Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee is responsible for the strategic orientation of the Program and the achievement of its learning outcomes.
It consists of Professors affiliated with the Department of International and European Economic Studies, who ensure the high quality of the teaching and training activities envisaged in the Program.
Members of the Committee are:
Asterios Pliakos
Asterios Pliakos is Professor of European Law, Department of International and European Economic Studies.
Studies: 1. B. Sc. (Law School of University of Thessaloniki). 2. MSc European Law (University of Nancy II, France). 3. Ph. D. Law, (University of Srasbourg III, France).
Research interests: Law and economics in European Union, Competition Law in EU, Internal Market of EU, Institutions and freedoms in EU.
E-mail: pliakos@aueb.gr
George Karydis
George Karydis is Associate Professor in European Law at the Athens University of Economics and Business in the Department of International and European Economic Studies- Jean Monnet Chair.
He holds PhD (Doctorat d'Etat) - European community law (droit communautaire) - University of Paris I -Sorbonne - DEA University of Paris I -Sorbonne -Law School Degree, University of Athens.
Publications in European Economic and Competition law matters. Teaching Experience in European Business Law, Competition Law (under -graduate & postgraduate) and International law (under-graduate).
E-mail: karydis@aueb.gr
Thomas Moutos
Thomas Moutos is Professor of Economics, and Head, in the Department of International and European Economic Studies, of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), and a Research Fellow of CESifo. His main fields of interest are macroeconomics, labour economics and international economics.
He has authored and edited books with Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, and The MIT Press. Among his journal publications are papers in the American Economic Review, Canadian Journal of Economics, Economics Letters, Journal of Development Economics, European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of International Money and Finance, Oxford Economic Papers, Review of International Economics, and Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
E-mail: tmoutos@aueb.gr
George Economides
George Economides is Professor of Economics in the Department of International and European Economic Studies, School of Economic Sciences, at the Athens University of Economics and Business. He was born in Athens in 1973. He holds a BSc in International and European Economic Studies from the Athens University of Economics and Business, an MSc in Economics from the University of York, UK, and a PhD in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business. His previous academic appointments include a position as Visiting Lecturer in Economics at the University of Cyprus from 2001 to 2002. He is also a Research Fellow at CESifo in Munich and at the Interdisciplinary Climate Change Impacts Study Committee (CCISC) of the Bank of Greece.
His main research fields are macroeconomic theory and policy. In recent years, his research has focused primarily on the use of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models to study public-sector reforms and the implications of climate change for economic policy design. He has published more than forty articles in international academic journals, including the European Economic Review, Review of Economic Dynamics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Economica, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Oxford Economic Papers, Public Choice, International Tax and Public Finance, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Macroeconomics, European Journal of Political Economy, and CESifo Economic Studies. He has also co-authored three books, including The Economics of Climate Change and A Blueprint for Exiting the Crisis: A New Model of Production for Greece.
He has presented his research at numerous international conferences and has served as a referee for many international academic journals. He is currently an Associate Editor of Environment and Development Economics, published by Cambridge University Press in association with the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He has also served as Guest Editor of the European Journal of Political Economy on two occasions and of CESifo Economic Studies.
E-mail: gecon@aueb.gr
Costas Roumanias
Costas Roumanias is an Assistant Professor at Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economics Studies. He holds a BA in Economics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and an M.Phil and a D.Phil in Economics from the University of Oxford.
He has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Microeconomics, Mathematics, and Political Economics. His research interests include theoretical and applied models of political behaviour, particularly voting, behavioural economics and political extremism.
E-mail: roumanias@aueb.gr
