Dr. Michail Charokopos (h-index 5) is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Piraeus, Department of International and European Studies (Master’s Program “Energy: Strategy, Law & Economics”) and Economic and Commercial Affairs Counselor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. He also served as a lecturer at the National School of Public Administration during the period 2020–2022 and as a Policy Leader Fellow at the European University Institute / School of Transnational Governance during the period 2019–2020. His research interests include connectivity, energy and transport networks, the Balkans, and EU external relations. His articles have been published, among others, in: Journal of European Integration, Europe-Asia Studies, Southeastern Europe, Journal of International Relations and Development, and European Foreign Affairs Review.
Selected publications:
Connectivity networks in the Western Balkans: Oscillating between resilience and Vulnerability, Southeastern Europe, 2025 (under review)
Building Connectivity Infrastructures in the Cold War Balkans: National Political Objectives and Transnational Technocratic Cooperation, Southeastern Europe, 2022, (46)2, 157–177. https://doi.org/10.30965/18763332-46020002
Building networks of change in the Western Balkans: looking back, moving forward, EUI/STG Policy Analysis, 2021/14. https://hdl.handle.net/1814/71876
Networks as Political Tools in the Western Balkans: From the ‘Brotherhood and Unity’ Highway to the Transport Community, Europe-Asia Studies, 2021, 74(8), 1483–1506. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2021.1923660