Stefanos Gandolfo has been the director of the Athens Columbia Global Center since June 2024. Previously he was employed at the Office of the Prime Minister of Greece where he worked as a special advisor to the Minister of State responsible for the government’s policy on disabilities. Prior to that, he spent more than two years in the Ministry of Education in Greece where as chief of policy he spearheaded efforts to forge global partnerships with universities from around the world. He holds a BA in Economics and Philosophy from Yale University, an MA from Peking University in Chinese Philosophy (taught in Chinese), and PhD from the University of Oxford in East Asian Studies.