PhD Holders

Athanasouli Daphne (2015)

With scholarship from the HERACLITUS Programme.

Thesis title	Comparative analysis of corruption and firm development in Southern Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Pantelis Sklias
Supervisory committee	Pyrros Papadimitriou, Evaggelos Drimpetas (Democritus University of Thrace)
Awarded	Defended successfully on 19 October 2015, Degree Awarded 31 May 2016.

Galatsidas George (2015)

Thesis title	Economic theory and development. State and markets in an economic crisis period
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Pantelis Sklias
Supervisory committee	Pyrros Papadimitriou, Moise Sidiropoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Awarded	Defended successfully on 15 December 2014, Degree Awarded 23 June 2015

Pistikou Victoria (2015)

Thesis title	Economic diplomacy and security in the sovereign state
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Pyrros Papadimitriou
Supervisory committee	Angelos Kotios (University of Piraeus), Christos Papazoglou (Panteion University)
Awarded	Defended successfully on 14 December 2015, Degree Awarded 31 May 2016.

Tasopoulos Elias (2015)

Thesis title	State formation, systemic pressures and coalitions in Middle East (1979-1995). The cases of Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia.
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Sotiris Roussos
Supervisory committee	Harry Papasotiriou(Panteion), Asteris Huliaras
Awarded	Defended successfully on 03 March 2015, Degree Awarded 03 June 2015

Valvis Anastasios (2015)

Thesis title	Transboundary Freshwater Resources Management: Greece and its neighbors
Thesis language	English
Supervisor	Asteris Houliaras
Supervisory committee	Katia Lasaridi (Harokopio University), Konstantinos Yfantis (University of Athens)
Awarded	Defended successfully on 02 December 2015, Degree Awarded 31 May 2016.

Vathis Orestis (2014)

Thesis title	Greek Development Assistance: The evaluation of NGO performance (1999-2006)
Thesis language	English
Superviror	Asteris Houliaras
Supervisory committee	Pantelis Sklias, Christos Frangonikolopoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Awarded	Defended successfully on  24 November 2014, Degree Awarded 18 December 2014

Eleftheriadou Marina (2014)

With scholarship from the HERACLITUS Programme.

Thesis title	Guerilla war and safe havens. The International Relations of asymmetric conflicts
Thesis language	Greek
Superviror	Sotiris Roussos
Supervisory committee	Asteris Houliaras, Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos (Panteion University)
Awarded	Defended successfully on 18 June 2014, Degree Awarded 18 December 2014

Maris George (2014)

Thesis title	The political economy of European governance and the E.M.U.
Thesis Language	Greek
Supervisor	Pantelis Sklias
Supervisory committee	Pyrros Papadimitriou, Nikitas-Spiros Koutsoukis
Awarded	Defended successfully on 29 January 2014, Degree Awarded 19 February 2014

Petsa Vasiliki (2014)

With scholarship from the HERACLITUS Programme.

Thesis title	Political violence, terror and memory in contemporary Greek and Italian Literature
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Vasiliki Lalagianni
Supervisory committee	Elena Koutrianou (Department of Philology), Manos Karagiannis (University of Macedonia)
Awarded	Defended successfully on 27 June 2014, Degree Awarded 23 June 2015

Kalantzakou Sofia (2013)

Thesis title	Rare Earths: China vs the World, A Case Study in the Geopolitics of Natural Resources in the 21st century
Thesis language	English
Supervisor	Asteris Houliaras
Supervisory committee	Athanasios Konstantopoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Andreas Papandreou (University of Athens)
Awarded	Defended successfully on 22 April 2013, Degree Awarded 31 May 2016.

Smagadi Theodora (2012)

Thesis title	Wage differences and globalization. Economic, institutional and personal defining factors of the differences in Greece.
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Pyrros Papadimitriou
Supervisory committee	Vasilis Pesmazoglou, Pantelis Sklias
Awarded	Degree Awarded 30 November 2012.

 

PhD Candidates

Abi Fares Nizar 

Thesis title	The Impact of National Political Economy on Family Owned Businesses: The Strategic Role of Human Resources in MENA Region
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Pantelis Sklias
Supervisory committee	Sotiris Roussos, Spyros Roukanas (University of Piraeus)

Alexopoulou Vassiliki

Thesis title	Efficiency and effectiveness of human resources in Public Sector combined with the availability of propriate structures and Their analysis using Geographic Information Systems- G.I.S. Prospects for human resources development. Case study by the Municipality of Tripoli
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Nikitas-Spiros Koutsoukis
Supervisory committee	Athanasios Katsis (Department of Social and Education Policy-UOP, Anastasios Tasopoulos (Panteion University)

Anastasopoulos Dionisios

Thesis title	The Policy of the EU Towards Fragile States: In Search of its Intergovernmental/Supranational Dimensions
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Efstathios Fakiolas
Supervisory committee	Asteris Huliaras, Dimitrios Chrisohoou (Panteion University)

Assimakopoulos Emmanouil

Thesis title	The EU performance in the UN General Assembly vis à vis the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty negotiations: The post-Lisbon era
Thesis language	English
Supervisor	Asteris Huliaras
Supervisory committee	Spyros Blavoukos (Athens University of Economics and Business), Dimitrios Bourantonis (Athens University of Economics and Business)

Balafas Vassilios

Thesis title	Energy as a power factor in International Politics
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Efstathios Fakiolas
Supervisory committee	Konstantinos Chazakis(DUTH), Spiros Roukanas (University of Piraeus)

Borreca Raffaele

With scholarship from the Onassis Foundation.

Thesis title	The vision of Europe: looking for a European identity in contemporary Greek politics
Thesis language	English
Supervisor	Konstantina Botsiou
Supervisory committee	Evantis Hatzivassiliou (University of Athens), Sotiris Vandoros

Chouchlia Martha

Thesis title	China’s political system and the effects of transformation in accordance with the Western model
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Asteris Huliaras
Supervisory committee	Pantelis Sklias, Manos G. Papazoglou

Chytopoulou Eleni

Thesis title	The European Union as global actor addressing the challenge of contested states
Thesis language	English
Supervisor	Nikolaos Tzifakis
Supervisory committee	Charalampos Tsardanidis (Aegean University), Asteris Huliaras

Daskalopoulou Magdalini

With scholarship from State Scholarships Foundation (IKY, 2016-ΕΣΠΑ-050-0502-5028)

Thesis title	The World Peace in the Era of Global Economic Crisis: Seeking a Model of Peace
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Efstathios T. Fakiolas
Supervisory committee	Christos Kollias, Nikitas Spiros Koutsoukis

Doulkeridis Konstantinos

Thesis title	The “new” American-Jewish pressure groups, their importance in forming U.S.A. and Israel’s foreign policy from the Lebanon war (1982) until the second Intifada (2003).
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Sotiris Roussos
Supervisory committee	Konstantina Botsiou, Efstathios T. Fakiolas

Economou Katerina

Thesis title	Administrative reform and development. The Greek stake in the shadow of the crisis
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Pantelis Sklias
Supervisory committee	Manos G. Papazoglou, Konstantinos Lavdas (University of Crete)

 Farantos Georgios

Thesis title	Strategic Management and Information Systems in Public Sector during the Economic Crisis period
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Nikitas-Spiros Koutsoukis
Supervisory committee	Pantelis Sklias, Pyrros Papadimitriou

Faropoulos Konstantinos

Thesis title	Biopolitics of Messianism: The Rise and Predominance of the Religious Right in Israel
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Sotiris Roussos
Supervisory committee	Dimitrios Rozakis, Chara Karagiannopoulou (Panteion University)

Filntisis Anastasios

Thesis title	Greece, EC/EU and international terrorism, from the Cold War to new terrorism: historical, political and ideological perspectives
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Konstantina Botsiou
Supervisory committee	Sotiris Roussos, Sofia Vidali (DUTH)

Flouros Floros

Thesis title	Energy Security in the East Mediterranean Region: A Threat or an Opportunity for Countries’ National Security? A Comparative Analysis-The Cases of Cyprus and Israel
Thesis language	English
Supervisor	Pantelis Sklias
Supervisory committee	Sotiris Roussos, Spyros Roukanas (University of Piraeus)

Houpis Mihail

Thesis title	The role and influence of China in the global trading system and the global trade diplomacy
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Pyrros Papadimitriou
Supervisory committee	Pantelis Sklias, Aggelos Kotios (University of Piraeus)

Kaisari Aikaterini

Thesis title	Investigating climate change as a cause of population movements: A comparative analysis
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Asteris Huliaras
Supervisory committee	Efstathios T. Fakiolas, Sophia Kalantzakou (New York University)

Kampouris Petros

Thesis title	Criteria and methods for setting priorities in public policies. The case of Greece
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Nikitas-Spiros Koutsoukis
Supervisory committee	Manos Papazoglou, Efstathios Fakiolas

Karytsioti Nikoletta

Thesis title	Analysis of Political Discourse: Rhetoric and the creation of a tool for analyzing political communication patterns
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Manos G. Papazoglou
Supervisory committee	Dimitrios Varoutas (University of Athens), Sotirios Vandoros

Kavvadas Ioannis

Thesis title	Financial Management: Evaluation and Institutional Reforms in Greece
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Pyrros Papadimitriou
Supervisory committee	Vasilis Pesmazoglou, Christos Triantopoulos (ΚΕPΕ)

Masouras Andreas

Thesis title	National economies and competitiveness: A comparative analysis
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Pantelis Sklias
Supervisory committee	Spyros Roukanas (University of Piraeus), Georgios Galanos (Democritus University of Thrace)

 Michopoulou Vassiliki

Thesis title	The impact of Transnational advocacy networks in International Politics
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Nikolaos Tzifakis
Supervisory committee	Asteris Huliaras, Antonis Skamnakis (AUTH)

Mitralexis-Georgakakos Sotirios

Thesis title	Post-Roman “West”, Post-Byzantine “East”: The Neo-Byzantine Political Philosophy of Contemporary Greek Thinkers as a Precondition for—and through the Perspective of—Critical Geopolitics
Thesis language	English
Supervisor	Asteris Huliaras
Supervisory committee	Nikolaos Tzifakis, Dimitrios Rozakis

Mpoura Smaro

Thesis title	EU’s democracy & human rights promotion in the shake of the Arab Spring: a cross-case study approach
Thesis language	English
Supervisor	Nikolaos Tzifakis
Supervisory committee	Xaralampos Tsardanidis (Aegean University), Efstathios T. Fakiolas

Panagiotidis Charalambos

Thesis title	Greek Education in the Shadow of the Cold War: Cultural Diplomacy, educational exchanges and youth politics in the 1970’s
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Konstantina Botsiou
Supervisory committee	Despina Karakatsani(Department of Social and Education Policy-UOP, Grigorios Psalidas (University of Piraeus)

Rasheed Fadia

Thesis title	The Political Economy of Environmental and Ecological Security: The Case of the United Arab Emirates
Thesis language	English
Supervisor	Pantelis Sklias
Supervisory committee	Manos G. Papazoglou, Spyros Roukanas (University of Piraeus)

Roubieu Aggeliki

Thesis title	Between “Metapolitefsi” and European Union. The Greek secondary education, 1974-1992
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Konstantina Botsiou
Supervisory committee	George Voskopoulos (University of Macedonia), Yiouli Papadiamantaki (Department of Social and Educational Policy)

Shabana Ihab

Thesis title	European Left and Political Islam, 1979-2001. The cases of Britain and Greece
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Sotiris Roussos
Supervisory committee	Manos Papazoglou, Evaggelos Karamanolakis (UOA)

Siachos Dimitris

Thesis title	Decision modeling on development or siting of Renewable Energy Sources aiming at sustainable development. The case of Greek energy policy
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Nikitas-Spiros Koutsoukis
Supervisory committee	Pantelis Sklias, Pyrros Papadimitriou

Sotiriou Eirini

Thesis title	Shanghai Cooperation Organization-SCO as a Security Community
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Efstathios T. Fakiolas
Supervisory committee	Xaralampos Tsardanidis (Aegean University), Nikolaos Tzifakis

Thodas Vassilios

Thesis title	Greece and international detente, from the Cuba crisis to the euromissile crisis, 1962-1977: foreign policy and international change
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Konstantina Botsiou
Supervisory committee	Charalampos Tsiliotis, Evanthis Chatzivassiliou (UOA)

Vlachou Niki

Thesis title	Diasporas as Foreign Policy Instruments of Countries of Origin: A comparative study of the Israeli, Armenian and Greek cases
Thesis language	English
Supervisor	Nikolaos Tzifakis
Supervisory committee	Asteris Houliaras, Andreas Gofas (Panteion University)

Xatzimixailidou Panagiota

Thesis title	The contribution of adult education to economic development
Thesis language	Greek
Supervisor	Pantelis Sklias
Supervisory committee	Pyrros Papadimitriou, Konstantinos Tsamadias (Harokopio University)