Maria M. Mendrinou is Professor of European Political Economy and European Integration at the Department of International Relations and European Studies of the University of Piraeus. She holds degrees from the University of Athens on Political Science, an MA in Politics from Brandeis University (USA), and a Ph.D. in Government from the University of Manchester (UK). She has participated in international conferences in Europe and the USA and in numerous research projects. She has published extensively in Greek and English. She has extensive teaching experience at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Previous positions include the post of Associate Professor at the University of Crete and Assistant Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her main research interests include: the study of the European integration and the organizational and political aspects of the EU, EU governance and its evolution, European public policy, European political economy of policy development, European politics, and party politics at the EU level and electoral politics. Currently, she is the Director of the Graduate Program on International and European Policies on Education, Training, and Research, at the Department of International Relations and European Studies of the University of Piraeus.

Courses Postgraduate Program:

• Economic, Institutional and Political Constitution of Europe
• Comparative Political Systems
• Processes of Policy Formation and (Policy) Supervision in the EU
• The Political Economy of European Union
• The EU in the World Politics and Economy

Courses MA Program:

• ‘European Integration’ P. Ifestos & M. Mendrinou
• ‘European Political Economy and European Governance’ Ch. Hatziemmanuel & M. Mendrinou