Born in Athens in 1977, George Karavokyris studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He received his Master (2001) and his PhD (2008, with distinction) in public law from the Law School of the University Paris II (Panthéon-Assas). His doctoral thesis is entitled «Personal Autonomy in French Public Law» and has been published in Belgium and France (Bruylant, Brussels, 2013, 778 p., in French). His second book, «The Constitution and the Crisis» (Kritiki, Athens, 2014, in Greek), has been awarded a prize from the Academy of Athens (2017). He is the author of several articles in the field of constitutional law, public law, civil rights and theory of law.

Mr. Karavokyris is an Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at the Faculty of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He teaches constitutional law, public law and civil liberties at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. Mr. Karavokyris is currently a member of the Scientific Committeeof the Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy. He is a member of the Athens Bar Association and the Association of Constitutional Law Aristovoulos Manessis.