Dr Ourania Dimitraki
Senior Lecturer in Economics and Finance, Course Coordinator - MSc Financial Economics & MSc International Relations Management
I started my professional life as a governmental official in Greece. I finished my PhD in Economics in Brunel ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, UK, in July 2012 and joined the Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Global Strategy Group in the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Essex in October 2012 as an expert on accounting and finance. Hence, I am one of the online tutors for the CeFIMS and CeDeP centres in SOAS ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½.
As an Academic I am dedicated, adaptable and personable with a proactive, detail-oriented and results-driven approach. Moreover, I have a specialist interest in applied economics, particularly defence & peace economics. My principal research interests, though, lay on the impact of the regional aspect of social reproduction under specific socio-historical conditions and political/governmental policies on economic growth in different countries.
At present I am investigating the effects of political regime types, the policies which stem out of different political systems and the underlying social environment on the economic well-being in LDC (mainly Asian countries and the Balkans).
Finally, among my future plans is to expand my involvement in international peace research programs.
Other References
Qualifications
- PhD Economics – Brunel ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, UK
- MRes Politics – Brunel ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, UK
- BSc (Hons) Ptyxion Economics – Aristotle ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Greece
- PG Certificate (Public Policy Analysis) -London School of Economics
- PG Certificate (Law & Economics) – Linköping ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Sweden
- Certificate of Training in Economy and Law – Kapodistriako ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Greece
- Certificate of Training in Internal Auditing – Kapodistriako ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Greece
Teaching Expertise
- International Relations/Security
- Public Economics/Finance
- Development Economics
- Political economy
- Research Methods
- Econometrics
- Auditing
Research Interests
- Defense economics
- Economic Growth
- Business Economics
- Political economics
Research Projects
- Dimitraki, O., Klapper, L.F. and Panos, G.A Business Performance, competitiveness and corporate conduct: A study of informal origins in the Western Balkans.
- Dimitraki, O. and Emmanouilidis, K. Interactional Impact of Defence Expenditure and Political Instability on Economic Growth in Nigeria: Revisited.
- Dimitraki, O. and Emmanouilidis, K. Political Instability and Economic growth: Re-examining Western Europe.
External Roles
- Advisory Board -
- Women’s Network [ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½]: events officer role within the Women's Network
Journals
- Journal of Defense and Peace Economics
- Journal of European Political Economy
- Journal of General Management (JGM)
- Journal of Asia-Pacific of Accounting and Economics
- Editorial Board: Scientific Annals of the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Iasi Romania FEAA
- Editorial Board: World Economy ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
Publishers
- Pearson Education
- Palgrave McMillan
- Oxford ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Press
Membership
- HEA – Fellow in Higher Education
- Royal Economic Society
- International Atlantic Economic Society
- Economic History Association
- Political Studies Association
- Institute for Learning
- Defence Research Group
- CEA UK
- Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain
Publications
Journals
- Menla-Ali, F.& Dimitraki, O. (2014), Military spending and economic growth in China: a regime-switching analysis. . 46 (28), 3408-3420. Also selected for the Taylor and Francis series: .
- Dimitraki, O. & Menla-Ali, F. (2015), The long –run causal relationship between military expenditure and economic growth in China: Revisited. Journal of Defence and Peace Economics 26 (3), 311-326. Also, selected by Routledge studies for the series 'China: The Economic Powerhouse' under '' title.
- Dimitraki, O. & Kartsaklas, A. (2018) Sovereign Debt, Deficits and Defence spending: The case of Greece. , 29 (6), 712-727.
- Dimitraki, O. & Win, S. (2020) Military Expenditure and Economic Growth nexus in Jordan: An application of ARDL Bound Test Analysis in the presence of Breaks. . 32 (7), 864-881
- Dimitraki, O. (2022) Impact of COVID -19 on Defence spending in China: military burden or peacekeeping facilitation? . 7 (4), 137-161.
- Dimitraki, O. and Emmanouilidis, K. (2023). Analysis of the Economic Effects of Defence Spending in Spain: A Re-examination through Dynamic ARDL Simulations and Kernel-Based Regularized Least Squares. .
- Dimitraki, O. and Emmanouilidis, K. 2024. Interactional Impact of Defence Expenditure and Political Instability on Economic Growth in Nigeria: Revisited. .
Books/Chapters in Books
- Burt, G Values, World Society and Modelling Yearbook, 2015 guest contributor: ‘The Greek bailout referendum by Ourania Dimitraki’.
Contact Details
telephone
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ switchboard
During office hours
(Monday-Friday 08:30-17:00)
+44 (0)1234 400 400
Outside office hours
(Campus Watch)
+44 (0)1582 74 39 89
Admissions
admission@beds.ac.uk
International office
international@beds.ac.uk
Student support
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Registration
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