Vassilis Monastiriotis is Professor of Political Economy at the European Institute (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳). He is Director of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus, former Director of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research Unit on Southeast Europe and Affiliate Professor at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳’s Department of Geography and Environment.
His research focuses on economic policy and performance at the regional, national and supra-national levels, with emphasis on labour markets, industrial policy and economic growth. Geographically his research specialises on South East Europe (Greece and Western Balkans), the UK and the European Union.
Professor Monastiriotis has published numerous articles in economics and regional science journals, including ‘Regional Studies’, ‘Urban Studies’, the ‘Journal of Regional Science’, the ‘British Journal of Industrial Relations’, the ‘Journal of Common Market Studies’ and ‘Oxford Economics Papers’.
He also has strong media and consultancy experience and has received various distinctions, including the Moss Madden Medal in Regional Science (2008).
Expertise: applied econometrics, spatial econometrics and GIS; Greece and South East Europe; Greek macro-economic policy and performance; wages and unemployment; labour market flexibility; regional labour markets; regional policy and performance; industrial policy; growth
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