Lecturer
Kostas A. Lavdas -
International RelationsKostas A. Lavdas is Professor of Political Science and
Director of the Crete Centre for Political Research and Documentation (KEPET) at
the University of Crete, Greece, where he has been Vice-Rector for Academic
Affairs (2004-2006) and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences (2003-2004). He
studied political science and political sociology, at Panteion-Athens, the
University of Manchester, L.S.E. and M.I.T. He has published extensively in
English, German and Greek on European politics, Greek politics and policy,
comparative interest group politics, and applied political theory.
From 2004-07 Lavdas served on the Board of the Hellenic Centre for European
Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and on the Board of the Centre for
Educational Research, Ministry of Education, Athens. His publications
include The Europeanization of Greece: Interest Politics and the Crises
of Integration (Macmillan, 1997), Politics, Subsidies and Competition
(with M. Mendrinou) (Edward Elgar, 1999), Formation and Development of
the European Communities (in Greek) (Hellenic Open University, 2003),
and Interests and Politics: Interest Organization and Patterns of Governance
(in Greek) (Papazisis, 2004). During 2007-2008 he is Constantine Karamanlis
Professor of Hellenic and European Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy.
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