Economics speaker Christopher Pissarides is a professor at both the London School of Economics and the University of Cyprus. He is also Cyprus’ Council of National Economy’s chairman.

Christopher Pissarides received his education at the London School of Economics and the University of Essex. He spent a significant amount of time at the universities of Princeton, Harvard, and California.

In addition to the economics of labor markets, speaker Christopher Pissarides is an expert in macroeconomic policy and economic growth. He shared the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2010 with Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen for his economics of markets with frictions work.

He had previously won the IZA Prize in Labor Economics in 2005, which he shared with Dale Mortensen. A prolific author, he has published articles in a variety of professional journals, the press, and magazines.

His book Equilibrium Unemployment Theory is a well-regarded work in the field of economics of unemployment. In fact, the book has been published in a number of languages. When it comes to matters relating to the Eurozone and Europe’s future integration, he is frequently cited in the news media.

Christopher has earned numerous honors and awards, such as Fellow of the Econometric Society and Fellow of the British Academy.

The European Economic Association elected him to the position of President in 2011. During that same year, he obtained Cyprus’ highest honor, the Grand Cross. In 2013, he also gained the honor of knighthood.

In 2020, the prime minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, chose Pissarides to come up with a long-term growth strategy for Greece. As a result of the COVID-19 epidemic and the introduction of the European Recovery Fund, this task has become even more vital and urgent.

From September 2020, he has become EuroAfrica Interconnector’s chairman.