Michael Polemis is an Associate Professor of Industrial Economics at the Department of Economics and a Member of the Hellenic Competition Commission from April 2017. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. During the period 2008-2011 he served as a teaching assistant at the Economics Department of the University of Piraeus in Greece, while for the years 2004-2014 he served as a scientific expert-economist and head of unit at the Hellenic Competition Commission. His main areas of research include industrial organisation, competition policy and regulation and energy and environmental economics. Based on IDEAS RePEc’s ranking list, he is ranked in the Top 10% of economists globally and in the Top 5% of economists in Greece (this ranking only takes into account publications from the last 10 years, for authors registered with the RePEc Author Service). He has more than 1000 citations as appeared in Google Scholar. He has published more than 80 papers in many distinguished scientific journals such as the European Journal of Operational Research, Economics Letters, Regional Studies, International Journal of Finance & Economics, International Business Review, The Energy Journal, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Journal of Environmental Management, Empirical Economics, Economic Modelling, among others. He has written five scientific books and serves as a member of the editorial board of the European Competition Journal and Energy Research Letters. He participates in many international conferences in Greece and abroad.
