University Seminars Program: Senior Visiting Scholars
Professor Theodore Pelagidis
Dr. Theodore Pelagidis is Professor of Economic Analysis at the University of Piraeus in Greece. He received his doctorate in Economics from the University of Paris VIII, and he was post doctoral Fellow in the Center of European Studies at Harvard (1993-94) . He has authored and edited ten books in Greek as well as numerous publications in international refereed journals. He regularly contributes columns on issues relating to economics as well as public policy in major Greek newspapers, including the Sunday “Elftherotypia” , “Vima”, and “Kathimerini”.
Topics (March 30-24)
Adopting the Euro in New Member States (with a focus on Cyprus)
Expensive Living Under the Euro (with a focus on Greece)
Economic and institutional asymmetries as sources of conflicts in EU
Testing efficiency of tertiary education in Europe (with a focus on Greece)
Structural rigidities, structural reforms and macroeconomic policies in EU
Host Institutions
University of Texas at Austin: Center for European Studies, Economics Department
American University: Department of Economics, European Studies
Queens College: Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
University of California at Berkeley: Institute of European Studies, Economics Department
San Francisco State: Economics, Program of Hellenic Studies