Circle the Med
The Mediterranean Forum 8th edition

Tue 3 Jun - Wed 4 Jun 2025
 Constantina Kottaridi
Constantina Kottaridi
Professor at the University of Piraeus, Department of Economics

Constantina Kottaridi is Full Professor at the University of Piraeus,
Department of Economics. She owns a BSc in Economics from Athens
University of Economics and Business, MSc in Economics from Iowa State
University (ISU), USA with “Minor” in Statistics and a PhD title from
Athens University of Economics and Business. She has served as a faculty
member at the University of Peloponnese; she has also taught at Iowa
State University (USA), London School of Economics (GB), Athens
University of Economics and Business and the University of Ioannina. At
the present, she is also teaching staff at the Hellenic Open University and
the Open University Cyprus.
Currently, she is the Director of the MSc in Bioeconomy, Circular
Economy and Sustainable Development as well as the Circular Economy
and Sustainable Development Laboratory. She is also a member of the
Sustainability Committee of the University of Piraeus. She is the University
of Piraeus’ representative of SDSN Greece (Sustainable Development Solutions
Network) and a judge in Sustainability awards, Green Awards and Circular Economy
Awards. She is also the university’s liaison with CSR Greece (Corporate Social
Responsibility). She works with the private sector as a consultant in sustainability
and circular economy business strategies.
She is also the Executive Director at the Athenian Policy Forum and a
Special Adviser of Observatory Plus, Crisis Observatory, ELIAMEP
(Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy). In December 2015
she was appointed unanimously as Greece’s Representative at the Board
of European International Business Academy (EIBA), where she served
until December 2021. She has also served as a Special Adviser to the
Minister of Education in Greece in 2014.
Her research interests revolve around Economic Development, Growth
and Sustainability, Circular Economy and Sustainable Development,
Institutions, Foreign Direct Investment and Multinational Corporations,
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and their internationalization as well
as firms innovation. Her research is published in highly recognized
journals such as the International Business Review, Review of
International Economics, Journal of Macroeconomics, Empirical
Economics, etc.