Ioanna Keramidou is Associate Professor in Economic Theory and Policy, Department of Economic and Regional Development, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. Degree from the Department of Public Administration of the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. Postgraduate diploma (MASTER) from the Institute of Regional Development (IPA) of the Panteion University. PhD from the Department of Urban and Regional Development, Panteion University. Her research interests: Institutional and Historical Macroeconomics, Industrial Economics, Economics of Social Policy, Labor Economics, Schools of Economic Thought. She has been a Special Postgraduate Scholar and a Scholar of the Hellenic National Fund. She has authored a significant number of articles in scientific journals and collective volumes.