Ioannis
Psycharis

Yannis Psycharis is a Professor of Regional Economics in the Department Economic and Regional Development, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece.
He is President of the Board, and Director, of the Regional Development Institute, Vice President of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA), President of the Greek section and President of the Organizing Committee of the 64 th ERSA Congress, which will be held in Athens, 26-29 August 2025.
His teaching record encompass a large range of Higher Education Institutions in Greece and abroad. Furthermore, he has been named Honorary Visiting Professor at the IMC University of Krems (Austria), and senior research fellow at the London School of Economics (UK).
He has supervised many PhD Dissertations in Greece and has undertaken joint PhD Thesis supervisions (Cotutelles) at Berlin University (Germany), and at the Université de Cergy-Pontoise (France). He has been an external examiner at PhD defenses at the LSE (UK), Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila (Italy), and University of Toulon (France).
He has published numerous articles and book chapters in international scientific peer reviewed journals and collective volumes and has also been a reviewer for a noticeable number of international peer reviewed scientific journals.
He has been a consultant and scientific advisor to public authorities, local government, the Council of Europe and the OECD. He has been actively involved in EU and nationally funded research projects in the fields of regional inequalities, cohesion policy, public administration and multilevel government and governance.
He has participated in a plentiful number of national and international conferences, workshops and seminars, and has been the keynote speaker at a large number of International Conferences.