Kyrkopoulou Eleni
27 August 2025 2025-10-29 10:15
Kyrkopoulou Eleni
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
Teaching Field
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Eleni Kyrkopoulou is an Assistant Professor of Applied Microeconomics at the Department of Economics, University of Piraeus, since 2025. She is also a Research Affiliate at the Identity & Conflict Lab (iCL) at Yale University and a Research Associate at the Hellenic Observatory at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Before joining the University of Piraeus, she conducted research as a Research Affiliate at Yale University, at the iCL lab (2023–2025), and as an Independent Contractor at Harvard University (Harvard Business School, 2019–2023). She also carried out Postdoctoral Research at the Department of Economics, University of Piraeus (2022–2025), and at the Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business (2019–2022). Previously, she worked as an Economic Analyst at the Research Department of the National Bank of Greece.
She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business (2018), an M.Sc. in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business (2012), an M.Sc. in Financial Economics from Cardiff University (2011), and a B.Sc. in Business Administration from the University of Piraeus (2007).
Her research interests lie in the fields of Applied Microeconomics, Experimental Economics, and Political Economy. More specifically, her current research focuses on the Economics of Education, the Economics of Migration, the Economics of Identity, and Labor Economics, among other topics.
Her research has been published in leading academic journals, including ILR Review, Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Policy Modeling, and Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, among others, while parts of her work have been funded by the Bank of Greece, the Athens University of Economics and Business, as well as European sources (European Research Grants – Horizon).
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Teaching
Experimental Economics (elective)
Applied Social Economics (elective)
Economics I (core course- Department of Industrial Management & Technology)
Research
- Published Articles, Working Papers & Work in Progress
Articles
- “Between Human Dignity and Security: Identifying Citizen and Elite Preferences and Concerns over Refugee Perception“, (2025), with Fabbe K. & Vidali M., Comparative Political Studies, (forthcoming)
- “Good Citizenship and Native-Immigrant Conflict: Experimental Evidence from Europe”, (2024), with Krakowski K, Reinhardt L. and Sambanis N., Comparative Political Studies
- “Economic Crisis and Crime: Money under the mattress during financial destabilization” (2024), Journal of Policy Modeling , with Louka A. & Fabbe K.
- “Racism and Labor Market Threat (Mis)Perceptions: An Original Survey Exploring Moroccan Attitudes about sub-Saharan Migrants “, (2023), ILR Review, Buehler M. & Fabbe K
- “Fairness or Control: What Determines Elected Local Leaders’ Support for Hosting Refugees in Their Community?“ (2023), Journal of Politics, with Fabbe K, Matakos K. & Unan A.
- “Thy Neighbor’s Gendarme? How Citizens of Buffer States in North Africa View EU Border Security Externalization“, (2022), Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, με M Buehler M. & Fabbe K
Working Papers
“Social policy gone bad educationally: unintended peer effects from transferred students“, Centre for Economic Performance, Discussion Paper, No. 1851, April 2022, with Genakos C. (Under Review)
Work in Progress
- “Measuring the demand for brain gain: A DCE experiment” with V. Monastiriotis, I. Laliotis & G. Melios
- “Perceptions of Good Citizenship” with K. Krakowski & N. Sambanis
- “An Olympic Opportunity: the case of the Athens 2004 Olympic Village with Genakos C. Papaioannou E.
- “O Xenos: Racial Difference, Colorism, & Native Attitudes Toward Immigrants in Greece”, with N. Sambanis
- Awards & Grants & Fellowships
– 2019: AUEB, Drasi II, Postdoctoral Scholarship
– 2017: Traveling Research Grant from London School of Economics, Hellenic Observatory
– 2013: Bank of Greece, PhD Research Grant
– 2011: AUEB, M.Sc. Scholarship (Top Performance)
– 2010: Cardiff University. M.Sc. Distinction (Top Performance)
Books
Books – Chapter Contribution Books – Case Studies
- “Doing Business in the Shadows: Informal Firms, Irregular Immigrants and the Government“, (2020) Chapter in Understanding Migration with Macroeconomics, Springer International Publishing, Palgrave Macmillan, με Palivos T.
- “Babban Gona: Great Farm“. Harvard Business School Case 722-027, November 2021. (Revised February 2022.), with Fabbe, K., Khanna, Τ., Elkins, C. M., Gillman Z. & Teodorovicz T.
Office Hours
Fall Semester 2025-2026
Wednesday, 14:00-16:00
Spring Semester 2025-2026
Wednesday, 14:00-16:00
