ELENI VASILEIOU

EXPERIENCE
POLICY AND CAMPAIGN INTERN• EUROPEAN LIBERAL YOUTH (LYMEC), BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY 2019 – JULY 2019
● Designed and implemented the EU elections campaign along with the LYMEC Bureau
● Reviewed the policy book of the organisation.
FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER • INCOME OFFICE QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST, SEPTEMBER 2018 – FEBRUARY 2019
● Overviewed more than 500 Student Support Fund applications per month
● Advised daily approximately 50 students regarding their loan applications
● Managing email inquiries.
TREASURER • MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD • BETA E.V., GERMANY, OCTOBER 2015 – AUGUST 2016
● Responsible for the financial oversight of the organisation
● Oversaw project finances and applied for E+ Grants under all Key Actions
● Organised the General Assembly for more than 50 people over 27 EU countries
● Managed over 10.000 members as responsible for the Human Resources team
COUNTRY LIAISON OFFICER FOR GREECE​​• MODEL EUROPEAN UNION STRASBOURG / BETA E.V., FRANCE, JUNE 2014 – APRIL 2015
● Implemented PR and FR strategies in Greece on behalf of the project
● Presented the project to more than 10 events
● Secured 50% increase of Greek participants in that year’s congress

EDUCATION
MSC IN POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY, QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST, 2017-2018
● Thesis: “The dynamics of nonverbal communication in Politics: an analysis of how empathy is created to
the audience during a political debate”. Courses: Research design and Applied Ethics in Political
Psychology, Theoretical Perspectives and Focal issues in Political Psychology, Understanding Political
Behaviours: Civic Engagement, Political Participation and Disempowerment, Applying Political Psychology
to Current Social Issues, Quantitative Research Methods, Qualitative Research Methods.
BA in Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Athens, 2011- 2016
● Major in Psychology. Main courses: Social Psychology, Political Philosophy, Psychopathology, Cognitive
Psychology, Psychology of Groups, Career Assessment and Guidance of people with disabilities.

Erasmus Semester in Philosophy, University of Leipzig, March 2015 – September 2015

● Essay Project: “Philosophical Theories regarding the ​
Substance​: From Descartes to Spinoza “.

PROJECTS
IMPACT Residential, 12-14 October 2018
● Program organized by the Graduate School of Queen’s University Belfast. The aim of the program was to
m​entor 20 young people from Divis area in Belfast to overcome their community barriers and introduce
them to the academic environment.
IMPACT: A social innovation challenge, February 2018 – April 2018
● Program organized by the Graduate School of Queen’s University Belfast in partnership with the
Turnaround Project.  We  spent  time  in  Hydebank  Young  Offenders  College  and  worked  alongside 
people serving sentences, hearing directly from them about the challenges they face.
SEMINARS / CONFERENCES
● “Leadership for Young Leaders”​​in Gummersbach, Germany organized by the International Academy for
Leadership of FNF, 23 April to 05 May 2017
● Member of the Greek Youth Delegation at the Conference on the Future of the European Union ​ by the
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Berlin, Germany, 8 December 2016
● Seminars on Political Leadership and the refugee crisis ​
by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom,
Greece, 4-6, 11-13, 18-20 November 2016
● Representative of the Education Committee ​in the 1st Liberal Youth Convention held at Thessaloniki,
Greece. ​September 2014
● Seminars on Political Thought ​by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Greece, October 2013 -
November 2013

PUBLICATIONS
Books
● Copy Editor - "Little Storybook on Greek Liberalism" ISBN 978-618-81386-1-2 ("Το μικρό
βιβλίο του Ελληνικού Φιλελευθερισμού") published by FNF Greece
Paper in book publication
● Migration and Mental Health in Europe: How much do we know? in "The New Europeans", published by
European Liberal Forum

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office, SPSS statistical program, Jasp statistical program, Canva

LANGUAGES

● English:​​Full professional proficiency (C2)

● German:​​Professional working proficiency (B2)
● Greek: ​Native speaker