Christos Diamandopoulos

Born in Athens, Christos Diamandopoulos studied Administrative Science at the Kapodistriako University of Athens. He obtained his Master’s degree in France from the Universite de Paris, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Both degrees were supported by full scholarships. He has worked abroad scientifically and professionally. In Greece, he served as special advisor on administrative affairs to the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic. He has also worked for many years as an advisor on financial, administrative and managerial affairs in large industries and multinational companies. He has lectured for many years in the National School of Public Administration (Organisation of State and Project Management), of which he has also been one of the founders in 1985. He has also lectured at the Democritus, University of Thrace (Human Resources Administration, Organisation models and Political Economy), at the Kapodistriako University of Athens (Decision Making Systems and Human Resources Administration), and at the University of Peloponese (Strategic Planning and Economics in Master’s Degree level). Prof. Diamandopoulos is also responsible for all the research programs of the Research Institute of the University of Athens, Institute for European Integration. He has published many studies on organisation, economic methodology and history of economic thought in miscellaneous scientific journals as well as newspapers and online sources. He speaks fluently English, French and German.