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Podcasts and Videos

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Podcasts and videos are available for many of our past events, with more being added to the archive soon! You can also find a list of past podcasts under the events listings in the events and seminar pages.

Recent Highlights


Britain, Cyprus and the fall of the Greek junta

Thursday 7 November 2024

Speakers: 
Neophytos Loizides, Professor of International Conflict Analysis, University of Warwick 
Konstantina Maragkou, Contemporary Historian, Newcastle University
Sir Roger Tomkys, British Embassy in Athens, 1972-1975 (video interview)

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Emeritus Professor; Professorial Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory 

Venue: Shaw Library, 6th floor, Old Building, LSE

*Hosted by the Hellenic Observatory Centre and the Anglo-Hellenic League

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Migration diplomacy and electoral politics in Greek-Turkish relations

Tuesday 15 October 2024

Speaker: Gerasimos Tsourapas, Professor of International Relations, University of Glasgow

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Emeritus Professor; Professorial Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory 

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Hellenic Observatory Research Centre Launch Event
Clean growth: challenges and opportunities in the renewable energy paradigm

Wednesday 9 October 2024

Speaker: Costas Arkolakis, Professor of Economics, Yale University

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Hellenic Observatory Centre Director; Professor of Political Economy & Eleftherios Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies

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The Republic of Cyprus and the EU sanctions on Russia: navigating shelter seeking and political shocks 

Tuesday 1 October 2024

Speaker: Revecca Pedi, Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Macedonia, Greece

Chair: Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics, LSE

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Archive 

2023/24

Unlocking the Growth Potential: Regional Economic Corridors in South East Europe

Thursday 16 May 2024

Speakers: Sue Barrett, EBRD Director of Infrastructure in Europe, the Middle East and Africa;  Dr Will Bartlett, Visiting Senior Fellow, LSEE Research on South Eastern Europe, LSE;  Prof Slavo Radosevic, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UCL; Matteo Rivellini, Head of Division Western Balkans and Turkey, EIB

Moderator: Prof Anthony Bartzokas, Professorial Fellow, United Nations University; Associate Professor, University of Athens; Visiting Professor in Practice, Hellenic Observatory

Chair: Prof Vassilis Monastiriotis, Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in Political Economy

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Before and after the 1974 transition to democracy: institutions, politics and economics in post-war Greece

Thursday 9 May 2024

Speaker: George Alogoskoufis, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics &  Business

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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Remnants of Civil War: immediate and long-run effects of electoral oppression in cold war Greece 

Tuesday 19 March 2024

Speaker: George Melios, Research Fellow, Department of Psychological & Behavioural Science, LSE; Research Advisor, Gallup

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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The past debt and financial crisis, the present and the future of the Greek economy

Speaker: Yannis Stournaras, Governor of the Bank of Greece

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Professor of Political Economy; Eleftherios Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies

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*Co-hosted with the Hellenic Bankers Association (HBA) UK


 

Cyprus and EU sanctions: macroeconomic impacts and policies for a sustained recovery

Tuesday 12 March 2024

Speaker: Stelios Sakkas, Research Economist, Economics Research Centre, Department of Economics, University of Cyprus

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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Greek economy: the trajectory from crisis to sustainable growth

Tuesday 5 March 2024

Speakers: Anthony Bartzokas, Associate Professor, University of Athens; Professorial Fellow, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
Peter Sanfey, Deputy Director for Country Economics and Policy within the Economics, Policy and Governance Department, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Professor of Political Economy and Eleftherios K. Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies

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The modern left for progressive governance

Speaker: Stefanos Kasselakis, Leader of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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Does Europe Need Religion?

Tuesday 13 February 2024

Speaker: Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain

Co-Chairs: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director
Revd Canon Prof James Walters, LSE Faith Centre Director; Chaplain and Professor in Practice

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*Co-hosted with the LSE Faith Centre


From statism to cooperation for export-oriented production? The case of contract farming in Greece

Tuesday 6 February 2024

Speaker: Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow,  Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), University of Oxford

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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Applied Diplomacy: setting goals and identifying tools

Wednesday 24 January 2024

Speaker: Yannis Tsaousis, Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the Court of St James’s 

Chair: Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics; Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director 

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Refugees from Anatolia in Greece. A Centennial Assessment.

Tuesday 16 January 2024

Speaker: Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics, London Business School

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Professor of Political Economy and Eleftherios K. Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies

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Greek foreign policy: future challenges and opportunities

Monday 27 November 2023

Speaker: Professor George Gerapetritis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic 

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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Looking back 50 years to the Athens Polytechneio uprising: students confront the Junta

Thursday 16 November 2023

Nicos Christodoulakis, Professor of Economic Analysis, AUEB & Research Associate, LSE
Zinovia (Jenny) Lialiouti, Assistant Professor, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
George Pavlakis, M.D., Chief, Human Retrovirus Section, National Cancer Institute, USA
Calliope Rigopoulou, Professor Emeritus, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  

Chair: 
Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director; Professorial Research Fellow, LSE

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Coming to terms with forced migration

Tuesday 14 November 2023

Speaker: Marilena Anastasopoulou, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, European Institute, LSE 

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director 

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The birth of a new predominant party system? The May and June 2023 elections in Greece

Tuesday 24 October 2023

Speaker: Yannis Tsirbas, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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The economic challenges for the new Greek government

Thursday 5 October 2023

Speaker: Sir Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, LSE

Discussant: George Alogoskoufis, Professor, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Professor of Political Economy and Eleftherios K. Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies

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The twin deficits, monetary instability and debt crises in the history of modern Greece

Tuesday 3 October 2023

Speaker: George Alogoskoufis, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics &  Business

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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2022/23

The Paradox of Trust in a "Low Trust" Society. Insights from a Greek Study 
The 10th PhD Symposium - Keynote Lecture

Friday 26 May 2023, 6.00pm- 7.30pm

Speaker: Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government, All Souls College, University of Oxford 

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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Greece’s Strategy Vis-à-Vis Turkey: from ‘hard’ to ‘smart balancing’?

Tuesday 14 March 2023

Speaker: Panayotis Tsakonas, Professor of International Relations, Security Studies & Foreign Policy Analysis, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens 

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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Intergenerational Mobility in Education in Greece

Tuesday 28 February 2023

Speaker: Nikos Vettas, General Director of the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE); Professor, Athens University of Economics & Business

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE

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Crisis, Clientelism and Institutional Resilience: reflections on a public sector reform under the MoUs

Tuesday 24 January 2023

Speaker: Dimitris Katsikas, Assistant Professor of International & European Political Economy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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Greece – the Way Forward: in conversation with Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Monday 28 November 2022

Speaker: Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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The Privatisation of Public Space by Leisure Industries and Commercial Gentrification in (post) Pandemic Greece

Tuesday 22 November 2022

Speaker: Philipp Katsinas, Visiting Fellow, LSE 

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE

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Political Trust and Satisfaction with Democracy in Greece in Comparative Perspective (1986-2020)

Tuesday 8 November 2022

Speaker: Sofia Vassilopoulou, Professor of European Politics, Department of European and International Studies, King’s College London

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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The Parallax of 1922: The Greco-Turkish war in history, memory and international politics

Wednesday 2 November 2022

Speakers: Giorgos Giannakopoulos, Lecturer in Modern History, City University of London; Co-ordinator, The Global 1922 Project
Yaprak Gürsoy, Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, LSE
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair of European Studies, Bilkent University
Ozan Ozavci, Assistant Professor of History at Utrecht University
Elizabeth Thompson, Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, SISSchool of International Service, American University, Washington DC

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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Entrepreneurship and Firm Resilience in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Greece

Tuesday 25 October 2022

Speaker: Ioannis Kaplanis, Research Fellow, Athens University of Economics and Business

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE

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Where best for the Parthenon Marbles?  Identity and the cultural repatriation of national treasures

Monday 17 October 2022

Speakers: Paul Cartledge, Emeritus A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, Clare College, Cambridge
Lord Ed Vaizey, Member, Lords Communications & Digital Committee
Tatiana Flessas, Associate Professor of Law, LSE Law School 

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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Exiting the Crisis: the challenges of reform agency in Greece

Tuesday 11 October 2022

Speaker: Calliope Spanou, Professor of Administrative Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dr Jens Bastian, CATS Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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2021/22

Weathering the Pandemic: the emerging financial landscape in South East Europe 

Wednesday 30 March 2022

Speakers: 
Anthony Bartzokas, Visiting Professor in Practice, Hellenic Observatory; Associate Professor, University of Athens
Fokion Karavias, Chief Executive Officer of Eurobank SA
Francis Malige, Managing Director, Financial Institutions for the EBRD
Debora Revoltella, Director, Economics Department, European Investment Bank
Boris Vujcic, Governor of the Croatian National Bank

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy and Director of LSEE: Research on South Eastern Europe

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Deciphering the Formulation of Greek Economic Diplomacy towards the Western Balkans

Tuesday 1 March 2022

Speakers: Nikolaos Tzifakis, Associate Professor of International Relations, University of the Peloponnese
Ritsa Panagiotou, Senior Research Fellow, Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE), Athens

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy at the European Institute, LSE 

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Intelligent Modelling of e-Government Initiatives in Greece 

Tuesday 15 February 2022

Speakers: Fay Makantasi, Research Director, diaNEOsis
Diomidis Spinellis, Professor of Software Engineering, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
George Xirogiannis, Deputy Director General at SEV Hellenic Federation and Enterprises; CEO at SEV’s research institute.

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observator

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Greece from Junta to Crisis: modernization, transition, diversity

Monday 7 February 2022

Speaker: Dimitris Tziovas, Professor of Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham
Discussants: Thalia Dragonas, Professor Emerita of Social Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government, University of Oxford

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory

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Religion and Human Rights in Greece

Monday 31 January 2022

Speakers: Effie Fokas, Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
Yiannis Ktistakis, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory 

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 Crisis Management within Government: Papandreou and Tsipras compared

 Tuesday 18 January 2022

Speakers: Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Dimitris Papadimitriou, Professor of Politics, University of Manchester

Chair: Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director; Associate Professor of International Relations and European Politics, LSE 

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Minimum Wages: lessons from international experience

Tuesday 7 December 2021

Speaker: Alan Manning, Professor of Economics; Director of the Community Programme, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Discussants: Antigone Lyberaki, Professor of Economics, Panteion University
Manolis Galenianos, Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis is Associate Professor of Political Economy at the European Institute, LSE

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Cyprus and Stability in the Eastern Mediterranean

Tuesday 30 November 2021

Speaker: Ambassador Alexandros N. Zenon, f.  High Commissioner of Cyprus to the UK

Discussant: Emmanuel Karagiannis, Reader in International Security, King’s College London

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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Book Launch: Greece and Cyprus in A Dark Room, 1967-74

Thursday 25 November 2021

Speaker: Alexis Papahelas, Editor-in-Chief of Kathimerini

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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Entrepreneurialising Solidarity? A Pragmatic Sociology of the Social and Solidarity Economy in Greece

Tuesday 16 November 2021

Speaker: Dimitris Soudias, Hellenic Bank Association Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy at the European Institute, LSE

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Battling against Fake News in Britain and Greece: can the mainstream media win?

Tuesday 9 November 2021

Speakers:
Tony Barber, European Comment Editor, Financial Times, London
Nikos Konstandaras, Columnist, Kathimerini Newspaper
David Patrikarakos, Author and Analyst
Eleni Varvitsioti, Greece & Cyprus Correspondent, Financial Times

Moderator: John Kittmer, Chairman, The Anglo-Hellenic League

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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*Co-organised with the Anglo- Hellenic League

Public Trust and Citizen Engagement in Greece: learning from the past?

Tuesday 2 November 2021

Speaker: Stefanos Loukopoulos, Co-founder and Director of Vouliwatch

Discassants:
Vasiliki Georgiadou, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University
Lamprini Rori, Assistant Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Chair: Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics, LSE

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The Geopolitics of Greece: continuities and discontinuities

Thursday 28 October 2021

Speakers: Konstantina Botsiou, Associate Professor and Director of KEDIS, University of the Peloponnese
Erik Goldstein, Professor of International Relations and History, Boston University
George Prevelakis, Professor Emeritus, Sorbonne University; Permanent Representative of Greece at the OECD

Chair: Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics, LSE

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*Part of the 21 in 21 activities, celebrating the 2021 bicentenary of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 21 Greek-British encounters.


The Brexit Deterrent? How Britain's Exit has Shaped Public Support for the EU

Thursday 21 October 2021

Speaker: Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, Department of Government, LSE

Discussant: Sofia Vasilopoulou, Professor of Politics, University of York

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

Welcoming Address: Gikas Hardouvelis, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece

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*Part of the Hellenic Observatory Athens Lecture Series, hosted in collaboration with the National Bank of Greece, with the support of the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association.


Youth and Politics in Protracted Conflicts

Tuesday 5 October 2021

Speakers: Huseyin Cakal, Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, Keele University
Oded Adomi Leshem, Fellow, Truman Research Institute, Hebrew University
Neophytos Loizides, Professor in International Conflict Analysis, University of Kent 
Charis Psaltis, Associate Professor of Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Cyprus

Chair: Philipp Katsinas, Hellenic Observatory Research Officer

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E-Book Launch
Greece and the Euro: from crisis to recovery

Thursday 30 September 2021

Speakers: George Alogoskoufis, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business 
Helen Louri Dendrinou, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Lucas Papademos, Chair in Economic Sciences at the Academy of Athens 
Sir Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, LSE

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director

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*Part of LSE’s Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative.

2020/21

The Greek War of Independence: re-appraising its economic legacies

Speakers:
Maria Christina Chatziioannou, Director of the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation
Andreas Kakridis, Assistant Professor of Economic History, Ionian University
Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government, All Souls College, University of Oxford 

Chair: Joan Roses, Professor in Economic History, LSE

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*This event hosted by the Hellenic Observatory, was part of the 21 in 21 activities, celebrating the 2021 bicentenary of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 21 Greek-British encounters. The 21 in 21 events are sponsored by the A.G. Leventis Foundation.


18th Hellenic Observatory Annual Lecture
Migration Crisis and its Impact for Europe

Tuesday 22 June 2021

Speaker: Notis Mitarachi, Minister of Migration & Asylum of the Hellenic Republic 

Discussant: Maria Gavouneli, Associate Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory

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Modern Greek Politics

Speakers: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of Athens

Discussants: Brigid Laffan, Director and Professor, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence
Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professorial Chair in Transnational Governance, European University Institute School of Transnational Governance, Florence
George Tsebelis, Anatol Rapoport Collegiate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

Chair: Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director; Associate Professor of International Relations and European Politics, LSE

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Inequality, the Misallocation of Talent and Economic Development

15 April 2021

Speaker: Oriana Bandiera, Sir Anthony Atkinson Chair in Economics, LSE 

Discussants: Aristides N. Hatzis, Professor of Philosophy of Law & Theory of Institutions, University of Athens 
Daphne Nicolitsas, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Crete

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory

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The Greek Revolution of 1821: reflections on the bicentenary

25 March 2021

In this episode of the LSE's Department of International History podcast series International History Now, co-hosts Dr Dina Gusejnova (LSE International History) and Dr Georgios Giannakopoulos (LSE International History, City University of London/NYU London) talk to Professor Mark Mazower (Columbia University), Professor Katherine E. Fleming (NYU) and Dr Effi Gazi (University of the Peloponnese) about the dimensions of Greek dependence and independence from different angles.

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The Left in Power: reflections on SYRIZA's promise and achievements

Speaker: Euclid Tsakalotos, Speaker of Syriza Parliamentary Group; Coordinator of Syriza's Economic Policy

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory

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Crisis and Change: the right of Greek citizens to vote abroad

16 March 2021

Speakers: Othon Anastasakis, Director of South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX); Senior Research Fellow, St Antony’s College
Foteini Kalantzi, A.G. Leventis Research Officer, Diaspora Project in SEESOX, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford

Chair: Spyros Economides, Deputy Director, Hellenic Observatory

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The Invisible Impact of Frozen Conflicts: a case study of foreign domestic workers in Cyprus

16 February 2021

Speaker: Nasia Hadjigeorgiou, Assistant Professor in Human Rights & Transitional Justice, University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory 

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*In this research seminar, Dr Hadjigeorgiou presented the findings of the Research Project Exploring the Socio-legal Challenges Faced by Foreign Domestic Workers in Cyprus, funded by the A.G. Leventis Research Innovation Programme on Cyprus.


Shaping Cities in an Urban Age 

11 February 2021

Speaker: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies, LSE; Director of LSE Cities

Discussants: Kostas Bakoyannis, Mayor of Athens
Lila Leontidou, Professor Emerita of Geography & European Culture, Hellenic Open University
George Petrakos, Economist; Professor at the Department of Planning & Regional Development, University of Thessaly

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory

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*This event formed part of LSE’s Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative. Τhe event was part of the Hellenic Observatory's Athens Lecture Series co-οrganised with the National Bank of Greece and supported by the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association. The event was also part of the LSE Athens Urban Age Task Force, organised by LSE Cities and the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft.


Golfing with Trump: economic decline, inequality, and the rise of populism in the US

1 October 2020

Speaker: Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Professor of Economic Geography, LSE

Discussants: Dimitris Kairidis, Member of Parliament, Hellenic Republic; Professor of International Politics, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece
Antigone Lyberaki, Economist, Professor of Economics, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy, European Institute, LSE; Director of LSEE: Research on South Eastern Europe

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*This event was organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the National Bank of Greece with the support of the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association


Greece, Cyprus and the Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean

22 October 2020

Speakers: Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, Associate Professor & Jean Monnet Chair of European Studies, Bilkent University
Kostas Ifantis, Professor of International Relations, Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences, Athens, Greece
James Ker- Lindsay, Visiting Professor, LSEE, LSE
Fiona Mullen, Director of Sapienta Economics Ltd

Chair: Spyros Economides, Deputy Director, Hellenic Observatory 

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Evaluating the Impact of Labour Market Reforms in Greece during 2010-2018

13 October 2020

Speaker: Nikos Vettas, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy, European Institute, LSE; member of the Hellenic Observatory; Director of the LSE Research unit on Southeast Europe

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Is Greece Falling Behind in the E-Economy? What is to be Done?

10 November 2020

Speaker: Charalambos Tsekeris, Research Fellow, National Centre for Social Research, Greece; Professor Extraordinary, School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University

Discussants: Effie Bitrou, Head of Digital Banking, National Bank of Greece
Calliope Spanou, Professor of Administrative Science – Public Administration, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy, European Institute, LSE; Director of the LSE Research unit on Southeast Europe

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COVID-19 and Economic Recovery in Greece: challenges and prospects

27 October 2020

Speaker: Christos Staikouras, Minister of Finance, Hellenic Republic

Discussants: George Handjinicolaou, Chairman, non-executive member, Board of Directors of Piraeus Bank; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX)
Helen Louri- Dendrinou, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Dimitri Vayanos, Professor of Finance, LSE; Director of the Financial Markets Group and the Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory

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Greece and its New Geopolitical Challenges: which way forward?

5 November 2020

Speaker: Nikos Dendias, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory

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A New Economic Plan for Greece: what future?

16 November 2020

Speaker: Sir Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, LSE

Discussants:
Michael Haliassos, Professor & Chair of Macroeconomics & Finance, Goethe University, Frankfurt
Louka T. Katseli, Professor Emeritus of International Economics & Development, Department of Economics, National Kapodistrian University of Athens

Welcome Address: Dr Vassili G. Apostolopoulos, President, Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association (EENE)

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory

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*This event was organised by the Hellenic Observatory and EENE- Hellenic Association of Entrepreneurs


The 3rd Greek Bailout: lessons to be learnt?

25 November 2020

Speakers: Joaquín Almunia, Chairman, Board of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS); Honorary President, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
Kari Korhonen, Evaluation Manager & Senior Adviser to Secretary General, European Stability Mechanism

Discussants: Iain Begg, Professorial Research Fellow, European Institute, LSE
Gikas A. Hardouvelis, Professor of Finance and Economics, University of Piraeus, Greece
Elena Panaritis, Economist; Policy Innovator, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Thought for Action

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Director, Hellenic Observatory

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Trust, Resilience and the Effectiveness of Government: lessons from the COVID-19 crisis

Speaker: Sir Tim Besley, School Professor of Economics of Political Science & W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics, LSE

Discussants: Maria Petmesidou, Professor Emerita of Social Policy, Democritus University, Greece
Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of Athens

Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory 

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*This event forms part of LSE’s Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative. Τhe event is part of the Hellenic Observatory's Athens Lecture Series co-οrganised with the National Bank of Greece and supported by the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association.


Can the Greek Economy Recover Once Again?

19 January 2021

Speakers:
Julia Brouillard, Associate Economist, Country Economics and Policy Team, EBRD 
Dr Peter Sanfey, Deputy Director for Country Economics and Policy within the Economics, Policy and Governance Department, EBRD
Dimitris Sourvanos, Associate Counsellor, Governance and Political Affairs Team, EBRD

Discussant: Dimitri Vayanos, Professor of Finance, LSE; Director of the Financial Markets Group and the Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality

Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy, European Institute, LSE; Director of the LSE Research unit on Southeast Europe

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Power and Impunity: what Donald Trump and Boris didn't learn from the ancient Greeks

28 January 2021

Introduction: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory 

Speakers: Michael Cox, Founding Director of LSE IDEAS
Simon Goldhill, Professor of Greek, University of Cambridge; Foreign Secretary of the British Academy
Johanna Hanink, Associate Professor of Classics, Brown University; Co-editor of the Journal of Modern Greek Studies

Chair: Paul Kelly, Professor of Political Philosophy, Department of Government, LSE

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*This event hosted by the Hellenic Observatory, was part of the 21 in 21 activities, celebrating the 2021 bicentenary of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 21 Greek-British encounters.


 

2019/20

The IMF and the Greek Crisis: myths and realities

30 September 2019

Speaker: Poul Thomsen, Director of the European Department, IMF
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 

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The Future of British Politics after BREXIT

10 October 2019

Speaker: Tony Travers, Professor in Practice, Department of Government, LSE
Discussant: Alexis Papahelas, Editor-in-Chief of 'Kathimerini'
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 

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Revisiting Challenges to Greek Foreign Policy

15 October 2019

Speaker: Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics, LSE; Deputy Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 

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Greek Politics After the 2019 Elections: future prospects

29 October 2019

Speakers: 
Maria Karaklioumi, Political Analyst at polling company RASS SA. 
Spyros Kosmidis, Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
Chair: Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director, LSE 

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The Last Bluff : how Greece came face-to-face with financial catastrophe and the secret plan for its euro exit

5 November 2019

Speakers:
Viktoria Dendrinou, Reporter for Bloomberg News in Brussels
Eleni Varvitsioti, Brussels correspondent for Kathimerini Newspaper and SKAI TV
Discussant: Hugo Dixon, Journalist, entrepreneur and campaigner
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 

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Fiscal Space in the Eurozone: redistribution in Greece and Ireland

12 November 2019

Speakers: 
Angelos Angelou, PhD candidate at the European Institute
Chrysoula Papalexatou, Hellenic Bank Association Postdoctoral Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 

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Will Greece Reform?

20 November 2019

Speaker: Nikos Konstantaras, Columnist for Kathimerini Newspaper
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 

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Brain Gain: an exciting future for Greece

27 November 2019

Speakers: 
Angeliki Kosmopoulou, Executive Director, A. C. Laskaridis Foundation 
Konstantinos Kyranakis, Member of Parliament, Hellenic Parliament
Angela Stathi, CEO, Reload Greece 
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 

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Cyprus and the new geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean 

2 December 2019

Speaker: Averof Neofytou, Member of the House of Representatives of Cyprus and President of the Democratic Rally
Chair: Kevin Featherstone,  Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 
Welcome Address: Louis Loizou, Chairman of the Hellenic Bankers Association UK

*Co-hosted with the Hellenic Bankers Association UK (HBA-UK)

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Retirement and Expenditure in Turbulent Times

10 December 2019

Speaker: Ioannis Laliotis, Lecturer at the Department of Economics, City University of London
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy at the European Institute, LSE

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What Drives People to Accept or Resist Austerity? Evidence from a survey experiment in Greece

21 January 2020

Speaker: Theofanis Exadaktylos, Senior Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Surrey; Visiting Professor at the College of Europe
Chair:  Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in Political Economy at the European Institute, LSE

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Immigrant and Refugee Segregation Dynamics (InSert)

4 February 2020

Speaker: Paschalis A. Arvanitidis, Associate Professor of Institutional Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Thessaly
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE  

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Economic Growth in Greece: barriers and prospects

25 February 2020

Speakers: Apostolis Philippopoulos, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
George Economides, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of International & European Economic Studies, School of Economic Sciences, Athens University of Economics and Business
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE  

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Dame Minouche Shafik in Conversation with Mr Costas P. Michaelides: where is the world economy going and what can we do about it?

27 February 2020

Speaker: Dame Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics & Political Science
Discussant: Costas P. Michaelides, Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Greece
Welcome Address: Dr Eleni Doundoulaki, LSE Hellenic Alumni Association President

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Dame Minouche Shafik in conversation with Michalis Sarris: Where is the world economy going and what can we do about it?

28 February 2020

Speaker: Dame Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics & Political Science
Discussant: Mr Michalis Sarris, former Minister of Finance of Cyprus

Event hosted by the LSE Alumni Association Cyprus

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Distributional Changes in Turbulent Times: Greece 2007-2016

10 March 2020

Speaker: Panos Tsakloglou, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Chair: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE  

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Assessing the Economic Impact of COVID-19

7 May 2020

Speakers:
Paul De Grauwe, John Paulson Chair in European Political Economy, European Institute, LSE
Simeon Djankov, Research Fellow, Financial Markets Group, LSE
Panos Tsakloglou, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Miranda Xafa, CEO of E.F. Consulting Ltd; Senior scholar at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Chair: Kevin Featherstone,  Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE  

*This event was part of LSE's public event series - COVID-19: The Policy Response, organised by the Hellenic Observatory and the National Bank of Greece with the support of the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association.

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Governments in the Crisis: what do we expect of them? What do they expect of us? 

30 June 2020, 16.00-17.30

Speakers: 
George Gerapetritis, Minister of State, Hellenic Republic
Amy Verdun, Professor in European Politics and Political Economy, Leiden University
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE

*This event was part of LSE's public event series - COVID-19: The Policy Response

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2018/19

The Future of Healthcare: Staying healthy in the 21st Century- A View from Greece

4 October 2018

Speaker: Dr Vassili G. Apostolopoulos, CEO, Athens Medical Group

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Reframing Greece's Russian Policy

23 October 2018

Speaker: Dr Panagiota Manoli, Assistant Professor in Political Economy of International Relations at the Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean (Greece) 

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Rebooting the Greek Economy: How Greece can lift growth, employment and stabilise public debt

30 October 2018

Speaker: Nicos Christodoulakis, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Discussant: Manolis Galenianos, Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London

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The political consequences of intergenerational inequality in Greece

6 November 2018

Speaker: Spyros Kosmidis,Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford 

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Modeling Transformation: EU, Greece and NBG

13 November 2018

Speaker: Costas P. Michaelides, Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Greece

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Lessons learned from the Greek Crisis: reflections from George Papandreou

19 November 2018

Speaker: George Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece (Oct 2009-Nov 2011) 

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Growth strategies for Greece and Cyprus

27 November 2018

Speakers: 
Gikas Hardouvelis, Professor of Finance and Economics, University of Piraeus in Greece
Sir Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, LSE; Professor of European Studies, University of Cyprus
Constantinos Petrides, Minister of Interior, Cyprus
Dimitri Vayanos, Professor of Finance, LSE

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Greek to Me: a memoir of academic life

4 December 2018

Speaker: Richard Clogg, Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford

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The Case of the Far-Right and Far-Left in Greece: Understanding Online Political Networks

15 January 2019

Speaker: Lamprini RoriLecturer on Politics, University of Exeter

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From the Mediterranean Crisis to Brexit: transformations and challenges of citizens' European identity

17 January 2019 

Speaker: Michael Bruter, Professor of Political Science and European Politics, LSE

Discussant: Effie Fokas, Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy

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Towards a National Competition and Competitiveness Policy for Greece 

29 January 2019

Speaker: Yannis Katsoulakos, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business

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Making a Difference in Greece 

6 February 2019

Speaker: Kostis Hatzidakis, Member of the Greek Parliament, Vice President of the New Democracy Party

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Greece Facing the Immigration and Refugee Crisis

20 February 2019

Speakers: 
Antigone Lyberaki, General Manager, SolidarityNow
Lefteris Papagiannakis, Vice Mayor for Migrants, Refugees and Municipal Decentralization
Lilian Tsourdi, Departmental Lecturer in International Human Rights and Refugee Law, University of Oxford

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Transforming the housing system: austerity and property taxation during the 'Greek crisis'

26 February 2019

Speaker: Philipp Katsinas, Hellenic Bank Association Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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The Future of Eurozone: what reforms are needed

14 March 2019

Speaker: Paul De Grauwe, John Paulson Chair in European Political Economy, LSE
Discussant: Helen Louri-Dendrinou, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business

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17th Hellenic Observatory Annual Lecture, A New Model for the Greek Labour Market

22 March 2019

Speaker: Effie Achtsioglou, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Social Solidarity 

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Analysing Crisis Discourse in Greece: who should we blame?

26 March 2019

Speaker: Stella Ladi, Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University, London; Assistant Professor, Panteion University in Athens

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The Future of the Greek Banking System

11 June 2019

Speakers: Alon Avner, Head of Bain Capital Credit Europe
Sabina Dziurman, Director for Greece and Cyprus, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Christos Megalou, CEO, Piraeus Bank
Anastasia Sakellariou, CEO, Praxia Bank
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE 

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Five things we Don’t Know about the Economic Crisis in Greece

15 June 2019

Speaker: Dimitris Papadimitriou, Professor of Politics, University of Manchester
Discussant: George Pagoulatos, Professor of European Politics and Economy, Athens University of Economics and Business 

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2017/18

Book Launch
Non-Performing Loans and Resolving Private Sector Insolvency: Experiences from the EU Periphery and the Case of Greece

16 October 2017 

Speakers: Christos Gortsos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Nikolaos Karamouzis, HBA & Eurobank Ergasias and Platon Monokroussos, Eurobank Ergasias and Hellenic Observatory

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Sexualities and Ageing: the case of Cyprus

Monday 13 November 2017

Speakers: Debbie Laycock,  Head of Policy an Parliamentary Affairs at the Terrence Higgins Trust, Constantinos Phellas, Vice Rector for Faculty and Research, University of Nicosia, Cyprus.

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Social Partners and Reforms in the Wage-Setting System in Greece under Austerity

9 January 2018

Speakers: Andreas Kornelakis, King’s College London
Horen Voskeritsian, UWE-Bristol
Panos Kapotas, University of Portsmouth

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Nation Branding and Nation Competitiveness: Implications for Greece

23 January 2018

Speaker: George J. Avlonitis, Professor of Marketing, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

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Where is Brexit heading?

5 February 2018

Speaker: Simon Hix, Harold Laski Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, LSE; Academic Director, LSE Institute of Public Affairs
Discussant: George Pagoulatos, Professor of European Politics and Economy (AUEB); Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges

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The Effects of Economic Crisis on Greek Entrepreneurship

6 February 2018

Speaker: Jessie Voumvaki, Senior Economist, Head of Entrepreneurship and Business Analysis, Economic Analysis Department, National Bank of Greece

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Mobility of Highly-Skilled Individuals, Local Innovation and Entrepreneurship Activity

Tuesday 20 February 2018

Speaker: Claire Economidou, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Piraeus, Greece

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Fake News, Propaganda and Media in Greece

27 February 2018

Speaker: Nikos Pappas, Greek Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Information

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Greek Exports and Corporate Adjustment

12 March 2018

Speakers: Anthony Bartzokas, Board Alternate Director, EBRD Peter Sanfey, Deputy Director for Country Economics and Policy, EBRD

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The Greco-German Affair in the Euro Crisis: mutual recognition lost?

20 March 2018

Speakers: Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni, PhD student, European Institute, LSE 
Kalypso Nicolaïdis, Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford, UK 
Claudia Sternberg, Senior Research Associate at University College London’s European Institute, UK

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Perspectives On a Cyprus Settlement and Developments In UK-Cyprus Relations Since 2010

9 May 2018
Speaker: Matthew Kidd CMG, Former British High Commissioner To Cyprus

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Greece out of crisis? Building a competitive economy

21 May 2018
Speakers: Dr Vassili G. Apostolopoulos, CEO, Athens Medical Group,
Nikos Drandakis, Founder and CEO, Beat, Michael Tsamaz, Chairman and CEO, OTE Group

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The Impact of Brexit on Greece and Cyprus

19 June 2018

Speakers: His Excellency Dimitris Caramitsos-Tziras, Ambassador of Greece to the UK
James Ker-Lindsay, LSEE Senior Visiting Fellow, LSE European Institute
Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser and a board member at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR)
Effie Kyrtata, CEO of Reload Greece Foundation
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Head of the LSE European Institute, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

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2016/17

The Political Economy of NPLs Resolution in Greece: ownership and conditionality

Tuesday 4 October 2016
Speaker: Eleni Panagiotarea, Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)

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Communication Architecture of the Border: constructions of Europe’s humanitarian securitization

Tuesday 18 October 2016
Speaker: Myria Georgiou, Deputy Head of Department, Department of Media and Communications, LSE

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The Road to Recovery: can Greek banks revive the real economy?

31 October 2016
Speaker: Nikolaos Karamouzis, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Eurobank Ergasias SA; Emeritus Professor, University of Piraeus
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Wolfson Theater, New Academic Building

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*The event was organised by the Hellenic Observatory the Hellenic Bankers Association-UK


The Analytics of the Greek Crisis

Tuesday 8 November 2016
Speaker: Dimitri Vayanos, Professor of Finance, Head of the Department of Finance, Director of the Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality, LSE

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A social or a Neoliberal Europe? The Greek Experience

14 November, 2016
Speaker: George Katrougalos, Alternate Minister of European Affairs - Foreign Ministry, Greece and Professor of Public Law
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Thai Theater, New Academic Building

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Outward Migration from Greece During the Crisis

Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Speakers: Lois Labrianidis, Secretary General for Strategic and Private Investments, Greek Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism; Professor of Economic Georgraphy, University of Macedonia; Manolis Pratsinakis, Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Macedonia; Research Fellow, Institute of Migration and Ethnic Studies, University of Amsterdam

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HO 20-year Anniversay Lecture
The principle of Solidarity in the Framework of Primary European Law: guarantees provided by the Treaty for the European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union 

28 November 2016
Speaker: H.E. Mr Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President of the Hellenic Republic
Time: 19:00
Venue: Megaron: the Athens Concert Hall, Greece

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Advance or Regression? Gender balance and the crisis in Greece

Tuesday 6 December 2016
Speakers: Antigone Lberaki, Professor of Economics, Panteion University; Visiting Professor, Hellenic Observatory, Platon Tinios, Assistant Professor at Piraeus University; Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory

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Contrasting Greek and UK Youths’ Subjective Responses to Austerity:  Lessons for other European countries

Tuesday 17 January 2017
Speakers: Dr Athanasia Chalari, Principal Lecturer in Sociology; Subject Leader in Sociology and Criminology at the University of Northampton, Clive Sealey, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Theory, University of Worcester

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Changing the Policy Agenda? The Impact of the Golden Dawn on Greek Party Politics

Tuesday 31 January 2017
Speakers: Kyriaki Nanou, Lecturer in European Politics, School of Politics & International Relations, University of Nottingham, Daphne Halikiopoulou, Associate Professor in Comparative Politics at the University of Reading 

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Greece: conditions for a sustained recovery

9 February 2017
Speaker: George Chouliarakis, Greek Alternate Minister of Finance & Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers of Greece

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Religious Pluralism and Education in Greece

Tuesday 21 February 2017
Speakers: Effie Fokas, Principal Investigator, GRASSROOTSMOBILISE; Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy; Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory, LSE, Margarita Markoviti, Postdoctoral Fellow, GRASSROOTSMOBILISE, Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy

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Game Over - The Inside Story of the Greek Crisis

22 February 2017
Speaker: George Papaconstantinou, Former Greek Finance Minister

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Beyond Crisis: constitutional change in Greece after the Memoranda

Tuesday 7 March 2017
Speaker: Anna Tsiftsoglou, NBG Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Cyprus: Revival from the crisis in the European Economic Dimension

13 March 2017
Speaker: Harris Georgiades, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus

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Reflections on the “Punctuated Equilibrium” Theory of Modern Greek History

Tuesday 21 March 2017

Speaker: Stathis Kalyvas, Arnold Wolfers Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University

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16th HO Annual Lecture: Defeating populism, defending the truth and unleashing the potential of the Greek economy

15 May 2017
Speaker: Kyriakos Mitsotakis, President of Nea Dimokratia

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2015/16

Book Launch
Prime Ministers in Greece: The Paradox of Power

7 October 2015
Speakers: Kevin Featherstone and Dimitirs Papadimitriou

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Evaluating the structural reform of central government departments in Greece 

Tuesday 13 October 2015 
Speaker: Panagiotis Zervopoulos, Assistant Professor in Quantitative Methods, Bursa Orhangazi University  

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Exploring the psychological effects of the Greek financial crisis 

Tuesday 27 October 2015 
Speaker: Bettina Davou, Professor of Psychology, Department of Communication & Media Studies, Director of Laboratory for Psychological Applications & Communication Planning, University of Athens

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15th HO Annual Lecture
The Hypocrisy of European Moralism: Greece and the Politics of Cultural Aggression

Wednesday 4 November 2015
Speaker: Michael Herzfeld, Professor of the Social Sciences and Curator of European Ethnology in the Peabody Museum, Harvard University

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Economic Blues: the Left in government times

Tuesday 10 November 2015
Speaker: Euclid Tsakalotos, Greek Finance Minister

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Pension Poor and Housing Rich: a generational perspective of the Greek crisis, its aftermath and possible ways out 

Tuesday 17 November 2015 
Speaker: Platon Tinios, Assistant Professor at Piraeus University; Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory

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Of Austerity, Human Rights and International Institutions 

Tuesday 8 December 2015
Speaker: Margot Salomon, Associate Professor; Law Department and at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights, LSE; Director Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy, LSE

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How do Greek Foreign Elites Perceive Turkey: findings from an empirical research project 

Tuesday 12 January 2016
Speaker: Dimitrios Triantafyllou, Director of the Center for International and European Studies (CIES); Chair of the Department of International Relations,  Kadir Has University, Istanbul

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Seminar: From migration crisis to refugee crisis in Europe: Securitization priorities vs Integration policies?

18 January 2016
Speaker: Apostolos G. Papadopoulos

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Young Greeks and Democracy: social representations and imaginaries and the impact of the crisis

Tuesday 26 January 2016
Speaker: Thalia Magioglou, Visiting Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE and Centre Edgar Morin/IIAC, EHESS, Paris France

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Lessons Learnt from the Greek Crisis

Thursday 28 January, 2016
Speaker: Louka Katseli, Chair of the National Bank of Greece and Hellenic Bankers Association and Professor at the University of Athens
Venue: Old Theater, LSE

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The Agent-Structure Issue in Foreign Policy Analysis: the “Macedonian” issue 

Tuesday 9 February 2016 
Speaker: Georgios Evangelopoulos, Scientific Advisor to the President of the Hellenic Republic, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute of International Relations (IDIS) at Panteion University of Athens 

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Cyprus and New Security Issues in the Eastern Mediterranean

Wednesday 10 February, 2016
Speaker: Euripides Evriviades, High Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus to the UK

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Still Europeanized?: Greek Foreign Policy During the Eurozone Crisis  

Tuesday 23 February 2016
Speaker: Angelos Chryssogelos, National Bank of Greece Postdoctoral Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

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Book Launch
Who's to Blame for Greece? Austerity in Charge of Saving a Broken Economy

1 March 2016
Speakers: Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos and Dimitri Vayanos

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Book Launch
A Financial Crisis Manual: reflections and the road ahead

Thursday, 17 March 2016
Speakers: Platon Monokroussos, Konstantinos I. Nikolopoulos, Dimitrios D. Thomakos

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Book Launch
Post-Ottoman Coexistence - Sharing Space in the Shadow of Conflict

8 June 2016
Speaker: Rebecca Bryant, A.N. Hadjiyannis Senior Research Fellow, European Institute, LSE

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2014/15

Greece: taking stock; Economic and Financial Changes Since the Onset of the Global and Euro Area Crises 

14 October 2014 

Speaker: Eleni Louri-Dendrinou, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business; Former Deputy Governor, Bank of Greece

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Book Launch
The Thirteenth Labour of Hercules Inside the Greek Crisis

15 October 2014
Speaker: Yannis Palaiologos, Features reporter for "Kathimerini" newspaper, Athens, Greece

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Book Launch
The Impact of European Employment Strategy in Greece and Portugal

20 October 2014
Speaker: Sotirios Zartaloudis, Lecturer in Politics, Department of Politics, History and IR, Loughborough University

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What is 'Modern' about Modern Greece?

Friday 7 November 2014
Speakers: Professor Molly Greene, Professor Stathis N Kalyvas, Professor Vassilis Lambropoulos
Venue: Hong Kong Theater, Clements House, LSE

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Crisis and Democracy- Democracy in Crisis Social Anthropological Perspectives on the Fragility of the Social Contract 

Tuesday, 28 October 2014 
Speaker: Elisabeth Kirtsoglou, Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Durham

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The Newly Disadvantaged: responses to rapid socioeconomic change in Greece 

Tuesday, 11 November 2014 
Alexander Kentikelenis, Research Associate, King's College, University of Cambridge

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The Greek Orthodox Church and the Economic Crisis

Wednesday 12 November 2014
Speaker: His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatius of Demetrias and Almyros

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Banal, Benign or Pernicious? The Relationship between Religion and National Identity from the Perspective of Religious Minorities in Greece 

Tuesday, 25 November 2014 
Speaker: Effie Fokas, Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Athens, and Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

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Book Launch
Resolving Cyprus: New Approaches to Conflict Resolution

27 November 2014
Speaker: James Ker- Lindsay, Eurobank Senior Research Fellow, LSE

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Book Launch
The European Debt Crisis: The Greek Case

Tuesday, 9 December 2014
Speaker: Costas Simitis, Former Greek Prime Minister

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Local Governance in Times of Crisis - Lessons for Greece from the City of Thessaloniki

Thursday 11 December 2014
Speaker: Yiannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki
Venue: Hong Kong Theater, Clement House, LSE

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What Do Greek Political Elites Think about Europe and the Crisis? Preliminary Results of Recent Survey Research 

Tuesday, 20 January 2015 
Speaker: Dimitri Sotiropoulos, Associate Professor, University of Athens

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The Restructuring of the Greek Economy: 2010-2014 

Tuesday, 3 February 2015 
Speaker: Panos Tsakloglou, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business

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What Do the Greek Elections Mean for Greece’s Future?

Thursday 5 February 2015 

Speakers: Dionysis Dimitrakopoulos, Daphne Halikiopoulou, Dimitri Vayanos

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Policing the Crisis: the other side of the story

Tuesday, 3 March 2015 
Speaker: Rosa Vasilaki, National Bank of Greece Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

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The Cyprus Recovery Plan: A Midterm Assessment

6 March 2015

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Conference organised in association with the University of Nicosia 


Privatizations: auction and market design during the crisis 

Tuesday, 17 March 2015 
Speaker: Vasiliki Skreta, Economics Department, UCL

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Is Austerity Winning the Argument  on ‘Eurozone’ recovery? Can the Solutions to the Crisis also be Socially just?

Thursday 30 April 2015

Speakers: Paul Mason, Economics Editor, Channel 4 News, Holger Schmieding, Chief Economist, Berenberg Bank, John Milios, Member of the Central Committee of SYRIZA & Professor of Political Economy, National Technical University of Athens, Miranda Xafa, Senior Scholar, CIGI & Former Member of the IMF Executive Board 
Welcome Address: Stratos Chatzigiannis, Chairman HBA-UK
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director; Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics 

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Organised by the Hellenic Observatory & the Hellenic Bankers Association -UK 


Book Launch
The Golden Dawn's 'Nationalist Solution': Explaining the Rise of the Far Right in Greece

14 May 2015
Speakers: Daphne Halikiopoulou and Sofia Vasilopoulou

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2000-14

Reviving Famagusta; From Ghost Town to Eco-city?

Friday 21 February, 2014
Time: 14:00-18:45
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE

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The True Story about the Geopolitical Role of Cyprus: David or Goliath?

Thursday 16 February 2014
Speaker: H.E Nicos Anastasiades, President of the Republic of Cyprus
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE

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13th HO Annual Lecture
The Greek Ombudsman and Public Administration during Challenging Times

Monday 25 November 2013
Speaker: Professor Calliope Spanou,The Greek Ombudsman; Professor of Administrative Sciences, University of Athens

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Greece's Way out of the Crisis

14 March 2013
Speaker: Alexis Tsipras, President of Syriza-USF
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE

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The Greek Crisis and its Possible Resolutions

11 September 2012
Speakers: Apostolos Doxiadis (Writer), Pavlos Eleftheriadis (Academic, Oxford), Michael Jacobides (Academic, London Business School), Andreas Koutras (Financial Analyst, ITC markets), George Prokopakis (Business Consultant)
Venue: Room U8, Tower 1, LSE

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Cyprus - Tired of Talking? Civil Society to Bring Life to a Stagnant Process

16 May 2012
Venue: Canada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, LSE
Speakers: Michalis Avraam, Alexandros Lordos, Marios Epaminondas, Bulent Kanol, Katerina Antoniou, Rana Celal, Meliha Kaymak
Chair: James Ker-Lyndsay

Organised by the Hellenic Observatory and Contemporary Turkish Studies

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Can Greece get out of the crisis?

28 March 2012
Speakers: Dimitris Daskalopoulos, Moritz Kraemer, Vicky Pryce, Poul Thomsen
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

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Workshop on Social Change: Theory and Applications (the case of Greek Society)

9 March 2012
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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Democratic Accountability in Greece 

28 February 2012 
Spyros Kosmidis, National Bank of Greece Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

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12th HO Annual Lecture
Greece between Austerity, Reform and the Drachma

5 March 2012
Speaker: Costas Azariadis, Mallinckrodt Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

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The Cyprus Economy at a Time of European Uncertainty: managing reform & sustainability

10 February 2012
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE

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PSI - A Greek Gordian Knot. Current Issues and Future Consequences

2 February 2012
Venue: New Theatre, East Building, LSE

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The Geostrategic Importance of Cyprus: Long Term Trends & Prospects

25 January 2012
Speaker: Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, Cyprus Foreign Affairs Minister 
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theater, New Academic Building, LSE

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Social Policy and Social Justice in Greece: the unfair deficit

17 January 2012  
Dimitris Venieris, Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE; Associate Professor of Social Policy, University of Peloponnese 

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Of Debts and Denial: the Greek crisis in the context of the post-2008 world 

6 December 2011
Yanis Varoufakis, Professor of Economics, University of Athens

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Greece's Economy: crisis and exit strategies

28 November 2011 
Yannos Papantoniou, Former Minister of National Economy, Greece, 1994-2003

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Politics, Culture and the State: the Greek crisis in historical perspective

24 November 2011
Speaker: Nikiforos Diamandouros, The European Ombudsman
Venue: Thai Theater, New Academic Building, LSE

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The Current Reform of IKA and the Re-establishment of Social Insurance credibility in Greece - Reconciling Social Dilemmas and Funding Challenges 

25 October 2011  
Dimitris Micharikopoulos, Senior Advisor, Social Insurance Institute

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Imagined Enemies. In quest of the Deeper Reasons for Greek-Turkish Antagonism

22 March 2011 

Alexis Heraclides, Professor of International Relations & Conflict Analysis, Panteion University of Social & Political Science; National Bank of Greece Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE 

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The Role of Education in Greece's Recovery

2 February 2011 
Speaker: Anna Diamantopoulou, then Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affars, Greece
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theater, New Academic Building, LSE

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11th HO Annual Lecture
'Greece is Changing'

8 November 2010
Speaker: George Papaconstantinou, former Minister of Finance, Greece
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The Greek Fiscal Crisis and the Future of the Euro-zone

28 April 2010
Speakers: George Alogoskoufis, Professor Wim Koesters, Dr Yannos Papantoniou, Simon Tilford
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
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Can Greece get out of the Economic Crisis?  

24 February 2010
Speakers: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Professor Costas Meghir & Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

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South East Europe: the energy challenges ahead

17 February 2010 
Speaker: Plutarchos Sakellaris, Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB)

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Expanding and Aligning the EU; European Integration and Neighbourhood Policies: a Greek overview

20 October 2009 
Dimitris Katsoudas, Former Secretary-General for EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Progressive Governance: Greece and the new international order

27 April 2009 

Speaker: George A. Papandreou, President of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and President of Socialist International

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Keith Kyle Memorial Lecture on British-Cypriot relations: 'Cyprus Settlement: Who Benefits?'

25 February 2009
Speaker: MP Caroline Flint, Minister for Europe  

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9th HO Annual Lecture
Europe in the Global Economy

13 November 2008 
Speaker: George Alogoskoufis, former Minister of Economy & Finance, Greece

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Cypriots 4 Cyprus Panel Discussion: Developments in the peace negotiations in Cyprus: Finding a solution by Cypriots for Cypriots

14 October 2008
Speakers: George Vassiliou, former President of the Republic of Cyprus, Ali Erel, President of the Cyprus EU Association, Spyros Christou, Co-director of Cyprus Interpeace Project, Alev Adil, renowned Cypriot poet 

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The Single Monetary Policy and the Analytics of OCAS: What has the euro area experience taught us?

30 April 2008
Speaker: Nicholas Garganas, then Governor of the Bank of Greece

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2nd BYRON THEODOROPOULOS LECTURE 
Greece and Europe

5 November 2007 
Speaker: Dora Bakoyannis, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece Venue: Old Theatre, LSE

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8th HO Annual Lecture
Is Democracy in Crisis? Lessons from the Greek Experience

23 October 2007 
Speaker: Costas Simitis, former Prime Minister of Greece 

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7th HO Annual Lecture
Greece and the European Union: Partners in European Reform

20 November 2006 
Speaker: Kostas Karamanlis, then Prime Minister of Greece

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