George Petrakos

Academic interests
Urban and Regional Growth,
Economic Geography,
Regional Development and Policy,
International Economic Relations and European Integration
Economies in transition with emphasis on the Balkans.

Studies
1988 Ph.D. in Economics, Arizona State University, U.S.A
1987 M.Sc. in Economics, Arizona State University, U.S.A
1982 B.Sc. in Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business

Employment
2008 – 2010 Chairman of the Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly
2007 – 2011 Vice President, European Regional Science Association (ERSA)
2007 – 2009 Councelor of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI)
2007 Director of Graduate Studies of the Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly
2006 – 2008 Member of the Executive Research Board of the University of Thessaly
2004 Professor of Spatial Economics, University of Thessaly
2004 Visiting Professor,Victoria University, Australia
2003 Visiting Professor, University of National and Word Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 – 2004 Chairman of the Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly
2000 Academic Visitor, London School of Economics and Political Sciences, Department of Geography and Environment
1998 Director of the Thessaly University Publications
1996 Director of the South and East European Development Center
1996 Director of the Regional Economic Analysis Laboratory of the Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly
1994 – 1995 Alternate member of the Senate, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Bussines
1991 – 1995 Lecturer in Economics, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Bussines
1991 – 1993 Member of the Senate, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Bussines
1987 – 1988 Visiting Professor of Economics, Department of Social Sciences, Mesa Community College, Arizona, U.S.A
1986 – 1988 Instructor of Economics, Department of Economics, Arizona State University