Education
He studied economics and international relations at the University of Manchester, the College of Europe in Bruges, and the University of Oxford where he obtained his doctoral degree.
He studied economics and international relations at the University of Manchester, the College of Europe in Bruges, and the University of Oxford where he obtained his doctoral degree.
He taught for many years at Oxford University (Street Catherine’s College and Street Antony’s College). He later became Professor at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science (Eleftherios Venizelos Chair). He also taught at the European University Institute in Florence and at Sciences Po in Paris.
He is Professor of European Integration at the University of Athens, President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), and Visiting Professor at King’s College, London and the College of Europe, Bruges.
He is the author of many books and articles on European integration and international political economy, including The New European Economy and What Kind of Europe?, published by Oxford University Press, in several editions and translations. His latest book, The Unhappy State of the Union: Europe Needs a New Grand Bargain (Patakis, 2014), which was originally released in English by the Policy Network, has also been translated into French, German, Greek, Polish and Spanish.
He is also a regular contributor to the Sunday edition of the newspaper Kathimerini.
He was a Special Adviser to the President of the European Commission and member of the High Level Group of the European Commission on the Modernisation of Higher Education from 2012 to 2013. He is also member of advisory councils and think tanks in several European countries.
