Podcasts and Videos
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Catch up with podcasts and videos from many of our past events. We’re continuing to add recordings to our archive, and you can also explore past podcasts through our Events and Seminar pages.
Recent Highlights
Shifting realities: diplomacy in times of wars, crises and tensions from Europe to the Middle East
Monday 2 November 2026
Speaker: Alexandra Papadopoulou, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic
Chair: Jennifer Jackson-Preece, Associate Professor of Nationalism, European Institute and the Department of Int
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*Event co-hosted with the European Institute, LSE
From crisis to stability to what? Greece in a fragmenting world
Monday 19 October 2026, 6.30pm - 8pm
Speaker: Alexis Papahelas, Executive editor of the Greek newspaper Kathimerini
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory; Professor in Political Economy and Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies, European Institute, LSE
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Cyprus untied? New prospects and old challenges for the resumption of talks
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Speakers:
Dr Sinem Arslan, Visiting Fellow, LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory
Neophytos Loizides, Professor of International Conflict Analysis, University of Warwick
Alex Michaelides, Professor of Finance, Imperial College Business School
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory; Professor in Political Economy and Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies at the European Institute, LSE
Venue: LSE Lecture Theatre, Centre Building ground floor, LSE
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Thursday 28 May 2026
Speaker: Simona Iammarino, Professor of Applied Economics, Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI); Visiting Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, LSE
Discussant: Anthony Bartzokas, Professor of Economics, University of Athens; Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory Centre, LSE
Chairs:
Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory; Professor in Political Economy and Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies, European Institute, LSE
Aristeidis Samitas, Professor of Finance, Vice Rector for Finance and Development, Director of MSc in FinTech, Director of Financial Investments Lab, Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Political Sciences, University of Athens
From absorption to productivity: lessons from RRF experience
Tuesday 12 May 2026
Speakers:
Dr Fay Makantasi, Research Director, Greek think tank diaNEOsis
Nikos Mantzoufas, Associate Partner EY-Parthenon
George Petrakos, Professor, Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly
Moderator: Anthony Bartzokas, Professor of Economics, University of Athens; Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory Centre, LSE
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory; Professor in Political Economy and Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies, European Institute, LSE
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Skills training and quality jobs in Europe: insights from Greece
Friday 8 May 2026
Speaker: Niki Kerameus, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hellenic Republic
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory; Professor in Political Economy and Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies, European Institute, LSE
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Greek Prime Ministers in the eye of the storm
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Speakers: Kevin Featherstone, Emeritus Professor (EI, LSE); Research Affiliate, Hellenic Observatory
Dimitris Papadimitriou, Professor of Political Science, University of Manchester; Director, Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE)
Declan Costello, Deputy Director General, DG ECFIN, European Commission
Stella Ladi, Professor in Public Policy, Queen Mary University of London; Professor in Europeanization and Public Policy, Panteion University, Athens
Chair: Yaprak Gürsoy, Professor of European Politics; Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE
Athens Lecture | Gender roles and parental time allocation
Friday 27 February 2026
Speaker: Almudena Sevilla CBE, Professor of Economic and Social Policy, Department of Social Policy, LSE
Discussant: Irene Kamberidou, Professor of Sociology, School of Economics and Political Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Chairs:
Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory; Professor in Political Economy and Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies, European Institute, LSE
Aristeidis Samitas, Professor of Finance, Vice Rector for Finance and Development, Director of MSc in FinTech, Director of Financial Investments Lab, Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Political Sciences, University of Athens
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Thursday 5 February 2026 6.30pm-8.00pm (GMT)
Speakers: Anna Diamantopoulou, President of DIKTIO – Network for Reform in Greece and Europe
Sir Julian Le Grand, Professor of Social Policy, Marshall Institute, LSE
Panos Tskaloglou, Department of International & European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and BusinessChair:
Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory; Professor in Political Economy and Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies, European Institute, LSE
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Athens Lecture | Beliefism: How to Stop Hating People We Disagree With
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Speaker: Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science, Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, LSE
Discussant: Lamprini Rori, Assistant Professor, Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Chairs:
Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory; Professor in Political Economy and Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies, European Institute, LSE
Aristeidis Samitas, Professor of Finance, Vice Rector for Finance and Development, Director of MSc in FinTech, Director of Financial Investments Lab, Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Political Sciences, University of Athens
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Greece's economic and digital transformation: in conversation with Kyriakos Pierrakakis
Friday 14 November 2025
Speaker: Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of Economy and Finance of Greece and a member of the Hellenic Parliament.
Chair: Vassilis Monatiriotis: Director, LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory; Professor in Political Economy and Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies, European Institute, LSE
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Thursday 6 November 2025
Panellists: Iosif Botetzagias, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean
Petros S. Kokkalis, Secretary of Political Party ‘Kosmos’ & Former Member of the European Parliament (Greens/EFA)
Theodota Nantsou, Head of Policy, WWF Greece
Yannis Paraskevopoulos, Founding Member and Former Co-Spokesperson - Οικολόγοι Πράσινοι (Ecologist Greens)
Chair: Vassilis Monatiriotis, Director, LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory; Professor in Political Economy and Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies, European Institute, LSE
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Identity Battles on Social Media: Trending in the Western Balkans and Beyond
Thursday 30 October 2025
Speakers:Ivana Stepanovic, Research Fellow; Academic Coordinator, UNESCO Chair for Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainability Kőszeg
Sanja Vico, FHEA; Lecturer in Communications and Digital Media (E&R), Department of Communications, Drama and Film, University of Exeter
Natasha Dimitrovska, Assistant Lecturer, School of Media, Film & Journalism, Monash University. Natasha is teaching within the intersections of media, communication and gender studies, at Monash University, Australia
Chair: Denisa Kostovicova, Professor in Global Politics, European Institute, London School of Economics
Thursday 23 January 2025
Speakers: Athanasia Chalari, Associate Lecturer, Open University
Nikos Erinakis, Assistant Professor of Social and Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Culture, University of Crete
Philipp Katsinas, Postdoctoral Researcher, REDEFINE project, Open University
Dimitris Soudias, Principal Investigator, research project Welfare Visions 2.0: Future-Making Practices in the Social Economies of Athens and Berlin (WELFAIR)
Chair: Myria Georgiou, Professor of Media & Communications; Head of the Department of Media and Communications, LSE; HOC Research Affiliate
Online Event
Monday 25 November 2024
Speakers: Nikolaos Karamouzis, Executive Chairman, SMERemediumCap; Chairman, Grant Thornton, Greece
Charlotte Ruhe, Managing Director for Central and South Eastern Europe, EBRD
Michael Sarris, Chairman of the Board of Directors, AstroBank
Dr Apostolos Thomadakis, Head of Research, European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI)
Moderator: Anthony Bartzokas, Professor, University of Athens
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, Hellenic Observatory Centre
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Tuesday 19 November 2024
Speaker: Filippos Petroulakis, Research Economist, Economic Analysis and Research Department, Bank of Greece
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, Hellenic Observatory Centre
Thursday 7 November 2024
Speakers:
Neophytos Loizides, Professor of International Conflict Analysis, University of Warwick
Konstantina Maragkou, Contemporary Historian, Newcastle University
Sir Roger Tomkys, British Embassy in Athens, 1972-1975 (video interview)
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Emeritus Professor; Professorial Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory
Venue: Shaw Library, 6th floor, Old Building, LSE
*Hosted by the Hellenic Observatory Centre and the Anglo-Hellenic League
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Tuesday 15 October 2024
Speaker: Gerasimos Tsourapas, Professor of International Relations, University of Glasgow
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Emeritus Professor; Professorial Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory
Hellenic Observatory Research Centre Launch Event
Clean growth: challenges and opportunities in the renewable energy paradigm
Wednesday 9 October 2024
Speaker: Costas Arkolakis, Professor of Economics, Yale University
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Hellenic Observatory Centre Director; Professor of Political Economy & Eleftherios Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies
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Tuesday 1 October 2024
Speaker: Revecca Pedi, Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Macedonia, Greece
Chair: Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics, LSE
Thursday 16 May 2024
Speakers: Sue Barrett, EBRD Director of Infrastructure in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; Dr Will Bartlett, Visiting Senior Fellow, LSEE Research on South Eastern Europe, LSE; Prof Slavo Radosevic, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UCL; Matteo Rivellini, Head of Division Western Balkans and Turkey, EIB
Moderator: Prof Anthony Bartzokas, Professorial Fellow, United Nations University; Associate Professor, University of Athens; Visiting Professor in Practice, Hellenic Observatory
Chair: Prof Vassilis Monastiriotis, Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in Political Economy
Thursday 9 May 2024
Speaker: George Alogoskoufis, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics & Business
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
Tuesday 19 March 2024
Speaker: George Melios, Research Fellow, Department of Psychological & Behavioural Science, LSE; Research Advisor, Gallup
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
Thursday 14 March 2024
Speaker: Yannis Stournaras, Governor of the Bank of Greece
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Professor of Political Economy; Eleftherios Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies
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*Co-hosted with the Hellenic Bankers Association (HBA) UK
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Speaker: Stelios Sakkas, Research Economist, Economics Research Centre, Department of Economics, University of Cyprus
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
Tuesday 5 March 2024
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
The modern left for progressive governance
Monday 19 February 2024
Speaker: Stefanos Kasselakis, Leader of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
Tuesday 13 February 2024
Speaker: Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain
Co-Chairs: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
Revd Canon Prof James Walters, LSE Faith Centre Director; Chaplain and Professor in Practice
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*Co-hosted with the LSE Faith Centre
Tuesday 6 February 2024
Speaker: Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), University of Oxford
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
Applied Diplomacy: setting goals and identifying tools
Wednesday 24 January 2024
Speaker: Yannis Tsaousis, Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the Court of St James’s
Chair: Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics; Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director
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Tuesday 16 January 2024
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
Greek foreign policy: future challenges and opportunities
Monday 27 November 2023
Speaker: Professor George Gerapetritis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
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Looking back 50 years to the Athens Polytechneio uprising: students confront the Junta
Thursday 16 November 2023
Nicos Christodoulakis, Professor of Economic Analysis, AUEB & Research Associate, LSE
Zinovia (Jenny) Lialiouti, Assistant Professor, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
George Pavlakis, M.D., Chief, Human Retrovirus Section, National Cancer Institute, USA
Calliope Rigopoulou, Professor Emeritus, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Chair:
Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director; Professorial Research Fellow, LSE
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Tuesday 14 November 2023
Speaker: Marilena Anastasopoulou, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, European Institute, LSE
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
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
The economic challenges for the new Greek government
Thursday 5 October 2023
Speaker: Sir Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, LSE
Discussant: George Alogoskoufis, Professor, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Professor of Political Economy and Eleftherios K. Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies
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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
The Paradox of Trust in a "Low Trust" Society. Insights from a Greek Study
The 10th PhD Symposium - Keynote Lecture
Friday 26 May 2023, 6.00pm- 7.30pm
Speaker: Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government, All Souls College, University of Oxford
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
Tuesday 14 March 2023
Speaker: Panayotis Tsakonas, Professor of International Relations, Security Studies & Foreign Policy Analysis, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
Intergenerational Mobility in Education in Greece
Tuesday 28 February 2023
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
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
Greece – the Way Forward: in conversation with Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Monday 28 November 2022
Speaker: Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Speaker: Philipp Katsinas, Visiting Fellow, LSE
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE
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
Wednesday 2 November 2022
Speakers: Giorgos Giannakopoulos, Lecturer in Modern History, City University of London; Co-ordinator, The Global 1922 Project
Yaprak Gürsoy, Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, LSE
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair of European Studies, Bilkent University
Ozan Ozavci, Assistant Professor of History at Utrecht University
Elizabeth Thompson, Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, SISSchool of International Service, American University, Washington DC
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
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Tuesday 25 October 2022
Speaker: Ioannis Kaplanis, Research Fellow, Athens University of Economics and Business
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE
Monday 17 October 2022
Speakers: Paul Cartledge, Emeritus A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, Clare College, Cambridge
Lord Ed Vaizey, Member, Lords Communications & Digital Committee
Tatiana Flessas, Associate Professor of Law, LSE Law School
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
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Tuesday 11 October 2022
Speaker: Calliope Spanou, Professor of Administrative Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dr Jens Bastian, CATS Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
Weathering the Pandemic: the emerging financial landscape in South East Europe
Wednesday 30 March 2022
Speakers:
Anthony Bartzokas, Visiting Professor in Practice, Hellenic Observatory; Associate Professor, University of Athens
Fokion Karavias, Chief Executive Officer of Eurobank SA
Francis Malige, Managing Director, Financial Institutions for the EBRD
Debora Revoltella, Director, Economics Department, European Investment Bank
Boris Vujcic, Governor of the Croatian National Bank
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy and Director of LSEE: Research on South Eastern Europe
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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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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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Monday 7 February 2022
Speaker: Dimitris Tziovas, Professor of Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham
Discussants: Thalia Dragonas, Professor Emerita of Social Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government, University of Oxford
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory
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Religion and Human Rights in Greece
Monday 31 January 2022
Speakers: Effie Fokas, Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
Yiannis Ktistakis, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory
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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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Minimum Wages: lessons from international experience
Tuesday 7 December 2021
Speaker: Alan Manning, Professor of Economics; Director of the Community Programme, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Discussants: Antigone Lyberaki, Professor of Economics, Panteion University
Manolis Galenianos, Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis is 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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Book Launch: Greece and Cyprus in A Dark Room, 1967-74
Thursday 25 November 2021
Speaker: Alexis Papahelas, Editor-in-Chief of Kathimerini
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
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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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Battling against Fake News in Britain and Greece: can the mainstream media win?
Tuesday 9 November 2021
Speakers:
Tony Barber, European Comment Editor, Financial Times, London
Nikos Konstandaras, Columnist, Kathimerini Newspaper
David Patrikarakos, Author and Analyst
Eleni Varvitsioti, Greece & Cyprus Correspondent, Financial Times
Moderator: John Kittmer, Chairman, The Anglo-Hellenic League
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
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*Co-organised with the Anglo- Hellenic League
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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Thursday 28 October 2021
Speakers: Konstantina Botsiou, Associate Professor and Director of KEDIS, University of the Peloponnese
Erik Goldstein, Professor of International Relations and History, Boston University
George Prevelakis, Professor Emeritus, Sorbonne University; Permanent Representative of Greece at the OECD
Chair: Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics, LSE
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*Part of the 21 in 21 activities, celebrating the 2021 bicentenary of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 21 Greek-British encounters.
The Brexit Deterrent? How Britain's Exit has Shaped Public Support for the EU
Thursday 21 October 2021
Speaker: Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, Department of Government, LSE
Discussant: Sofia Vasilopoulou, Professor of Politics, University of York
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
Welcoming Address: Gikas Hardouvelis, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece
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*Part of the Hellenic Observatory Athens Lecture Series, hosted in collaboration with the National Bank of Greece, with the support of the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association.
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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E-Book Launch
Greece and the Euro: from crisis to recovery
Thursday 30 September 2021
Speakers: George Alogoskoufis, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Helen Louri Dendrinou, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Lucas Papademos, Chair in Economic Sciences at the Academy of Athens
Sir Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, LSE
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
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*Part of .
The Greek War of Independence: re-appraising its economic legacies
Thursday 24 June 2021
Speakers:
Maria Christina Chatziioannou, Director of the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation
Andreas Kakridis, Assistant Professor of Economic History, Ionian University
Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government, All Souls College, University of Oxford
Chair: Joan Roses, Professor in Economic History, LSE
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*This event hosted by the Hellenic Observatory, was part of the 21 in 21 activities, celebrating the 2021 bicentenary of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 21 Greek-British encounters. The 21 in 21 events are sponsored by the A.G. Leventis Foundation.
18th Hellenic Observatory Annual Lecture
Migration Crisis and its Impact for Europe
Tuesday 22 June 2021
Speaker: Notis Mitarachi, Minister of Migration & Asylum of the Hellenic Republic
Discussant: Maria Gavouneli, Associate Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, National & Kapodistrian 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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Tuesday 25 May 2021
Speakers: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of Athens
Discussants: Brigid Laffan, Director and Professor, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence
Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professorial Chair in Transnational Governance, European University Institute School of Transnational Governance, Florence
George Tsebelis, Anatol Rapoport Collegiate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
Chair: Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director; Associate Professor of International Relations and European Politics, LSE
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Inequality, the Misallocation of Talent and Economic Development
15 April 2021
Speaker: Oriana Bandiera, Sir Anthony Atkinson Chair in Economics, LSE
Discussants: Aristides N. Hatzis, Professor of Philosophy of Law & Theory of Institutions, University of Athens
Daphne Nicolitsas, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Crete
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory
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25 March 2021
In this episode of the LSE's Department of International History podcast series , co-hosts Dr Dina Gusejnova (LSE International History) and Dr Georgios Giannakopoulos (LSE International History, City University of London/NYU London) talk to Professor Mark Mazower (Columbia University), Professor Katherine E. Fleming (NYU) and Dr Effi Gazi (University of the Peloponnese) about the dimensions of Greek dependence and independence from different angles.
The Left in Power: reflections on SYRIZA's promise and achievements
22 March 2021
Speaker: Euclid Tsakalotos, Speaker of Syriza Parliamentary Group; Coordinator of Syriza's Economic Policy
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
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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The Invisible Impact of Frozen Conflicts: a case study of foreign domestic workers in Cyprus
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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*In this research seminar, Dr Hadjigeorgiou presented the findings of the Research Project Exploring the Socio-legal Challenges Faced by Foreign Domestic Workers in Cyprus, funded by the .
Shaping Cities in an Urban Age
11 February 2021
Speaker: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies, LSE; Director of LSE Cities
Discussants: Kostas Bakoyannis, Mayor of Athens
Lila Leontidou, Professor Emerita of Geography & European Culture, Hellenic Open University
George Petrakos, Economist; Professor at the Department of Planning & Regional Development, University of Thessaly
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 . Τhe event was part of the Hellenic Observatory's Athens Lecture Series co-οrganised with the National Bank of Greece and supported by the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association. The event was also part of the LSE Athens Urban Age Task Force, organised by LSE Cities and the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft.
Golfing with Trump: economic decline, inequality, and the rise of populism in the US
1 October 2020
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
Greece, Cyprus and the Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean
22 October 2020
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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Evaluating the Impact of Labour Market Reforms in Greece during 2010-2018
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?
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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COVID-19 and Economic Recovery in Greece: challenges and prospects
27 October 2020
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
Greece and its New Geopolitical Challenges: which way forward?
5 November 2020
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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A New Economic Plan for Greece: what future?
16 November 2020
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
The 3rd Greek Bailout: lessons to be learnt?
25 November 2020
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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Trust, Resilience and the Effectiveness of Government: lessons from the COVID-19 crisis
3 December 2020
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 forms part of . Τhe event is part of the Hellenic Observatory's Athens Lecture Series co-οrganised with the National Bank of Greece and supported by the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association.
Can the Greek Economy Recover Once Again?
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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Power and Impunity: what Donald Trump and Boris didn't learn from the ancient Greeks
28 January 2021
Introduction: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Speakers: Michael Cox, Founding Director of LSE IDEAS
Simon Goldhill, Professor of Greek, University of Cambridge; Foreign Secretary of the British Academy
Johanna Hanink, Associate Professor of Classics, Brown University; Co-editor of the Journal of Modern Greek Studies
Chair: Paul Kelly, Professor of Political Philosophy, Department of Government, LSE
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*This event hosted by the Hellenic Observatory, was part of the 21 in 21 activities, celebrating the 2021 bicentenary of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 21 Greek-British encounters.
The IMF and the Greek Crisis: myths and realities
30 September 2019
Speaker: Poul Thomsen, Director of the European Department, IMF
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE
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10 October 2019
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
Revisiting Challenges to Greek Foreign Policy
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
Greek Politics After the 2019 Elections: future prospects
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: Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director, LSE
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5 November 2019
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
Fiscal Space in the Eurozone: redistribution in Greece and Ireland
12 November 2019
Speakers:
Angelos Angelou, PhD candidate at the European Institute
Chrysoula Papalexatou, Hellenic Bank Association Postdoctoral Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE
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20 November 2019
Speaker: Nikos Konstantaras, Columnist for Kathimerini Newspaper
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE
Brain Gain: an exciting future for Greece
27 November 2019
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
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2 December 2019
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
*Co-hosted with the Hellenic Bankers Association UK (HBA-UK)
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Retirement and Expenditure in Turbulent Times
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
What Drives People to Accept or Resist Austerity? Evidence from a survey experiment in Greece
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
Immigrant and Refugee Segregation Dynamics (InSert)
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
Economic Growth in Greece: barriers and prospects
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
Dame Minouche Shafik in Conversation with Mr Costas P. Michaelides: where is the world economy going and what can we do about it?
27 February 2020
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
Dame Minouche Shafik in conversation with Michalis Sarris: Where is the world economy going and what can we do about it?
28 February 2020
Speaker: Dame Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics & Political Science
Discussant: Mr Michalis Sarris, former Minister of Finance of Cyprus
Event hosted by the LSE Alumni Association Cyprus
Distributional Changes in Turbulent Times: Greece 2007-2016
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
Assessing the Economic Impact of COVID-19
7 May 2020
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
*This event was part of LSE's public event series - COVID-19: The Policy Response, organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the National Bank of Greece with the support of the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association.
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Governments in the Crisis: what do we expect of them? What do they expect of us?
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
The Future of Healthcare: Staying healthy in the 21st Century- A View from Greece
4 October 2018
Speaker: Dr Vassili G. Apostolopoulos, CEO, Athens Medical Group
23 October 2018
Speaker: Dr Panagiota Manoli, Assistant Professor in Political Economy of International Relations at the Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean (Greece)
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
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The political consequences of intergenerational inequality in Greece
6 November 2018
Speaker: Spyros Kosmidis,Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
13 November 2018
Speaker: Costas P. Michaelides, Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Greece
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Lessons learned from the Greek Crisis: reflections from George Papandreou
19 November 2018
Speaker: George Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece (Oct 2009-Nov 2011)
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27 November 2018
Speakers:
Gikas Hardouvelis, Professor of Finance and Economics, University of Piraeus in Greece
Sir Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, LSE; Professor of European Studies, University of Cyprus
Constantinos Petrides, Minister of Interior, Cyprus
Dimitri Vayanos, Professor of Finance, LSE
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Greek to Me: a memoir of academic life
4 December 2018
Speaker: Richard Clogg, Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford
The Case of the Far-Right and Far-Left in Greece: Understanding Online Political Networks
15 January 2019
Speaker: Lamprini Rori, Lecturer on Politics, University of Exeter
17 January 2019
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
Towards a National Competition and Competitiveness Policy for Greece
29 January 2019
Speaker: Yannis Katsoulakos, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business
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6 February 2019
Speaker: Kostis Hatzidakis, Member of the Greek Parliament, Vice President of the New Democracy Party
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Greece Facing the Immigration and Refugee Crisis
20 February 2019Speakers:
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
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Transforming the housing system: austerity and property taxation during the 'Greek crisis'
26 February 2019
Speaker: Philipp Katsinas, Hellenic Bank Association Postdoctoral Research Fellow
14 March 2019
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
17th Hellenic Observatory Annual Lecture, A New Model for the Greek Labour Market
22 March 2019
Speaker: Effie Achtsioglou, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Social Solidarity
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26 March 2019
Speaker: Stella Ladi, Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University, London; Assistant Professor, Panteion University in Athens
The Future of the Greek Banking System
11 June 2019
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, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE
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Five things we Don’t Know about the Economic Crisis in Greece
15 June 2019
Speaker: Dimitris Papadimitriou, Professor of Politics, University of Manchester
Discussant: George Pagoulatos, Professor of European Politics and Economy, Athens University of Economics and Business
Book Launch
Non-Performing Loans and Resolving Private Sector Insolvency: Experiences from the EU Periphery and the Case of Greece
16 October 2017
Speakers: 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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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, Constantinos Phellas, Vice Rector for Faculty and Research, University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
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9 January 2018
Speakers: Andreas Kornelakis, King’s College London
Horen Voskeritsian, UWE-Bristol
Panos Kapotas, University of Portsmouth
Nation Branding and Nation Competitiveness: Implications for Greece
23 January 2018
Speaker: George J. Avlonitis, Professor of Marketing, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)
5 February 2018
Speaker: Simon Hix, Harold Laski Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, LSE; Academic Director, LSE Institute of Public Affairs
Discussant: George Pagoulatos, Professor of European Politics and Economy (AUEB); Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges
The Effects of Economic Crisis on Greek Entrepreneurship
6 February 2018
Speaker: Jessie Voumvaki, Senior Economist, Head of Entrepreneurship and Business Analysis, Economic Analysis Department, National Bank of Greece
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
Fake News, Propaganda and Media in Greece
27 February 2018
Speaker: Nikos Pappas, Greek Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Information
Greek Exports and Corporate Adjustment
12 March 2018
Speakers: Anthony Bartzokas, Board Alternate Director, EBRD Peter Sanfey, Deputy Director for Country Economics and Policy, EBRD
The Greco-German Affair in the Euro Crisis: mutual recognition lost?
20 March 2018
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
Perspectives On a Cyprus Settlement and Developments In UK-Cyprus Relations Since 2010
9 May 2018
Speaker: Matthew Kidd CMG, Former British High Commissioner To Cyprus
Greece out of crisis? Building a competitive economy
21 May 2018
Speakers: Dr Vassili G. Apostolopoulos, CEO, Athens Medical Group,
Nikos Drandakis, Founder and CEO, Beat, Michael Tsamaz, Chairman and CEO, OTE Group
The Impact of Brexit on Greece and Cyprus
19 June 2018
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
The Political Economy of NPLs Resolution in Greece: ownership and conditionality
Tuesday 4 October 2016
Speaker:Eleni Panagiotarea, Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
Communication Architecture of the Border: constructions of Europe’s humanitarian securitization
Tuesday 18 October 2016
Speaker:Myria Georgiou, Deputy Head of Department, Department of Media and Communications, LSE
The Road to Recovery: can Greek banks revive the real economy?
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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The Analytics of the Greek Crisis
Tuesday 8 November 2016
Speaker: 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
A social or a Neoliberal Europe? The Greek Experience
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
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*The event was organised by The Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy with the Hellenic Observatory
Outward Migration from Greece During the Crisis
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Speakers: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.
28 November 2016
Speaker: H.E. Mr Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President of the Hellenic Republic
Time: 19:00
Venue: Megaron: the Athens Concert Hall, Greece
Advance or Regression? Gender balance and the crisis in Greece
Tuesday 6 December 2016Speakers:Antigone Lberaki, 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.
Contrasting Greek and UK Youths’ Subjective Responses to Austerity: Lessons for other European countries
Tuesday 17 January 2017
Speakers: Dr 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
Changing the Policy Agenda? The Impact of the Golden Dawn on Greek Party Politics
Tuesday 31 January 2017
Speakers: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.
Greece: conditions for a sustained recovery
9 February 2017
Speaker: George Chouliarakis, Greek Alternate Minister of Finance & Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers of Greece
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Religious Pluralism and Education in Greece
Tuesday 21 February 2017
Speakers: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
Game Over - The Inside Story of the Greek Crisis
22 February 2017
Speaker: George Papaconstantinou, Former Greek Finance Minister
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Beyond Crisis: constitutional change in Greece after the Memoranda
Tuesday 7 March 2017
Speaker:Anna Tsiftsoglou, NBG Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Cyprus: Revival from the crisis in the European Economic Dimension
13 March 2017
Speaker: Harris Georgiades, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus
Reflections on the "Punctuated Equilibrium" Theory of Modern Greek History
Tuesday 21 March 2017
Speaker:Stathis Kalyvas, Arnold Wolfers Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University
15 May 2017
Speaker: Kyriakos Mitsotakis, President of Nea Dimokratia
Book Launch
Prime Ministers in Greece: The Paradox of Power
7 October 2015
Speakers:Kevin Featherstone and Dimitirs Papadimitriou
Evaluating the structural reform of central government departments in Greece
Tuesday 13 October 2015
Speaker:Panagiotis Zervopoulos, Assistant Professor in Quantitative Methods, Bursa Orhangazi University
We are grateful to the National Bank of Greece for funding this research project.
Exploring the psychological effects of the Greek financial crisis
Tuesday 27 October 2015
Speaker:Bettina Davou, Professor of Psychology, Department of Communication & Media Studies, Director of Laboratory for Psychological Applications & Communication Planning, University of Athens
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
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Economic Blues: the Left in government times
Tuesday 10 November 2015
Speaker: Euclid Tsakalotos, Greek Finance Minister
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Pension Poor and Housing Rich: a generational perspective of the Greek crisis, its aftermath and possible ways out
Tuesday 17 November 2015
Speaker:Platon Tinios, Assistant Professor at Piraeus University; Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory
Of Austerity, Human Rights and International Institutions
Tuesday 8 December 2015
Speaker: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
How do Greek Foreign Elites Perceive Turkey: findings from an empirical research project
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Speaker:Dimitrios Triantafyllou, 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.
Seminar: From migration crisis to refugee crisis in Europe: Securitization priorities vs Integration policies?
18 January 2016
Speaker:Apostolos G. Papadopoulos
Young Greeks and Democracy: social representations and imaginaries and the impact of the crisis
Tuesday 26 January 2016
Speaker:Thalia Magioglou, Visiting Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE and Centre Edgar Morin/IIAC, EHESS, Paris France
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
Venue: Old Theater, LSE
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The Agent-Structure Issue in Foreign Policy Analysis: the "Macedonian" issue
Tuesday 9 February 2016
Speaker: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
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
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Still Europeanized?: Greek Foreign Policy During the Eurozone Crisis
Tuesday 23 February 2016
Speaker:Angelos Chryssogelos, National Bank of Greece Postdoctoral Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Book Launch
Who's to Blame for Greece? Austerity in Charge of Saving a Broken Economy
1 March 2016
Speakers: Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos and Dimitri Vayanos
Book Launch
A Financial Crisis Manual: reflections and the road ahead
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Speakers:Platon Monokroussos, Konstantinos I. Nikolopoulos, Dimitrios D. Thomakos
Book Launch
Post-Ottoman Coexistence - Sharing Space in the Shadow of Conflict
8 June 2016
Speaker:Rebecca Bryant, A.N. Hadjiyannis Senior Research Fellow, European Institute, LSE
Greece: taking stock; Economic and Financial Changes Since the Onset of the Global and Euro Area Crises
14 October 2014
Speaker:Eleni Louri-Dendrinou, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business; Former Deputy Governor, Bank of Greece
Book Launch
The Thirteenth Labour of Hercules Inside the Greek Crisis
15 October 2014
Speaker:Yannis Palaiologos, Features reporter for "Kathimerini" newspaper, Athens, Greece
Book Launch
The Impact of European Employment Strategy in Greece and Portugal
20 October 2014
Speaker:Sotirios Zartaloudis, Lecturer in Politics, Department of Politics, History and IR, Loughborough University
What is 'Modern' about Modern Greece?
Friday 7 November 2014
Speakers: Professor Molly Greene, Professor Stathis N Kalyvas, Professor Vassilis Lambropoulos
Venue: Hong Kong Theater, Clements House, LSE
Crisis and Democracy- Democracy in Crisis Social Anthropological Perspectives on the Fragility of the Social Contract
Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Speaker:Elisabeth Kirtsoglou, Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Durham
The Newly Disadvantaged: responses to rapid socioeconomic change in Greece
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Alexander Kentikelenis, Research Associate, King's College, University of Cambridge
The Greek Orthodox Church and the Economic Crisis
Wednesday 12 November 2014
Speaker: His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatius of Demetrias and Almyros
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Banal, Benign or Pernicious? The Relationship between Religion and National Identity from the Perspective of Religious Minorities in Greece
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Speaker:Effie Fokas, Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Athens, and Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Book Launch
Resolving Cyprus: New Approaches to Conflict Resolution
27 November 2014
Speaker:James Ker- Lindsay, Eurobank Senior Research Fellow, LSE
Book Launch
The European Debt Crisis: The Greek Case
Tuesday, 9 December 2014Speaker:Costas Simitis, Former Greek Prime Minister
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Local Governance in Times of Crisis - Lessons for Greece from the City of Thessaloniki
Thursday 11 December 2014
Speaker: Yiannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki
Venue: Hong Kong Theater, Clement House, LSE
What Do Greek Political Elites Think about Europe and the Crisis? Preliminary Results of Recent Survey Research
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Speaker:Dimitri Sotiropoulos, Associate Professor, University of Athens
The Restructuring of the Greek Economy: 2010-2014
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Speaker:Panos Tsakloglou, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business
What Do the Greek Elections Mean for Greece’s Future?
Thursday 5 February 2015
Speakers: Dionysis Dimitrakopoulos, Daphne Halikiopoulou, Dimitri Vayanos
Policing the Crisis: the other side of the story
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Speaker: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.
The Cyprus Recovery Plan: A Midterm Assessment
6 March 2015
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Conference organised in association with the University of Nicosia
Privatizations: auction and market design during the crisis
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Speaker:Vasiliki Skreta, Economics Department, UCL
Is Austerity Winning the Argument on ‘Eurozone’ recovery? Can the Solutions to the Crisis also be Socially just?
Thursday 30 April 2015
Speakers: Paul Mason, Economics Editor, Channel 4 News, Holger Schmieding, Chief Economist, Berenberg Bank, John Milios, Member of the Central Committee of SYRIZA & Professor of Political Economy, National Technical University of Athens, Miranda Xafa, Senior Scholar, CIGI & Former Member of the IMF Executive Board
Welcome Address: Stratos Chatzigiannis, Chairman HBA-UK
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director; Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics
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Organised by the Hellenic Observatory & the Hellenic Bankers Association -UK
Book Launch
The Golden Dawn's 'Nationalist Solution': Explaining the Rise of the Far Right in Greece
14 May 2015
Speakers:Daphne Halikiopoulouand Sofia Vasilopoulou
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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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
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
14 March 2013
Speaker: Alexis Tsipras, President of Syriza-USF
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE
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The Greek Crisis and its Possible Resolutions
11 September 2012
Speakers: Apostolos Doxiadis(Writer), Pavlos Eleftheriadis(Academic, Oxford), Michael Jacobides(Academic, London Business School), Andreas Koutras(Financial Analyst, ITC markets), George Prokopakis(Business Consultant)
Venue: Room U8, Tower 1, LSE
Cyprus - Tired of Talking? Civil Society to Bring Life to a Stagnant Process
16 May 2012
Venue: Canada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, LSE
Speakers: Michalis Avraam, Alexandros Lordos, Marios Epaminondas, Bulent Kanol, Katerina Antoniou, Rana Celal, Meliha Kaymak
Chair: James Ker-Lyndsay
Organised by the Hellenic Observatory and Contemporary Turkish Studies
Can Greece get out of the crisis?
28 March 2012
Speakers: Dimitris Daskalopoulos, Moritz Kraemer, Vicky Pryce, Poul Thomsen
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
Workshop on Social Change: Theory and Applications (the case of Greek Society)
9 March 2012
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
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Democratic Accountability in Greece
28 February 2012
Spyros Kosmidis, National Bank of Greece Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
12th HO Annual Lecture
Greece between Austerity, Reform and the Drachma
5 March 2012
Speaker: Costas Azariadis, Mallinckrodt Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
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The Cyprus Economy at a Time of European Uncertainty: managing reform & sustainability
10 February 2012
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE
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PSI - A Greek Gordian Knot. Current Issues and Future Consequences
2 February 2012
Venue: New Theatre, East Building, LSE
The Geostrategic Importance of Cyprus: Long Term Trends & Prospects
25 January 2012
Speaker: Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, Cyprus Foreign Affairs Minister
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theater, New Academic Building, LSE
Social Policy and Social Justice in Greece: the unfair deficit
17 January 2012
Dimitris Venieris, Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE; Associate Professor of Social Policy, University of Peloponnese
Of Debts and Denial: the Greek crisis in the context of the post-2008 world
6 December 2011
Yanis Varoufakis, Professor of Economics, University of Athens
Greece's Economy: crisis and exit strategies
28 November 2011
Yannos Papantoniou, Former Minister of National Economy, Greece, 1994-2003
Politics, Culture and the State: the Greek crisis in historical perspective
24 November 2011
Speaker: Nikiforos Diamandouros, The European Ombudsman
Venue: Thai Theater, New Academic Building, LSE
The Current Reform of IKA and the Re-establishment of Social Insurance credibility in Greece - Reconciling Social Dilemmas and Funding Challenges
25 October 2011
Dimitris Micharikopoulos, Senior Advisor, Social Insurance Institute
Imagined Enemies. In quest of the Deeper Reasons for Greek-Turkish Antagonism
22 March 2011
Alexis Heraclides, Professor of International Relations & Conflict Analysis, Panteion University of Social & Political Science; National Bank of Greece Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
The Role of Education in Greece's Recovery
2 February 2011
Speaker: Anna Diamantopoulou, then Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affars, Greece
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theater, New Academic Building, LSE
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11th HO Annual Lecture
'Greece is Changing'
8 November 2010
Speaker: George Papaconstantinou, former Minister of Finance, Greece
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The Greek Fiscal Crisis and the Future of the Euro-zone
28 April 2010
Speakers: George Alogoskoufis, Professor Wim Koesters, Dr Yannos Papantoniou, Simon Tilford
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
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Can Greece get out of the Economic Crisis?
24 February 2010
Speakers: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Professor Costas Meghir & Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
South East Europe: the energy challenges ahead
17 February 2010
Speaker: Plutarchos Sakellaris, Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB)
Expanding and Aligning the EU; European Integration and Neighbourhood Policies: a Greek overview
20 October 2009
Dimitris Katsoudas, Former Secretary-General for EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Progressive Governance: Greece and the new international order
27 April 2009
Speaker: George A. Papandreou, President of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and President of Socialist International
Keith Kyle Memorial Lecture on British-Cypriot relations: 'Cyprus Settlement: Who Benefits?'
25 February 2009
Speaker: MP Caroline Flint, Minister for Europe
9th HO Annual Lecture
Europe in the Global Economy
13 November 2008
Speaker: George Alogoskoufis, former Minister of Economy & Finance, Greece
Cypriots 4 Cyprus Panel Discussion: Developments in the peace negotiations in Cyprus: Finding a solution by Cypriots for Cypriots
14 October 2008Speakers: George Vassiliou, former President of the Republic of Cyprus, Ali Erel, President of the Cyprus EU Association, Spyros Christou, Co-director of Cyprus Interpeace Project, Alev Adil, renowned Cypriot poet
The Single Monetary Policy and the Analytics of OCAS: What has the euro area experience taught us?
30 April 2008
Speaker: Nicholas Garganas, then Governor of the Bank of Greece
2nd BYRON THEODOROPOULOS LECTURE
Greece and Europe
5 November 2007
Speaker: Dora Bakoyannis, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece Venue: Old Theatre, LSE
8th HO Annual Lecture
Is Democracy in Crisis? Lessons from the Greek Experience
23 October 2007
Speaker: Costas Simitis, former Prime Minister of Greece
7th HO Annual Lecture
Greece and the European Union: Partners in European Reform
20 November 2006
Speaker: Kostas Karamanlis, then Prime Minister of Greece