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Anastasios Gourgourinis is an adjunct lecturer in the Master’s program “Energy: Strategy, Law & Economics” at the Department of International & European Studies of the University of Piraeus.

He is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in the subject area of “Public International Law with an emphasis on International Economic Law”, and a member of the Athens Public International Law Center (AthensPIL). He is also an associate member (membre associé) of the Research Center on the Law of Markets and International Investments (Centre de Recherche sur le Droit des Marchés et des Investissements Internationaux de Dijon – CREDIMI) of the Université de Bourgogne, and a Research Associate at the Bureau of International and Constitutional Institutions of the Academy of Athens. Since 2010, he has been a member of the Board of Editors of the international legal journal International Community Law Review, published by De Gruyter Brill.

In July 2023, he received competitive funding for the research project titled “International Economic Law and Inclusiveness in Greek Society” under the H.F.R.I. (ELIDEK) action “Basic Research Financing (Horizontal support for all Sciences)” of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0”, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU (H.F.R.I. Project Number: 016119), which was successfully completed in September 2025.

During the period 2017-2020, he was a Rapporteur at the Scientific Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, serving as its Secretary, while he has also served as a member of the MAC Protocol Supervisory Authority Ad Hoc Committee, which was established by the UNIDROIT Governing Council and consisted of experts in the law of international treaties (2022–2023).

(Σημείωση: Στην εικόνα απουσιάζει η τελευταία παράγραφος σχετικά με τις σπουδές του που υπήρχε στο αρχικό σας κείμενο. Αν θέλετε να την προσθέσετε, η μετάφρασή της θα ήταν: He holds a law degree and a Master’s degree from the Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and has also received a second Master’s degree (LL.M.) with “Distinction” and a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) from the Faculty of Law of University College London as a scholar of the State Scholarships Foundation).

Theodoros Galanis holds a Law Degree and a Master’s Degree (LLM) from the Law School of the University of Athens, a Master’s Degree (LLM) in European Union Law from the University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), as well as a Doctoral Degree (PhD) in EU Competition Law from the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). He has taught extensively at Greek, Cypriot, and French universities in the fields of European Union law, competition law, and European energy law, and has published several books, articles, and scientific contributions in these same fields. He is currently working for an international organization.

Miltos Aslanoglou is a Mechanical Engineer and holds an M.Sc. degree in Applied Economics & Finance from the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), and an M.Sc. degree in Environmental Technology – Energy Policy from Imperial College London, UK.
His professional activity focuses on regulation in the energy sector, energy market design, and the development of competition.
In January 2021, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors at AirEnergy S.A., a Renewable Energy Sources project development company.
In December 2020, he was appointed General Manager of the Hellenic Energy Suppliers Association (ESPEN).
He served as Vice-President of the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) during the period 2010 – 2015, and was head of the Market Monitoring and Competition unit at RAE since 2002. He also served as an alternate member of the Board of Appeals of ACER (Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators).
Before joining the Greek Regulatory Authority for Energy, he worked in electricity and natural gas trading companies in London.

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