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The Editorial Board of the Magazine, Regional Governance and Policy

Our editorial board holds responsibility for identifying new topics, for special editions and providing consulting support. It also provides peer review and helps to identify peer reviewers if necessary. Furthermore, members of our editorial board may contribute to journal content occasionally with editorials and short articles and may submit proposals for new writers and contributors. We invite you to meet these members below.

Professor of Social Security LawUniversity of West Attica

Gabriel Amitsis

Dr. Δρ. Gabriel Amitsis Gabriel Amitsis, PhD., MA and BA in law, is an international lawyer and academic, first rank Professor of Social Security Law and Director of the Social Administration Research Lab (https://sarl.uniwa.gr) in the Department of Business Administration (Social Policy Unit) at the University of West Attica.

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Professor Gabriel Amitsis

Professor of Social Security Law - University of West Attica

Gabriel Amitsis, PhD., MA and BA in law, is an international lawyer and academic, first rank Professor of Social Security Law and Director of the Social Administration Research Lab (https://sarl.uniwa.gr) in the Department of Business Administration (Social Policy Unit) at the University of West Attica. He is a senior expert on public governance, employment, social protection, health and social care, social economy, housing and migration. He is currently the Coordinator of the Greek Chapter of the Academics Stand Against Poverty Network (academicsstand.org), the Vice-Chair of the Working Group for Housing Systems in Transition (HOUSING EUROPE – TheEuropean Federation of Public, Cooperative and Social Housing, www.housingeurope.eu), a senior member of the European Network for Research on Supplementary Pensions (https://enrsp.org/) and a member of the Just Transition Peers Experts Database (expert-database (europa.eu).

He is author and co-author of twenty books, has published in international edited books and journals, and serves as the chief editor of the Book Series “The reform of the Social State”, published by the leading Greek publisher PAPAZISIS.

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Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, University of Crete

Elias Georgantas

He studied political science at Panteion University and then completed his postgraduate studies (MA and DPhil) at the University of Sussex with a greek scholarship (from State Scolarship Foundation) and subsequently from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office as a Chevening Scholar.

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Elias Georgantas was born in Athens in 1964. He graduated from Panteion University with a top-level degree in Political Science and following that he sat for his MA and DPhil degrees at the University of Sussex. For the completion of his postgraduate studies he was awarded scholarships from the State Scholarship Foundation of Greece (IKY) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a Chevening Scholar. He teaches at the Department of Political Science, University of Crete since its inauguration in 1999. He has also taught at Sussex, PekingUniversity and the National School of Public Administration of Greece. His research interests comprise the following: State and state theory, regulation theory and regulatory policy, local politics, local state theories, territorial politics, and local development policy in China.

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Dr. PhD in Economics, Specialized Consultant

Rallis Gkekas

Local Finance Expert and freelancer consultant. He has worked as a Special expert in DG Regional Policy of the European Union

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Born in Athens in 1956 Local Finance Expert and freelancer consultant. He has worked as a Special expert in DG Regional Policy of the European Union, a member of the CEMR Council of Economic Experts, a Consultant in the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE), a Managing Director of the Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government SA (EETAA AE) and a Scientific Associate of the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Interior. He was also a member of the Board of Directors in Egnatia SA, Public Gas Company (DEPA) SA,
Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government SA (EETAA AE) and “Antonis Tritsis” Environmental Park.
His articles have been published in international and Greek specialized journals.
He is the author or contributor to the books: "EMU and Micro - Medium Enterprises", "Greek Natura 2000 Areas and their Management Bodies", "Contemporary Approaches to the Greek Economy", "European Local Government - Comparative Data and Policies" , "Special issues of public policies in Local Government".
His scientific interests are oriented towards the economics of Local Government and sustainable development.

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EETAA, Director, Research, Education & Lifelong Learning Division

Georgia Gonou

She was born in Piraeus and grew up in the center of Athens. She studied Political Science and Public Administration at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens.

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She was born in Piraeus and grew up in the center of Athens. She studied Political Science and Public Administration at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens. .

Lifelong learning is her main scientific interest, focusing on its local dimension and its emergence as a crucial tool of active citizenship.

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Professor Advisor to the Hellenic Open University

Dr Dimitris Deligiannis

He has studied Literature at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) and LAW at Democritus University of Thrace

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Dr. Dimitris Deligiannis

Professor-consultant at the Hellenic Open University

Member of the City Council - ex Vice Mayor and ex Chairman of the City Council of Larissa

Dr. Dimitris Deligiannis was born in Larissa, Greece. He has studied Greek language and Literature in Aristoteleio University and Law in Dimokriteio University. His MA studies are in Social Planning and in Organization and Management in Education. He was awarded his PhD from the Hellenic Open University in the field of adult education with a focus in transformative learning, especially in vulnerable groups.

For over a decade, he worked as a teacher at the secondary education. Since 1998 Dr. Dimitris Deligiannis became the Head of Education Department of the Therapy Center for Dependent Individuals - EXODOS and in 2000 he organized with his colleagues the Adult Alternative School, the first adult education structure for ex- drug users in Greece. He was also the coordinator of the first vocational training programs for former users in Greece and responsible for organizing an experimental training structure for juveniles in the Kassaveteia Prison in 2013.

Today he is a professor-consultant at the Hellenic Open University. He also works as a trainer of adult trainers in multiple programs emphasizing on education for vulnerable social groups. He has published numerous relevant articles in books and science magazines.

During the period 2014 – 2019, he was Deputy Mayor for Social Policy in the Municipality of Larissa in Greece and Chairman of the Committee for the program "Larissa - Learning City". Through this program the City of Larissa was accepted in 2015 as member of the UNESCO’s global network of “Learning Cities” and in 2017, during the international conference in Cork (Ireland) received the UNESCO Learning City Award for its significant progress in the lifelong learning progress at the local level.

In 2019 he was elected Chairman of the City Council of Larissa. He was in charge for the implementation of local and international actions in the field of “Citizenship Education” since the city of Larissa was elected and appointed by UNESCO’s global network of “Learning Cities” as the coordinator city in the field for the years 2020-2021. In 2020 he launched the initiative of the “Young people’s City Council” in order to reinforce local civic institutions of participative democracy and to promote the active citizenship.

During the period 2021 – 2023, he was Deputy Mayor for Administration, Education and Lifelong Learning and Chairman of the Council of Migrants and Refugees.

Since 2016 he is Vice President of Prevention Centre of Larissa (Orpheus).

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Political Scientist, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, DUTH

Constantinos Dikeos

He studied Political Science at Panteion University (BA, 1987) and at University of Edinburgh (PhD, 1992). His thesis relates concepts of neo-Marxist theory of the state to the functions of the British National Health System (NHS).

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He studied Political Science at Panteion University (BA, 1987) and at University of Edinburgh (PhD, 1992). His thesis relates concepts of neo-Marxist theory of the state to the functions of the British National Health System (NHS). (Αναδυόμενο στο cv) He has worked as an expert on EU projects (1995-2000) in Siberia, Poland and Greece. He has been a research associate in the Department of Social Administration of Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH) as well as the Department of Political Science of the University of Crete (1998-2004) teaching “health policy” and “organization and administration of health services”. Since March 2005 he has been a Lecturer at the Department of Social Administration of DUTH teaching “Health Policy”. Since November 2009 he has been elected Assistant Professor in the subject “Policy and History of Health Care Services” and since 2020 he has been an Associate Professor. He is the co-author of the Greek Open University main students’ book on Health Policy. His recent publications deal with social and health policy issues, particularly party competition around the NSS and the ideological dimension and accountability issues in hospital administration. He has also written a large volume on the History of Social Policy (and has edited the rest) and has extensive work on British policy. Recently, in collaboration with Karberis TH. and Polyzos N., he wrote a book on the Organization and Administration of Social Services.

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Lawyer, Development Consultant at Regional Union of Municipalities in Central Macedonia

Apostolos Iosifidis

He works at the Regional Union of Municipalities of Central Macedonia and has served as General Secretary of the Municipality of Veria.

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Apostolos Iosifidis was born and lives in Veria. He hοlds a BA degree in Political Science from the School of Economics and Political Science (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), a BA degree in Law (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) and an MA in "Local and Regional Development and Local Government". He works at the Regional Union of Municipalities of Central Macedonia and has served as General Secretary of the Municipality of Veria.

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Assistant Professor, School of Humanities, Hellenic Open University

George A. Koulaouzides

George A. Koulaouzides, studied mathematics and adult education. He is Assistant Professor of the Methodology of Adult Education at the Hellenic Open University, and he is adjunct professor at the Democritus University of Thrace.

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Rector of the Hellenic Open University

Manolis Koutouzis

He is also External Research Associate at the Centre of Educational Policy Development (KANEP) which operates under the Greek General Confederation of Labour.

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Koutouzis Manolis is Rector, Professor of Educational Administration and Director of the Postgraduate Program “Adult Education” at the Hellenic Open University. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Education of the National University of Athens, and holds a Master’s Degree (MA in Organization, Planning and Management in Education) and a Doctorate (PhD in Education) from the University of Reading (UK). With a Fulbright scholarship, he also attended the Master’s Degree program of the Study of the United States Institute at the University of Illinois, Chicago. His fields of research and teaching activity concern Educational Administration, Educational Leadership (with an emphasis on vulnerable groups), Schools as Learning Organizations, Evaluation in Education, and the Professional Development of Teachers. From 1999 to 2008 he was a Researcher at the Center for Educational Research of the Ministry of Education, while from 2009 to 2014, when he was appointed a faculty member at the Hellenic Academy of Sciences, he was Head of the Programs and Research Sector of the Center for Educational Policy Development (KANEP) of the Hellenic Association of Teachers of Education. He also had a long-term collaboration with KETHEA both as an instructor and as a scientific manager of a research study, while he was Vice President of the Development Partnership "Epicherein" with partner organizations: KETHEA, OKANA, 18 ANO, KANEP/GSEE, GSEVEE, ESEE. He has taught in postgraduate programs at the Open University of Cyprus, the European University of Cyprus, the University of Athens, the University of Western Macedonia, the Harokopio University, the University of Thessaly and the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania. He has served as a country expert in OECD programs, scientific manager of programs related to issues of educational policy and the administration of educational units, member of University Department/Program Evaluation Committees, as well as member of Education Executive Evaluation Committees.

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Professor, Dpt of Economic and Regional developmentSchool of Sciences of Economics and Public Administration Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences

Stella Sofia Kyvelou

Dr Stella Sofia Kyvelou is Professor at the Dpt of Economic and Regional Development of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences and Deputy Head of the Department (2018-2020).

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Dr Stella Sofia Kyvelou is Professor at the Dpt of Economic and Regional Development of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences and Deputy Head of the Department (2018-2020). She studied Architecture-Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and holds a DEA and PhD in Spatial Planning, Regional & Urban Planning of the University Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne. She specialises in European environmental policy (European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht), local development, Geographic Information Systems and more recently in Maritime Spatial Planning (Postdoc at the Sorbonne University), carrying out research and teaching on MSP at Panteion University. Her research activities include European territorial development and cohesion and was Director of the ESPON2013 National Contact Point (2008-2015) providing, in parallel, consultancy to the Greek Ministry of Development. She has been involved as expert in several EU projects, namely SUPREME, IMP facility for the Mediterranean, MUSES, IMP facility for the Black Sea etc. and as coordinator in ESPONTrain (LP), ESPON-INTERSTRAT, ESPON-USESPON, and ESPON-on-the-Road. Her research interests are focusing on strategic spatial planning, sustainable urban development and sustainable construction, blue growth, maritime spatial planning, tourism and heritage, land-sea interaction, inclusive growth, geography and geopolitics. She has been Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization (1988-2002) and Special Adviser to the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy on insular policies, MSP and protection of the marine environment (2018-2019). She has a great number of publications in scientific journals, international conferences and scientific books, among them a collective Handbook entitled “Maritime Spatial issues: maritime dimension of territorial cohesion, MSP, sustainable blue growth” (ed.KRITIKI, 2016). She is columnist in electronic media and key-note speaker in meetings and conferences. Stella is president of the Greek-French and International non-profit entity SDMED Observation, Planning & Eco-Innovation and teaches at the MSTourHer International Master programme about tourism and heritage, focusing on MSP, UCH and MCH. In 2011, she was awarded by the French government as «Chevalier à l’ordre de PalmesAcadémiques». She belongs to the focal point on SDGs of Panteion University and is currently the MSP focal point for the Eastern Mediterranean as independent expert (DGMARE/EASME).
Personal Website : www.kyvelou.wordpress.com

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PhD in Political Economy and Public Policy State University of New York, Editor-in-Chief του International Journal of Civil Service Reform and Practices,Team Leader of the UNDESA/UNDP, UN

Liverakos Panos

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Holder of a graduate degree in Political Economy and Public Policy from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA and a Business Administration & First Degree from Bournemouth University, England. Eighteen years of progressive professional experience in international development with UNDP, UNDESA, and the EU. Most recent professional experience is concentrated in the implementation of a digital transformation project in Central Asia and the Caucasus countries in cooperation with the Republic of Korea, and in research culminating to the publication of several research papers and books and the implementation and monitoring of several development projects. Experience is focused on governance, public administration and civil service reform, public human resources management and development, change management and the digital transformation of public administration and public service provision, and governance assessments. Geographically, experience extends from South-Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS (2004-2010), to South-East Asia (2012-2015), and in Kazakhstan, Central Asia, and the Caucasus (2016-to date). Fluent in written and spoken English with an ability to write clearly and concisely and with robust experience in the usage of computers, office software packages, and statistical analysis tools.

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Professor of the Department of Political Science at University of Crete, Consultant at Greek Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (ASEP)

Ivi Mavromoustakou

Graduate of the Athens Law School

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Professor at the University of Crete and Lawyer at the Greek Supreme Court and the Council of State specializing in public law. Special Postgraduate Fellow at the Panteion School of Political Science

For her studies in Paris, she received a scholarship from the M. Stasinopoulos Foundation for Administrative Law, while she was a Special Postgraduate Fellow at the Panteion School of Political Science (Department of Public and Private Law).

She has participated in programs of the Max Planck Institute in Frankfurt, the Institute of Greek Constitutional History and Constitutional Law, the Institute for Constitutional Research and the Parliamentary Institute 'Parliamentary and Democracy', etc., while the director in Comparative Perspective "(PK Research Committee, 2009-2010) and the PYTHAGORAS II program, on:" Political behavior and political system: the Greek public opinion and shaping parameters "(PK Political Science Department, 2005 -2008).

She has also undertaken scientific work at the Institute of Audiovisual Media on Independent Authorities in the field of communication (2005).In 2009 she was a visiting professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. She is a member of many scientific societies and a contributor to scientific journals i.e.

She was also a member of the Scientific Team of the National E-Commerce Committee (1999-2000), of the Central Scientific Council of Prisons (1997-1999), of the Legislative Drafting Committee for the drafting of the Archaeological Law (1997-1998) and was its vice-president and member. BoD of the State School of Orchestral Art (1998-2004).

She is a member of the Board of the Association for the Defense of Social Rights. In the years 1997-2002 he was a research associate for legal issues at the Ministries of Culture, Development and Press and Mass Media. She has a number of publications in her main research interests, which are in the field of analysis of modern political and administrative systems, independent authorities and the history of constitutional and administrative institutions.

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Professor & Director of the Center for Political Research and Documentation (KEPET) of the Department of Political Science, University of Crete.Associate Professor, Director of the University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, the Social and Education Sciences (UCRC)

Nikos Papadakis

Nikos E. Papadakis is Professor at the Department of Political Science, of the University of Crete. He is the Deputy Director of the UCRC, namely the University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, the Social and Education Sciences.

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Nikos E. Papadakis (ΒΑ, ΜΑ, ΜΑ, PhD) is Professor and former Head of the Department of Political Science, at the University of Crete. He is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Academy of Globalization and Education Policy (AGEP) of the Zhengzhou University (ZZU), China. Further, he is a Member of the Scientific Board of the National Centre of Public Administration and Local Government (EKDDA) of Greece, while he is the Director of the Centre for Training and Life Long Learning of the University of Crete (KEDIVIM- UoC). In addition, he is Honorary President of the Hellenic Association of Political Scientists (HAPSc), while he is a member of the Standing Group of the ECPR Political Culture Research Network. Additionally, he is the Director of the Centre for Political Research and Documentation (KEPET) at the Department of Political Science. He was a Special Adviser to the European Commission (2011 -2013) and he has participated the European Commission Education & Training Coordination Group (ETCG/2006-2010), as well as the Advisory Board of the UNDP/ RCPAR (Regional Centre for Public Administration Reform/ 2008- 2011) and the European Commission SGIB (Standing Group on Indicators & Benchmarks/ 2007- 2012). He has been a Visiting Professor at the UCL- IoE (March 2012- August 2012) and at the Zhengzhou University (ZZU), in China (November 2019). He participates External Evaluation Committees of the Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education of the Republic of Cyprus (DI.PA.E). Additionally, he cooperates with the ESRC- funded “LLAKES” Research Centre of the UCL-IoE,.

He has studied at the University of Crete and at the IoE of the University of London (currently UCL- IoE). He has 219 publications, in total. More specifically: He has 195 publications, in Greek, English, French and Chinese (87 out of them, international),, including journal articles, conference proceedings and book chapters. He is the author of 13 books- monographs, in Greek and English, while he has edited 11 books. He has (on January 28, 2024) 677 citations (h-index: 12) in Google Scholar. 277 presentations & Keynote Speeches in Conferences and Workshops and Invited Lectures in Greece and abroad (123 out of them, in International Conferences and Workshops, as well as in European and Asian Universities). He has participated (or currently participating) in 56 (mainly research) Projects in Greece and abroad, either as Team Leader or as researcher/ expert.

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Head of the Research and Innovation Department of the Hellenic Agency for Local Development & Local Government (EETAA)Doctorate holder from the National Technical University of Athens

Christos Petropoulos

Graduate in Mathematics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and holder of a Doctorate from the National Technical University of Athens.

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Graduate in Mathematics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and holder of a Doctorate from the National Technical University of Athens.

He has participated in research programs of the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), in the areas of business forecasting, quantitative data analysis, econometrics, information and decision support systems and management information systems.

Today he is the head of the Research and Innovation Department of the Hellenic Agency for Local Development & Local Government (EETAA) and teaches in Postgraduate Programs.

His research interests include forecasting methodologies, decision support information systems and e-government, while currently focusing on the application of statistical analysis methods in the fields of social economy and entrepreneurship, as well as tourism management.

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Assistant Professor of Public Policy at University of Peloponnese

Sifis Plimakis

Sifis Plimakis is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Peloponnese.

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Sifis Plimakis is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Peloponnese.

He studied political science at the University of Crete, public management at postgraduate level at the University of Liverpool and awarded his PhD in public – private partnerships from the University of Athens.

He conducted a two-year post-doctoral research on strategic planning and performance measurement in public sector, at Rutgers University, National Center for Public Performance.

He has taught public policy and public management lessons at the National School of Public Administration, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and ASPAITE. His research interests are focused on strategic planning and organizational change implementation in public sector, public policy design and evaluation and the alternative models for public services provision. He has extensive experience in the design and implementation of administrative reform programs in Greece and abroad and has worked as an expert for the EU and other international organizations in the field of public sector reorganization.

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Professor at the Department of Economic and Regional Development of Panteion University

Antonis Rovolis

Professor of Spatial and Urban Economics, at the Department of Economic and Regional Development, Panteion University of Athens

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Antonis Rovolis, (economist, BA Athens, MA Sussex, PhD LSE) is Professor of Spatial and Urban Economics, at the Department of Economic and Regional Development, Panteion University of Athens. He has worked as a research fellow at the Queen Mary College, University of London, at the Institute of Regional Development, and the Institute of Urban Environment and Human Resources, Panteion University of Athens, and he has taught at Thessaly University, and Harokopio University of Athens. He has been a visiting research fellow at Toronto University, McGill University, York University (Canada) and Concordia University.

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Professor of Social Anthropology, Department of Sociology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Manos Spyridakis

Professor at the Department of Social and Educational Policy of the University of Peloponnese with the subject “Social Anthropology of Labor Relations”.

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Manos Spyridakis got his MA in Social Anthropology from the University of Durham and his PhD from the Sussex European Institute of the University of Sussex, as a fellow of the State Scholarship Foundation and a postdoctoral fellowship from the State Scholarship Foundation always in the same field. He is Professor of Social Anthropology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in the Department of Sociology. He is member of the editorial board of the journals, The World of Work, Ethnology, Urbanities and of Social Research Review, member of the scientific secretariat of the journal, Social Cohesion and Development, and president of the Commission of Urban Anthropology of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences and Vice-President of the International Urban Symposium. He is the author of the monographs, Power and Harassment at Work (Dionikos Publications 2009), Labor and Social Reproduction in the Shipbuilding and Repair Industry of Piraeus (Papazisi Publications 2010), The Liminal Worker. An Ethnography of Work, Unemployment and Precariousness in Contemporary Greece (Ashgate publications, 2013), Homo Precarius (Pedio publications 2018). He has edited collective volumes and translations. His research interests focus on issues of anthropology of work and social policy, the concept of space, qualitative social research, economic anthropology and anthropology of health.

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Professor of Microeconomic Theory and Policy at the University of Cretepart-time appointment holder in Hellenic Open University

Tzouvelekas Vangelis

Professor of the Department of Economics, University of Crete, Director of the Market and Entrepreneurship Research Unit of the University of Crete

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Professor of Microeconomic Theory and Policy, Faculty member of the Department of Economics of University of Crete since 2002.

and also holds a part-time appointment in Hellenic Open University

teaching in their MBA course.

He has received grants from the European Commission, the World Bank, the Greek Ministry of Agriculture, and the Greek Secretariat of Research and Technology to support his past and ongoing research. He has been interviewed and quoted by local, national and international news media, including the BBC International, Greek Public TV, and the regional Creta TV.

Research Fields

  • Production Economics and Duality
  • Economic Growth
  • Productivity Measurement
  • Agricultural Economics and Policy Regional Policy
  • Technological Innovations
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Professor of Applied Statistics at the Department of Political Science in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.Professor of Applied Statistics (AUTH), Director of the MSc programs Political Analysis and Governance-Regional Development, Head of the Research Centre “Observatory for Democracy in Balkans, Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean”

Theodore Chadjipadelis

Professor of Applied Statistics at the Department of Political Science in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
He is the Head of Laboratory of Applied Political Research and also Director of the MSc programs Political Analysis and Governance-Regional Development.

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Theodore Chadjipadelis is a Professor of Applied Statistics at the Department of Political Science in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is the Head of Laboratory of Applied Political Research and also Director of the MSc programs Political Analysis and Governance-Regional Development. He is also the Head of the Research Centre “Observatory for Democracy in Balkans, Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean”.
He taught Statistics, Mathematics, Electoral Analysis, Governance, Local and Regional Government, Decision Theory in the Aristotle University as well as in the University of Thessaly and the Hellenic Open University. He has published more than 100 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings in Greece and abroad relating to Electoral Analysis, Public Opinion analysis, laboratory planning, Applied Statistics, Civil and Regional Planning.
He is the Head of the Committee for Control of Public Surveys (established following agreement of the Committee with the Ministry of Media). From April 2010 till 2012 he was Board Member of “Information Society SA” and since 2011 till 2015 he was President of the Managing Committee at the University of Western Macedonia.He was a member of the Special Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Interior Decentralization and E-government for the new architecture of Administration and Regional Administration as well as the Special Committee for the electoral law. He has been member of the National Committee for Administrative Reform of the Ministry of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization (as a representative of Aristotle University). He has been also a member of the scientific Committee of the “Institute of Local Government” (Κ.Ε.Δ.Κ.Ε-Τ.Ε.Δ.Κ.Ν.Α.). He has also been representative of the Hellenic Ministry of Education in EUROSTAT and national representative at FP6 Initiative 7 (Citizens and Governance in Knowledge Society).

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PhD from Panteion University,MA in Cultural Policy and Communication,Specialist in Cultural Policy, Social Policy and Preventive Security

Elli Christoula

Elli Christoula graduated from Jeanne d’ Arc School. She studied French Literature at the University of Athens, did postgraduate studies in cultural policy, management and communication.

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Elli Christoula graduated from Jeanne d’ Arc School. She studied French Literature at the University of Athens, did postgraduate studies in cultural policy, management and communication, and holds a doctorate from Panteion University. From 2018 to 2021, she was head of sector for social policy and preventive security at the Center for Security Studies. From 2016 to 2021, she coordinated the EU funded Projects “PROACTIVE: Prevent Roma discrimination providing mediation skills to police officers” (REC PROGRAMME), “I_do: A youth-led alliance, building @ctive Roma citizens” (REC PROGRAMME), “Peer2Peer: Relate schools to combat Roma dropout” (REC PROGRAMME), «ARIADNE: Developing and supporting multi-sectoral police reporting procedures to prevent and respond to domestic violence against women» (REC PROGRAMME), «ARIADNE2: Developing and supporting multidisciplinary police reporting procedures to prevent and respond to domestic violence against migrant / refugee women» (REC PROGRAMME) and “NESTOR: A national network of schools for parents in prison, enhancing responsive father parenting” (ERASMUS+ KA3 – Support for Policy Reform), “FAIR: Enhancing the Fair Trial for people suspected or accused of crimes” (JUSTICE PROGRAMME) and “A4: Crossing borders for effective police investigation to protect female victims of sex trafficking and enhance accountability mechanisms” (ISFP). She was member of the board of the Center for Security Studies (2019). She is a scientific advisor on research, education and lifelong learning

He taught Statistics, Mathematics, Electoral Analysis, Governance, Local and Regional Government, Decision Theory in the Aristotle University as well as in the University of Thessaly and the Hellenic Open University. He has published more than 100 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings in Greece and abroad relating to Electoral Analysis, Public Opinion analysis, laboratory planning, Applied Statistics, Civil and Regional Planning.
She speaks English, French and Russian.

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