Spyridon A. Roukanas is Vice Rector of Academic and Administrative Affairs and Student Affairs of the University of Piraeus and Professor of International Political Economy at the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus. He graduated from the Department of International Economic Relations and Development of Democritus University of Thrace (2003). He was awarded his Master of Arts in International Political Economy from the University of Leeds (UK) (2004). He was awarded his Ph.D. at the Department of International Economic Relations and Development, Democritus University of Thrace (2008). His research interests include the study of International Political Economy and economic development in the countries of Southeastern Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean and emerging economies, as well as their relations with the EU. Parallel, he studies the effects of the international financial crisis on the contemporary international economic environment. He also examines the formation of the international economic environment under the prism of emerging economies in the global economy.
He has taught as Associate Educational Personnel at the Hellenic Open University, at the Neapolis University Pafos and he has taught to the following Master Programs: “International and European Studies”, “Energy: Strategy, Law & Economics”, “BRICS: Economy – Society – Foreign Policy” and “International and European Policies on Education, Training and Research”, Department of International and European Studies, University of Piraeus, “Global Political Economy” and “Governance and Public Policies”, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of the Peloponnese, ” Financial & Management Engineering”, Department of Financial and Management Engineering, University of the Aegean and ” SE Europe Studies”, Department of Law, Democritus University of Thrace.
His publications include indicatively the following: Vlados, C., Roukanas, S. A., Maris, G., Masouras, A., & Pappou, I. (2026). Entrepreneurship in the international political economy: Theory and policy. IGI Global, Roukanas, S.A., Vitzileos, V. (2025). Politics of IMF Lending in Times of Crisis: Greece and Argentina. In: Bartuseviciene, I., Antanas, B., Karasavvoglou, A., Polychronidou, P. (eds) Building Resilience Through Digital Transformation and Sustainable Innovation. EBEEC 2025. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-90054-9_3 , Panagiotopoulos, P. P., & Roukanas, S. A. (2024). Navigating the Greek Energy Crisis through a Multidimensional Approach: A Review Article. Energies, 17(16), 3915. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17163915 , Delagrammatikas, G., & Roukanas, S. (2023). 2 Offshore Wind Farm in the Southeast Aegean Sea and Energy Security. Energies, 16(13), 5208. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16135208 , Roukanas, S. (2021), Economic Theory: Seeking and Finding, Honorary Volume for Emeritus Professor of Economic Theory Georgios Th. Hadjiconstantinou, Thessaloniki, Tziola Publications (in Greek), Kotios, A. & Roukanas, S. (2021): The political economy of the Greek health sector and the implications of the economic crisis, European Politics and Society, DOI: 10.1080/23745118.2021.1895557, Roukanas, S.A. (2020), The Political Economy of Measurement and Evaluation of States, Athens, Pataki Publications, Series: Economy and Politics (in Greek), Roukanas, S. (2020), Measuring economic development and the impact of economic globalization, Studies in Business and Economics, no. 15(3)/2020, pp.185-207, Sklias, P.G, Roukanas, S.A and Floros S. F., (2019), The Political Economy of National and Energy Security, New York, Nova Science Publishers, Roukanas, S., Polychronidou, P and Karasavvoglou, A. (2018), The Political Economy of Development in Southeastern Europe, Switzerland, Springer International Publishing, Roukanas, S.A. and Sklias, P.G (2016), The Greek Political Economy 2000-2015, Delft, Eburon Academic Publishers.
