On 23 of September 2026 we welcomed the students of the academic year 2026-2027 from different countries at our postgraduate programme in "Southeast European Studies: Politics, History, and Economics" at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

The Director of the Programme, Professor Emmanuella Doussis, welcomed the new students…

The Master’s Programme in Southeast European Studies: Politics, History, Economics invites you to a guest lecture with the title: “Democratization and De-democratization in the Western Balkans”. The lecture is organised on the framework of the course Political Change, Democracy and Crisis in Southeast Europe, taught by Professor Dimitri A.…

Professor Dimitris A. Sotiropoulos travelled  to Beijing, China, as an honorary guest of the Beijing Foreign Studies University,  to participate in a conference panel dedicated to Southeast Europe and also to teach postgraduate students. He will give four lectures in total. The titles of his lectures are listed below.

• The socioeconomic…

On the 22nd of September our Master's Degree in Southeast European Studies: Politics, History, Economics students attended the orientation meeting of the academic year 2025-2026. They had the chance to meet their professors and each other!

We wish you all a fruitful academic year!

The farewell event for our 2024-2025 students took place on 30 May 2025 at the building of the NKUA "Kostis Palamas". Students, professors and staff had the chance to get together, drink a glass of wine and say goodbye.

We wish to all our students the very best for the future and their next steps!

The UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy of the NKUA, on the occasion of the publication of the second edition of the book "The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law" by Daniel Bodansky & Harro van Asselt, Oxford Univeristy Press (2024) organises an event on Tuesday 27 May 2025 at 12.00 

Introduction and Chair: 

Professor Emmanuella…

Dr Ritsa Panagiotou organised a Conference at the Centre of Planning and Economic Research, entitled "Greece: between Order and Chaos", with distinguished speakers from Greece and abroad. The first panel discussed the turbulent recent international developments and geopolitical upheavals, including the challenges of the second Trump…

Professor Andreas Papandreou gave a guest lecture with the title "Climate economics: central themes and evolving debates" to the students of the programme. The lecture was organised in the framework of the course Climate Policies and Diplomacy in Southeast Europe taught by Professor Emmanuella Doussis & Dr George Dikaios.

***The application process for the academic year 2025-2026 is now open 

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