Hellenic Observatory, LSE

06/10/2026

📢 Don't forget to register!

Join us for a timely conversation with Alexis Papahelas, Executive Editor of Kathimerini, and Professor Vassilis Monastiriotis as they reflect on Greece's trajectory and prospects.

📆 Monday 19 October 2026, 6.30pm
ℹ️ Read more: https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/greece-in-a-fragmenting-world
🎟️ To attend in person, register here: https://lse360.my.site.com/events/s/event-signup?eId=a0iSq0000059NgrIAE

05/10/2026

Household consumption expenditure
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https://www.greeceinnumbers.com/en-gb/Living%20Standards,%20Inequality,%20and%20Social%20Protection/Consumption%20and%20living%20standards

03/10/2026

A new world (dis)order? Lessons from the past, decisions for the future

In the first Athens Lecture of the academic year, Kristina Spohr, Professor at the Department of International History, LSE, argues that understanding today's world requires us to revisit how the international order was shaped, why it was built, and who built it.

Discussant: Panayotis Tsakonas, Professor of International Relations, Security Studies and Foreign Policy Analysis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)

➡ Join us for this timely and thought-provoking discussion.

📅 Thursday 5 November 2026, 7.00pm

📍Central Building, Propylaea, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 30 Panepistimiou Street, Athens

ℹ️ More information: https://tinyurl.com/bdrje8m9

🎟️ Register to join us: https://tinyurl.com/mr3t2tcr

01/10/2026

From crisis to stability to what? Greece in a fragmenting world

Register and join us for a conversation with Alexis Papahelas, Executive Editor of Kathimerini.

📆 Monday 19 October 2026, 6.30pm
ℹ️ Read more: https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/greece-in-a-fragmenting-world
🎟️ To attend in person, register here: https://lse360.my.site.com/events/s/event-signup?eId=a0iSq0000059NgrIAE

29/09/2026

Price Developments: Inflation, Energy, Food, and Housing

https://www.greeceinnumbers.com/en-gb/Prices%20/Consumer 👇

24/09/2026

From crisis to stability to what? Greece in a fragmenting world

Join us for a conversation with Alexis Papahelas, Executive Editor of Kathimerini and one of Greece’s leading journalists, as he reflects on Greece’s trajectory and prospects. Papahelas will examine how shifting global power dynamics, regional tensions and domestic developments are shaping Greece's future role in Europe and the wider world.

📆 Monday 19 October 2026, 6.30pm
ℹ️ Read more: https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/greece-in-a-fragmenting-world
🎟️ To attend in person, register here: https://lse360.my.site.com/events/s/event-signup?eId=a0iSq0000059NgrIAE

08/09/2026

⏳ Deadline Extended!

The Research Innovation Programme on Greece & Cyprus, supported by the A.G. Leventis Foundation, is now accepting applications until 24 September 2026.

This year’s Call focuses on two key themes:

🔹 The class divide: privilege, institutional interlocks and the reproduction of social stratification
🔹 Being female: inclusion, inequality, participation and empowerment

👉 Visit our website to learn more about the research themes, application process, timeline and deliverables.

The LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece & Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory invites applications for research project funding under its new Research Innovation Programme, supported by the A.G. Leventis Foundation.

07/09/2026

Primary and secondary education: students, teachers and funding

https://www.greeceinnumbers.com/en-gb/Public%20Services/Education

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📈 The number of primary school pupils fluctuated between 630,000 and 650,000 over the two decades from 1998 to 2018. Since then, it has fallen to 565,000.

📈 At the same time, the number of primary school teachers has increased substantially: from 52,000 in 2001 to 78,000 in 2024.

📈 The number of primary schools, by contrast, has declined steadily. From 6,100 in the 2000–01 school year, it fell to 4,300 in 2023–24.

📈 In secondary education, the number of students has remained relatively stable over the past 20 years, at around 700,000. In the late 1990s, it was close to 800,000.

📈 Over the past decade, the number of secondary school teachers has remained at around 80,000.

📈 Public spending on primary and secondary education amounted to 2.4% of GDP in 2024, the lowest share in 25 years.

Greece in Numbers aims to support evidence-based public debate by presenting data in a neutral way, without advancing specific interpretations.

03/09/2026

📢 New Research Paper available!

Professor Theodore Panagiotidis, Dr Paraskevi Tzika and Dr Georgios Voucharas have been working on the project Housing Affordability, Housing Investment, and the Residential Rental Market in Greece.

➡ In their research paper, published as GreeSE Paper 223, they introduce the Greek Housing Market Uncertainty (HMU) index, a monthly newspaper-based measure designed to capture housing-specific uncertainty. Using Local Projections and their state-dependent and time-varying extensions, they examine the dynamic effects of HMU shocks on key housing market variables. The results show that house prices respond negatively to housing uncertainty shocks, albeit with a lag, while residential loan growth also declines significantly in the short run.

📚 You can read the Paper here: https://tinyurl.com/ytadfbn6

➡️Read more about the Project: https://tinyurl.com/4mv69ntd

* The Project is part of the HO Research Calls Programme, funded by the Athanasios C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation and Dr Vassili G. Apostolopoulos II .

13/08/2026

⏳ One month left to apply!

The Research Innovation Programme on Greece & Cyprus, supported by the A.G. Leventis Foundation, is accepting applications until 10 September.

This year’s Call focuses on two key themes:

🔹 The class divide: privilege, institutional interlocks and the reproduction of social stratification
🔹 Being female: inclusion, inequality, participation and empowerment

👉 Visit our website to learn more about the research themes, application process, timeline and deliverables.

The LSE Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece & Cyprus - Hellenic Observatory invites applications for research project funding under its new Research Innovation Programme, supported by the A.G. Leventis Foundation.