2013 Newsletter - Issue 11

of the European Union. It is very timely, then, Editorial that the Observatory has been able to welcome two senior research fellows on Cyprus - holding INSIDE THIS ISSUE continues to be a major international the Andreas N. Hadjiyiannis Fellowship: Rebecca focus, as it continues to pursue the adjustments Bryant and Nikos Skoutaris. We were also very required under the terms of its two debt ‘bail- Editorial 1 pleased to collaborate with Neapolis University, outs’. This provides the Observatory with a Cyprus in appointing another fellow (George Public Lecture with major and varied agenda for its public events 2 Kyris) and jointly organising a conference on the Alexis Tsipras programme and its research agenda. This News- EU presidency in Paphos. In October 2012 we letter provides us with the opportunity to report Panel Discussion on the hosted Andreas D. Mavroyiannis, the Deputy 3 Euro-crisis and Greece on what we’ve done recently and what we plan Minister for European Affairs in Cyprus for a for the coming year. The Observatory remains public lecture and the following month we wel- The 6th Biennial PhD 4 in a good position to deliver on both of these Symposium comed Mr Nikos Anastasiades for a policy dimensions. roundtable - some months before he was elect- LSEsu Hellenic Society Our public events programme has again been 5 ed President of Cyprus. In May 2013, we collab- 1st Hellenic Forum lively and well-supported. We were pleased to orated with the LSE’s Financial Markets Group host Alexis Tsipras, the Leader of the Opposi- Public Lecture with to host a lecture by Athanasios Orphanides, the 6 Andreas Mavroyiannis tion, for a lecture and Q&A at the School. The former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus. SYRIZA leader attracted a large audience - we Greece has faced very painful social conse- PRIO Cyprus 2012 6 could have filled the theatre twice over - to Annual Conference quences from the austerity it has been obliged listen to his perspective on Greece’s economic to follow. In conjunction with the University of Policy Roundtable with 7 options. the Peloponnese (Masters’ Programme on Euro- Nicos Anstasiades With the Hellenic Bankers’ Association of the pean Social Policy), the Observatory held a one- Neapolis University & UK, we hosted a panel debate at the School on 7 day conference in Corinth entitled, ‘Whither HO 2012 Forum how Greece can best exit the crisis. This brought Social Policy? Social Policy in Greece in times of together economists with sharply differing Crisis’, in May 2013. Social Policy Conference 8 views - Daniel Gros (Director of the Centre for For most of our public events, you can down- European Policy Studies in Brussels); Professor HO Co-branded Events 8 load podcasts and/or presentations from our Michalis Haliassos (Goethe University Frankfurt) speakers - simply go to the HO’s webpages, the Research Seminars 9 and the LSE’s Professor Charles Goodhart - to address is given on the last page of this News- try to disprove George Bernard Shaw’s com- GreeSE Papers 10 letter. ment about economists and conclusions. The research activities of the HO continue to be Core Staff Research 11 Throughout the academic year, the Observatory successful: drawing both on our permanent has continued its very successful research semi- A.N. Hadjiyiannis academic staff and our research fellows. The 12 nar series, with speakers from amongst our own Senior Research Fellows ‘GreeSE’ discussion paper series has now pub- Research Fellows and from further afield. lished its 73 issue, for example. th Visiting Fellows 12 In June 2013, we were proud to host our 6 The profile of the Observatory also continues to Biennial PhD Symposium on Contemporary Post-doctoral grow internationally - with frequent coverage in 13 Fellowships Greece and Cyprus. This again attracted a large the international media and a high number number of current research students to present Research Associates 13 (22,230) of visitors to our HO webpages. their work in specialist panels chaired by estab- We hope you will find this Newsletter of inter- Staff Publications 14 lished academics. It was again very pleasing that est. Please do join our mailing list to keep in- students came from many different countries - Donors formed of our activities. We look forward to 14 & Advisory Board Germany, Canada, The Netherlands etc., as well welcoming you to our upcoming events. as from Greece and the UK. Professor Costas Finally, let me thank my colleague, Dr Spyros NBG Research Call 15 Lapavitsas of SOAS gave a popular plenary lec- Economides, who has been the Acting Director ture on the Greek crisis. OPAP Scholarships 15 of the Observatory this last year whilst I have This last year saw Cyprus receive more foreign been on sabbatical leave. He has done an excel- Forthcoming Events 16 attention. It was obliged to accept a bail-out in lent job! & Who’s Who the context of its debt crisis. In the second-half of 2012, Cyprus held the six-month Presidency Kevin Featherstone Director Page 2 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY

PUBLIC LECTURE with Alexis Tsipras ‘Greece's way out of the crisis’

On 14 March 2013 we had the range of policies that ought to be pleasure to host a Public Lecture by pursued in Europe, as an alternative Mr Alexis Tsipras, President of SYRI- to the policies of austerity. While he ZA - USF and leader of the opposi- talked about the need to strengthen tion in the Greek parliament, titled the fiscal transfer mechanisms with- ’Greece's way out of the crisis’. This in the Union (across Member States was a highly-anticipated lecture, as - including through the issuance of SYRIZA’s strong opposition to Eurobonds) and to reform the gov- Greece’s fiscal consolidation pro- ernance and function of the ECB, gramme and ‘anti-memorandum’ there was much less emphasis and rhetoric keeps generating a lot of detail on his party’s policy proposals controversy in Greece and much with regard to the wider economic nervousness - concerning Greece’s governance of Europe (e.g., the role position in the Eurozone - interna- of fiscal rules and surveillance) as Alexis Tsipras, President of SYRIZA - USF tionally. well as with regard to key policy questions versation with Professor Kevin concerning Featherstone, Director of the Hel- the imple- lenic Observatory, who chaired the mentation of event, and a Q&A session with structural questions from the general audi- reforms ence. A reception with students, (domestically) staff, and guests followed. The and the types Event was widely covered by the of policy in- Greek media: ethnos.gr, inews, tervention Kathimerini, SKAI, To Vima and needed to many more. stimulate productivity growth and From Left to Right: competitive- Spyros Economides, Konstantinos Bikas, Kevin Featherstone, A page dedicated to Alexis Tsipras, Paul Kelly, ness (at the Mr Tsipras Lecture European level). is available at http://www.lse.ac.uk/ Mr Tsipras stated from the onset of Instead, Mr Tsipras emphasised the europeanInstitute/research/ his speech the main premise of his role of society - and of social mobili- hellenicObservatory/Events/ opposition to the policies followed sation in particular - in changing the pubLectures/ in Greece and in the Eurozone more direction of policy towards a more Tsipras_2013.aspx widely: “The policies of austerity democratic, more inclusive and less that are being implemented in Eu- unequal Europe. “In the past”, he rope, not only in the Eurozone, but said, “elites have never given up also here in the UK, do not appear their power and privileges willingly. to be providing a viable exit from It is unlikely the crisis. They do not even seem to they will do be the preconditions for such an so in the exit. On the contrary, they are deep- future. Only ening the crisis and making any such a demo- exit in the future more difficult”. He cratic drive went on to explain his party stance to change on Europe, emphasising his support the balance to the European integration project, of class but for a ‘social Europe’, that would forces with- put “people’s concerns and needs in Europe before bankers’ profits”, placing the can bring notions of solidarity, redistribution about a and social security at the heart of progressive “what Europe is”. exit”. Alexis Tsipras delivering his speech His speech was much less specific - The lecture in a packed Sheikh Zayed Theatre perhaps disappointingly so - on the was followed by a con- 2013 Newsletter- Issue 11 Page 3

PANEL DISCUSSION CO-ORGANISED WITH THE HELLENIC BANKERS ASSOCIATION-UK ‘Euro-Crisis and Greece’

Already three years into the Euro- however, that at the current junc- A page dedicated zone crisis, debates about the caus- ture, the ‘exit option’ (getting out of to this Panel Discussion the euro) would is available at http://www.lse.ac.uk/ be even worse. europeanInstitute/research/ The second hellenicObservatory/Events/ otherEvents/ speaker, Dr Dan- HBA_Panel_Discussion_2013 iel Gros (CEPS), .aspx focused his speech on the issue of competi- emphasis to fiscal consolidation and tiveness, arguing austerity. that the depth of The presentations were followed by the recession in an interesting debate between the each country - panellists, prompted also by ques- and, in the same tions from the audience. The debate logic, the exit highlighted some areas of disagree- The Panel from Left to Right: Charles Goodhart, from the crisis - Kevin Featherstone, Daniel Gros, Michael Haliassos ment (for example, on the issue of depends on each competitiveness and whether, or to country’s export es and possible solutions to the what extent, this is an issue of wage growth capacity and performance. crisis remain hot and controversial. moderation and internal devalua- Continuing our collaboration with According to his analysis, the under- the UK Hellenic Bankers’ Association lying problem for (UK), on 20 March 2013 we hosted Greece was ‘an a Panel Debate on the topic of ‘Euro extraordinarily -Crisis and Greece’, with an excel- bad export per- lent line-up of speakers, separated formance’, by their rather divergent views on worse than that the issue but united in their deep achieved by knowledge and expertise on the other bailout topic. countries. Kicking-off the debate, Professor The debate Charles Goodhart (LSE) presented closed with the the ‘Eurosceptic’ view (admittedly, presentation of with impressive clarity and forceful- Professor Mi- ness), arguing that the Greek situa- chael Haliassos Part of the audience tion was somewhat akin to a frog (Goethe University) who, in tion or instead one of selective being scolded in hot water, which reviewing the strategic options for structural reform and industrial/ gets boiled - slowly but surely - the euro-zone in relation to Greece, argued that development policy), but also some there should be important areas of convergence – a shift of focus importantly, that the ‘Greek crisis’ from ‘who cannot be seen separately from the pays?’ to ‘who Europe-wide problems of economic earns?’. He governance and competitiveness. went on to The discussion and further exchang- explain that it es with the audience continued, in a is in the inter- more relaxed and informal atmos- ests of both phere, at the reception that fol- Greece and her lowed the event - showing the audi- partners that ence’s interest not only on the high the strategy quality wine that was on offer but should be one The Debate took place in the LSE’s Sheikh Zayed Theatre mainly on the resolution of the of boosting her Greek and Eurozone crisis. without realising and thus without productive and export potential - attempting to escape. He warned, rather than one that places singular Page 4 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY

The 6th Biennial HO PhD Symposium on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus

On 6-7 June 2013, the HO held its appreciated by PhD students and 6th Biennial PhD Symposium on the second by Professor Costas Contemporary Greece and Cyprus. With gener- ous sponsorship from the A.G. Leventis Foun- dation, the HO was able to host research stu- dents from 9 different countries working on relevant subjects in the social sciences. The presentations were divided into 20 panels which were grouped into 4 sessions over 2 days. In total, 58 doctor- al research students had the opportunity to pre- sent their papers and Participants group photo discuss their work in dedicated pan- Lapa- els which covered a wide range of vitsas on the Eurozone crisis and its subject areas and interests. causes, with suggested effective therapies on the crisis. This second plenary session was chaired and com- mented by Professor Achilleas Mitsos. Visit the Symposium’s webpage for more details The PhD Symposium http://www.lse.ac.uk/ has become a central europeanInstitute/research/ hellenicObservatory/Events/ event in the HO’s phd_Symposia/6thSymposium calendar and contin- /6th_symposium_main.aspx ues to attract large numbers of highly enthusiastic students to participate in its Kevin Featherstone in his welcome address panels and plenary ses- Traditionally, the event provides the sions; we feel opportunity to PhD candidates not it has become only to present their doctoral re- one of the search to an informed audience, most im- exchange knowledge and develop a portant inter- creative dialogue, but also enables national them to meet and interact in order meetings for to promote knowledge with peers PhD students and more established scholars in working on their respective fields from across contemporary Europe and beyond. The Symposi- Greece in the um is also punctuated by plenary social sciences. sessions which this year were given by Professor Kevin Featherstone on ‘Research Design and PhD’s on Con- Costas Lapavitsas and Achilleas Mitsos temporary Greece’ - a session much accepting questions from the Symposium participants 2013 Newsletter- Issue 11 Page 5

1st Hellenic Forum ‘GREXITING the crisis!’ ORGANISED BY THE LSESU HELLENIC SOCIETY

The 1st Hellenic Forum ‘GREXITING George Kaminis & Manos Matsa- Mr Konstantinos Bikas for his pres- the crisis!’ was an ambitious idea of ganis. Chair: Nikitas Konstantinidis. ence, but also for his passionate and the LSEsu Hellenic Society 2013.  Grexiting the Economic Crisis laudatory speech, during the last Taking for granted, the fact that day of the Forum. Mr Spyridon Dia- The Session on the Economic crisis, Greece is at the heart of the Euro- mantis, 1st Press and Communica- focused on the future of the Greek pean economic crisis and interna- tions Counsellor, for his invaluable economy and in particular, what are tional developments for another help and contribution to the organi- the economic year, the Society decided to organ- policies that ize a series of events at LSE, looking should immedi- at Greece's future in Europe, in ately be fol- March 2013. lowed both at a More analytically: National and  Reload Greece - Young Entre- European level, preneurs in order to sani- The Society welcomed young ambi- tise the econo- tious entrepreneurs willing to dis- my of Greece cuss their business ideas, in an and at the same event organised together with the time, put it in team ‘Reload Greece’. The day was an orbit of spent on getting information on growth. Discus- how to transition from an idea, to a sants: Nicos business plan, to make the leap into Christodoulakis, Grexiting the Economic Crisis Panel entrepreneurship. Speakers: Omiros Paschos Man- dravelis, Elias Papaioannou & Dimi- Sarikas, George Kasselakis, Jimmy sation of the event. Angelini Hellas tri Vayanos. Chair: Stavros Pa- Athanassopoulos and others. and Rottapharm Hellas, the Forum’s nageas.  Grexiting the Social Crisis main sponsors and the LSE’s Hel- This Session focused on the social  Grexiting Business Depression lenic Observatory and especially Ms and political crisis of values and This event was dedicated to the Ioanna Antonopoulou for her pure structures in Greece, with emphasis business sector and especially on altruism, work ethic and contribu- on social policies in the crisis in opportunities despite the crisis and tion to the project. Finally, the LSE order to maintain social cohesion the new data on the labour market Hellenic Alumni Association and the and dignity of our fellow human in Greece and Europe. Discussants: Greek Public Policy Forum for their beings and to give the perspective Dimitri Dragazis, Stratos Chat- valuable support. of revival to the Greek society. Dis- zigiannis & Aristomenis M. Syngros. Last but not least, the Society would cussants: Kevin Featherstone, Chair: Konstantinos E. Zachariadis. like to thank the people who The Society attended all the week’s events with would like to great enthusiasm, and had only thank all of the positive and encouraging comments prominent to make for the team of the LSE speakers, who Hellenic Society 2013. The Society honoured them and its President, Theodoros with their pres- Kalampokis hope that their work, ence at the effort but most of all success of the events. Also, the 1st Hellenic Forum will result in the sponsors and establishment of this Forum as an supporters of the annual tradition at the LSE. 1st Hellenic Fo- rum: the Embas- sy of Greece and For more information please visit the Forum’s website at especially H.E. Grexiting the Social Crisis Panel www.lsehellenic.com/ the Ambassador or the Society’s FB page Lsesu HellenicForum Pressgroup The LSEsu Hellenic Society 2013 President: Theodoros Kalampokis Vice President: Christos Katsouris, Secretary: Martha Petrocheilos, Treasurers: Albert Solomon & Moris Nachmias Members: Avgerinos Avramikos, Greg Bograkos, Alexandros Karidis, Dimitris Koumenos, Ilias Kyriopoulos, Christos Maniatis, Alexia Lyn Robertson, Evryviades Ilias, Lykourgos Alfred Makarounis Page 6 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY

PUBLIC LECTURE with Andreas D. Mavroyiannis ‘Can we deliver a better Europe? The Challenge of meeting expectations for Economic Growth, Stability and Social Cohesion in the EU’

On 31 October 2012, the Observatory organised a public development. In doing so, he offered some interesting lecture by Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis, the Depu- and innovative ideas as to how many of these problems ty Minister to the President of the Republic of Cyprus for could be tackled. For instance, one of the most im- European Affairs. portant questions that had been raised by a number of observers and analysts was the possibility that the Euro- pean Union could pursue a two-speed, or even a multi- speed Europe. Under such a model, groups of members would be able to press ahead with further integration on certain policy areas without the involvement of all of their partners. In response to such proposals, he suggest- ed that perhaps the EU should pursue a process of agreed coordinated differentiation. Such a model would allow states to maintain different speeds of integration on various issues for the meanwhile, in the hope that others would join at a later stage. As he argued, this would mean that the EU would be able to retain its es- sential unity. The lecture was followed by a lively ques- tion-and-answer session during which members of the A packed Alumni Theatre audience saised a range of issues about the current Euro- pean crises, as well as questions relating to Turkey's Eu- As the lead figure co-ordinating and managing Cyprus’s ropean perspective. An open wine reception was held at six month presidency of the European Union, Ambassa- the end of the lecture. This provided an ideal opportuni- dor Mavroyiannis was able to provide a comprehensive ty for members of the audience to continue the discus- overview of the work being undertaken by Cypriot offi- sion with the Minister. As well as many students, aca- cials to coordinate policy formation on a range of issues. demics and members of the press, the lecture and recep- Perhaps the most important of these were the efforts to tion were also attended by a number of officials, includ- manage the negotiations over the EU’s budget. However, ing H.E. Mr Alexander Zenon, the High Commissioner of he also took the opportunity to speak about a number of the Republic of Cyprus, and H.E. Mr Konstantinos Bikas, the major problems confronting the European Union at the newly-arrived Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic in what was proving to be a crucial juncture in its historical London. PRIO Cyprus Centre 2012 ANNUAL CONFERENCE CO-ORGANISED BY THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY & FRIEDRICH EBERT STIFTUNG

The conference ‘Good Governance in Europe and the as crises of good governance, often because of partyism Neighbourhood’, co-organised by the HO, the Peace and cronyism in which governments in power serve only Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Cyprus Centre, and Frie- a select few. In Europe’s southern fringe, in Greece, Italy, drich Ebert Stiftung, took place on 26-27 October 2012 in and Spain, for instance, there are systemic crises that the Nicosia buffer zone. The conference interrogated have precipitated social unrest. governance in the Balkans and Southeast Europe, espe- Taking place in Cyprus, and coinciding with the Republic cially in countries that have been affected by conflict. In of Cyprus's presidency of the European Union, the con- the past few years, the question of governance has be- ference examined the ways in which our understanding come a central feature of political debate across Europe. of good governance is being shaped in the contemporary Debates about ideology appear to have given era across the European Union and its neigh- way to discussions about the ways in which borhood. Papers drew on lessons and experi- political authorities exercise their power. Is ences from across Southeast Europe and the that power truly used for the greater good, or Balkan region to shed both theoretical and is it, willfully or otherwise, narrowly focused empirical light on how we define and assess on serving particular segments of society? Moreover, to good governance today. Despite the crises closer to what extent is good governance, or lack thereof, impli- home, this conference takes a wider view of good gov- cated in the current economic crises, which have also ernance, looking especially at issues of good governance become political and social crises? in situations of conflict and post-conflict. A final In the context of crisis, these questions have acquired an roundtable session focused on current governance issues urgency that they lacked only a few years ago. A few on both sides of the Cyprus Green Line and assessed the years ago, ‘good governance’ was a term primarily used impact of governance on future reconciliation in the in the development field, and it referred to the European island. The conference was organised by Rebecca Bryant models that non-European states should follow. And from the HO, and James Ker-Lindsay (LSEE) and Nikos now the EU is being shaken by crises that some describe Skoutaris (HO) were on its organising committee. 2013 Newsletter- Issue 11 Page 7

POLICY ROUNDTABLE with Nicos Anastasiades

On 19 November 2012 the Hellenic Observatory wel- tation was the discovery of natural gas in the waters comed Mr Nicos Anastasiades - the leader of Demo- around Cyprus. As was pointed out, this could have cratic Rally (DISY), the main centre-right opposition profound implications for the future of the island and party in Cyprus, and at that time the leading contender for the Eastern Mediterranean region as a whole. in the forthcoming Cyprus presidential election - to the LSE, for a roundtable policy discussion on the contem- porary economic and political challenges facing Cyprus. Speaking before a small invited audience of British gov- ernment officials, parliamentarians and opinion formers, Mr Anastasiades gave a wide ranging opening presenta- tion in which he laid out the range of major problems facing the island at a critical juncture in its history. Ad- dressing the continuing United Nations efforts to reu- nite the island, which had failed to make major progress over the previous few years and were on hold in the run up to the presidential elections, he explained that if he were elected he would seek to involve the European Union more closely in the settlement process. He also James Ker-Lindsay and Nicos Anastasiades stressed that he would press the international commu- nity, including Russia, to exert more pressure on Turkey Lastly, and perhaps most controversially, especially to reach a solution. At the same time, he reaffirmed his given the strong opposition to the idea by the govern- continuing commitment to a bizonal, bicommunal feder- ment in power, he also reiterated his support for Cyprus al solution to the Cyprus issue. to join NATO’s Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme Turning to the growing economic crisis facing Cyprus, he and noted his hope that eventually the island would outlined a number of practical ideas as to how he would become a full member of address the increasingly worrying financial situation. NATO. Visit the HO website for more One of the most innovative proposals was for the crea- At the end of his discussion, he details on all events on Cyprus tion of a council of economic advisors. This would draw took a number of questions http://www.lse.ac.uk/ on leading Cypriot economic experts to provide impar- from the audience and further europeanInstitute/research/ tial advice to the president and other members of the expanded on many of the hellenicObservatory/Events/ government. Another key topic addressed in the presen- points he had raised in his talk. events.aspx

Neapolis University & Hellenic Observatory 2012 FORUM ‘The Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union’

The HO, as part of its growing research interest in and eign policy and political issues. The first panel, which was public events on Cyprus has developed a close relation- chaired by Mr George Iacovou, Minister of the President, ship with Neapolis University, Cyprus. As part of this and a former foreign minister of Cyprus, focused on the relationship, the HO co-organised with Neapolis Universi- EU and the Eastern Mediterranean. The session included ty, a forum on The Cyprus Presidency of the Council of presentations by Professor Yannis Valinakis (NUP and the European Union: Challenges and Opportunities. former Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece), Spyros Econ- Timed to coincide with the informal meeting of European omides and James Ker-Lindsay. The event then wrapped foreign ministers on the island, the event examined up with a panel on the future of the European Union, a range of key issues facing the EU at this critical junc- which was addressed by Professor Featherstone, Profes- ture. sor Thanos Veremis (NUP) and Professor Giovanni Bar- Four members of the European Institute - Professor Kev- one-Adesi (University of Lugano and Swiss Finance Insti- in Featherstone, Professor Iain Begg, Dr Spyros Econo- tute). This was chaired by Dr George Vassiliou, the for- mides and Dr James Ker-Lindsay - travelled to Cyprus on mer President of the Republic of Cyprus. 6-7 September 2012 to take part in this forum. This was an event which achieved widespread attention The first two panels explored some of the key economic in the local media and addressed a series of issues which issues facing the EU. In the first session, Professor Begg of course would grow into national and international and Professor Dinenis, Rector of Neapolis University prominence as the Cyprus Presidency proceeded and spoke about the management of the Euro crisis. During events unfolded in Cyprus in 2013. We feel that this in- the second session, Professor Begg was joined by Profes- augural meeting builds a strong foundation for continu- sor Spyros J. Vliamos (NUP and National and Kapodistrian ing and fruitful co- University of Athens) to discuss EU budget negotiations. operation between the HO The dinner that evening was addressed by Mr Vasos and Neapolis University Shiarli, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus. and we thank them for On the second day of the forum attention turned to for- hosting the forum. Page 8 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY

CONFERENCE: Whither Social Policy? Social Policy in Greece in times of Crisis CO-ORGANISED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PELOPONNESE

The social impacts of Greece’s eco- Business, addressed the theme of Dr Dimitris Venieris, of the Universi- nomic crisis were explored in a con- ‘Dealing with the New Social Ques- ty of the Peloponnese, reflected on ference jointly organised by the tion Unemployment, Poverty and ‘Crisis Social Policy in Greece: theo- Hellenic Observatory and the Uni- the Welfare State in Greece’; retical considerations versus versity of the Peloponnese political decisions’. The HO (Department of Social Poli- Director, Kevin Feather- cy; Masters’ Programme on stone, gave an opening wel- European Social Policy). come. The conference was enti- The conference brought tled, ‘Whither Social Policy? together scholars with stu- Social Policy in Greece in dents of the University of times of Crisis’, and was the Peloponnese. Whilst the held on 17 May 2013 in conference placed the issues Corinth. of social policy in a Europe- The conference was organ- an, as well as a Greek, con- ised by Dr Dimitris Venieris text, it also addressed the (University of the Pelopon- local implications of political nese and past HO Visiting alienation and protest. Cor- From Left to Right: Dimitris Venieris, Dimitris A. Senior Fellow) and it Sotiropoulos, Theo Papadopoulos & John Yfantopoulos inth itself is an area that has brought together a number of witnessed a dramatic increase in scholars and specialists in social Dr Theo Papadopoulos, of the Uni- support for the Neo-Nazi Chrysi policy. Professor Ana M. Guillén, of versity of Bath, discussed ‘The Avghi, for example. Inevitably, the the University of Oviedo, made a Greek crisis as part of the crisis of social consequences of the crisis presentation entitled, ‘From auster- the European Social Model’; Dr seem set to be an important part of ity to permanent strain: welfare Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, of the Uni- the Greek public policy agenda for state reform in Italy and Spain’; versity of Athens, analysed ‘The some years to come. Professor Manos Matsaganis, of the Social effects of the economic crisis Athens University of Economics and and social solidarity in Greece’; and CO-BRANDED EVENTS

 PANEL DISCUSSION - The Greek Crisis and its Possible Resolutions LSE, 11 September 2012 - The discussion was organised by Dimitri Vayanos, Professor of Finance and Director of The Paul Woolley Centre, LSE. Speakers: Apostolos Doxiadis, Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Michael Jacobides, Andreas Koutras & George Prokopakis.

 ANNUAL ECONOMIC FORUM - The Crisis of the Eurozone: Challenges & Opportunities for the European South Athens, Grande Bretagne Hotel, 18 April 2013 - Organised by the Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association (EENE) in conjunction with Hellenic Observatory. Speakers: Alexis Tsipras, , Kevin Featherstone, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Loukas Tsoukalis, Vassili G. Apostolopoulos and others.

 ANNUAL CONFERENCE - ‘YOUNG GREEK MINDS’ Leading our Country to a Better Future Athens, Hilton Hotel, 22 April 2013 - Organised by the LSE’s Hellenic Alumni Association and sponsored by the Hellenic Observatory and others. The key-note speech was given by the Greek Minister of Finance, Dr .

 LONDON FINANCIAL REGULATION SEMINAR - Athanasios Orphanides LSE, 15 May 2013 - Jointly organised by the Financial Markets Group and the Hellenic Observatory. Dr Orphanides was Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus from 2007-12 and the title of his Seminar was 'The politics of the euro area crisis and Cyprus’.

 WORKSHOP - Anthropological Perspectives on the Crisis in Southern Europe UCL, 28 June 2013 - Organised by UCL’s Anthropology Department and sponsored by the Hellenic Observatory. Organising Committee: Professor Charles Stewart (University College London) and Dr Daniel M. Knight (National Bank of Greece Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory). 2013 Newsletter- Issue 11 Page 9

Research Seminars 2012-13

The Research Seminar Series of the of Economics and Hellenic Observatory forms the Business). bedrock of our academic public On the reform de- events. Held on a fortnightly basis in bate, Dr Stella Ladi, the Michaelmas and Lent Terms, Senior Lecturer, the seminar series provides estab- Queen Mary Univer- lished and emerging scholars with sity, London; Profes- an intellectually vibrant forum to sor Nikolaos Zahari- present their research on Contem- adis, University of porary Greece and Cyprus. Alabama at Birming- This year’s series of seminars almost ham; and Professor inevitably centered on research on Kevin Featherstone, the crisis which has engulfed Greece LSE, spoke about public administra- Nicos Christodoulakis presenting the first Research for the best part of the last five Seminar of the Academic Year 2012-13 years and related topics. Two main tion reform in time themes dominated the agenda: the of austerity; privatisa- on renewable energy programmes first encompassed research dealing tion of Greek telecoms and, Greek in the Greek economic crisis. more narrowly with economic/ Prime Ministers and the problem of financial issues; the second cen- reform capacity respectively. To round off another successful tered on the broader issue of re- We also had contributions relating year of research seminars we had form and public administration. In to the HO’s burgeoning Cyprus pro- the great pleasure of hosting Pro- the first group, seminars focused gramme, with our A.N. Hadjiyiannis fessor Stathis Kalyvas, Yale Universi- on, for example, inflation in the Senior Research Fellows, Drs Rebec- ty, who shared with a large audi- context of the Greek Crisis ca Bryant and Nikos Skoutaris, ence his assessment of the deep (Professor Nicholas Apergis, Univer- speaking on ‘de facto states’ and roots of the current crisis in Greece. sity of Piraeus), credit spreads and sovereignty, and the Cyprus issue in We hope to be able to welcome the debt crisis (Dr George Chris- the European Union’s political and more of you to another round of todoulakis, University of Manches- legal order. Our ‘in house contribu- our research seminar series next ter), to an interesting study of the tion’ to the seminar series was com- year. relevance of economic collapse in pleted by our National Bank of interwar Greece (by Professor Nicos Greece Post-Doctoral Research Christodoulakis, Athens University Fellow, Dr Daniel Knight speaking A page dedicated to all HO 2012-13 Seminars is available at http://www.lse.ac.uk/ MICHAELMAS TERM 2013-14 Provisional Schedule europeanInstitute/research/ hellenicObservatory/Events/ Tuesday, 8 October 2013 seminars/Seminars_2012-13.aspx Professor Maria Petmesidou, Professor of Social Policy, Democritus University of Thrace; CROP/ISSC Fellow ‘Crisis and Austerity: A Painful Watershed for the Greek Welfare State’

Tuesday, 22 October 2013 Dr Manussos Marangudakis, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of the Aegean ‘Civil Religion in Greece: The cultural aspects of the Greek civil society in a period of crisis’

Tuesday, 5 November 2013 Dr George Kassimeris, Reader in Terrorism Studies, University of Wolverhampton ‘Greece: The Persistence of Political Terrorism’

Tuesday, 19 November 2013 Professor Nicos Christodoulakis, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics & Business; Former Greek Minister of Economy & Finance; Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory, LSE ‘The Dynamics of Conflict in the Greek Civil War 1946-49’

Tuesday, 3 December 2013 Professor John A. Mourmouras, Chief Economic Adviser to the Greek Prime Minister; Former Deputy Finance Minister of Greece ‘On the Limits of Fiscal Consolidation within a Monetary Union - How to resolve the austerity puzzle at the Europeriphery’

The final programme of the 2013-14 seminars will be uploaded to the HO website in October 2013 http://www.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/hellenicObservatory/Events/seminars/seminarsMain.aspx Page 10 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY

GreeSE Papers 2012-13

The publication of GreeSE papers continued successfully The success of the series does not only reflect the high for the sixth consecutive year. The Hellenic Observatory quality of submissions attracted, but also the effort that welcomed a new editor, Andreas Kornelakis (Sussex), peer-reviewers put into the refereeing process. We wish who took over from Vassilis Monastiriotis. Although to thank our external referees, who generously offered aspects of the Greek crisis dominated as foci of the their time and expertise while reviewing papers in papers published, their diversity continued in terms of 2012/13 and specifically: Panos Kapotas (Portsmouth); disciplinary perspectives and methodological Corrado Macchiarelli (LSE); Thanassis Manis (LSE); Takis approaches. We are very glad that the interest in (and Pappas (University of Macedonia/EUI); Sofia the impact of) the Series is steadily increasing, and we Vasilopoulou (York); Horen Voskeritsian (UWE-Bristol); are confident that GreeSE will remain a focal point for Sotiris Zartaloudis (Loughborough). rigorous and policy-relevant research on contemporary Finally, the series would not have been successful Greece and Cyprus. without the professional and energetic support The increasing interest in the Series is indicated by the provided by Ms Ioanna Antonopoulou. Sadly -for us- she most recent download and abstract viewing statistics is moving into greener pastures. Ioanna ensured the available from REPEC. In the period from September smooth production of papers, making a significant 2012 to June 2013 the total downloads stood at 513. In contribution to the series’ re-design, administration, the previous year’s corresponding period the total and dissemination. Her day-to-day management has downloads were about 274. Additionally, there were always been prompt and flawless. We wish to express 1433 abstract viewings in the Sep-Jun 2012/13 period, our gratitude. No doubt, Ioanna’s organisational skills compared to 1095 viewings in the Sep-Jun 2011/12 and cheerful personality will be missed! period.

The series also aspires to have an increasing and Series Editor sustained impact on academic and policy debates. Andreas Kornelakis (University of Sussex) GreeSE papers have been cited in recent articles published in academic journals of high quality and Editorial Board impact. For example, GreeSE No.15 was cited in Kevin Featherstone European Urban and Regional Studies (2013); GreeSE No.28 was cited in Comparative European Politics Spyros Economides (2013); GreeSE No.31 attracted several citations Vassilis Monastiriotis including the European Urban and Regional Studies (2012), the Public Administration (2013), and the Editorial Assistant Quarterly Journal of Economics (2013); and GreeSE Ioanna Antonopoulou No.52 was cited in the Industrial Law Journal (2012).

Latest Papers in the Series

(62) Anagnostopoulos, Achilleas and Siebert, Stanley, The impact of Greek labour market regulation on temporary and family employment - Evidence from a new survey, September 2012. (63) Valinakis, Yannis, Greece’s European Policy Making, October 2012. (64) Chalari, Athanasia, The Causal Powers of Social Change: the case of modern Greek society, November 2012. (65) Exadaktylos, Theofanis and Zahariadis, Nikolaos, Policy Implementation and Political Trust: Greece in the age of austerity, December 2012. (66) Chrysoloras, Nikos, Rebuilding Eurozone’s Ground Zero: A review of the Greek economic crisis, January 2013. (67) Knight, Daniel M., Famine, Suicide and Photovoltaics: Narratives from the Greek crisis, February 2013. (68) Alogoskoufis, George, Macroeconomics and Politics in the Accumulation of Greece’s Debt: An econometric in- vestigation, 1975-2009, March 2013. (69) Venieris, Dimitris, Crisis Social Policy and Social Justice: the case for Greece, April 2013. (70) Kosmidis, Spyros, Government Constraints and Economic Voting in Greece, May 2013. (71) Etienne, Julien, Controlled negative reciprocity between the state and civil society: the Greek case, June 2013. (72) Mamatzakis, Emmanuel, Are there any Animal Spirits behind the Scenes of the Euro-area Sovereign Debt Crisis?, July 2013. (73) Ifantis, Kostas, The US and Turkey in the fog of regional uncertainty, August 2013. 2013 Newsletter- Issue 11 Page 11

Research from core Academic Staff

Kevin Featherstone an ever evolving European and lished in 2013, as well as a co-edited ‘I was as on sabbatical leave in 2012 broader international context. As a volume on ‘Decentralization and -13. For the first part of my leave, I result part of my research has cen- Development in Southeast Europe’). was a visiting scholar at the Center tred on the rather neglected aspect Further areas of research concern for European Studies at Harvard of the EU and Greece in a foreign the ‘Local labour market impact of University. I prepared a new book policy context. One of the ‘outputs’ public-sector employment’ (with manuscript on the problems of in this regard has weak central control and coordina- been a chapter enti- tion within Greek government. This tled, ‘The Rele- is to be co-authored with Professor vance of “Europe” Dimitris Papadimitriou of the Uni- to Greek Foreign versity of Manchester and pub- Policy’ in Kevin lished by Oxford University Press in Featherstone (ed.), 2014. I have also published a journal Europe in Modern article on the same project, entitled Greek History ‘The Emperor Has No Clothes! Pow- (London: Hurst and er and Resources within the Greek Co., forthcoming Core Executive’ in the journal,. Gov- November 2013). ernance, [Vol. 26: pp. 523–545]. I The other is a more narrowly fo- LSEE Fellow Jelena Lausev) and the am taking this research further by cused contribution on Greece in the issue of ‘Employment polarisation in examining the trajectory of adminis- context of an extremely deep and Southeast Europe’ (based on the trative reform in Greece. broad study of Strategic Culture ‘Labour Markets in SEE Research I also gave lectures/seminars at across the EU 27 (‘Greece’, in Bas- Programme’ at LSEE). Harvard, Yale, Boston University, tian Giegerich (et. al.), Strategic Separately, through my involve- Tufts and presentations in Athens Cultures in Europe (Springer Verlag, ment at the EU-funded FP7 project for the Hellenic Entrepreneurs’ 2013). ‘ ‘SEARCH’, I have been working on a Association (EENE) and the Friedrich paper examining the impact of Eu- Naumann Foundation for Freedom.’ Vassilis Monastiriotis ropean and non-European FDI (at ‘As in previous years, the Greek the national, sectoral, and regional Spyros Economides crisis has occupied a large part of levels) in the countries of South- ‘In the last year my research has my research activities. Since the eastern and Eastern European mainly concentrated on the West- beginning of 2013 I have been Neighbourhood, which I am pre- ern Balkans and their international working on a number of papers on senting at the summer Congress of context with a special focus on Ko- the impact of the crisis on the Greek the European Regional Science As- sovo. The relationship between the labour market and on labour mar- sociation. Work also continued on EU and the Western Balkans was ket adjustment. As part of this, I am my British Academy project on examined in Spyros Economides, continuing my collaboration with ‘Spatial Association and Economic ‘The “European pull” in the Bal- former HO Fellow Dr Christopoulou, Connectedness’, which was con- kans’, in James Mayall, and Ricardo examining the impact of the public cluded in Spring 2013, and on two Soares De Oliveira (eds.) The New sector pay cuts on the public- and other papers (on Employment flexi- Protectorates: international tute- private-sector wage distributions bility and inter-regional adjustment’ lage and the making of liberal and reward structures (our first and on ‘Inter-municipal competition states. (New York: Columbia Univer- paper on the topic has now been in Serbia’), which are currently un- sity Press, 2012). While my interest published in the British Journal of der review (‘revise & resubmit’) in in the case of Kosovo produced Industrial Relations - DOI: 10.1111/ scientific journals. More recently, I among others, Ker-Lindsay, James bjir.12023). At the same time, I am have started work on a more theo- and Economides, Spyros (2012) extending my focus to the geo- retical piece of research, looking at ‘Standards before status before graphical dimension, looking in the all-important question of accession: Kosovo's European per- particular at differential responses “When does austerity work”. I have spective’, Journal of Balkan and across the regional labour markets already given a few presentations Near Eastern studies, (Vol, 14, No 1, of Greece in terms of inactivity, on the topic (University of Illinois, 2012), and ‘The making of a failed unemployment risk and returns to CTLS-Georgetown, Roskilde Univer- state: the case of Kosovo’. European education. A couple of conference sity) and I am currently developing a view (Vol.10, No. 2, 2012). papers have already been produced macro-economic model that makes More specifically on Greece, I con- on this, complementing other work fiscal sustainability (and thus the tinue to pursue my interest in Greek published in the last year on Greece impact of austerity) endogenous to foreign and security policy. The (a paper on public investment in domestic-policy characteristics - current crisis has led to a growing Greece, published in the European which brings me back to the issue of concern over the changing nature of Urban and Regional Studies in late the Greek crisis... A related article the challenges to Greek foreign and 2012) and on Eastern and Southeast was published in January 2013 in security policy and how they fit into Europe (two book chapters pub- the journal Intereconomics.’ Page 12 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY

A.N. Hadjiyiannis Senior Research Fellows

Dr Nikos Skoutaris Dr Rebecca Bryant ‘In the last year, my research has fo- ‘This year I have completed an out- cused on issues arising from Cyprus’ standing research project on regional EU membership, EU’s accession to the perceptions of Turkish foreign policy European Convention of Human Rights and have continued work on a pro- and the application of the federal prin- ject on the everyday practice of sov- ciple in the EU and its Member States. ereignty in unrecognised states. At the beginning of the year, I organised Concerning the first, I will publish a a conference, ‘Good Governance in Europe and the chapter on the Cyprus Conflict in Turkish-EU Relations in Neighbourhood’, co-sponsored by the Hellenic Observa- F Cengiz and L Hoffmann (eds), Turkey and the Europe- tory and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)’s Cy- an Union: Facing New Challenges and Opportunities prus Centre. The conference, held in Nicosia in October while I was invited by the Centre for the Law of the EU 2012, drew more than thirty scholars from around Eu- External Relations to comment on the Cyprus’ EU Presi- rope to discuss the theme of good governance in a peri- dency. od of crisis. In addition, I completed a co-authored re- With regard to the second, the successful organisation port that analyses neighbourhood perceptions of Tur- of a workshop on ‘The Accession of the EU’ to the ECHR key’s new foreign policy and that has been published by funded by the British Academy will lead to the publica- PRIO. I completed three articles from my current re- tion of a special issue and an edited volume by the Euro- search that are currently under review, and I have edit- pean Journal of Human Rights and Hart Publishing re- ed a new book, Shared Spaces and their Dissolution: spectively. Practices of Coexistence in the Post-Ottoman Sphere, to As far as the third is concerned, a chapter on the role of be published by University of Pennsylvania Press. That sub-state entities in the EU decision-making processes: volume grew out of an international conference that I appeared in E Cloots, G De Baere and S Sottiaux (eds), organised in 2011, and it interrogates ‘coexistence’ in Federalism in the EU while I will publish a paper on the the post-Ottoman space to ask what practices enabled autonomy of federal and regionalized EU Member centuries of cooperation and sharing, as well as how States with regard to their institutional design in L’ Eu- and when such sharing was disrupted. rope en Formation. During the year, I gave a number of invited lectures, including in the Turkish Studies Seminar Series at the Finally, I acted as the academic director of the first sum- School of Oriental and African Studies and the Anthro- mer school on ‘Nationalism, Religion and Violence in SE pology Department at the University of Kent, Cam- Europe’ which was organised by the International Hel- bridge. In March 2013 I also delivered the first Peter lenic University and supported by LSEE, Charles Univer- Loizos Memorial Lecture at the LSE, at the invitation of sity (Prague) and the Peace Research Institute Oslo.’ the Association for Greek, Turkish, and Cypriot Affairs. This year I co-authored a grant proposal entitled ‘Imagined Sovereignties’ that received four years of funding from Norwegian Research Council, and I have Visiting Fellows been awarded Leverhulme Trust Fellowship for 2014.’

The Hellenic Observatory welcomes applications for Visiting Fellows and Visiting Senior Fellows by academics or poli- cy practitioners who may want to spend a period of between 6-12 months at the LSE to conduct independent re- search on a topic relevant to the work of the Hellenic Observatory. It is anticipated that Visiting Fellows will play an active part in the intellectual life of the Hellenic Observatory during their fellowship. Applications submitted to the scheme will first be considered by the Hellenic Observatory. Applications accepted at this stage will then be nominat- ed to a central LSE committee, who make the final decision regarding visiting fellowships. HO Visiting Fellowship: Visiting Fellowships target researchers at an early stage of their career (pre-major review) who already hold a tenure-track university affiliation and wish to conduct a specific piece of research on a topic relevant to the research of the Hellenic Observatory. Applications by practitioners and researchers outside the academia may also be considered, but normally applicants should hold at least a PhD degree or have equivalent professional experi- ence. HO Visiting Senior Fellowship: The Visiting Senior Fellowship category is aimed at academics that are of the Lecturer (post major review), Senior Lecturer or Reader level, and practitioners or professionals at a broadly comparable level in their profession. The title of Visiting Senior Fellow is given to individuals from outside the School associated with School Departments/Institutes/Centres. The status is intended to apply to scholars who have already published work of distinction, as well as recognising the contribution from those in government service, in professional practice, in the private sector, or in other appropriate fields, to research and other Departmental/Institute/Centre activities. In 2012-13 the Hellenic Observatory welcomed: ADONIS PEGASIOU, Research Associate, European University of Cy- prus and YANNIS VALINAKIS, Professor International Relations, University of Athens; President of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence; Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece. 2013 Newsletter- Issue 11 Page 13

Post-doctoral Fellows 2012-13

Dr Daniel Knight Dr George Kyris National Bank of Greece Post- Hellenic Observatory & Neapolis Doctoral Research Fellow University Post-Doctoral Fellow ‘My year as National Bank of The time I spent at the LSE Hellenic Greece Postdoctoral Research Fel- Observatory was the most reward- low has allowed me to significantly ing research experience. The gener- enhance my profile as an early ca- ous Hellenic Observatory and Nea- reer scholar within an unrivalled polis University Fellowship gave me academic environment. As well as producing numerous the opportunity to pursue my research agenda on Cy- papers in international peer-reviewed journals and pre- prus and the European Union and. senting my work at events across Europe, this year has During my time at the Hellenic Observatory, I worked allowed me to unrepentantly indulge my passion for towards a set of research outcomes, including contribu- interdisciplinary research on contemporary Greece. This tions to international conferences (such as the Universi- cumulated in a workshop I convened in June on anthro- ties Association of Contemporary European Studies pological perspectives on the crisis in southern Europe, Leeds 2013) and referred journals (such as the Journal co-funded by the Hellenic Observatory. of Common Market Studies). Spanning the social and political sciences, the Hellenic As a Fellow of the HO, I had the chance to meet excel- Observatory allows one to think outside the box and lent people and establish important academic relation- tackle important issues at the cutting edge of social and ships. I also had the opportunity to participate in many political debate. Activities at the Hellenic Observatory, research activities, like the Hellenic Observatory PhD including the research seminar series and public lec- Symposium, and attend a series of events in the vibrant tures, facilitate interaction with leading scholars on academic environment of the LSE. In this context, my Greece, whilst being situated in the heart of London time at the LSE has been hugely important for my per- means ample opportunity to connect with prominent sonal development as a young scholar and the support academics in institutions across the city. One is sur- of the Hellenic Observatory has been invaluable for my rounded by inspiration from staff Kevin, Spyros, Vassilis, research. Ismini and Ioanna; it is their personal investment in every fellow that cultivates such a superb environment By no means, my time at the Hellenic Observatory has been an unforgettable part of my journey into the world and encourages one to strive to be the very best. of academia.’ The Hellenic Observatory fellowship has provided a launch pad for my academic career and, with no exag- geration, constitutes the best twelve months of my life. An absolute honour and privilege for which I am eternal- ly grateful.’ Research Associates

GEORGE ALOGOSKOUFIS, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics & Business; Former Greek Minister of Economy & Finance ATHANASIA CHALARI, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Worcester; A.C. Laskaridis Post-Doctoral Fellow 2011- 12, Hellenic Observatory, LSE NICOS CHRISTODOULAKIS, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics & Business; Former Greek Minis- ter of Economy & Finance THEOFANIS EXADAKTYLOS, Lecturer in European Politics, Department of Politics, University of Surrey; Ministry of Finance Research Fellow 2011-12, Hellenic Observatory, LSE EFFIE FOKAS, Director of the Forum on Religion, European Institute, LSE; Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) COSTAS MEGHIR, Professor of Economics, University College London; Douglas A. Warner III Professor, Yale University; Co-Director ESRC Research Centre, Institute for Fiscal Studies DIMITRIS PAPADIMITRIOU, Professor of Politics; Director of the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE) PANOS TSAKLOGLOU, Professor of International & European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics & Business; Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA, Bonn) Page 14 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY

Staff Publications

Οι τελευταίοι Οθωμανοί - Political Economy of Statebuilding - Η μουσουλμανική μειονότητα της Power after Peace Δυτικής Θράκης, 1940-1949 Editors: Mats Berdal, Dominik Zaumc Featherstone K, Παπαδημητρίου (chapter.10 by Richard Caplan, Spyros Δ, Μαμαρέλης Α, Νιάρχος Γ Economides, Othon Anastasakis) Εκδόσεις Αλεξάνδρεια, 2013 Routledge, 2012

Decentralization and Local Develop- THE CYPRUS ISSUE - The Four Free- ment in South East Europe doms in a Member State under Siege Drs Will Bartlett, Sanja Maleković, Author: Nikos Skoutaris Vassilis Monastiriotis (eds) Hart Publishing, 2012 Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

From Stagnation to Forced Adjust- ment: Reforms in Greece, 1974-2010 Cyprus and the Politics of Memory: Stathis Kalyvas, George Pagoulatos, History, Community and Conflict Haridimos Tsoukas (eds) Editors: Rebecca Bryant & Yiannis Hurst Publishers, 2012 Papadakis The book is part of a series on Contem- I.B.Tauris, 2012 porary Greece supported by the Hel- lenic Observatory

Georgios Provopoulos [Governor, Bank of Greece (Chairman)] Kevin Featherstone [Director, Hellenic Observatory] Advisory Spyros Economides [Deputy Director, Hellenic Observatory] Board Spiro J Latsis [Member, LSE Board of Governors] George Zanias [Chairman, National Bank of Greece] Achilleas Mitsos [Former Director General for Research, European Commission and Secretary General for Research, Greek Ministry of Education] Elias Mossialos [Director, LSE Health] Nicos Mouzelis [Emeritus Professor of Sociology, LSE] Lucas Papademos [Former Prime Minister of Greece; Former Vice President - European Central Bank] Christopher Pissarides [Professor of Economics, LSE]

A.C. Laskaridis Andreas N. Hadjiyiannis Donors Eurobank EFG Hellenic Petroleum S.A. Ministry of Finance, Greece The programme of activities sustained by the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greece Observatory depends crucially on the financial support it receives from outside bodies. For this reason, we wish National Bank of Greece to record our very sincere gratitude, once again, to the Neapolis University, Cyprus following donors for their generosity and for the OPAP S.A. confidence they place in us. Viohalco S.A. 2013 Newsletter- Issue 11 Page 15

National Bank of Greece - External Research Projects

In 2013 the Hellenic Observatory invited researchers Statistician, IRi Worldwide, Athens Centre of Excellence] with a recognised interest in contemporary Greece to PRAVITA Maria-Iliana [Lecturer in Administrative Sci- submit an application for funding, in order to carry out a ence, University of Athens] project on one of the following themes (1) Reform of Public  Social Insurance Provisions in Greece Administration in Greece; (2) Project title: ‘Caring for the Homeless and the Poor in Social Insurance Provisions in Greece: Implications for the Future of Social Protection Greece; (3) Foreign Policy. and Social Inclusion’ The Call was open to all researchers with a university Researchers: ARAPOGLOU Vassilis [Assistant Professor, affiliation, who already held a doctorate (PhD degree) Department of Sociology, University of Crete]; GOUNIS and had at least two years of post-doctoral research Kostas [Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, experience. Applications from groups of researchers University of Crete] were also eligible. The call was made possible by funding generously pro-  Foreign Policy vided by the National Bank of Greece, to which we wish Project title: ‘National role perceptions and foreign poli- to record our gratitude. This initiative is consistent with cy orientation: the ideational bases of Greek political the Observatory’s mission to promote public policy re- elite’s perception and policy towards Turkey’ search and to foster academic collaboration and net- Researchers: IFANTIS Kostas [Associate Professor of works and follows on from previous successful calls International Relations, Department of International made in 2009 and 2011. Relations, Kadir has University; Associate Professor of SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS International Relations, Department of Political Science and Public Administration,  Reform of Public Administration in Greece University of Athens]; TRI- Project title: ‘Evaluating Structural Reform of Central ANTAPHYLLOU Dimitrios For more information on all 3 Government Departments in Greece: Application of the [Assistant Professor of In- Research Calls please go to DEA Methodology’ ternational Relations & http://www.lse.ac.uk/ Director, Center for Interna- europeanInstitute/research/ Researchers: MAKRYDEMETRES Anthony [Professor of hellenicObservatory/research/ Administrative Science, Department of Political Science tional and European Studies research_projects_external.aspx and Public Administration, University of Athens]; (CIES), Kadir Has University, ZERVOPOULOS Panagiotis [Senior Consultant Modelling Istanbul] OPAP Scholarships for Visiting Masters and PhD Students

Since the Aca- SUCCESSFUL SCHOLARS: demic Year 2012-13: 2009-10 and Chrysoula Papalexatou (MSc) - University of Macedonia, following finan- Thessaloniki cial support Cleio Politof (PhD) - Panteion University, Athens kindly provided 2011-12: by OPAP, the Maria Dritsa (MSc) - National and Kapodistrian Universi- Greek Organisa- ty of Athens tion of Football Prognostics SA, the European Institute Konstantinos Myrodias (MSc) - Panteion University, (EI) invited Masters and PhD students to apply for a Athens scholarship to enable them to attend LSE for their stud- Christos Triantopoulos (PhD) - Athens University of Eco- ies, for one term. nomics and Business The scholarships were available to students registered 2010-11: (i) at a Greek university on a Masters' programme in the Fotini Emmanouilidou (MSc) - Aristotle University of social sciences, focussing on the EU and/or SE Europe, Thessaloniki and (ii) for a PhD at a Greek University and who wished Evangelia Kourouka (MSc) - Aristotle University of Thes- to study for a similar period at the LSE. Their research saloniki was to be within one or more of the disciplines of politi- Aikaterini Loukidou (PhD) - National and Kapodistrian cal science, economics, or international relations. The University of Athens Theocharis Papadopoulos (PhD) - Athens University of students were in their second or third year of PhD study Economics and Business and with their research related to Greece and/or Eu- 2009-10: rope. Panagiota Balaska (MSc) - Panteion University, Athens We gratefully acknowledge the support of OPAP for this Pitsilkas Charalampos (MSc) - University of Macedonia, initiative. Thessaloniki Page 16 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY

Forthcoming Events  On the 25th November we are very happy to host Professor Calliope Spanou (The Greek Ombudsman and Pro- fessor of Administrative Sciences, University of Athens) for the 13th Hellenic Observatory Annual Lecture enti- tled ‘The Greek Ombudsman and Public Administration during Challenging Times’.  In Autumn 2013 we will host two one-day Conferences: (i) in conjunction with the Open Society European Policy Institute, on the theme ‘Greek Society in the Face of the Crisis - challenges to the open society’ and (ii) in collabo- ration with the British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and the Council of British Chambers of Commerce in Eu- rope on the theme ‘The Euro, Greece & the Southern Periphery’.  We are also planning a Symposium on ‘Prospects and Challenges for Administrative Reform in Greece’ in Spring 2014, which will be held at the LSE. For further details on these and all other HO events and activities, please follow this link http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/hellenicObservatory/Events/events.aspx

Who’s Who

From right to left:  Dr Spyros Economides Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director; LSEE-Research on South Eastern Europe Co-ordinator; Senior Lecturer, International Relations and European Politics  Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis LSEE-Research on South Eastern Europe Co-ordinator; Senior Lecturer in the Political Economy of South East Europe  Mrs Ismini Demades Hellenic Observatory & LSEE-Research on South Eastern Europe Manager  Professor Kevin Featherstone Hellenic Observatory Director; LSEE-Research on South Eastern Europe Co-Chair; Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies & Professor of European Politics  Ms Ioanna Antonopoulou Hellenic Observatory Administrator

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