Thesis Title

'Achieving Tax Justice in the European Union; Tax Competition, State Aid, and Fundamental Rights' [provisional title]

Supervisors

Eduardo Baistrocchi and Professor Pablo Ibáñez Colomo

Research Interests

Tax law; International Taxation and double tax treaties; Tax Justice; Redistributive taxation; Tax Avoidance; EU law; EU State Aid law; EU Competition law; Public law

Ioanna is a PhD candidate at LSE Law School. Her current research aims to establish a concrete definition of tax justice and its parameters within the EU. Using this definition as its axis, her research will examine whether the EU State Aid law – continuously interpreted through the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union – adequately adheres to the principles of tax justice.

She holds an LL.B. (First Class Honours) from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, and an LL.M. (Distinction) in Public Law from LSE, with a focus on Tax and EU Law.

Before pursuing her PhD, she completed a traineeship (Members’ Chambers) at the Court of Justice of the European Union, focusing on competition law.

During her postgraduate studies at LSE, she worked as a research assistant to LSE Professor Pablo Ibáñez Colomo.

She completed her legal traineeship at a law firm in Greece and is a qualified lawyer and Member of the Athens Bar Association as of 2024.

Awards / Scholarships

LSE PhD Studentship