JUNIOR ANALYSTS

Despoina is an undergraduate student of the department of International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus. She is fluent in English and also has basic knowledge of French. She has attended and participated in various seminars relevant with her academic background. Currently she is doing her internship at the Hellenic Parliament. Her academic interests include foreign policy, human rights and international security.

Eleni is an undergraduate student in the department of International, European and Area Studies at Panteion University. Her mother languages are Armenian and Greek. She speaks English fluently and possesses basic knowledge of French. She has attended numerous seminars and conferences related to the field of her studies. Her scientific interests include issues of Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Strategy and Theories of International Relations and Diplomacy.

Athanasios is an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Political Science at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Though the Erasmus+ Program, he completed academic coursework in Political Science and Civics at ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon in Lisbon, Portugal. He is fluent in English and possesses basic knowledge of the Portuguese language. He has participated in the Model Parliament of Greece as a Member of Parliament and in several Model United Nations conferences. He has attended various conferences related to international relations, the Macedonian naming dispute, E-Governance, European defense and security, Greek-American relations, as well as Russian, Chinese, and American politics. His academic interests include Greek-Turkish relations, diplomatic strategy and security, military history and practice, and the history and politics of former Eastern Bloc countries and China.

An undergraduate studying Criminology BA (Hons) at Coventry University. Fluent in the Greek and English language while he also possesses basic knowledge of Spanish and French. He has attended in numerous lectures and seminars on various subjects within the criminological field and participated in educational field trips in Auschwitz – Birkenau and in the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin. Furthermore, he has participated in presentations on different criminological matters in world known universities, such as the University of Edinburgh and the University of Cambridge. His interests of research include, but not limited to terrorism, transnational organised crime, international relations and global security.

Ioanna is an undergraduate student in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She speaks fluently English and possesses basic knowledge of French. She is apprentice in the Laboratory of European Integration and Politics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She was an intern at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for International Energy Affairs. She has attended various seminars and lectures related to her field of studies and also in energy – geopolitics. Ioanna has published articles in the Greek online newspaper “Indicator”. Her research interests focus on energy diplomacy and energy security.

Evangelos is an undergraduate student of Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) at the department of Economics. He has participated in several simulations with a European and national character, and he is also participating at seminars and conferences with subjects around the field of his study. He serves as an assistant Researcher at the Centre of International & European Political Economy & Governance (CIEPEG) at the University of Peloponnese while at the same time he is a columnist in the scientific analysis website Power Politics. His scientific interests focus on political economy, international economic relations and European economics.

Katerina Gioumpa is an undergraduate student at the department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Peloponnese and direction in the International Relations. In her fourth year of studies, she is elaborating a diploma thesis upon the topic of The Evaluation of the Crisis Management System of the European Union. She has participated in many simulations of regional, European and International Institutions in Greece and abroad, while she has also participated in many conferences which cover a wide range of topics. Meanwhile, she is a member of a scientific research group that studies the Southeast Europe (SEER Unit) and her interests are mostly orientated in the International Relations and International Security. She has taken part in many voluntary programs in order to sensitize the society as far as for the refugees’ rights. She speaks Greek, Albanian, English, and German and possesses a basic knowledge of French.

Sara is an undergraduate student of the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus.
She is fluent in English and Polish and she has some basic knowledge of German.
She has attended seminars and conferences related to International Relations, Strategy, Geopolitics, International Law, the EU, the World Economy and Communication Strategy.
Her research interests include foreign policy and strategic issues, Intelligence, International Security, the issue of nuclear weapons, Terrorism.

Emy is an undergraduate student in the department of International, European and Area Studies at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. She speaks fluently English and she has excellent knowledge of French. She has attended over twenty conferences related to the field of her studies such as strategy, foreign policy, international relations, geopolitics and humanitarian law. She has also participated in a seminar regarding the International Monetary System. She gets involved in global volunteering. Her academic interests include diplomacy in the transnational relations, international law and justice, issues of energy & environmental policy and the role of the international organizations and NGOs

Eleni is an undergraduate student at the department of International, European and Area Studies at Panteion University. Her mother languages are Norwegian and Greek. Except from these, she is also fluent in English and holds a basic knowledge of the German and French languages. Furthermore, she has completed a voluntary internship at the department of Human Rights, Minorities, Refugees and Immigrants at the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has participated in simulations of the United Nations and Regional Organisations. She has also attended various conferences relevant to her field of study and her academic interests include, amongst others international relations, human rights, geopolitcs and strategy.

Vasilis is an undergraduate student of the Faculty “Political Science and Public Administration” of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens and researcher at the Research Group of Metapolitefsi – Group of Oral History. He has conducted his internship at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Administrative and Judicial Affairs Division and at the Youth Entrepreneurship Club. At the same time, he has been a volunteer to the world’s largest non-profit organization, AIESEC. His academical field is on Internal Public Law and International Public Law. Its main interests are the international protection of children, the people with special needs and the environment.

He was born in 1995 and he is originating from the city of Kavala. He is an undergraduate student at the Department of Political Sciences in Aristotle University at Thessaloniki. He has participated consistently in numerous university models of United Nations, UNESCO and Regional Organizations, in Greece, Romania and Turkey, and was awarded at several occasions for his appearance, while he has served at any possible position in them such as but not limited to Delegate, Board Member, Secretariat. He speaks English and French. He is the co-founder of «Dialogos» the Simulation of the Municipal Council of Kavala. Meanwhile, in the year of 2016-2017, he has served as the Secretary in the Board of Directors of the Greek Association of Political and Economic Science Students (GRAPESS), while in 2017-2018 he successfully completed his internships in the Municipality of Kavala and the Permanent Representation of Greece to the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) in Vienna. Currently, he is attending his Internship in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens. His academic interests focus in the resolution of transnational conflicts and the aspect of International Security with special focus in the regions of Caucasus, Africa and the Baltic.

Sofia is an undergraduate student of the Department of Political Science at the University of Crete. During her studies she has participated in several conferences and simulations both of political science as the 1st Diplomacy Open Days, BISMUN, EUropa.S 2016, and business as well, such as Business Talents & Career Days. At the same time, she has been a member of the Scientific Association of Young Political Scientists (E.O.NE.P.E). She is fluent in English and possesses a good level of German. In summertime she works as an assistant partner at IasonTours Travel Agency, while, in her spare time, she drafts research papers and deals with horse riding.

Undergraduate student of the department of International European and Regional Studies at Panteion University. She has excellent knowledge of English and holds the basic knowledge of French. Last year she participated in the Erasmus + program at Romania’s Nicolae Titulescu University. She has attended several seminars on the subject of her studies and her research interests include international relations, foreign policy and strategy, Greek-Turkish relations, terrorism and human rights.

Milena is an undergraduate student at the Department of International and European studies of the University of Piraeus. She worked as an intern at the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations in New York. She is fluent in English while she has basic knowledge of French and German. She has attended numerous seminars related to the field of her studies. Her research interests include International Relations, Intelligence and International Security, international organized crime as well as Middle East crises and African Union.

Vasiliki is an undergraduate student at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
She speaks English fluently and holds basic knowledge of French. She has attended various seminars and scientific lectures related to the field of her studies. Her research interests focus on foreign policy issues, Greek-Turkish relations, European Union, global economic threats, human rights and the United Nations. She has developed various voluntary actions.

Dimitra is an undergraduate student in the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus. She speaks English and French. She has attended numerous seminars and conferences on the topics of International Relations, the EU and Global Economy. Her research interests center on issues of Foreign Policy and Strategy, International Economics, International Security, and subjects concerning Nuclear Weapons and Terrorism.

Miltiadis is an undergraduate student at the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus. He is a staff member and researcher at the Energy and Environmental Policy Laboratory at the University of Piraeus. He speaks fluently English and has basic knowledge of French. He has attended various seminars and scientific lectures related to his field of studies, while he has also participated in the international simulation conference RhodesMRC. His research interests include energy and environmental policy, the study of energy security and pipeline diplomacy issues and international relations.

Lamprini is an undergraduate student in the department of International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus with a keen interest in strategy, international politics, diplomatic and economic developments. Her favorite hobby is to be involved in simulations of the UN and European institutions. He plans to do postgraduate studies in management and finance in the field of international shipping.

Panagiota Pierrinakou is an undergraduate student of International, European and Area Studies at Panteion University,( fields of international law and international relations). She is fluent in English, holds basic German knowledge and she is in the process of learning French. She has attended an academic semester at Metropolitan University of Prague (Czech Republic) through the Erasmus + program (February-June 2016). She has also completed a voluntary Internship at the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East during the first four months of 2017.She has participated in numerous conferences and scientific sessions relevant to the subject of her studies and has also taken part in a simulation of the UNESCO Committees (SimUnesco 2016) at Ionian University. Furthermore, she has certified knowledge on basic computer programs. Among her scientific interests are the study of International relations, Euro-Atlantic relations, the situation in the Middle East, International Justice, Strategic thinking from antiquity to present day, human security and sustainable development issues included.

Dimitris is an undergraduate student in the department of International, European and Area Studies at Panteion University and an assistant researcher at the Institute of International Relations in the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies since 2014. He speaks fluently English and possesses significant knowledge of French and Italian. Furthermore, he is a probationary member of the Hellenic Society for International Law and International Relations and a founding member of the Theseus Chapter SHJ002 of the Sons of Pericles in Athens, the youth brotherhood of the Order of AHEPA. He has participated in simulations of the UN (MUN), NATO and the EU institutions (MEU), and has attended numerous conferences and seminars in the field of international relations and strategy. He has developed voluntary actions on environmental issues and philanthropy. His scientific interests include the theories of international relations, foreign policy, strategic studies, crisis management, defense and security.

Undergraduate student in the department of International, European and Area studies at Panteion University. She speaks fluently English and French. She is a columnist on the student site Neopolis and a proactive researcher at the Institute of International Relations in the field of Euro–Atlantic studies, in the US Domestic and Foreign Policy group since 2016. She has attended a multitude of workshops and seminars on International Relations, EU, Geopolitics and International Law. Her research interests include the International Relations, the International Law, the environmental and energy issues.

Eva is an undergraduate student at the department of Mediterranean Studies of the University of the Aegean, following a course of International Relations. She has participated in several UN and Regional Organization models. She has attended a number of seminars regarding her object of studies. In addition, she has participated as a speaker at the Mare Nostrum conference. Native languages include English and Greek, as well as basic understanding of Arabic. Her research interests include terrorism, Greek-Turkish relations, Human Rights, Wider Middle East and North Africa.

Mary Varzakakou is an undergraduated student in the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus. She was a researcher at the Laboratory of Strategic Communication and Media of the University of Piraeus, in the framework of which she produced and presented two researches. The first was titled “The rhetorical attacks on Greek telesales – Elections 2015” and the second as “The paths of European de-integration and the image of the USA: Comparative analysis of the Greek and British referendums” For the last two and a half years she has been writing on Power Politics.eu site in the field of Diplomacy and Politics. She has practiced at the Foreign Ministry, in the Information Service and the at Political and Corporate Communications Company, called Spin Political and Corporate Communications.

Angeliki is an undergraduate student of Mediterranean Studies at the University of Aegean, with expertise in International Relations and Organizations. She speaks fluently English, and she has basic knowledge of Arabic language. She has participated in several Models of United Nations, like BisMUN, ThessisMUN and RhodesMRC, and she has an honorary mention. She has attended various seminars, conferences on the area of her studies. She is a charter member of the delegation of Hellenic Association of Young Political Scientists (HASPc) in Rhodes. Her academic interests are focused on human rights, both Broader and Middle East, North Africa, foreign policy and Greek-Turkish relations.

 

Aggeliki is an undergraduate student of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens(UOA), department of Political Science and Public Administration, with a focus on «International and European Studies» and graduate student of the Experimental School of the University of Athens (PSPA).She has participated at the Excellence group of Oral and Written Speech (Rhetoric and Arguments)and she has gained excellent communication skills through participation at simulations of an international and national character (Europa.S, Model of the Parliament of the Youth) and through a simulation of the international institutions within the framework of a university course. Also she has specific interest of participation at seminars/lectures/conferences with subjects around the field of her study. She has completed an internship at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece and at the Center for International Strategic Analyses-KEDISA. She has published an article at the newspaper «ΕSTIA» for the tribute of the 60 years since the foundation of the European Union. She has participated as a volunteer in many kinds of groups such as the Special Olympics 2011, at the Ceremony of the National Olympic Academy of Greece (HOA) and the opening ceremony of the 33rd Marathon. Her scientific interests focus om International Relations and International Organizations. Alongside her studies she works at the European Cultural and Research Centre of Athens. At her leisure time she occupies with dancing (ballet and modern dancing) and music (classic guitar).