Spyridon, Roukanas

Spyridon Roukanas is Professor of International Political Economy at the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus. He graduated from the Department of International Economic Relations and Development of Democritus University of Thrace (2003). He was awarded his Master of Arts in International Political Economy from the University of Leeds (UK) (2004). He was awarded his Ph.D. at the Department of International Economic Relations and Development, Democritus University of Thrace (2008). He teaches as Associate Educational Personnel at the Undergraduate Program Studies, Business Administration of the School of Social Sciences, Hellenic Open University in the Thematic Unit [DEO 41] “Money and Capital Markets”, as Visiting Academician at the Neapolis University Pafos, the course “Financial Management for the Public Sector” with the method of distance learning and he has taught to the following Master Programs: “International & European Studies”, “Energy: Strategy, Law & Economics», “BRICS: Economy – Society – Foreign Policy”, and “International and European Policies on Education, Training and Research”, Department of International and European Studies, University of Piraeus, “Global Political Economy” and “Governance and Public Policies”, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of the Peloponnese, “Financial & Management Engineering”, Department of Financial and Management Engineering, University of the Aegean and “SE Europe Studies”, Department of Law, Democritus University of Thrace. His main research interests are in International Political Economy and economic development in the countries of Southeast Europe and emerging economies and their relations with the EU. RESEARCH INTERESTS His research interests include the study of the International Political Economy and Economic Development in the countries of Southeastern Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean and emerging economies, as well as their relations with the EU. Parallel, he is studying the effects of the international financial crisis on contemporary international economic environment. He also studies the configuration of the international economic environment under the prism of emerging economies in the global economy.

• Analysis and Management of International Economic Crises
• Foreign Exchange Systems, Foreign Exchange Markets and Foreign Exchange Policy
• International Development Cooperation
• International Political Economy and Energy Policy
• International Systems Measurement of Economic Activity and Evaluation of Countries
• International Trade and Energy Diplomacy
• Introduction to International Economics

### Monographs

• 1. Ρουκανάς, Σ.Α. (2020), Η Πολιτική Οικονομία της Μέτρησης και της Αξιολόγησης των Κρατών, Αθήνα, Εκδόσεις Πατάκη, Σειρά: Οικονομία και Πολιτική. (=Roukanas, S.A. (2020), The Political Economy of Measurement and Evaluation of States, Athens, Patakis Publications, Series: Economics and Politics).
• 2. Koutsoukis, N.S., Roukanas, S and Sklias, P. (2016), Risk, decision making and global political economy: Synergies for interpreting the interaction of economics and politics, Germany, Lambert Academic Publishing.
• 3. Σκλιάς, Π., Ρουκανάς, Σ. και Μαρής, Γ. (2012) Η Πολιτική των Διεθνών και Ευρωπαϊκών Οικονομικών Σχέσεων, Αθήνα, Εκδόσεις Παπαζήση. (=Sklias P., Roukanas S., Maris G., (2012) The Politics of International and European Economic Relations, Athens, Papazisis Publications, Athens).

### Editorials – Collective Volumes

• 1. Sklias, P. G., Roukanas S. A. and Floros F. S. (2019), The Political Economy of National and Energy Security, New York, Nova Science Publishers.
• 2. Ravenhill, J. (2018), Παγκόσμια Πολιτική Οικονομία, Επιστημονική Επιμέλεια: Σπυρίδων Α. Ρουκανάς και Παντελής Γ. Σκλιάς, Θεσσαλονίκη, Εκδόσεις Τζιόλα. (=Ravenhill, J. (2018), Global Political Economy, Scientific Editing: Spyridon A. Roukanas and Pantelis G. Sklias, Thessaloniki, Tziola Publications).
• 3. Roukanas, S., Polychronidou, P and Karasavvoglou, A. (2018), The Political Economy of Development in Southeastern Europe, Switzerland, Springer International Publishing.
• 4. Roukanas, S.A. and Sklias, P.G (2016), The Greek Political Economy 2000-2015, Delft, Eburon Academic Publishers.
• 5. Guillochon, Β., Kawecki, A. και Venet, B. (2015), Διεθνής Οικονομική: Διεθνές Εμπόριο και Μακροοικονομία, Επιστημονική Επιμέλεια: Παναγιώτης Φώτης, Σπύρος Ρουκανάς, Αθήνα, Εκδόσεις Προπομπός. (=Guillochon, B., Kawecki, A. and Venet, B. (2015), International Economics: International Trade and Macroeconomics, Scientific Editing: P