepreneurship

Monday 30 September 2019, 11.30-20.30 

Venue: Grand Hyatt, Athens 

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Greek to Me: a memoir of academic life

Tuesday 4 December 2018

Speaker: Richard Clogg, Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

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5th Annual Economic Forum of the Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association (EENE): From Recovery to Prompt/ Speedy Growthgoal: “Hellas 2021”

Tuesday 10 July  2018, 9:00-17:30
Venue:Airotel Stratos Vassilikos, 114 Michalakopoulou str., Athens

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Book Launch
The Greco-German Affair in the Euro Crisis: mutual recognition lost?

Tuesday 20 March, 18.30 - 20.00
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE

Speakers: Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni, PhD student, European Institute, LSE; Kalypso Nicolaïdis, Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford, UK; Claudia Sternberg, Senior Research Associate at University College London’s European Institute, UK
Discussants: Kevin Featherstone, Head of the European Institute and Jonathan White, Professor of Politics, European Institute, LSE.

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Book Launch
Non-Performing Loans and Resolving Private Sector Insolvency: Experiences from the EU Periphery and the Case of Greece

Monday 16 October 2017
Christos Gortsos, (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Nikolaos Karamouzis (HBA & Eurobank Ergasias) and Platon Monokroussos (Eurobank Ergasias and Hellenic Observatory

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Beyond Austerity: Workshop on the growth of the Greek Economy

On the occasion of the book Beyond Austerity:Reforming the Greek Economy  Monday 2 October French Institute, Athens The Hellenic Observatory supported the project.

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Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association 4th Annual Economic Forum Investing in the Future: The Private Sector’s Bid For Economic

22 May 2017 
A forum organised by the Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association (EENE) in partnership with the Hellenic Observatory, LSE

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Delphi Economic Forum II
Outlook for Greece and the Region Vision 2020 - 2030

2 March - Sunday, 5 March 2017 
The Hellenic Observatory supported the event as a programming partner.

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Book Launch
Game Over - The Inside Story of the Greek Crisis

22 February 2017
George Papaconstantinou, Former Greek Finance Minister

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Book Launch
Post-Ottoman Coexistence - Sharing Space in the Shadow of Conflict

8 June 2016
Dr Rebecca BRYANT, A.N. Hadjiyannis Senior Research Fellow, European Institute, LSE

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Book Launch
A Financial Crisis Manual: reflections and the road ahead

Thursday, 17 March 2016
Platon MONOKROUSSOS, Konstantinos I. NIKOLOPOULOS, Dimitrios D. THOMAKOS

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Book Launch
Who's to Blame for Greece? Austerity in Charge of Saving a Broken Economy

1 March 2016
Theodore PELAGIDIS, Michael MITSOPOULOS and Dimitri VAYANOS

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Seminar:  From migration crisis to refugee crisis in Europe: Securitization priorities vs Integration policies?

18 January 2016
Apostolos G. PAPADOPOULOS

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Book Launch
Prime Ministers in Greece: The Paradox of Power

7 October 2015
Kevin FEATHERSTONE and Dimitirs PAPADIMITRIOU

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Book Launch
The Golden Dawn's 'Nationalist Solution": Explaining the Rise of the Far Right in Greece

14 May 2015
Daphne HALIKIOPOULOU and Sofia VASILOPOULOU

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Book Launch
The European Debt Crisis: The Greek Case

Tuesday 9 December 2014
Costas SIMITIS, Former Greek Prime Minister

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Book Launch
Resolving Cyprus: New Approaches to Conflict Resolution

27 November 2014
James KER-LINDSAY, Eurobank Senior Research Fellow, LSE

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The Impact of European Employment Strategy in Greece and Portugal

20 October 2014
Sotirios ZARTALOUDIS, Lecturer in Politics, Department of Politics, History and IR, Loughborough University

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Seminar
The Challenges of Administrative Reform in Greece

1 November 2013
Speaker: Dr Evy Christofilopoulou, Greek Deputy Minister for Administrative Reform
Venue: Canada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, LSE

Book Launch
The Thirteenth Labour of Hercules Inside the Greek Crisis

15 October 2014
Yannis PALAIOLOGOS, Features reporter for "Kathimerini" newspaper, Athens, Greece

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Workshop
Anthropological Perspectives on the Crisis in Southern Europe

Friday 28 June 2013

Co-organised by the UCL’s Anthropology Department and the LSE’s Hellenic Observatory

2013 London Financial Regulation Seminar: The politics of the euro area crisis and Cyprus

Speaker: Athanasios Orphanides, Former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus
15 May 2013
Co-hosted by the Financial Markets Group (FMG), the Hellenic Observatory and the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF)

1st Hellenic Forum ''GREXITING the crisis''

2, 4, 6, 8 March 2013, LSE
Organised by the LSE Student Union Hellenic Society and sponsored and supported by the Hellenic Observatory and others.

Cyprus in Time

24 October - 25 November 2016
Photographic display of black and white images taken by Cypriot artist photographer and journalist Antigoni Solomonidou Droussiotou. This exhibition explored religious and political contrasts, the everyday life, the habits, traditions and moments in time of the people of Cyprus, captured from years of exploring and observing both sides of the island. 
Venue: Atrium Gallery, Old Building LSE  

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Imagine Greece

7-18 March 2016
This exhibition captured Greece through the lens of 34 Greek photographers, showcasing images of the country and its people. The exhibition was organised by the Hellenic Observatory and Photoglobe Seminars to celebrate 20th Anniversary of the Hellenic Observatory.            
Venue: Atrium Gallery, Old Building LSE  

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