Despoina Paraskeuopoulou is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Economy at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). She holds an MSc in Public Policies and Governance and a BSc degree in Political Science and Public Administration from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), specializing in Public Policies and Political Economy. She has published one (1) peer reviewed paper in International Journal of Finance and Economics.