Panagiotis Liargovas received his BA degree from the University of Athens and his MA and Ph.D degrees in Economics from Clark University. He has been a Fulbright Scholar, a Bakalas Foundation Scholar, a Teaching Assistant Scholar (Clark University) and a European Commission trainee (Brussels).  

He has taught in many Universities including Clark University, Bologna University, and University of Strasbourg. He has served as economic advisor to the Greek Ministry of Finance, the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Municipality of Athens in many occasions. For the period 2013-18 he was the Head of the Parliamentary Budget Office at the Hellenic Parliament. 

He is currently Chairman of the Board of the Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) and of the National Productivity Board. He is also Professor of Economics at the University of Peloponnese. 

He has made more than 100 publications in academic journals and has published more than 20 books.