Maria Tagaraki Research Associate Τel: 210 9211243 E-mail: tagaraki@iobe.gr   She was born in Athens, Greece in 1991. She is a graduate of the Economics Department of the Athens University of Economics and Business and holds an MSc in Economic Theory and Econometrics from the Toulouse School of Economics. She is a PhD candidate at the Athens University of Economics in innovation economics specializing in intellectual property. In addition to IOBE, she has worked for the Hellenic Industrial Property Organization as a Research Associate, at the Non-Governmental Organization Equal Society as a Research Project Manager and Research Associate in University Research Projects (AUEB, University of Piraeus). Her collaboration with IOBE started in 2019.