Constantine Arvanitopoulos is the Director General of the Konstantinos G. Karamanlis
Foundation. He is a former Minister of Education, and Professor of International Relations at
the Department of International and European Studies at Panteion University, Athens. He is
a graduate of Panteion University and holds an MA and a PhD in International Relations
from the School of International Service, American University, Washington DC.
He was the Constantine Karamanlis chair in Hellenic and European Studies at the Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (2019-2022). He has been Lecturer on
International Relations and Comparative Politics at the School of International Service at the
American University (1987-89), Post-doctoral Fellow at the Center for European Studies at
Harvard University (1990-92) and Assistant Professor of Government and European Politics
at the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University (1992-95).
He was Chair of the Department of International and European Studies at Panteion
University from 2006 to 2010. He was Member of the High Council of the European
University Institute, Florence, as representative of Greece, for 5 years (2004-2009). He was
member of the board of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture (2005-2006).