Management team
DIRECTOR GENERAL
Maria Gavouneli
Director General; Professor, Faculty of Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Elizabeth Phocas
Director of Operations

Alexia Antoniadou
Assistant to the Director General

Gina Apostolaki
Communications and Events Manager, ED ELIAMEP Attikis

Marina Contopoulos
Events and programme manager

Tereza Grimani
Office Manager

Ioulia Kariti
Project manager, HOMEACROSS project

Petros Karpathiou
Social Media & Digital Content Specialist

Odin Linardatou
Head of Communications

Maro Mantziara
Head of Development

Matina Meintani
Executive Assistant to the President of the B.D.; Project manager

Alexia Mitsikostas
Project manager
Savvas Papadopoulos
Project Manager "EUact2-Towards Democratic and Inclusive Europe: EP Elections and Active Citizens Participation and Contribution"

Yannis Poulakis
Senior Accountant
Experts
Dia Anagnostou
Senior Research Fellow, Gender Politics and Gender Equality, Human Rights, Immigration, Minorities, International Courts and Governance, Southeast Europe
Panagiotis Barkas
Research Fellow European & Greek Economy Observatory; Visiting Fellow, LSE Hellenic Observatory; European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
Dimitar Bechev
Senior Research Fellow, Europe’s Eastern and Southern Neighborhood, Europe’s Foreign Policy
Spyros Blavoukos
Senior Research Fellow, Head, Ariane Condellis Programme; Professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business
Dimitris Bouris
Non-Resident Research Fellow, EU Foreign & Neighbourhood Policies; Mediterranean Programme
Yorgos Christidis
Senior Research Fellow, Domestic politics and international relations in South-East Europe
Alexandros Diakopoulos
Senior Policy Advisor; Vice Admiral (Retd); Emeritus Commandant of the National Defense College; former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister
Emmanuella Doussis
Senior Policy Advisor; Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, European Integration, European environmental policy, Climate change
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis
Senior Research Fellow, Head, Turkey Programme; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
Isabelle Ioannides
Senior Research Fellow, International peace and security, EU foreign policy, EU enlargement, Western Balkans, Eastern Mediterranean
Anna Kandyla
Research Fellow, Media and Political Communication, European Politics, Political Participation, Democracy
Marika Karagianni
Research Associate; Expert on Energy issues; Visiting Lecturer, University of Peloponnese and the International Hellenic University
Triandafyllos Karatrantos
Senior Research Fellow, Radicalisation, Terrorism, Policing Models, Security and Foreign Policy
Dimitris Katsikas
Senior Research Fellow, ELIAMEP; Assistant Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Alexander Kentikelenis
Research Fellow; Associate Professor of Political Economy & Sociology, Bocconi University
Nikitas Konstantinidis
Non-Resident Research Fellow; Associate Professor, School of Global & Public Affairs, IE University, Madrid
Dimitris Kourkoulas
Head, Mediterranean Programme; Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador of the EU
Nikos Koutsiaras
Senior Research Fellow, European integration; Macroeconomic policy; Employment and Labour Market Policy
Alekos Kritikos
Senior Policy Advisor; Former senior official, European Commission; former Secretary General, Ministry of the Interior
Ana Krstinovska
Research Fellow, Southeast Europe Programme, foreign policy, international relations, contemporary China and EU-China-Western Balkans relations
Stella Ladi
Research Fellow, European Institutions and Policies; Reader, Queen Mary University of London; Associate Professor, Panteion University
Elena Lazarou
Research Fellow, Security and defence, Global governance, Transatlantic relations, EU foreign policy
Xenia I. Loizidou
Research Fellow, Mediterranean Programme; Civil/ Coastal Engineer; Sustainability and climate change expert
Gentiola Madhi
Research Fellow, Southeast Europe Programme, EU enlargement, Western Balkans, regional cooperation, Berlin process, EU macro-regional strategy
Georgios Manalis
Research Fellow, Greek and European Economy Observatory; Researcher, University of Edinburgh
Manos Matsaganis
‘Stavros Costopoulos’ Senior Research Fellow; Head of the Greek and European Economy Observatory; Professor, Politecnico di Milano
Ronald Meinardus
Senior Research Fellow; Coordinator of research projects on Greek - German relations
Constantine Michalopoulos
Senior Policy Advisor; former senior official World Bank and USAI; Adjunct Professor, American University, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Achilleas Mitsos
Senior Policy Advisor; Professor, University of the Aegean; European integration; Research policies
Vassilis Ntousas
Non- Resident Research Fellow, European Institutions and Policies, Security and Foreign Policy; Head of European Operations, German Marshall Fund
George Pagoulatos
Ambassador to the OECD; Professor of European Politics and Economy at the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)
Panayis Panagiotopoulos
Senior Research Fellow; Associate Professor in Sociology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
George Papadimitrakopoulos
Research Associate; Advisor to the Greek National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings; Expert at Europol Platform (THB, FCIC, SOCTA)
Efthymios Papastavridis
Research Associate; Researcher and Part-time Lecturer, University of Oxford and Research Fellow; Academy of Athens and Athens PIL Center
Takis S. Pappas
Research Fellow, European Institutions and Policies; Researcher, University of Helsinki
Ioanna Sapfo Pepelasis
Senior Research Fellow; Entrepreneurial Internationalisation and Diaspora; Professor Emerita, Athens University of Economics and Business; Visiting Professor, University of Athens
Evangelia Psychogiopoulou
Senior Research Fellow; European Law & Governance, Fundamental Rights, Judicial dialogue, Digital Technology and Digital Media, EU Policy Mainstreaming, The Regulation of Culture
Çelik Rruplli
Research Fellow, Southeast Europe Programme, media analysis, foreign and security policies, human rights.
Apostolos Samaras
Research Fellow, REBOOT and Fair MusE projects; European Law and Governance, Economic Law, Public Law, International Law, Human Rights Law
Nicholas Sambanis
Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, Security & Foreign Policy programme; Migration programme
Sotiris Serbos
Research Fellow, Associate Professor in International Politics, Democritus University of Thrace
Katerina Sokou
Non-Resident Research Fellow, Theodore Couloumbis Research Fellowship on “Greek-American Relations”; Washington DC correspondent Kathimerini; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
Senior Research Fellow; Professor of Political Science, University of Athens; Public administration; Civil society; Democratization; Southern Europe and Balkans
Calliope Spanou
Senior Policy Advisor; Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens
Evangelos Tembos
Research Associate; Expert-Minister, Counsellor, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union & European Defence Policy
Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni
Research Associate; Senior Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University
Panayotis Tsakonas
Senior Research Fellow, Head, Foreign Policy & Security Programme; Professor, University of Athens
Stella Tsani
Research Associate; Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Emmanouil Tsatsanis
Research Fellow, Comparative political analysis; Political culture and political parties
Loukas Tsoukalis
President of the Board, ELIAMEP, Professor, Sciences Po, Paris, Professor Emeritus, University of Athens
Eugenia Vella
Research Fellow; Assistant Professor, AUEB; International Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics of Labor Markets
Thanos Veremis
Vice-President of the Board of Directors; Professor Emeritus, University of Athens; History, International Relations
Junior research fellows
Marina Zoe Saoulidou
Junior Research Fellow; Comparative Political Analysis, Populism, Party Systems