Gkoulgkoutsika Alexandra

Alexandra Gkoulgkoutsika holds a BSc in Economics, specializing in General Economic Theory and Policy and an MA in Economics with a specialization in International and European Economics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). Her doctoral research (Ph.D. in Economics), entitled “Economic Growth: Theoretical and Empirical Evaluation of Alternative Methodologies”, was carried out at the School of Economics of AUTH with a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation. She also completed post-doctoral research with a scholarship of excellence from AUTH on issues of economic growth and air pollution.
She worked for six years in the private sector. She then taught for two years at the School of Economics of AUTH and has been teaching at the Department of Social Policy of the Democritus University of Thrace since 2021.
Her main current research interests are in economic growth, economic efficiency, public spending, and environmental efficiency, where she has conducted empirical research and constructed indicators and new estimation methods with publications in international journals, including an EU-funded project, and two book chapters.