Academic Credentials

• Ph.D. Agricultural Economics. University of Missouri-Columbia. USA. (2007).
• M.A. Economics. University of Missouri-Columbia. USA. (2007).
• D.E.A. (M.A.). Economie du Développement Agricole Agro-alimentaire et Rural. Université de Montpellier I, France. (2000).
• B.A. Agricultural Economics. Agricultural University of Athens. Greece. (1997).

Professional Experience

• Senior Research Fellow. Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) (since 2015). Research Fellow (since 2008).
• Visiting Lecturer. University of Peloponnese-Kalamata. Department of Management post-graduate program (since 2019).
• Visiting Lecturer. Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh) post-graduate program (2007-2012).
• Teaching Assistant. Department of Economics. University of Missouri-Columbia (acad. year 2006).
• Research Assistant. Department of Agricultural Economics. University of Missouri-Columbia (acad. years 2002 – 2005).

Honors and Awards

• Studying Abroad Scholarship from the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) (academic years: 2002-2005).
• Ronald Coase Institute Fellowship (Sep. 2005).
• Lindau Young Scientists Fellowship in order to participate to the 1^st Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences (Sept. 2004).

Publications & Research Output

Refereed Articles in Journals

• "Federalism, but how? The impact of vertical fiscal imbalance on economic growth. Evidence from Belgium." (2022), Economics & Politics, 34(2): 322-350 (co-authored with Al. Mitra).
• “Artificial Intelligence in the post-COVID-19 era.” (2020). Homo Virtualis, 3(2): 55-67.
• “Wellbeing, Productivity and Competitiveness at a Regional level: the role of Institutions.” (2019). Region & Periphery, 8: 143-164 [in Greek, with an English summary].
• “Fiscal Council and the pre-election platforms evaluation: A scenario for Greece.” (2017). Management Studies, 5(3): 153-169 (co-authored with Ch. Triantopoulos).
• “Corporate social responsibility: a likely causality of the crisis or a potential exit-strategy component? A proposition development for an economy under pressure.” (2014). Social Responsibility Journal, 10(4): 737-755 (co-authored with A. Skouloudis, A. Stuart and C. Evangelinos).
• “Environmental Information, Asymmetric Information and Financial Markets: A Game-Theoretic Approach.” (2013). Environmental Modelling and Assessment, 18(6): 615-628 (co-authored with Y. Nikolaou, C. Evangelinos).
• “The importance of investment climate improvement in exiting the crisis.” (2013). Greek Economic Outlook, 22: 61-68, KEPE.
• “New dimensions for Economic Growth: the Agri-food sector. Lessons from New Zealand.” (2013). Greek Economic Outlook, 21: 66-74, KEPE.
• “Determinants of Organic Food Consumption in Egypt.” (2012). International Journal of Economics and Business Modeling, 3(3): 183-191 (co-authored with M. Mohamed and A. Shelaby).
• “Analysis of the trade balance during 2000-2011: The case of agricultural balance.” (2012). Greek Economic Outlook, 19: 63-75, KEPE (co-authored with I. Konstantakopoulou).
• “Corporate Social Responsibility in Greece: a crisis’ victim or a potential solution?” (2011). Greek Economic Outlook, 15: 84-93, KEPE (co-authored with A. Skouloudis and C. Evangelinos).
• “The Impact of the Government Policies and Incentives to Promote the Export of Agricultural Products in Tunisia: Case of Olive Oil.” (2010). Food Economics-Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, 7(2-4): 107-118 (co-authored with W. Larbi).
• “Asymmetric Information in Cattle Auctions: The Problem of Revaccinations.” (2007). Agricultural Economics, 36(1): 79-88 (co-authored with H. James, S. Konduru, V. Pierce, and R. Larson).

Contributions in Collective Volumes

• “Comparative analysis and evaluation of the competitiveness of the regions of Apulia and Western Greece” (2021). In: Missos, V., Prodromidis, P. and Reziti I. (eds.), Special Issues on Regional Entrepreneurship & Innovation Planning. Perspectives from Western Greece and Apulia. pp. 19-42, Regional Development Fund - Region of Western Greece, and KEPE, Patra and Athens.
• “Should we fear Artificial Intelligence?” (2020). In: Amman, W. and A. Stachowicz-Stanusch (eds.), Artificial Intelligence and its impact on Business, pp. 39-53, Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC, USA.
• “The role of local government institutions and regional development.” (2018). In Essays on Regional Entrepreneurship and Development, F. Economou, A. Kontolaimou and E. Tsouma (eds.), Patras: Region of Western Greece, Ch. 7, pp. 131-146 [in Greek].
• “Social responsibility and entrepreneurship by local governments.” (2018). In Essays on Regional Entrepreneurship and Development, F. Economou, A. Kontolaimou and E. Tsouma (eds.), Patras: Region of Western Greece, Ch. 9, pp. 167-184.
• “Choice, Freedom and Responsibility logic in Public Administration: The need for CSR reporting of Core Activities.” (2017). In: Capaldi N., Idowu S. and R. Schmidpeter (eds.), Dimensional Corporate Governance: An Inclusive Approach, pp. 175-187, Springer International Publishing. (Co-authored with P. D'Anselmi and M. Di Bitetto).
• “Integrating Social Responsibility into Public Institutions, Organizations and Administration.” (2017). In Milenko Gudić, Tay Keong Tan and Patricia M. Flynn (eds.), Beyond the Bottom Line: Integrating Sustainability into Business and Management Practice, pp. 167-179, Greenleaf Publishing/UN PRME. (Co-authored with P. D’Anselmi and Ch. Triantopoulos).
• “The need for a responsible Public Administration.” (2017). In: Anastasios Theofilou, Georgiana Grigore and Alin Stancu (eds.), Corporate Social Responsibility in the Post Financial Crisis Era: CSR Conceptualizations and International Practices in Times of Uncertainty, pp. 155-173, Palgrave Macmillan. (Co-authored with P. D’Anselmi and Ch. Triantopoulos).
• “The importance of responsible public management for addressing the challenge of poverty.” (2016). In: Milenko Gudić, Carole Parkes and Al Rosenbloom, (eds.), Responsible Management Education and the Challenge of Poverty: A teaching perspective, pp. 222-235, Greenleaf Publishing/UN PRME. (Co-authored with M. Di Bitetto, P. D’Anselmi and A. Skouloudis).
• “Corporate Social Performance needs more Competition not less: An idea for a paradigm shift.” (2015). In: A. Stachowicz-Stanusch (ed.), Corporate Social Performance: Paradoxes, Pitfalls and Pathways to the Better World, pp. 37-56, Information Age Publishing. (Co-authored with M. Di Bitetto and P. D’Anselmi).
• “Far away, so close? Examining the growth potential of Greece through the lens of New Zealand’s paradigm.” (2015). In Di Bitetto, M., Chymis, A. and D’Anselmi, P. (eds.), Public Management as Corporate Social Responsibility. The Economic Bottom line of Government, pp. 55-72, Springer. (Co-authored with A. Skouloudis).
• “Public Management as Corporate Social Responsibility.” (2015). In Di Bitetto, M., Chymis Α. and D’Anselmi, P. (eds.), Public Management as Corporate Social Responsibility. The Economic Bottom line of Government, pp. 85-95, Springer. (Co-authored with M. Di Bitetto and P. D’Anselmi).
• “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a tool for innovative entrepreneurship development: the case of green entrepreneurship.” (2012). In Entrepreneurship and Innovation – From Theory to Action, N. Maravegias (ed.), Themelio, Ch. 7, pp. 143-163. [in Greek].
• “Support for farmers’ co-operatives in Australia.” (2011). In Iliopoulos, C., Cook, M.L., Hendrikse, G.W.J. and A. Chymis: Support for Farmers’ Co-operatives; Experiences of non-EU OECD countries, Wageningen: Wageningen UR, November 2012, Ch. 2, pp. 12-26.
• “Support for farmers’ co-operatives in New Zealand.” (2011). In Iliopoulos, C., Cook, M.L., Hendrikse, G.W.J. and A. Chymis: Support for Farmers’ Co-operatives; Experiences of non-EU OECD countries, Wageningen: Wageningen UR, November 2012, Ch 4, pp. 35-50.
• “Meat Products.” (2011). In Market Conditions and Competition in the Greek Economy. Edited by C. Kanellopoulos, 3 volumes, KEPE Reports Series, 67 Volume 1, Ch. 2, pp. 54-93 [in Greek].
• “Fish Industry.” (2011). In Market Conditions and Competition in the Greek Economy. Edited by C. Kanellopoulos, 3 volumes, KEPE Reports Series, 67 Volume 1, Ch. 3, pp. 94-110 [in Greek].
• “Fruits and Vegetables Industry.” (2011). In Market Conditions and Competition in the Greek Economy. Edited by C. Kanellopoulos, 3 volumes, KEPE Reports Series, 67 Volume 1, Ch. 4, pp. 111-130 [in Greek].
• “Entrepreneurship and environment: the financial sectors paradigm.” (2010). In Korres, G. (ed.), Women Participation and Innovation Activities: Knowledge Based Economy, Women’s University, The Women Press, Empowering Women Worldwide Series 5. Delhi, India. ISBN: 978-8-189-11023-9. (Co-authored with Y. Nikolaou, C. Evangelinos).

Books, Monographs

• Unknown Values and Stakeholders: The Pro-Business Outcome and the Role of Competition. (2^nd edition). (2017). Palgrave Macmillan (Co-authored with P. D'Anselmi and M. Di Bitetto).
• Public Management as Corporate Social Responsibility. The Economic Bottom line of Government. (2015). Editor. Springer International Publishing (Co-edited with M. Di Bitetto and P. D’Anselmi).
• Reconciling Friedman with Corporate Social Responsibility: How Market Competition affects Corporate Social Performance. (2008). VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, Saarbrücken, Germany. Reprint of the dissertation thesis Using Friedman to understand the relationship between Market Competition and Corporate Social Performance. (2007). University of Missouri-Columbia.
• La production de lait en Epire et sa contribution au développement de la région (2000). (Milk production in Epirus and its contribution to the development of the region) Université de Montpellier I, France [in French].

Contributions in KEPE Collaborations regarding Development Plans and related projects

• Greek National Productivity Board Annual Report 2022: Struggling for a New Regime. (2022). Author of section 3.4. Competitiveness indicators for resilient and sustainable growth: Foreign Direct Investment, Digitization, and Green Transition (pp. 63-73).
• Greek National Productivity Board Annual Report 2021: Productivity and Competitiveness Developments: Towards a Resilient and Sustainable Growth. (2021). Author of section 3.4 International competitiveness indicators (pp. 54-61).
• Greek National Productivity Board Annual Report 2020: Recovery and growth through enhancing productivity and competitiveness. (2020). Author of section 3.4 International Competitiveness Indicators (pp. 62-67).
• The development of e-services and tools for entrepreneurship and innovation in Apulia and Western Greece. (2019-2020). Contributor in several parts. Coordinator of one deliverable. The project was supervised by P. Prodromidis and prepared for the Regional Development Fund of Western Greece as part for the 2014-2020 Greece-Italy Interreg Program.
• Greek National Productivity Board Annual Report 2019: The productivity and competitiveness of the Greek economy. (2019). Author of section 3.2.1 International Competitiveness Indices (pp. 45-48).
• Development Plan proposal for the Greek Government. (2016). Author of the chapters entitled “Upgrading tax administration and tackling tax evasion to improve tax collection” and “Fishing”. The report was coordinated by E. Athanasiou, P. Vlamis, V. Lychnaras, and prepared for the Greek Ministry for the Economy, Development and Tourism [in Greek.]
• Changes in the Institutional framework of Fiscal management. (2015). Participation and deliverable submission under the Working Group participation in the General Accountant Office for the processing of the provisions of the Public Accounting based on the 2/53015/0004/11-9-2015 decision of the Ministry of Finance, Athens. The report was coordinated by Dr. Ch. Triantopoulos [in Greek].
• The Market Definition/Delimitation and Analyses Project - Pilot Study. (2015). Author of section 4, Vol. 1, pp. 29-33, coordinator of Vol.1 and presenter of one of the deliverables. The study was supervised by Dr. P. Prodromidis and prepared for the Greek Ministry of Development and Competitiveness [in Greek].
• Tax policy on tobacco products in Greece. Government revenues and illicit trade. (2014). Author of section 3.1 “Economic theory on tax revenues and tax-rate change.” KEPE Collective study [in Greek].
• Illicit tobacco trade in Greece. (2014). Author of sections 4.3 “How the price difference between low and high priced cigarettes affects illicit trade” and, 5.3 “How price elasticity affects government revenues.” The study was coordinated by Dr. N. Georgikopoulos.
• The Development Vision for Greece 2020: Provisions, development requirements and funding mechanisms. (2013). Author of the chapters “Fishing sector” and “Common Fisheries Policy.” The study was co-ordinated by Dr. E. Athanasiou, Dr. Th. Tsekeris and Dr. E. Tsouma [in Greek].
• Investment Opportunities in Greece. (2011). Author of the chapter “Investment Opportunities in the Industry-Manufacturing Sector”, (pp. 11-18). The study was coordinated by Dr. N. Georgikopoulos, Athens: Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping. Updated in 2013.
• Electronic Transactions: The effect on government revenues through VAT. (2011). Author of section “The case of South Korea” and part of section “Proposals for application in Greece”. The study was coordinated by Dr. N. Georgikopoulos, Athens, Greek Parliament [in Greek].
• Size of Competition in the Greek Economy. (2010). Author of chapters: 2 “Meat Products”, 3 “Fish Industry” and, 4 “Fruits and Vegetables Industry” (pp. 43-129). The study was coordinated by Dr. C. Kanellopoulos, Athens: Ministry of Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping [in Greek].
• Agricultural Sector: Evolution and Perspectives. (2008). Author of chapter 4, “External Trade and Competitiveness” (“External Trade” pp. 121-159). The study was coordinated by Dr. I. Reziti, Athens: Ministry of Economics [in Greek].

Other scholarly publications

• “The digital competitiveness of the Greek Economy.” Ongoing contribution to Greek Economic Outlook, issues: 44: 61-64 (2021), 47: 72-75 (2022), KEPE.
• “Greek Justice needs urgent reforms.” (2020). Greek Economic Outlook, 43: 54-57, KEPE.
• “Competitiveness of the Greek Economy.” Ongoing contribution to Greek Economic Outlook, issues 29: 42-46 (February 2016), 32: 47-49 (2017), 35: 60-62 (2018), 38: 55-58 (2019), 41: 60-63 (2020), KEPE.
• “Freedom as Responsibility.” (2017). European Business Review, electronic edition, February 3^rd. [in Greek]
• “Reforms, trust and tax revenues.” (2015). Greek Economy,21: 24-32, (September), KEPE, [in Greek].
• “Competitiveness: its role in Development.” (2015). Greek Economy, 13: 33-41, (January), KEPE [in Greek].
• “How efficient is tax-spending in Greece?” (2014). Greek Economy, 9: 13-22, (September), KEPE [in Greek].
• “The role of Institutions in economic development.” (2014). Greek Economy, 3: 18-25, (March), KEPE [in Greek].
• “In search for a new paradigm for Social Responsibility.” (2013). European Business Review, electronic edition. Printed edition, 2014, 18(1): 36-37. Reprinted in Business Partners, electronic and printed edition 2014, XIII(70): 36-37 (co-authored with P. D’Anselmi and N. Georgikopoulos).
• “Investment opportunities in the Greek Industry.” (2013). Short article at the on-line economics newspaper www.capital.gr on 26/Nov/2013. (co-authored with N. Georgikopoulos) [in Greek].
• “Electronic transactions as a means to control tax evasion.” (2011). Greek Economic Outlook,17: 35-36, KEPE (co-authored with N. Georgikopoulos).
• “External trade of agro-food products.” Ongoing contribution to Greek Economic Outlook, issues: 12: 37-41  (2010) (co-authored with I. Reziti), 15: 41-44 (2011), 18: 53-56 (2012), 21: 48-52 (2013), 24: 41-45 (2014), 27: 43-47 (2015), 30: 44-48 (2016), 33: 46-50 (2017), 36: 47-51 (2018), 39: 57-61 (2019), 42: 66-69 (2020), 45: 70-73 (2021), 48: 57-60 (2022), KEPE.

Discussion-Working Papers

• “The impact of Belgium federal reform on economic well-being. A parametric and non parametric synthetic control approach.” (2019). Discussion Paper, No. 153. Athens: ΚΕΠΕ. (Co-authored with Al. Mitra).
• “The moral causes of the economic crisis.” (2015). Aegean College research centre working paper series [in Greek, with an English summary].
• “National CSR and institutional conditions: An exploratory study.” (2014). Discussion Paper, No. 139. Athens: ΚΕΠΕ. (Co-authored with A. Skouloudis).
• “Environmental Information, Asymmetric Information and Financial Markets: A Game-Theoretic Approach.” (2010). Discussion Paper, No. 113. Athens: ΚΕΠΕ. (Co-authored with Y. Nikolaou and C. Evangelinos).
• “Are happy people ethical people? Evidence from North America and Europe.” (2004). University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Agricultural Economics Working Paper No. AEWP 2004-08 (co-authored with H. James).

Research in Progress

• “Institutions and Competitiveness.”
• “Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation”
• “Essays on Competitiveness.”

Participation in International Professional Meetings and Conferences

• “The dipole free market vs. central planning under the current uncertain conditions: the role of responsibility.” (2022). Athens calls Athens (ACA), 2^nd International interathenian conference, November 21-23, Athens, Greece (via web).
• “Responsibility, Sustainability and Competitiveness in turbulent times.” (2022). Competitiveness and Stability in the Knowledge based Economy, 14^th International conference iCOnEc 2022, October 21-22, Craiova, Romania (via web).
• “Ethics and Economics: merging individualism and collectiveness.” (2020). Athens calls Athens (ACA), 1^st interdisciplinary conference, October 21-23, Athens, Greece (via web).
• “Comparative analysis and evaluation of the competitiveness of Apulia and Western Greece.” (2020). Conference on Regional Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the framework of eGOV_INNO, Sep. 3, Patras, Greece (via web).
• “Developing e-services and data collections to measure an improve the business climate in Western Greece.” (2020). Conference on Regional Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the framework of eGOV_INNO, Sep. 3, Patras, Greece (via web) (co-authored with P. Prodromidis, F. Economou, A. Kontolaimou, K. Loizos, V. Missos, I. Reziti, G. Skintzi, and R. Lappas).
• “Closing the gap between Friedman and CSR: The value CSR offers to Capitalism.” (2018). 7^th International conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business, Oct. 12-13, Oslo, Norway.
• “The ‘Administrative Behavior Hypothesis’: from mainstream CSR to reformulated SR.” (2017). 6^th International conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business, Sep. 28-29, Berlin, Germany (coauthored with and presented by P. D’Anselmi).
• “Opening Public Administration to Social Responsibility.” (2016). 5^th International conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business, Oct. 6-7, Milan, Italy (co-authored with P. D’Anselmi).
• “The need for a responsible Public Administration.” (2015). 4^th International conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business, Oct. 8-9, Athens, Greece (Co-authored with P. D'Anselmi and Ch. Triantopoulos).
• “Opening Public Administration Governance to CSR: Ethics of the Economic Bottom Line.” (2015). Symposium organized for the Academy of Management annual meetings, Aug. 7-11, Vancouver, Canada.
• “Corporate Social Performance needs more Competition not less: an idea for a paradigm shift.” (2014). Multinational Finance Society, Dec. 14-16, Athens, Greece (Co-authored with M. Di Bitetto and P. D’Anselmi).
• “Building a better and more Responsible Public Management.” (2014). Presented at the session “Extending Corporate Social Responsibility to Public Management” organized for the international PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) conference, Oct. 29-30, Chur, Switzerland.
• “Macroeconomic and institutional condition’s effect on National CSR.” (2014). International Conference on Applied Business and Economics (ICABE), Oct. 23-25, Delphi, Greece. (Co-authored with A. Skouloudis). It was also accepted for presentation at the 13^th International Conference on Social Responsibility, June 30- July 2, University of Bradford, UK.
• “Public Management as Corporate Social Responsibility: The Economic Bottom Line of Government.” (2014). Global Corporate Governance / Corporate Social Responsibility, August 14-16, University of Surrey, UK. (Co-edited with M. Di Bitetto and P. D’Anselmi and presented by Stefano Brogi).
• Academy of Management (2014) annual meetings PDW’s participation: a) “Harnessing the power of our spiritual and religious words to create a sustainable, responsible and socially just world: An action-focused exploration” and b) “Fostering international teaching and research collaborations” August 1-5, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• “National CSR and institutional conditions: An exploratory study.” (2014). European Economic Financial Society (EEFS) 13^th annual conference, June 12-15, Thessaloniki, Greece. (Co-authored with A. Skouloudis).
• “Strategic CSR: a solution to the economic crisis.” (2011). Business-Science-Government partnership: Fostering Country Competitiveness, International Scientific Conference at International Business School at Vilnius University, Sept. 21-23, Vilnius, Lithuania. (Co-authored with A. Skouloudis and C. Evangelinos). Published in the conference proceedings pp. 111-118.
• “The Impact of the Government Policies and Incentives to Promote the Export of Agricultural Products in Tunisia: Case of Olive Oil.” (2009). 113^th European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), Sept. 3-6, Chania, Crete, Greece. (Co-authored and presented by W. Larbi).
• “CSR & Corporate Citizenship: Structuring & Implementing CSR.” (2009). Invited discussant at the Academy of Management annual meetings, August 7-11, Chicago, Illinois.
• “An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship between Market Pressure and Firm’s Stakeholder Responsiveness.” (2006). International Association for Business and Society. Merida, Mexico (Co-authored with D. Greening and H. James). Published in the Conference Proceedings, pp. 72-76.
• “How can Corporate Social Responsibility affect development?” (2005). Ronald Coase Institute, workshop on institutional analysis, Sep. 17-22, Barcelona, Spain.

Domestic Conferences, Scholarly Presentations and Lectures (mostly in Greek)

• “The role of Education, Research and Innovation on investment and development: The case of Greece.” (2018). Greece-Europe 2020: Education, Lifelong Learning, Research, Innovation and Economy. 2^nd National Conference with International Participation organized by the Greek Institute of Economics of Education & Lifelong Learning, Research and Innovation, Sept. 28-30, University of Thessaly, Lamia (in collaboration with G. Skintzi).
• “Local government and social and sustainable entrepreneurship.” (2017). Alliance for the Entrepreneurship and Development in the Western Greece, Dec. 13-15, Patras.
• “Quality of institutions, local government and regional development.” (2017). Alliance for the Entrepreneurship and Development in the Western Greece, Dec. 13-15, Patras.
• “Measuring Costs and Performance of Public Policy on Education, Training, Research and Innovation.” (2016). Greece-Europe 2020: Education, Lifelong Learning, Research, Innovation and Economy. 1^st National Conference with International Participation organized by the Greek Institute of Economics of Education & Lifelong Learning, Research and Innovation, July 1-3, Harokopion University, Athens.
• “Fiscal Council and election program's evaluation: The case of Greece.” (2015). 4^th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Applied Economics "Economy & Democracy", Nov. 23-24, Volos, Greece (Co-authored with and presented by Ch. Triantopoulos).
• “The role of Institutions and Local Government to Regional Development.” (2015). Seminar on current topics of Greek economy sponsored by KEPE, May 8-10, Kyllene.
• “Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).” (2015). Invited lecture (by professor C. Iliopoulos) to the students of the Strategy course of the Agribusiness postgraduate program at the Agricultural University of Athens, March 31.
• “The Moral Causes of the Economic Crisis.” (2014). Invited presentation at the 1^st Pan-Hellenic Interdisciplinary Conference ‘Crisis and Everyday Life in Modern Greece’ organized by the Aegean College, Oct. 16-17, Athens. Published in the working paper series http://arc.edu.gr/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/arc-wp1chymis.pdf
• “The Art of the Economist.” (2014). Seminar on current topics of Greek economy organized by KEPE, May 9-11, Navarino.
• “The Fish Sector's contribution to development: facts and perspectives.” (2014). South and East European Development (SEED) Center, University of Thessaly, April 4-5, Volos.
• “The crisis as a development opportunity for the Ag. Sector: Lessons from New Zealand.” (2013). 11^th congress of ERSA-GR (European Regional Science Association) June 14-15, Patrai, Greece. Also presented at the Seminar on current topics of Greek economy sponsored by KEPE, July 5-7, Chalkis.
• “Corporate Social Responsibility and Green Management in the Food Sector.” (2012). 1^st Summer School at the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of the Aegean, Aug. 26-31, Myrina, Lemnos.
• “Corporate Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship in Greece.” (2012). Seminar on current topics of Greek economy sponsored by KEPE and Athens University of Economics and Business, June 2, Loutraki.
• “Corporate Social Responsibility as a tool for innovative entrepreneurship development: the case of green entrepreneurship.” (2011). 2 lectures at the Seminar on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Technological Educational Institute of Ionian Islands. Zakynthos, Dec. 8, and Cephalonia, Dec. 14.
• “Corporate Social Responsibility: a crisis’ victim or a potential solution? The case of Greece.” (2011). 4^th Pan-Hellenic conference on Environmental Policy and Management of the Department of Environment of Aegean University in Mytilene, May 27-29. Published in conference proceedings (Co-authored with A. Skouloudis and C. Evangelinos).
• “Using Friedman to Understand the Relationship Between Market Competition and Corporate Social Performance.” (2009). 2^nd Panhellenic conference on Environmental Policy and Management of the Department of Environment of Aegean University in Mytilene, June 19-21.
• “Agricultural Economics and Development perspectives for Arcadia.” (2004). Electronically presented at the 1^st Electronic Panarcadic conference [in Greek].

Presentations at KEPE research seminars

• “Opening Public Administration to Corporate Social Responsibility.” (2015). (Co-presented with Paolo D’Anselmi). May 12.
• “National Corporate Social Responsibility and Institutional conditions: An exploratory study.” (2014). October 1^st.
• “Έχει η Ηθική θέση στην Οικονομία?” (2014). May 26.
• “Reconciling Milton Friedman with Corporate Social Responsibility and taking it a step forward. Twin research projects unknowingly.” (2013). (Co-presented with Paolo D’Anselmi). September 6.
• “Asymmetric information and Financial Markets’ Environmental Risk Management: the problem of Environmental Information Quality Assurance.” (2010). September 23.

Formal Classroom Assignments

• Corporate Social Responsibility. Master’s program of Management Studies at the University of Peloponnese-Kalamata (2020-2021).
• Corporate Governance. Master’s program of Management Studies at the University of Peloponnese-Kalamata (2019-2020).
• Economics of Institutions. Guest lectures at the undergraduate programme of the Agricultural Economics and Rural Development Department of the Agricultural University of Athens (2018-2019).
• Market Structure. Master’s program of Business Economics and Management Department of Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (2007-2012) assessment score (average): 4/5.
• Introductory Microeconomics. University of Missouri-Columbia (acad. year 2006) assessment score: 4.3/5.

Supervision of master's theses

(At the Management department of the University of Peloponnese-Kalamata)

• Nikiforos Panayotis. (2019-2020). “Corporate identity and corporate social responsibility: case study of National Bank, Pireaus Bank and Alpha Bank.”
• Giova Konstantina. (2019-2020). “Corporate Social Responsibility of radiology departments.”

(At the Business Economics and Management department of the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania -MAICh)

• Margaryan Anna (2014-2015) “An Alternative View of the Causes of the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis: The Austrian Economics perspective”.
• Smilevska Bisera (2012-2013) “Government support for Corporate Social Responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises in FYRMacedonia: A Comparative Study of the Food and IT Industries”
• Igityan Nune (2010-2011) “B2C e-Commerce in Developing Countries: The Case of Armenia”
• Mohamed Mohamed (2009-2010) “Consumers; Motivations and Barriers towards Organic Food: The Case of Egypt”
• Faghali Majed (2008-2009) “An in-depth study of the Lebanese Wine Sector: Financial Analysis and Future Perspectives”.
• Larbi Walid (2008-2009) “Impact of Government Policies and Incentives to Promote the Sector of Agricultural Products in Tunisia: The Case of Olive Oil”.

Other Professional Activities

Assessor/Reviewer of Books – Monographs

• Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE).

Reviewer for Professional Journals

• Agricultural Economics
• Agriculture and Human Values
• British Food Journal
• Business Strategy and the Environment
• Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
• Environments
• Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
• Journal of Food Products Marketing
• Journal of Institutional Economics
• International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
• International Review of Administrative Sciences
• Land
• Social Responsibility Journal
• Sustainability.

Reviewer for Conferences

• Academy of Management annual meetings.
• European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE).
• International Association for Business and Society annual meetings.