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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

E: ourania.dimitraki@beds.ac.uk