Under the Patronage of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou

Delphi Economic Forum IX

April 10-13, 2024

Konstantina Botsiou

Konstantina Botsiou

Konstantina Botsiou

Professor of Political History and International Relations

University of Piraeus, Greece

Konstantina Botsiou is Professor of Political History and International Relations at the Department of International and European Studies, University of Piraeus, and Dean of the School of Economics, Business and International Studies of the University of Piraeus. She graduated with honors from the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Athens, and holds a PhD from the University of Tübingen. She has taught at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens, and at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of the Peloponnese, where she also served as Vice Rector for Economics, Education and Quality Assurance (2012-15). Since 2016 she is Visiting Professor at the Hellenic National Defense College (HNDC) and since 2020 Director of the Council for International Relations-Greece. Between 2001 and 2018 she was also Director of Publications, General Director and Vice President at the Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy. Among others she has been a research fellow at the Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence, University of Athens (2006-2008), the Hellenic National Audiovisual Archive (2007-2009), the LSE-IDEAS (2013-2015), the Bank of Greece (2019-23). Between 2001 and 2018 she was Director of Publications, General Director and Vice President at the Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy. She was a member of the academic council of the Martin‘s Centre for European Studies, the Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy and the Political Academy of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as a member of the Board of Directors at the National Library of Greece. She has received grants and scholarships from Greek and international organizations (Erasmus, ECTS, European Teachers Association, LSE-IDEAS, US-IVLP, US Embassy in Greece, DAAD, Konstantinos Karamanlis Foundation, A. Andreadis Fund, a.o.) Her publications focus on modern and contemporary Greek and European history, European integration, the Cold War, Balkan history, Euro-Atlantic relations, political parties, defense and foreign policy. She has authored and edited over 15 books and over 120 academic articles and book chapters.

Friday 12

  • 13.10 - 13.50

    West and East: A Timeless Battle for Power?

    • CULTURE

    location_onExhibition Hall | European Cultural Centre of Delphi