Research

• EU Institutions-Agencies
• European Decision and Policy Making
• EU Regulatory policy (FOOD,Agriculture,Chemicals)
• Circular economy and sustainable development
• EU Bureaucratic Politics
• Network Governance
• Social Movements and Austerity

Curriculum

Sevasti studied Economics at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. She continued her studies, Masters of Science in Agricultural Economics at the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Canada where she also worked as a Research Associate.  She holds a Postgraduate Degree in European Studies from Aalborg University, Denmark.  During 1999-2000 she worked as a Research Assistant at the Royal Agricultural University, Copenhagen, in Denmark (Copenhagen University).  She completed her Ph.D in Social Sciences at the Department of Society and Globalisation (current Department of Social Sciences and Business) Roskilde University.  

Since January 4th,  2015 she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University.

Sevasti's research interests concentrate on two broad areas: a. on the EU institutions, decision making and the Europeanisation of public administration particularly within the regulatory policy areas with an emphasis on food, agriculture and chemicals; and b. on the Europeanisation and transnationalisation of social movements as a response to austerity policies and the Eurozone crisis. Her publications appear at the Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Integration, Policy and politics, International Journal of Public Administration, European Politics and Society, British Food Journal, Javost and a number of chapters in edited volumes By Palgrave and Routledge, Edward-Elgar.

Sevasti published a book entitled 'The Europeanisation of National Administrations: The Common Agricultural Policy in Denmark and Greece', published by Springer in October 2020  

Sevasti's new research focuses on circular economy and risk governance in relation to food, agriculture and the environment. During 09/2023-08/2024 Sevasti is the Carlsberg Monograph fellow and is working on a monograph under the working title: Governing Sustainable Food in Europe: Towards Social Engagement (contracted)

Teaching

Sevasti (Sevie) has developed, convened and taught various Bachelor and Masters courses:

• EU governance and Institutions (Bachelor)
• EU as a global actor (Bachelor) 
• Advanced Methods (Bachelor)
• Social Network Analysis (Bachelor)
• International Civil Servant (Masters)
• International Policy Analysis (Masters)
• Governing Global Risk (Masters)
• Social Network Analysis (Masters)
• Comparative Methods (Masters)
• Comparative Public Administration (Masters)
• Governing Sustainability (summer school)