ELIAMEP’s Team is expanding into new thematic areas. In 2021, we are proud to have added to our pool of researchers new experts with significant experience and expertise in subject areas of interest to our Foundation.

To ELIAMEP’s team of researchers, we welcomed inter alia:

  • George Angeletopoulos (PhD), Research Associate, Turkey Programme; Public Diplomacy officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • Alexandra Voudouri, Research Associate, South East Europe Programme; Journalist.
  • Carmen Geha, Non-Resident Research Fellow, Mediterranean Programme; Associate Professor of Public Administration, Leadership and Organizational Development, American University of Beirut.
  • Isabelle Ioannides (PhD), Research Associate, South East Europe Programme; Fellow in the Department of Political Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
  • Marika Karagianni (PhD), Research Associate, Sustainability Programme; Expert on Energy issues; Visiting Lecturer, University of Peloponnese and the International Hellenic University.
  • Mihalis Kritikos (PhD), Research Fellow, European Institutions and Policies; AI Governance Fellow, Brussels School of Governance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
  • Nikitas Konstantinidis, Non-Resident Research Fellow, Greek and European Economy Observatory; Associate Professor, School of Global & Public Affairs, IE University, Madrid.
  • Stella Ladi (PhD), Research Fellow, European Institutions and Policies,  Reader at Queen Mary University of London and Associate Professor at Panteion University.
  • Ronald Meinardus (PhD), Non-resident Senior Research Fellow, European Institutions and Policies; political analyst and commentator.
  • Polydefkis Papadopoulos, Research Associate, European institutions and Policies; Journalist-Sociologist.
  • Ioanna Sapfo Pepelasis, Senior Research Fellow, Greek and European Economy Observatory; Professor Emerita, Athens University of Economics and Business; Visiting Professor, University of Athens
  • Dimitris Tsarouhas, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, Turkey Programme; Associate Professor, Bilkent University; Adjunct Professor, George Washington University (USA) and Visiting Researcher, Georgetown University.

In the recently established Ariane Condellis European Programme: 

  • Spyros Blavoukos, Senior Research Fellow, Head, Ariane Condellis Programme; Associate Professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business
  • Emmanuel Comte (PhD), Senior Research Fellow, Ariane Condellis European Programme; professorial lecturer at the Vienna School of International Studies (Diplomatische Akademie Wien).
  • Alexandros Kyriakidis (PhD), Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Ariane Condellis European Programme.

In the Greek and European Economy Observatory: 

  • Manos Matsaganis, ‘Stavros Costopoulos’ Senior Research Fellow; Head of the Greek and European Economy Observatory; Professor, Politecnico di Milano.
  • Georgios Manalis (PhD, EUI), G. Leventis Research Chair Postdoctoral Research Fellow.

ELIAMEP would like to thank Dimitris Katsikas, Senior Research Fellow, for his valuable, longstanding contribution to the Foundation as Head of the Observatory.

The new Editor-in-Chief of ELIAMEP’s Journal, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies is now Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, Senior Research Fellow, Head of ELIAMEP’s Turkey Programme. ELIAMEP should like to thank Ioannis Armakolas, Senior Research Fellow, Head of ELIAMEP’s South-East Europe Programme for his contribution over the years to the Journal, as its Editor-in-Chief.