Helen Kavvadia (Dr.) is Visiting Research Associate, at the Institute of Political Science of the University of Luxembourg. Prior to this, she was a Senior Adviser at the Communications Department of the European Investment Bank (EIB), which she joined initially as a Loan Officer. She holds a PhD in Economics and Political Science from the Panteion University in Athens, and an MSc at the London School of Economics (LSE) and a Diploma in Diplomatic and Strategic Studies at the Centre des Études Diplomatiques et Stratégiques (CEDS), after graduating the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and The American College of Greece. Her research interest focuses on political economy and economic diplomacy, a topic she teaches at the University of Luxembourg, since 2017.