Academic Credentials

• Ph.D. Economics. Univ. of Essex, U.K. (2001).

• M.A. History. Pennsylvania State Univ., U.S.A. (1996). 

• M.A. Economics. Pennsylvania State Univ., U.S.A. (1993).

• B.A. Athens Univ. of Economics & Business, Greece (1990).

Honors and Awards

• Award by the Academy of Athens (2008).

• Fellowship by the A.Onassis Foundation (1994-1997).

• Merit Scholarships by the Greek National Scholarship Foundation (1987-1990).

• Merit Scholarships by the Halkiopoulos Fund of the Athens Univ. of Economics & Business (1987 and 1989).

Professional Experience

• Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Planning and Economic Research (since March 2007).

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Business Administration, Athens Univ. of Economics & Business (spring term 2004).

• Research Fellow, Centre for Planning and Economic Research (January 2004 - March 2007).

• Lecturer, Dept. of Economics, National Univ. of Ireland – Univ. College Cork (acad. years 1999-2003).

• Teacher, Dept. of Economics, Univ. of Essex (acad. years 1996-1999).

• Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of History, Pennsylvania State Univ. (acad. year 1993-1994).

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Economics, Pennsylvania State Univ. (acad. years 1990-1992).

Formal Classroom Assignments

• Introductory Mathematics & Statistics for Economics. National Univ. of Ireland – Univ. College Cork (acad. years 1999-2003), assessment score: 4.0/5.

• Intermediate Microeconomics. Univ. of Essex (acad. years 1996-1999), assessment score: 4.5/5.

• Intermediate Macroeconomics. Univ. of Essex (acad. years 1996-1999), assessment score: 4.8/5.

• Intermediate Econometrics. National Univ. of Ireland – Univ. College Cork (acad. years 2000-2001), assessment score: 4.3/5.

• Seminar on Critical Thinking in Economics. National Univ. of Ireland – Univ. College Cork (acad. years 2000-2002), assessment score: 4.7/5.

• Seminar on Research Methodology. Athens Univ. of Economics & Business. (spring term 2004), w/o assessment.

• Postgrad. Industrial Organisation & Business Strategy. National Univ. of Ireland – Univ. College Cork (acad. years 1999-2003), assessment score: 4.8/5.

Publications & Research Output

Refereed Articles in Journals

Books, Monographs

• The Spatial Distribution of Male and Female Employment and Unemployment in Greece. (2008). Studies Series, 66. Athens: KEPE.

• A Regional Analysis of Declared Incomes in Greece. (2006). Studies Series, 63. Athens: KEPE.

Contributions in Collective Volumes

• "Modeling Local Income Distribution in Greece." (2008). In Regional Analysis and Policy: The Greek Experience. Edited by H.Coccosis and Y.Psycharis. Heidelberg: Springer (Physica-Verlag). pp.73-98.

• "Developing a Course in Business Economics." (2002). In Advancing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning through a Reflective Portfolio Process. Edited by N.Lyons, A.Hyland, N.Ryan. Cork: Univ. College Cork. pp. 47-54. [Reshaped into "From Filling-in for a Course to Developing a Programme in Business Economics." Social Science Research Network (2003)].

Contributions in KEPE Collaborations regarding Development Plans and related projects

• The regional dimension of the National Strategic Reference Framework. [In Greek:  H περιφερειακή διάσταση του Εθνικού Στρατηγικού Πλαισίου Αναφοράς.] (2010). Project coordinator. Author of the introduction (vol.1, pp.1-3), the chapters entitled “The intended regional distribution of funds” (vol.1, pp.4-14, vol.2, pp.2-12), “Competition and entrepreneurship” (co-authored with K.Vogiatzoglou and A.Petralias; vol.1, pp.38-47, vol.2, pp.20-28), “Public administration reform” (vol.1, pp.77-83, vol.2, pp.45-47) and the conclusions (vol.1, pp.104-110). The study was prepared for the Greek Ministry of the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping.

• Questionnaire on Labour Market Areas. (2008). Report to Eurostat. Prepared for the National Statistical Service of Greece.

• Employment and Unemployment. [In Greek:  Απασχόληση και Ανεργία.] (2007). Author of the chapter entitled "Spatial Dimension" (pp. 186-202). The study was coordinated by Dr. K.Kanellopoulos; prepared for the Greek Ministry of the Economy & Finance.

• Ramifications of E.U. Structural Policies in Greece 1989-2006. [In Greek: Επιπτώσεις των Διαρθρωτικών Πολιτικών της ΕΕ στην Ελλάδα 1989-2006.] (2005). Author of the chapter entitled "Regional Dimension" (pp. 107-129). The study was coordinated by Dr. S.Savva-Balfoussia; prepared for the Greek Ministry of the Economy & Finance. 

• The Greek 2004 Competitiveness Report. [In Greek: Έκθεση Ανταγωνιστικότητας 2004.] (2005). Contributor treating the themes on Entrepreneurship, Productivity, and Competitive Advantage. The study was coordinated by Dr. S.Handrinos. Athens: Greek Ministry of Development.

Other Scholarly Publications

• "Economic policy in a regionally fragmented country: the case of Greece." [In Greek: Οικονομική πολιτική στην περιφερειακά ανομοιογενή χώρα μας.] (2008). Taseis (25): 226-232.

• "On the reinforcement of the truly disadvantaged areas." [In Greek: Για την ενίσχυση των πραγματικά ασθενέστερων περιοχών.] (2007). Taseis (24): 188-192.

• "The Price Strategies of Telecommunication Providers in Greece." [In Greek: Η Τιμολογιακή Στρατηγική των Εταιριών Τηλεφωνίας στην Ελλάδα.] (2004). KEPE Perspectives (6):52-57. (Co-authored with M.Koulenti.)

Lecture Notes

• Research Methodology.  [In Greek: H Τέχνη της Έρευνας.] (2005). Athens.

• A Course in Modern Economic Science. (2002). Cork. [Under revision. To be re-issued as A Quick Course in Modern Economics].

Discussion Papers

Papers Submitted for Publication

• Uncensored Time-Uses and the Labour Supply: Female Evidence from Britain 1998-9.

• Modeling omitted spatial information in seemingly unrelated regressions.

Research in Progress

• The spatial evolution of income, employment and unemployment in Greece since 2001.

Participation in Professional Meetings and Conferences

• "The use of disaggregated data in the comprehension of the sub-regional diversity and the formulation of policy in Greece." (i) International Association for Official Statistics Conference. Shanghai, China (Oct. 2008). (ii)  49^th Congress of the European Regional Science Association. Łódź, Poland (Aug. 2009).

• "The Spatial Distribution of Employment and Unemployment in Greece". International Conference on the Global Economics of a Changing Environment. Athens, Greece (July 2008).

• "A Case of Teaching by Blending Lectures with Dialogue, Site-Visits, Games, Research, and Peer Reviews."  Poster Session on Teaching Ideas and Projects of the American Economic Association Conference and Allied Social Science Associations Meetings. New Orleans, USA (Jan. 2008).

• "A Study of Economic Activity in Greece at the sub-regional Level". Conference of the Standing Committee on Regional and Urban Statistics (Europe Group. Darmstadt, Germany (Oct. 2007).

• "A Model of Τime-Use and some recent Evidence from Britain." Annual conference of the Scottish Economic Society. Perth, Scotland (Apr. 2007).

• "The regional inequality and regional aspects of economic dynamism."Research consortium DynReg for the E.U.'s Sixth Framework Program (discussant). Athens, Greece (Mar. 2007).

• "Functional Economies or Administrative Units in Greece: What Difference does it make for Policy?" (i) Special Session of the OECD on diagnosing the Capacity of Regions to Be Competitive. Paris, France (Jun. 2005). (ii)  46^th Congress of the European Regional Science Association. Volos, Greece (Sep.2006).

• "Unpaid Work, Non-Work, and the Labor Supply: Τobit or Heckit?" 15th Annual Conference of the European Association of Labor Economists. Seville, Spain (Sep. 2003).

Presentations at Universities

• Research and territorial development policy planning in KEPE. [In Greek: Έρευνα και σχεδιασμός πολιτικής περιφερειακής ανάπτυξης στο ΚΕΠΕ.] Univ. of Thessaly. (Sept. 2009).

• Economic zones and administrative division in Greece. [In Greek: Οικονομικές ζώνες και διοικητική διαίρεση στην Ελλάδα.]  Univ. of Thessaly (Mar. 2007).

• A model of time-use and the consistency of the censored paid work results with the uncensored unpaid work and non-work results. [In Greek: Ένα υπόδειγμα χρήσης χρόνου και η συνέπεια των λογοκριμένων αποτελεσμάτων της συνάρτησης έμμισθης απασχόλησης και των μη-λογοκριμένων αποτελεσμάτων των συναρτήσεων άμισθης απασχόλησης και ελευθέρου χρόνου/ανάπαυσης.]  Athens Univ. of Economics & Business (Mar. 2005).

Dataset Releases

• Greek Regional Economic Statistics I (GRES Ι: a data-match of the preliminary 2001 census figures and the personal income figures, at the local unit level). (2005). Athens: KEPE Data Center. (Prepared in association with H.Kati.)

• Greek Regional Economic Statistics IΙ (GRES ΙΙ: a data-match of the finalized 2001 census data and the personal income figures for a number of years, at the local unit level). (2008). Athens: KEPE Data Center. (Prepared in association with L.Torimpampas and V.Panagiotidi.)

Other Professional Activities

Administrative Positions Held

• Vice-Chair  of the (i) Territorial Policy Development Committee, OECD (2006-2008), and (ii) OECD's Working Party on Territorial Indicators (2005-2008).

• External Relations Representative for the Faculty of Arts to the Academic Council, National Univ. of Ireland – Univ. College Cork (acad. year 2001-2002).

• Chair of the Economics Students' Careers Support Committee, National Univ. of Ireland – Univ. College Cork (acad. years 2001-2003).

• President of the International Student Council and ex officio member/representative to the various administrative advisory boards, the dean search committee, etc., Pennsylvania State Univ. – State College (acad. year 1995-1996).

Academic Services in Universities and Other Research Institutes

• Coordinator of the (i) Research Group on Regional Economics (acad. year 2005-2006). (ii) Report on the regional dimension of the National Strategic Reference Framework. (Dec.2009-Aug.2010). Centre for Planning and Economic Research.

• Coordinator of the (i) Research Group & Visiting Speakers Program in Macroeconomics & Economic Policy (acad. year 2002-2003). (ii) Postgraduate Program  for the Higher Diploma in Economic Science (acad. years 2001-2003). National Univ. of Ireland – Univ. College Cork.

• Postgraduate Program Coordinator for the Higher Diploma in Economic Science, National Univ. of Ireland – Univ. College Cork (acad. years 2001-2003).

• Editor of University Publications: (i) Economic Observer, an annual refereed postgraduate student research journal serving as outlet for the National Univ. of Ireland – Univ. College Cork Dept. of Economics, and the Irish Society of New Economists. Responsible for the volumes of 2001 and 2002. (ii) Special Topics in Business Economics [In Greek: Ειδικά Θέματα της Οικονομικής των Επιχειρήσεων]. (2005). The volume contains refereed articles of students graduating from the Athens Univ. of Economics & Business.

Assessor/Reviewer of Books - Monographs

• Centre for Planning and Economic Research

• "The Moving Frontier. The Changing Geography of Production in Labour-Intensive Industries" edited by L.Labrianidis, published by Ashgate. (2008). South Eastern Europe Journal of Economics (7): 261-264 (2009). (Invited by the editors of the journal.)

• "Foreign Direct Investment and the Regional Economy" authored by J.Jones and C.Wren, published by Ashgate (2006). South Eastern Europe Journal of Economics (6): 99-103. (2008). (Invited by the editors of the journal.)

Referee for Professional Journals

• Aeihoros

• Applied Economics

• Social Science Research

• South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics

Theses Adviser & Reader

• Supervision of the MA dissertations of Brian Lane, Marise Robinson (in 2001), Jennifer Dennehy, Ann Heally, Garret Wade (in 2002).

• Assessment of two additional MA dissertations (in 2001), at the National Univ. of Ireland – Univ. College Cork.

Memberships

• Greek Statistical Institute (since 2008).

• European Regional Science Association (Greek section, since 2005).

• Irish Economic Association (1999-2003). Irish Federation of University Teachers (2000-2003).

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