Aristides Hatzis is a Professor of Law & Economics at the University of Athens (Ph.D. University of Chicago) and a Fellow of the Institute for Research in Economics and Fiscal Issues (IREF). He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Society of European Contract Law, the Steering Committee of the European Network for Better Regulation and the Editorial Board of the European Review of Contract Law. He is a member of the scientific boards of the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy and the Liberal Forum of Greece. He served (from 2014 to 2016) as a member of the National Council for Research & Technology, the supreme advisory body of the Greek government for the formulation of Research policy and as a member of the steering committee (2004-2006) of the European Association of Law & Economics. He is the recipient of several fellowships and awards and his papers have been published in major academic journals. He has lectured as Visiting Professor in several Greek, European and North-American universities. He is the co-editor of Law and Economics: Philosophical Issues and Fundamental Questions (Routledge, 2016) and the author (in Greek) of A Short Introduction to Liberalism (2017) and Arguments for Liberty (2017). His op-eds have been published by the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, Korean Herald, the CNBC and other major international and Greek media. He has also given interviews to major international media outlets: Bloomberg News, Economist, Euronews, BBC, Guardian, Spiegel, U.S. National Public Radio, Time, Voice of America, Belgian, Canadian, Chinese, Finish, French, German, Irish, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish State TV and Radio, etc.)