Themis Christophidou is the Director-General of the European Commission’s Regional and Urban Policy department since September 2023. Between 2018 and 2023, Themis Christophidou served as Director General of the European Commission’s Education, Youth, Sport and Culture department. She is a civil engineer with a 38-year professional experience in the public and private sector.
Themis Chrisrophidou has been serving the EU for over 23 years. She has held various posts, from transport program manager in the Directorate-General for Regional Policy to Member of Cabinet of the first European Commissioner from Poland, Danuta Huebner. She has also served as deputy head of Cabinet of Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, as Head of Cabinet of the Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Maria Damanaki and as Head of Cabinet of the Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides. more
Jacques-François Thisse, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, of the Regional Science Association International and of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, is professor emeritus of economics and regional science at the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium). He has published more than 150 papers in various scientific journals, including American Economic Review, Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, and Journal of Urban Economics. He is the co-author of Discrete Choice Theory of Product Differentiation (The MIT Press), Economics of Agglomeration (Cambridge University Press) and Economic Geography (Princeton University Press). Jacques-François Thisse is also the recipient of the 2024 Founder’s Medal of the Regional Science Association International. more