Dr. Paraskevi Koufopoulou holds a PhD from the Department of Economics, School of Economics, Business & International Studies, University of Piraeus, with the title of her PhD thesis “The informal economy in health care: Trends – Developments – Prospects. Research Findings of a Field Study”. Furthermore, she holds a degree from the Department of Social Policy & Social Anthropology (Direction of Social Policy) of the Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences, as well as a Master’s Degree in “State & Public Policy” (Direction of Administrative Science), from the Department of Political Science & Public Administration, School of Law, Economics & Political Sciences, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.