Speaker

She holds a B.A. in Mathematics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1992), a DEA in Economic Demography from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (1993) and a PhD in Economic Demography from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (1997). She has received an ICF scholarship for postgraduate and doctoral studies abroad and a Fulbright Award for Visiting Scholars (2013-14). She has been working at Harokopio University, Department of Geography, since 2002 when she was elected Lecturer. Previously, she had worked as a researcher at the Department of Public Finance at the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE), specializing in social security issues (1998- 2000) and as a Consultant of the Economic Research and Analysis Unit at the Council of Economic Experts (COE) of the Ministry of National Economy (2000-2002). She has served as a key member of the Greek delegation to the Economic Policy Committee of the European Commission. Member of the European network Population Europe. She has research experience in the relationship between demographic change and economic impacts, social security and economic policy, employment and labour market and international migration. She is particularly interested in demographic ageing and its management policies. She is a member of expert committees on demographic and social security systems.