PhD Holders
Chytopoulou Eleni (2020)
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 |
Awarded |
Defended successfully on 10 February 2020, Degree Awarded on 31 July 2020 |
Shabana Ihab (2019)
With a scholarship from the IKY-State Scholarships Foundation (Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning Program – ESPA 2014-2020)
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) |
Awarded |
Defended successfully on 22 November 2019, Degree Awarded on 31 July 2020 |
Flouros Floros (2019)
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 |
Sotiris Roussos |
Supervisory committee |
Pantelis Sklias, Spyros Roukanas (University of Piraeus) |
Awarded |
Defended successfully on 4 Οctober 2019, Degree Awarded on 26 November 2019 |
Masouras Andreas (2019)
Thesis title |
Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness through the lens of the Institutional Analysis: The Case of Cyprus |
Thesis language |
English |
Supervisor |
Manos G. Papazoglou |
Supervisory committee |
Spyros Roukanas (University of Piraeus), Georgios Galanos (University of Piraeus) |
Awarded |
Defended successfully on 23 May 2019, Degree Awarded on 5 June 2019 |
Michopoulou Vassiliki (2019)
With a scholarship from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) for the academic year 2017-18.
Thesis title |
The impact of Transnational advocacy networks in International Politics |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Nikolaos Tzifakis |
Supervisory committee |
Asteris Huliaras, Antonis Skamnakis (AUTH) |
Awarded |
Defended successfully on 23 May 2019, Degree Awarded on 5 June 2019 |
Mitralexis-Georgakakos Sotirios (2018)
Thesis title |
Can the Underdogs Speak? Contemporary Greece’s ‘Subaltern’ Political Theories through the Lens of Critical Geopolitics and Post-secularism |
Thesis language |
English |
Supervisor |
Asteris Huliaras |
Supervisory committee |
Sotiris Vandoros, Dimitrios Rozakis |
Awarded |
Defended successfully on 3 December 2018, Degree Awarded on 5 June 2019 |
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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on 30 November 2012. |
PhD Candidates
Akra Zakia
With a scholarship from the IKY-State Scholarships Foundation.
Thesis title |
International Relations and Foreign Policy in the Middle East: PLO, Hezbollah and KRG as Statelike Actors |
Γλώσσα Διατριβής |
English |
Thesis language |
Sotiris Roussos |
Supervisory committee |
Efstathios Fakiolas, Nikolaos Tzifakis |
Anastasopoulos Dionisios
Thesis title |
The Policy of the EU Towards Fragile States: In Search of its Intergovernmental/Supranational Dimensions |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Efstathios T. Fakiolas |
Supervisory committee |
Asteris Huliaras, Dimitrios Chrisohoou (Panteion University) |
Balafas Vassilios
Thesis title |
Energy as a power factor in International Politics |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Efstathios T. Fakiolas |
Supervisory committee |
Konstantinos Chazakis(DUTH), Spiros Roukanas (University of Piraeus) |
Balaskas Nikolaos
Thesis title |
The European Social Democracy marked a turning point in the mid-1990s until today (the cases of Greece – Spain – Germany) |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Manos G. Papazoglou |
Supervisory committee |
Sotiris Vandoros, Dimitrios Rozakis |
Chatzimichailidou 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) |
Chouchlia Martha
Thesis title |
China’s political system and the effects of transformation in accordance with the Western model |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Manos G. Papazoglou |
Supervisory committee |
Pantelis Sklias, 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 |
Doumanis Antonios
Thesis title |
The Course from National Divide to Civil War: The Role of the Armed Forces |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Konstantina Botsiou |
Supervisory committee |
Athanasios Christou (UoP), Sotirios Rizas (Academy of Athens) |
Economou Katerina
Thesis title |
Administrative reform and development. The Greek stake in the shadow of the crisis |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Manos G. Papazoglou |
Supervisory committee |
Pantelis Sklias, 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 |
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) |
Fotiou Despoina
Thesis title |
Study of the effects of the complexity of the institutional framework on the operation of local government |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Nikitas-Spiros Koutsoukis |
Supervisory committee |
Dimitrios Skiadas (UoM), Athanasios Mihiotis (EAP) |
Galanis Ilias
Thesis title |
The Declaration – Implementation gap in the regional cooperation organizations: Α three paradigms’ comparative study |
Thesis language |
English |
Supervisor |
Asteris Huliaras |
Supervisory committee |
Sotiris Roussos, Nikolaos Tzifakis |
Gerontas Panagiotis
Thesis title |
Memorial sites, historical identity and cultural continuity in the context of the Navy culture |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Vasiliki Lalagianni |
Supervisory committee |
Nikolaos Manitakis (UoA), Dimitrios Rozakis |
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) |
Kalodimos Sotirios
Thesis title |
The role of the USA in Greece during the interwar period |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Konstantina Botsiou |
Supervisory committee |
Athanasios Christou (UoP), Sotirios Rizas (Academy of Athens) |
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 |
Karachalios Georgios
Thesis title |
Public Employment Services (PES) reform models for the development of the European Labor Market |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Pyrros Papadimitriou |
Supervisory committee |
Iosif Plimakis, Stampoulis Miltiadis (UoM) |
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) |
Laskos Konstantinos
Thesis title |
Artificial Intelligence and Foreign Policy: Conspiracy Theories in the US, Russia and the EU |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Nikitas-Spiros Koutsoukis |
Supervisory committee |
Efstathios T. Fakiolas, Kollias Christos (University of Thessaly) |
Mageirias Michail
Thesis title |
Education as a policy tool in Macedonia and Epirus from 1870 to 1913 |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Antonis Klapsis |
Supervisory committee |
Spiros Sfetas (AUTH), Christos Athanasiou (UoP) |
Malisiovas Ioannis
Thesis title |
Qualitative empirical research of the Evaluation Debate on the official Development Assistance (ODA) delivery by the European Union(EU): The cases of Egypt, South Africa and Sierra Leone |
Thesis language |
English |
Supervisor |
Asteris Huliaras |
Supervisory committee |
Napoleon Maravegias (UoA), Sotiris Petropoulos |
Manolopoulou Georgia
Thesis title |
Perceptions of cultural Diplomacy: A Comparing the views of state and non-state actors in Greece and Italy |
Thesis language |
English |
Supervisor |
Antonis Klapsis |
Supervisory committee |
Vasiliki Lalagianni, Charalampos Tsardanidis (Aegean University) |
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 |
Charalampos Tsardanidis (Aegean University), Efstathios T. Fakiolas |
Nikopoulou Alexandra
Thesis title |
Proxy wars in the Middle East in the 21 century: the role of regional state actors and global powers. The antagonism between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the proxy wars in Syria and Yemen and the interests of global powers- U.S. and Russia- in the regional sub-system of the Middle East |
Thesis language |
English |
Supervisor |
Sotiris Roussos |
Supervisory committee |
Efstathios T. Fakiolas, Nikolaos Raptopoulos (Aegean University) |
Oikonomidis Alexandros
Thesis title |
Far-right and the “west identity¨”in Greece and Turkey after the end of the Cold War |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Sotiris Vandoros |
Supervisory committee |
Antonis Klapsis, Ioannis Grigoriadis (Bilkent University) |
Orfanos Georgios
Thesis title |
The refugees of the Asia Minor Catastrophe in the Peloponnese. Origin, restoration, evolution (1922-1972) |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Antonis Klapsis |
Supervisory committee |
Sokratis Koniordos, Evanthis Chatzivasiliou |
Ozgur Kursun
Thesis title |
Greek and Turkish Foreign Policy Towards the Western Balkans (2002-2017): A Comparative Analysis |
Thesis language |
English |
Supervisor |
Nikolaos Tzifakis |
Supervisory committee |
Asteris Huliaras, Konstantinos Ifantis (Panteion University) |
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) |
Panagiotopoulou Theodora
Thesis title |
Public administration and maladministration: National and European approaches during an economic crisis |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Charalampos Tsiliotis |
Supervisory committee |
Pyrros Papadimitriou, Stavroula Ktistaki (Panteion University) |
Papaoikonomou Ioannis-Giannoulis
Thesis title |
Jihadist terrorism as a movement in the EU and the cases of the Netherlands and Belgium |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Efstathios T. Fakiolas |
Supervisory committee |
Sotiris Roussos, Nikitas-Spiros Koutsoukis |
Pegkos Athanasios
Thesis title |
Traditional forms of war and informational war. Network central enterprises in the Hellenic Armed Forces |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Efstathios T. Fakiolas |
Supervisory committee |
Sotiris Roussos, Liaropoulos Andreas (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) |
Rempoutsika Georgia
Thesis title |
Development banks and how they affect the competitiveness of countries: The case of the Eurozone countries |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Pyrros Papadimitriou |
Supervisory committee |
Spyros Roukanas (University of Piraeus), Georgios Galanos (University of Piraeus) |
Roussou Styliani
Thesis title |
Managing the financial consequences of the Covid 19 pandemic and European Economic Governance |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Panagiota Manoli |
Supervisory committee |
Panagiotis Liargkovas (UoP), Dimitris Katsikas (UoA) |
Skaltsounis Panagiotis
Thesis title |
China’s rising economy and its economic policy in the African continent |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Sotiris Petropoulos |
Supervisory committee |
Asteris Huliaras, Charalampos Papasotiriou (Panteion University) |
Skaraki Antigoni
Thesis title |
Political Leadership and Public Sector Reform after 2000 |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Manos Papazoglou |
Supervisory committee |
Sotiris Roussos, Sotiris Vandoros |
Sotiriou Eirini
Thesis title |
Shanghai Cooperation Organization-SCO as a Security Community |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Efstathios T. Fakiolas |
Supervisory committee |
Charalampos Tsardanidis (Aegean University), Nikolaos Tzifakis |
Theofilis Andreas
Thesis title |
Upside and Downside Risks towards EU Defence Integration from a National Perspective: the case of Greece |
Thesis language |
English |
Supervisor |
Antonis Klapsis |
Supervisory committee |
Nikitas-Spiros Koutsoukis, Kostas Ifantis (Panteion University) |
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) |
Tsoukatou Virginia
With a scholarship from the IKY-State Scholarships Foundation.
Thesis title |
Employment trends and labor market reforms |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Vasilis Pesmazoglou |
Supervisory committee |
Pyrros Papadimitriou, Daphne Nikolitsas (University of Crete) |
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) |
Vlamis Chrysanthos
Thesis title |
The international economic relations of Ethiopia |
Thesis language |
English |
Supervisor |
Asteris Houliaras |
Supervisory committee |
Pantelis Sklias, Konstantinos Magliveras (Aegean University) |
Xanthis Georgios
Thesis title |
Developing a risk analysis framework for the systemic causes of transnational migration flows |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Nikitas-Spiros Koutsoukis |
Supervisory committee |
Efstathios T. Fakiolas, Ilias Kouskouvelis (UoM) |
Zagoritou Aikaterini
Thesis title |
The formation and the building of the de facto state of Rojava (Northern Syria) and the role of the social movements in this state-like entity |
Thesis language |
English |
Supervisor |
Sotiris Roussos |
Supervisory committee |
Efi Kanner (UoA), Nikolaos Raptopoulos (University of Piraeus) |
Ziaka Vasiliki
Thesis title |
The syndrome of job bulling in an economic crisis environment |
Thesis language |
Greek |
Supervisor |
Sokratis Koniordos |
Supervisory committee |
Karakioulafi Cristina (University of Crete), Antoniou Stamatis (UoA) |