LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS: EUROPEAN INSTITUTE, HELLENIC OBSERVATORY

Policy & Research Seminar Series

The Hellenic Observatory Research Seminar series provides a forum for academic and policy research addressed mainly to student and academic audiences within London, but also to the wider Greek community. Topics cover mainly current economic, public policy and foreign policy issues related to Greece, Cyprus and southeast Europe region but also extent to topics on culture and history.

The seminars run normally fortnightly every second Tuesday during the two teaching terms and are open to all with no ticket required. For more information email hellenicobservatory@lse.ac.uk or call +44 (0)20 7955 6066.

Venue (except where otherwise stated*): Canada Blanch Room, COW 1.11 (J.116), 1st floor, Cowdray House, European Institute, LSE, Portugal Street, London WC2A 2AE

Time: 18:00-19:30

The latest news and updates about events can be found at http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/hellenicObservatory/Events/seminars/seminarsMain.aspx

9 October 2012
"Stylized Characteristics of the Greek Inflation: Some Policy Recommendations."
Speaker: Nicholas APERGIS [Professor in Economics, Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus]

23 October 2012
"Currency crisis and collapse in interwar Greece: Predicament or Policy Failure?"
Speaker: Nicos CHRISTODOULAKIS [Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business; Former Greek Minister of Economy & Finance; Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory, LSE]

6 November 2012
"The Eurozone Crisis and Austerity Politics: A Trigger for Administrative Reform in Greece?"
Speaker: Stella LADI [Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London]

20 November 2012
"Politics, Privatization, and Performance in Greek Telecommunications."
Speaker: Nikolaos ZAHARIADIS [Professor, Department of Government, University of Alabama at Birmingham]

4 December 2012
"Accommodating the Cyprus issue in the European Union’s political and legal order."
Speaker: Nikos SKOUTARIS [A.N. Hadjiyiannis Senior Research Fellow; Hellenic Observatory]