Kostas Ifantis

Academic and Professional Experience:   Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science andPublic Administration, University of Athens, Greece, since 2004. Assistant Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science andPublic Administration, University of Athens, Greece, 1998-2003. Director of Research, Centre for Policy Analysis and Planning, Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2004-2008. President and Director General, The Hellenic Centre for European Studies (EKEM),2005-2007. IAA Senior Research Fellow, European Institute, The London School of Economics andPolitical Science, London, UK, 2009. Visiting Fulbright Scholar, The Kokkalis Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA, March-August 2002. Member of „Groupe de Reflexion Europeen, Conseil Economique de la Defense‟ (CED), French Ministry of Defence, March-December 2002. USIA Research Fellow, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,USA, June-August 1998. Special Advisor, Greek WEU Presidency Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens,Greece, 1997-98. Lecturer in International Politics, School of Social and Historical Studies, Univ. of Portsmouth, U.K., 1993-95. Lecturer (p/t), Department of European Studies, University of Bradford, U.K., 1990-1993.