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.

George Chamilakis is an undergraduate student in the department of International, European and Area Studies at Panteion University. He has represented his university at international competitions of international law and he has completed his internship at the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is a researcher at the Institute of International Relations, in the Crisis Management team, completing a one year research in sino-american relations. He is a column writer at the Group of International and European Affairs, and has participated in a lot of MUN simulations and national and international conferences. He speaks English and French.

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.

Katerina Daoutakou is a undergraduate student at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of the Peloponnese, and the direction in International Relations. She speaks English fluently and holds basic knowledge in Spanish. She has attended many seminars and lectures, participated in many simulations, contributed to the organization of conferences related to the field of her studies. In addition, she has been actively engaged in articles, analysis and researches over the last two years through the websites hosting her work and the think-tanks she is in. Her research interests include Foreign Policy, International Relations, Strategic Studies, Global Security, the section of Conflicts and the Terrorism.

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.

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.

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.

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.

George is a senior student to the faculty of Political Science at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Through the Erasmus+ program, he studied for one semester in Warsaw to the department of Political Science and International Relations – University of Warsaw, Poland. He possesses knowledge of English and French language. He participated in many simulations of the UN and UNESCO, in Greece and Romania as well as in simulations concerning local political procedures. Furthermore, he participated as volunteer at Grapess which has as scope financial and political issues. Finally, he has attended various conferences regarding the latest elections of the US and the military coup in Turkey and the role of the country in Middle East. His accademic interest focus in the resolution of transnational conflicts especially in Middle East and the aspect of International Security.

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.

Iro-Christina Pliaka is a graduate student at the Department of International and European Studies of University of Piraeus and she speaks English, French and Spanish. She has attended and participated in meetings and seminars about her discipline. Her research interests include subjects of foreign affairs and international economy.

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.

Ioannis D. Velentzas is a student of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has graduated from the Pakistan Embassy College of Beijing (P.E.C.B.) and he has a good knowledge of English language. He has participated in seminars concerning international affairs, refugee issues and also on geopolitics. He has got an internship in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic republic in the special legal department at the International Bureau. During this period, he is getting an internship in the Higher Personnel Selection Council .Additionally, his interests are focused on issues such as foreign policy, historical analysis of political effects, terrorism, the structure and functioning of the EU as well as the historical constitution of the EU and the common foreign and political defense of the European Union. He also deals with humanitarian issues, as he participates in the action of the Hellenic Red Cross as a volunteer. In this context, he gained the title of volunteer Samaritan, successfully passing the First Aid School. Thus he acquired knowledge about refugee and rescue in natural disasters (MANDRA, MATI, KINETA). Finally, he is certified by the Fire Brigade for firefighting issues.

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).