Dr. Elena Lazarou is the Director General at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Greece.
She previously headed the External Policies Unit of the European Parliament's in house think tank; the Center for International Relations of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil; and the Euro- Mediterranean Observatory of the Hellenic Center for European Studies, Athens. From 2010-2015 she was Assistant Professor of International Relations and European Studies at FGV.
She received a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Cambridge in 2008 and subsequently held postdoctoral research positions at the University of Cambridge, the University of Sheffield and the London School of Economics (LSE), as well as various visiting positions in think tanks and universities in Europe and the United States. She has published edited volumes, articles and policy briefs in English, Portuguese and Greek on EU foreign, security and defence policy; transatlantic relations and on the future of multilateralism.
Dr. Lazarou is an Associate Fellow with the US and Americas Programme at Chatham House, a Senior Adviser at the European Policy Center (EPC), and an International Invited Professor at FGV's Centre of Excellence on EU-South America Global Governance.