Vassilis Stavrakas is Financial Director and Senior Research Associate at the Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy (IEECP).

He hold a Bachelor’s (BSc) and a Master’s (MSc) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA, 8.36/10 equivalent to first- 5% ranking according to academic performance) and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in the area of modelling and simulation methods in support of low-carbon energy systems, pursued under the supervision of Prof. Dr Alexandros Flamos at the University of Piraeus (UNIPI).

He has been working for several years now in the fields of energy system modelling, energy planning and management, industrial business model innovation and twin transition, and low-carbon pathways and scenario development, in the context of public- and private-funded research projects, while he also has more than 10 years of experience working in European Commission-funded projects (i.e., FP7, IEE, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, and LIFE).

He has published several articles in high-impact international scientific journals (peer-reviewed) and papers in international conferences and have been invited as a speaker to major international energy policy events (e.g., EUSEW, COP-side events, etc.) and prestigious academic and research conferences (e.g., IAMC, ECEMP/ EMP-E, SESAAU, SDEWES, etc.).

He is also a Teaching Associate at a post-graduate level, teaching “Modelling and Optimisation of Energy and Environmental Systems” and “Utilisation of Renewable Energy Sources” at the UNIPI’s “Energy and Environment” Master programme, and an Editorial Board Member at the “Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy (ESPB)” scientific journal (Taylor & Francis Group).