Loukas Tsoukalis was born in Athens. He studied economics and international relations at the University of Manchester, the College of Europe in Bruges, and the University of Oxford where he obtained his doctoral degree and taught for many years. He later became Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration at the University of Athens (1990) and Eleftherios Venizelos Professor at the London School of Economics (1998). Meanwhile, he was part-time director of the economics department and visiting professor at the College of Europe for more than two decades. He has held visiting professorships at the Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC, the European University Institute in Florence, King’s College London and Harvard University Kennedy School. Additionally, he has advised former Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council.
He is (affiliate) Professor at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po , Emeritus Professor of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and President of the Board of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).
Author of many books on European integration and international political economy translated into several languages. In 2021, Oxford University Press published Europe’s Transformations – Essays in Honour of Loukas Tsoukalis with contributions from leading personalities from European academics and political leaders. His latest book Europe’s Coming of Age was published by Polity Press in 2023.
He has received decorations from Greece, France, Japan and Spain and many academic distinctions and awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award (2022) by the University Association for Contemporary European Studies.
