METAXIA KOUSKOUNA Assistant Professor EU Law
email: mkousk@law.uoa.gr
NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS (NKUA) Faculty of Law Department of International and European Union Law
45, Akadimias str., Athens 10672
STUDIES
LLB (ptychion): School of Law NKUA
D.E.A. Droit Européen, Paris II
PhD in EU Law, School of Law NKUA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
School of Law, NKUA (graduate and post graduate programmes1997-):
-EU Law (Institutional and economic)
-Implementation of EU Law in the Greek legal order
-European Environmental Law
-Human Rights in the EU
-External Action of the EU
-Internal Market and Competition Law, EU Law in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (2020-) https://llm-inteurl.law.uoa.gr/
-Seminar II (EU Asylum and Migration Law) EU Law in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (2020-) llm-inteurl.law.uoa.gr
-Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania member of CIHEAM: (post graduate programme): Environmental legislation, Environmental management (2001-)
-Panteion University (post graduate programme 2004-2010): Protection of Human Rights in the EU
-Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) University of London: Coordination Methods in the Framework of Legal Drafting, Institutional structure, Internal Market and Competition (post graduate programme 2011-)
PUBLICATIONS
-M. Kouskouna, La Presse et le Traité de Rome (mémoire D.E.A.) (143 pages)
-M. Kouskouna, Public policy, public security, and public morality: exceptions on the free movement of goods (PHD thesis) (in Greek, 220 pages)
-M. Kouskouna, EU Policy in the Yugoslavian crisis (in Greek), in International Crisis and International Organizations: Persian Gulf and Yugoslavia, Sakkoulas 1994 (16 pages)
-M. Kouskouna, Economic sanctions against EU Member States: infringement of European Community environmental legislation by Hellenic Democracy, ECJ of 04.07.2000, C-387/97, Commission v Greece (Kouroupitos) (in Greek), Perivallon ke Dikaio 3/2000, pp. 390-398
-M. Kouskouna, Quelques réflexions sur l’intervention de préoccupations de caractère éthique dans le secteur agricole communautaire, in A. AOUIJ-MRAD, J.P. BEURIER, T. BOURGOIGNIE, S. GEROTTO, M. KOUSKOUNA, N. OLIVETTI-RASON, R. ROMI, M. SANCY, Questions choisies de droit comparé de l’environnement, Padoue 2002, pp. 81-92
-M. Kouskouna, Animal protection in EC law (in Greek), in Ι.Κ. Karakostas, A. Bredimas, The protection of animals and the law Sakkoulas 2005, pp. 195-216
-M. Kouskouna, Transboundary pollution: the transport of waste in EC law (in Greek), in A. Bredimas, Transboundary pollution: domestic, international and European dimension, Sakkoulas 2006, pp. 137-154
-M. Kouskouna, Bologna procedure and Lisbon Strategy: OMC in higher education (in greek), Efarmoges of Public Law, 2006, pp. 65-78
-M. Kouskouna, Provision of Services and Education (in Greek) Nomiki Bibliothiki 2007, pp. 399-422
-M. Kouskouna, European Strategy of Integrated Coastal Management: an example of OMC in the area of environmental protection (in greek), nomosphysis.org.gr 2007
-M. Kouskouna, EU law issues in transboundary environmental risks, in Pediaditi K., Stanojevic M., Karydas, Ch., Zianis D., Boretos, N., Development of a Web based Decision Support System for trans-boundary environmental risk assessment and management, Proceedings of the IEMSS fourth biennial meeting: international congress on environmental modelling and software, International environmental modelling and software society, Barcelona, Catalonia, July 2008 pp. 1195-1202
-M. Kouskouna, The Greek response to the European Strategy of Integrated Coastal Management (in greek), in Α. Yotopoulos-Marangopoulos, A. Bredimas, L.-A. Sicilianos, The protection of the environment in law and practice, Nomiki Bibliothiki 2008, pp. 84-99
-M. Kouskouna, Ecological Risk Assessment: legal implications of a tool for European Environmental Governance, Studies in Honour of Professor M. Stathopoulos, Sakkoulas 2009, pp. 1311-1322
-M. Kouskouna, Recognition of professional qualifications acquired through franchising agreements, ECJ of 23.10.2008, C-274/05, Commission v Greece, European Politeia, 1/2009, pp. 179-187
- M. Kouskouna, Enhancing the powers of the European Parliament: a contribution to the democratic legitimization of the EU institutional system (in Greek), European Politeia, 2/2009, pp. 323-334
-M. Kouskouna, A decision support system for assessing and managing environment risk cross borders in Pediaditi K., Stanojevic M., Kouskouna M., Karydas C., Zianis D., Petropoulos George P., Boretos N., Earth science informatics 2011, pp. 107-115
-M. Kouskouna, Economic Freedoms: Goods, Persons, Services, Capital (Chapter ΙΙ) (in Greek) in V. Christianos, M. Kouskouna, R. E. Papadopoulou, M. Perakis, EU Law in the CJEU case law, Sakkoulas 2011, pp. 185-316
-M. Kouskouna, EU Competence for Supportive Action (in Greek), Nomiki Bibliothiki 2012 (145 pages)
- M. Kouskouna, Directive 2006/123/ΕC and tourist services, in A. Koutsouradis, International and European dimension of tourism (in Greek), Nomiki Bibliothiki 2012, pp. 91-106
-M. Kouskouna, The EU citizen: a relation of double legal subordination (in greek), Proceedings of the International Conference “EU and Greece: scientific and Political Issues”, Panteion University 2014, pubadmin.panteion.gr, pp. 122-145
-M. Kouskouna, Retained Competence of the Member States of the European Union: an obstacle to European integration? (in Greek), in A. Samara et al., in Memoriam of Professor Ilias Krispis, Sakkoulas 2015, pp. 833-850
-M. Kouskouna, Schengen space and Refugee crisis (in Greek), Dikaiomata tou Anthropou, Libertas 70/2016, pp. 913-932
-M. Kouskouna in collaboration with T. Kyriazi, Updating the EU Anti-Trafficking Legal Framework: A study of the Role and Value of the 2011 EU Directive on Trafficking in Human Beings 427, European Politeia, 2/16, pp. 393-427
-M. Kouskouna, One year from the EU-Turkey Statement: towards an evaluation (in Greek), Proceedings of the first conference organised by the Legal Service of the Greek Ministry of Defence, May 2017, www.scribd.com/document/378253167, pp. 31-41
-M. Kouskouna, EU legal framework on human trafficking: strengthening the procedure of identification of victims, in (edit. K. Koufa Foundation) European Policies from and towards Human Rights Protection, Sakkoulas 2018, pp. 79-90
-M. Kouskouna, State aid for the protection of the environment (in Greek), in V. Christianos, M. Rodopoulos, State Aid Law, Nomiki Bibliothiki 2020, pp. 239-257
-M. Kouskouna, State aid in the area of culture (in Greek), in V. Christianos, M. Rodopoulos, State Aid Law, Nomiki Bibliothiki 2020, pp. 258-275
-M. Kouskouna, Diagrams of EU environmental law (in Greek), in D. Vasiliadis, Ch. Divani, M. Kouskouna, A. Papapetropoulos, Environment: Diagrammes-Comments-Case law-Samples), Nomiki Bibliothiki 2016 (updated in 2020)
-M. Kouskouna, EU environmental law (in Greek), in Ch. Divani, Th. Kanellopoulou, M. Kouskouna, A. Papapetropoulos, The law of the environment, Nomiki Bibliothiki 2021, pp. 945-976
-M. Kouskouna, Promoting the EU environmental model of circular economy at the global level, contribution international e-Conference “EU Values, Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue: Enhancing the debate” 21-23 April 2021: jmpeuvadis.uom.gr (to be published in Springer)
-M. Kouskouna, Legal and Irregular migration in the EU legal order: a sacrifice of equality for the sake of security? (in Greek), in D. Anagnostopoulou, Challenges in immigration and asylum policies at the international, European and national level, Publications of the UNESCO Chair, volume 9 and of the Jean Monnet Project EUVadis “Enhancing the Debate on Intercultural Dialogue, EU Values and Diversity”, Papazissis 2022, pp. 61-81
-M. Kouskouna, Articles 26-37 TFEU, 38-44 TFEU, 166, 167, 168 TFEU (in Greek), in V. Christianos, Commentary of the Treaty on establishing the EU and the Treaty on the Functioning of EU, Nomiki Bibliothiki 2025, pp. 260-292, 292-307, 819-840
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
-Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania Crete (MAICh/CIHEAM)
-Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) University of London: EU Law
-MAICh (Department of Geoinformation in Environmental Management) https://www.iamc.ciheam.org/
-IALS https://ials.sas.ac.uk/
-Athens PIL http://www.athenspil.law.uoa.gr/
Academic Responsible for Erasmus agreements with the Universities:
-Bucerius Law School (Hamburg)
-Riga Stradins University
-Radboud University Nijmegen
-IALS (UK)
-Universiteit Hasselt (UHasselt), member of Transnational University Limburg (tUL) network
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
In collaboration with MAICh (Steering Commitee):
ISOTEIA, STRiM (ΜΑΙCh 2003-6)
In collaboration with the Centre for European Constitutional Law, Themistocles, and Dimitris Tsatsos Foundation (CECL):
-Assistance to the Ministry of Justice in BiH in internal organization and improvements of administrative capacity to undertake European Integration tasks, CARDS 2004, TWINNING LIGHT PROJECT- BA 04.03/01.01, https://www.cecl.gr/en/category-projects/technical-assistance/2012/09/18/assistance-to-the-ministry-of-justice-in-bih-in-internal-organization-and-improvements-of-administrative-capacity-to-undertake-european-integration-tasks
-Support to Justice - Kosovo EAR (CARDS 2005), https://www.cecl.gr/en/category-projects/technical-assistance/2012/09/18/support-to-justice-kosovo
In collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs:
Collection / Codification of legislation – Collection of Greek Courts Reports & European Union Court Reports - Proposals to simplify the implementation of legislation (Ministry of Internal Affairs-Secretariat for Gender Equality), March 2012 - September 2013
In collaboration with the EPLO and the University BACHESECHIR, ISTANBUL:
-PSELLOS ΙΙ (2008) and PSELLOS ΙΙΙ (2009) (training courses in EU Law and Human Rights) https://www1.eplo.int/project/309?language=en
LANGUAGES
English, French, German, Spanish
