Yannis Psycharis is a Professor of Regional Economic Analysis at the Department Economic and Regional Development, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. He has also taught at the Department of Planning and Regional Development of the University of Thessaly in Volos (2000- 2009). He had been Senior Research Fellow at the LSE (2007-2008). He is the former Director of the Greek National School of Public Administration and Local Government (2010-2012) and is currently President of the Greek section of the European Regional Science Association. His research interests include regional economic analysis, regional policy, regional public finance and public administration.