Dr. Stavropoulos is a researcher at Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization (EHERO) and Erasmus University Rotterdam. He received his Ph.D with distinction from the University of Patras (Greece), MSc in Health Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, a Research MSc in Methods and Statistics at Leiden University, the Netherlands, and a BA(Hons) in Economics at the University of Patras. His research focuses on happiness economics, regional economic transformation and evolution, agglomeration economies and the locational behavior of firms.