Faculty

Resident 
Faculty

The resident faculty of the European Law and Governance School form the core academic community of the institution.

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As full‑time members of the School, they contribute directly to the design, delivery, and continuous development of ELGU programs, ensuring academic consistency, high‑quality teaching, and close engagement with students throughout the year. 

Resident faculty bring established expertise from both academia and professional practice, offering students a learning environment rooted in real‑world experience and comparative perspectives. Their work reflects the School’s commitment to rigorous scholarship, interdisciplinary thinking, and contemporary relevance in the fields of European law and governance.

Aligned with the values of the European Higher Education Area, ELGU resident faculty support a holistic and integrated approach to tertiary education-one that spans undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive levels and prepares students for careers across Europe and beyond.

Below you will find the directory of resident faculty members who contribute to ELGU teaching, research, and academic life.

Resident Faculty

Dr. Yeliz Figen Döker
Dr. Yeliz Figen Döker

Resident Lecturer
European Law & Governance School

Dr. Daniel Furby
Dr. Daniel Furby

Resident Lecturer
European Law & Governance School

Dr. Eugenia Kopsidi
Dr. Eugenia Kopsidi

Resident Lecturer
European Law & Governance School

Dr. Luca Lantero
Dr. Luca Lantero

Associate Professor of Higher Education
European Law & Governance School

Dr. Anastasia Marinopoulou
Dr. Anastasia Marinopoulou

Resident Lecturer
European Law & Governance School

Dr. Nikolaos Papadopoulos
Dr. Nikolaos Papadopoulos

Resident Lecturer
European Law & Governance School

Dr. Phil. Dora Papadopoulou
Dr. Phil. Dora Papadopoulou

Associate Professor
European Law & Governance School

Dr. Valentina Rita Scotti
Dr. Valentina Rita Scotti

Associate Professor of Comparative Law
European Law & Governance School

Dr. Esra Ünal
Dr. Esra Ünal

Resident Lecturer
European Law & Governance School

Dr. Nikolaos Voulgaris
Dr. Nikolaos Voulgaris

Professor
European Law & Governance School

Adjunct Professors and Resident Lecturers

 Georgios Arabatzis
Georgios Arabatzis

Professor
University of Athens

 Nilay Arat
Nilay Arat

Assoc. Professor of Administrative, Human Rights, Health Law and Law of Arbitration
Kadir Has University Faculty of Law Department of Administrative Law

 Daphne Athanasouli
Daphne Athanasouli

Senior Lecturer in Economics
Derby Business School, UK

 Martin Belov
Martin Belov

Chief Assistant Professor in Constitutional Law
University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ochridski”, Faculty of Law, Bulgaria

 Florentin Blanc
Florentin Blanc

Director of the EPLO Institute for Regulatory Innovation, Delivery, and Effectiveness (IRIDE)

 Theodore Chadjipadelis
Theodore Chadjipadelis

Professor of Applied Statistics
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

 Jaap Willem De Zwaan
Jaap Willem De Zwaan

Professor of European Union Law
Law School of Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

 Fabrizio Esposito
Fabrizio Esposito

European University Institute | EUI · Department of Law

 Mauro Gatti
Mauro Gatti

Research Associate
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

 Konstantina Georgaki
Konstantina Georgaki

Fellow
European Law & Governance School, Greece

 Matteo Gnes
Matteo Gnes

Associate Professor of Administrative Law
University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy

 Christos Gortsos
Christos Gortsos

Professor of Public Economic Law
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

 Anastasios Gourgourinis
Anastasios Gourgourinis

Lecturer in International Law at the Faculty of Law
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

 Jakub Handrlica
Jakub Handrlica

Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

 Eser Karakas
Eser Karakas

Adjunct Professor, Law of Economics
University of Strasbourg

 Ioannis Karkalis
Ioannis Karkalis

Supreme Court Justice
Advocate General

 Panagiotis Karkatsoulis
Panagiotis Karkatsoulis

Lecturer of Public Administration and Public Policy
National School of Public Administration and Local Government

 Kostas Lavdas
Kostas Lavdas

Professor of European Politics
Panteion University, Greece, Dean of Governance Studies

 Dimitris Loukas
Dimitris Loukas

Lawyer, Partner
European law, Competition law

 Aistė Mickonytė
Aistė Mickonytė

Scientist at the Centre for Russian East European Eurasian Studies (REEES)
University of Graz, Austria

Amb. Ioseb Nanobashvili
Amb. Ioseb Nanobashvili

Director, Regional Branch for the South Caucasus
European Public Law Organization

 Lefkothea Nteka
Lefkothea Nteka

 Georgia Panagiotidou
Georgia Panagiotidou

Lecturer of Applied Political Analysis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

 Athanasios Peftinas
Athanasios Peftinas

Lawyer, DPhil Student
University of Oxford, UK.

 Kleoniki Pouiklis
Kleoniki Pouiklis

Lawyer
EU Environmental Law, Academy of European Law

 Anne-Lise Sibonny
Anne-Lise Sibonny

Professor of European Law
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

 Konstantinos Sidiropoulos
Konstantinos Sidiropoulos

Lawyer, European Law, Competition Law
Zepos & Yannopoulos

 Efstathia Stefopoulou
Efstathia Stefopoulou

Lecturer of Public Administration and Administrative Science

 Manos Tokas
Manos Tokas

PhD Candidate
University of Athens

 Asli Topukcu
Asli Topukcu

Lecturer of Constitutional Law & Human Rights Law
Kadir Has University Faculty of Law Department

 Anna Tsiftsoglou
Anna Tsiftsoglou

Post Doc Fellow
London School of Economics and Political Science

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