Dimitris Ziouvas is Professor of Criminal Law at Panteion University of Athens for Social and  Political Sciences. He studied law in Greece (LLB, University of Athens) and Germany (LLM,  University of Freiburg i.Br., and Doctor of Jurisprudence - Dr. iur.-, University of Cologne)  before holding a Readership (associate Professor) in Criminal Law and Compliance at the Law  School of the University od Sussex (UK).  

Prof Ziouvas is the founder and Director of the International Anti-Corruption Masterclass (https://www.rolacc.qa/the-inaugural-session-of-the-international-anti-corruption masterclass-series/). He has led the Master’s Programme „LLM in Corruption, Law and  Governance“ (University of Sussex). Dimitris has formerly served as a member of the Sussex  Crime Research Centre and the Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption. His research to  date has resulted in multiple fellowships (Hellenic Scholarships Foundation, German  Academic Exchange Service-DAAD, Scholarships Fund of the German Federal State of  North Rhine-Westphalia), and prestigious academic awards including the Tokyo Foundation  Young Leaders Award and the Alexander Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Academic  Award (for his doctoral thesis on capital markets criminal law, 2004).  

Dimitris has conducted research for the European Academy of Law (Germany) and the Ludwig  Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights (Austria) as a project lawyer in European Criminal Law  and Human Rights.  

Prof Ziouvas is the Director of the European University Center for Crime and Justice of  Panteion University of Athens and the editor-in-chief of the “Series on Criminal Law, Criminal  Policy and Human Rights”. He is also a Visiting Professor of the University of London (https://ials.sas.ac.uk/people/professor-dimitris-ziouvas). 

Awards, Social Impact and Business 

Prof Ziouvas received in December 2016 by the Secretary General of the United Nations the  International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award in the category Youth Empowerment. His  world leading anti-corruption research and civic engagement has been presented in media incl.  BBC and Al-Jazeera (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7jQ9ae3sGI). 

Dimitris serves as a member of the Academic Council of the Academy of Transparency and  Human Rights of the European Public Law Organization. He has been a member of the  Advisory Board of the Greek Anti-Corruption Authority (by Prime Minister΄s appointment) as  well as founder and co-ordinator of the Civil Society Network “Anti-Corruption Youth Greece” 

(see https://www.facebook.com/AntiCorruptionYouthGreece/). Dimitris regularly represents  States and international organizations at international anti-corruption fora (United Nations, 

OECD, ICC) with a special focus on the United Nations Convention against Corruption  (Implementation Review Group, Conference of State Parties to the UNCAC, see  https://www1.eplo.int/newsitem/820/delegation-of-athr-at-uncac,  

https://www1.eplo.int/newsitem/755/eplo-in-the-conference-of-the-state-parties-to-the-un convention-against-corruption). He is a regular member of the Anti-Corruption Academic  Initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Vienna, Austria).  

Dimitris has served as President of the Young Penalists Committee, and as a member of the  Board of Directors and the Scientific Committee of the International Association of Penal Law  (AIDP). He is a CEDR accredited mediator and the President of the Hellenic Institute of  Certified Mediators and Arbitrators (HICMA). Dimitris is also a member of the Association of  Certified Fraud Examiners and an International Anti-Corruption Academy alumnus. 

Prof Ziouvas has practiced financial criminal, compliance and corporate governance law for  over 15 years and is currently admitted as a lawyer before the courts of Greece (Hellenic  Supreme Court, State Council and Court of Audit) and Germany. He has worked as a  compliance officer and an ombudsman for publicly traded companies and has consulted  multinational corporations and state authorities on sustainability and integrity governance,  criminal compliance and capacity building.