Michael Ioannidis

Michael Ioannidis is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law and Lead Legal Counsel at the European Central Bank (ECB). His work focuses on EU Constitutional Law, EU Economic Law, International Economic Law, and Comparative Public Law with a theoretical emphasis.

• LL.B. and LL.M. degrees from National and Kapodestrian University of Athens
• LL.M. from University of Cambridge
• Ph.D. from Goethe University Frankfurt

His research interests intersect EU law, economic governance, and constitutional theory. Recent publications explore climate change integration into monetary policy, Eurozone conditionality, and rule of law enforcement mechanisms. Key subtopics include banking union oversight, ECB strategy reviews, and pandemic-era economic governance.

Scientific awards include:

• IKY State Scholarships
• George and Marie Vergottis Cambridge Bursary
• IKY Prize for top Law students in Athens

He has presented at institutions like Humboldt University Berlin, University of Amsterdam, and Aristotle University Thessaloniki. His teaching includes European Union Law seminars at MPIL since 2014.