Panagiotis Liargovas received his BA from the University of Athens and his MA and PhD in Economics from Clark University, Worcester, MA. He was a Fulbright Scholar, a Bakalas Foundation Scholar, a Teaching Assistant Scholar (Clark University) and a European Commission trainee (Brussels). He has taught in many universities, including Clark University, Bologna University and the Universities of: Athens, Patras and Crete. He has been teaching at the Hellenic Open University for more than 19 years. He served as economic advisor to the Greek Ministry of Finance, the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Municipality of Athens on many occasions. From 2013–2018, he was the Head of the Parliamentary Budget Office for the Hellenic Parliament. He is currently Chairman of the Board and Scientific Director of the Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) and of the National Productivity Board. He is also a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Peloponnese. Professor Liargovas specialises in International and European Economics, Monetary Economics, Regional Economics and Economic Development and Policy.