Research Projects
Currently I am involved in:
– the project “Resilience, inclusiveness and development: Towards a just green and digital transition of Greek regions” (JustReDI). The project is implemented within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan Greece 2.0 with funding from the European Union – NextGenerationEU.
– the project ‘Carbon Farming Awareness Hub’, an Erasmus+ initiative co-funded by the European Commission (KA220-YOU – Cooperation partnerships in youth), aiming to create a network of awareness hubs in four countries (Italy, Greece, Portugal and Spain), enriching the rural identity as a driver of environmental and social innovation through the promotion of carbon farming
The HEINRICH-BÖLL-STIFTUNG Thessaloniki Greece, assign me with writing a Policy Brief “A Green Deal for Greece“, summarizing and commenting how the European Green Deal could be formulated in the Greek context.
A study concering CC’ impacts on labour and the role trade unions can play in CC-related policies (including research on Greek trade unionists’ views). Funded by ADEDY (Greek Civil Service Unions’ Confederation). You may read the full study here (in Greek).
COMPON (Comparing Climate Change Policy Networks), was a project which studied the different advocacy coalitions concerning climate change across the globe. COMPON was co-ordinated by Prof. Jeff Broadbent, University of Minessota, USA
DEMOS (Democracy in Europe and the Mobilisation of Society) project focusedon forms of deliberative democracy as they are elaborated “from below” and implemented both in the internal organization of social movements and in experiments of participatory decision-making. In particular, the project analysed the issue of active democracy as it emerges in the theorization and practices of the movements that have recently mobilized on the issues of globalization, suggesting patterns of “globalization from below”.
The following publications stem from research undertaken under this project:
- Andretta M., Botetzagias et al., (2009) ‘Novel characteristics of the GJM: a (latent) network analysis approach’, in della Porta D. (ed.), Another Europe: Conceptions and practices in the European Social Forums , Routledge: London, pp. 149-172
The project ‘European Green Party Members’ set out to collect data on green party members across Western Europe, using a ‘common core questionnaire’ which was first mailed to random samples of members during 2002 and 2003. It was funded by the British Academy under its Large Research Grant programme (LRG-31746) and directed by Wolfgang Rüdig (University of Strathclyde). Additional support was provided by the Research Development Fund of the University of Strathclyde. The financial support of the British Academy and the University of Strathclyde is gratefully acknowledged. Surveys were successfully completed in 13 countries, generating more than 6,000 completed questionnaires. Individual national surveys were carried out under the responsibily of national researchers, often with additional financial support from their home institutions
The following publications stem from research undertaken under this project:
- Botetzagias Ι. & Rudig W. (2016) (eds.), Green Political Parties. Green Institute: Athens [in Greek].
- Botetzagias I. & Vasilopoulos P. (2015), Climbing to the rooftop, falling off yet landing on one’s feet (and finding a wallet on the pavement?): the electoral fate of the Greek Ecogreens (2004-2015), South European Society & Politics, 20 (4): 573-590
- Botetzagias I. & van Schuur W. (2012), Active Greens: an analysis of the determinants of Green party members’ activism in environmental movements, Environment & Behavior, Vol. 44, N.4, pp.509-544.
- Botetzagias I. (2003), The re-emergence of the Greek Greens, Environmental Politics, Vol.12 No 4, pp. 127-132.
Kantemnidis D. & Botetzagias I. (2023) Understanding the Environmental Security Perceptions of the European Union’s Security Actors. Sustainability, 15:13027
Kostopoulos, G. & Botetzagias, I. (2023). The “War on the Goat”: Forestry, Husbandry and Politics in Early Modern Greece. The Historical Review/La Revue Historique, 19(1), 47–76.
Syrou, D. & Botetzagias, I. Stakeholders’ Perceptions Concerning Greek Protected Areas Governance. Sustainability 2022, 14, 3389.
Botetzagias I. & Malesios C. (2021) Not just for protection: Determinants of face mask choice during COVID-19 pandemic in Greece. Journal of Health, Safety & Environment, 37(2): 143-151
Botetzagias I. & Kostopoulos G. (2021) “For the Thorough Conservation of the Forests”: A History of Forest Management and Protection in “Old Greece,” 1830–1880. Journal of Modern Greek Studies, 39(1): 93-116
Botetzagias I. & Malesios C. (2021) Do single-use facemask users care for the effects on the (marine) environment during the COVID-19 pandemic? Preliminary results from Greece. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 167:112320
Botetzagias I., Kevrekidou M., Malesios Chr. & Jones N. (2020) Exercising social control in PAYT (Pay-As-You-Throw) violations: the role of subjective evaluations and social capital. Waste Management, 105:347-354.
Botetzagias I. & Kotlida Ev. (2018) Bear management in Greece as a ‘problem orientation’ policy issue: A Q-methodology approach.AEJES–Aegean Journal of Environmental Sciences (pre-print available)
Botetzagias I., Tsagkari M. & Malesios Chr. (2018) Is the ‘Troika’ bad for the environment? An analysis of EU countries’ environmental performance in times of economic downturn and austerity memoranda. Ecological Economics, 150: 34-51.
Guerreiro S. & Botetzagias I. (2018)Empowering communities – the role of intermediary organisations in community renewable energy projects in Indonesia. Local Environment, 23(2):158-177.
Gkiouzepas G. & Botetzagias I. (2018). The Narrative Cycle of Climate Change in the Greek Newspapers, 2001–2008. Environmental Communication, 12(4): 507-524.
Beckham Hooff S., Botetzagias & Kizos Ath. (2017) Seeing the Wind (Farm): Applying Q-methodology to Understand the Public’s Reception of the Visuals Around a Wind Farm Development. Environmental Communication, 11(5): 700-722.
Gkiouzepas Y. & Botetzagias I. (2017) Climate change coverage in Greek newspapers (2001-2008), Environmental Communication, 11(4): 490-514.
Broadbent, J., Sonnett J., Botetzagias I. et al. (2016) Conflicting Climate Change Frames in a Global Field of Media Discourse, Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 2:1-17..
Botetzagias I. & Vasilopoulos P. (2015) Climbing to the rooftop, falling off yet landing on one’s feet (and finding a wallet on the pavement?): the electoral fate of the Greek Ecogreens (2004-2015), South European Society & Politics, 20(4): 573-590.
Moysiadis Y., Malesios Chr. & Botetzagias I. (2015) The impact of distance on a ‘NIMBY’ perception towards windfarms’ development, Aegean Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1:41-60
Botetzagias I., Dima A.-F., Malesios Chr. (2015) Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior in the context of recycling: The role of moral norms and of demographic predictors, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 95:58-67.
Botetzagias I., Malesios Chr., Kolokotroni An. & Moysiadis Y. (2015) The role of NIMBY in opposing wind farms’ siting: evidence from Greece, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58(2):229-251.
Botetzagias I., Malesios Chr., & Poulou D. (2014), Electricity curtailment behaviours in Greek households: different behaviours, different predictors, Energy Policy, Vol. 69, pp.415-424
Botetzagias I. & Koutiva Eir. (2014), Financial giving of foundations and businesses to ENGOs: the role of grantee’s legitimacy, VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Vol.25, pp.281-306
Botetzagias I. & Malesios Chr. (2012), The influence of economic affluence and environmental conditions on an individual’s concern for the environment: a Greek casestudy (2005-2007), Local Environment, Vol. 17, N.1, pp.93-113.
Botetzagias I. & van Schuur W. (2012), Active Greens: an analysis of the determinants of Green party members’ activism in environmental movements, Environment & Behavior, Vol. 44, N.4, pp.509-544.
Giannoulis Chr., Botetzagias I. & Skanavis C. (2010), Newspaper Reporters’ Priorities and Beliefs About Environmental Journalism: An Application of Q Methodology, Science Communication, Vol. 32, N.4, pp. 425-466
Botetzagias I., Robinson P. & Venizelos L. (2010), Accounting for difficulties faced in materializing a transnational ENGO conservation network: A case-study from the Mediterranean, Global Environmental Politics, Vol. 10, No.1 pp.115-151
Botetzagias I. & Karamichas J. (2009), Grassroots mobilisations against waste disposal sites in Greece, Environmental Politics, Vol. 18, No.6, pp.939-959
Jones N., Sophoulis C., Iosifides Th., Botetzagias I. & Evaggelinos K. (2009) The influence of social capital on environmental policy instruments, Environmental Politics, Vol. 18 No. 4, pp. 595-611
Jones N., Malesios Chr. & Botetzagias I., (2009) The influence of social capital on willingness to pay for the environment among European citizen, European Societies, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp.511-530
Botetzagias I. (2008), The Environmental Impact Assessment and Auditing process in Greece: evidence from the prefectural level, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. 115-125
Alexandropoulos St., Serdedakis N., Botetzagias Ι. (2007), The Greek environmental movement: from the status nascendi of a movement to its integration, Greek Political Science Review, Issue 30, November, pp. 5-31 (in Greek)
Botetzagias I. (2007), Clinging on? The Cypriot Greens, Environmental Politics, Vol.16, No 1, pp. 124-129
Botetzagias Ι. (2006), NGOs and civil society, a problematic relation: the case-study of the Greek Environmental NGOs (ΜΚΟ και Κοινωνία Πολιτών, μια προβληματική σχέση; Η περίπτωση των Ελληνικών Μη-Κυβερνητικών Περιβαλλοντικών Οργανώσεων), Greek Review of Political Science, No 27, pp. 71-95 (in Greek)
Botetzagias I. (2005), ‘Introduction: The Europeanisation of Southern Europe’, in Botetzagias I. (ed.), The Europeanisation of Southern Europe, Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol. 7, No.3, December
Botetzagias I. (2003), The re-emergence of the Greek Greens, Environmental Politics, Vol.12 No 4, pp. 127-132.
Karamichas J & Botetzagias I. (2003), Green Party factionalism: The case of the Ecologists-Alternatives of Greece, South European Society and Politics, Vol. 8, No 3, pp. 65-93
Botetzagias I., The Federation of Ecologists Alternatives: The Greek Green Experiment (Η Ομοσπονδία Οικολόγων Εναλλακτικών: Το Ελληνικό Πράσινο πείραμα), (2003) Greek Review of Political Science No 22, pp.69-105 (in Greek)
Kantemnidis D. & Botetzagias I. (2023) Understanding the Environmental Security Perceptions of the European Union’s Security Actors. Sustainability, 15:13027
Kostopoulos, G. & Botetzagias, I. (2023). The “War on the Goat”: Forestry, Husbandry and Politics in Early Modern Greece. The Historical Review/La Revue Historique, 19(1), 47–76.
Syrou, D. & Botetzagias, I. Stakeholders’ Perceptions Concerning Greek Protected Areas Governance. Sustainability 2022, 14, 3389.
Botetzagias I. & Malesios C. (2021) Not just for protection: Determinants of face mask choice during COVID-19 pandemic in Greece. Journal of Health, Safety & Environment, 37(2): 143-151
Botetzagias I. & Kostopoulos G. (2021) “For the Thorough Conservation of the Forests”: A History of Forest Management and Protection in “Old Greece,” 1830–1880. Journal of Modern Greek Studies, 39(1): 93-116
Botetzagias I. & Malesios C. (2021) Do single-use facemask users care for the effects on the (marine) environment during the COVID-19 pandemic? Preliminary results from Greece. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 167:112320
Botetzagias I., Kevrekidou M., Malesios Chr. & Jones N. (2020) Exercising social control in PAYT (Pay-As-You-Throw) violations: the role of subjective evaluations and social capital. Waste Management, 105:347-354.
Botetzagias I. & Kotlida Ev. (2018) Bear management in Greece as a ‘problem orientation’ policy issue: A Q-methodology approach.AEJES–Aegean Journal of Environmental Sciences (pre-print available)
Botetzagias I., Tsagkari M. & Malesios Chr. (2018) Is the ‘Troika’ bad for the environment? An analysis of EU countries’ environmental performance in times of economic downturn and austerity memoranda. Ecological Economics, 150: 34-51.
Guerreiro S. & Botetzagias I. (2018)Empowering communities – the role of intermediary organisations in community renewable energy projects in Indonesia. Local Environment, 23(2):158-177.
Gkiouzepas G. & Botetzagias I. (2018). The Narrative Cycle of Climate Change in the Greek Newspapers, 2001–2008. Environmental Communication, 12(4): 507-524.
Beckham Hooff S., Botetzagias & Kizos Ath. (2017) Seeing the Wind (Farm): Applying Q-methodology to Understand the Public’s Reception of the Visuals Around a Wind Farm Development. Environmental Communication, 11(5): 700-722.
Gkiouzepas Y. & Botetzagias I. (2017) Climate change coverage in Greek newspapers (2001-2008), Environmental Communication, 11(4): 490-514.
Broadbent, J., Sonnett J., Botetzagias I. et al. (2016) Conflicting Climate Change Frames in a Global Field of Media Discourse, Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 2:1-17..
Botetzagias I. & Vasilopoulos P. (2015) Climbing to the rooftop, falling off yet landing on one’s feet (and finding a wallet on the pavement?): the electoral fate of the Greek Ecogreens (2004-2015), South European Society & Politics, 20(4): 573-590.
Moysiadis Y., Malesios Chr. & Botetzagias I. (2015) The impact of distance on a ‘NIMBY’ perception towards windfarms’ development, Aegean Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1:41-60
Botetzagias I., Dima A.-F., Malesios Chr. (2015) Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior in the context of recycling: The role of moral norms and of demographic predictors, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 95:58-67.
Botetzagias I., Malesios Chr., Kolokotroni An. & Moysiadis Y. (2015) The role of NIMBY in opposing wind farms’ siting: evidence from Greece, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58(2):229-251.
Botetzagias I., Malesios Chr., & Poulou D. (2014), Electricity curtailment behaviours in Greek households: different behaviours, different predictors, Energy Policy, Vol. 69, pp.415-424
Botetzagias I. & Koutiva Eir. (2014), Financial giving of foundations and businesses to ENGOs: the role of grantee’s legitimacy, VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Vol.25, pp.281-306
Botetzagias I. & Malesios Chr. (2012), The influence of economic affluence and environmental conditions on an individual’s concern for the environment: a Greek casestudy (2005-2007), Local Environment, Vol. 17, N.1, pp.93-113.
Botetzagias I. & van Schuur W. (2012), Active Greens: an analysis of the determinants of Green party members’ activism in environmental movements, Environment & Behavior, Vol. 44, N.4, pp.509-544.
Giannoulis Chr., Botetzagias I. & Skanavis C. (2010), Newspaper Reporters’ Priorities and Beliefs About Environmental Journalism: An Application of Q Methodology, Science Communication, Vol. 32, N.4, pp. 425-466
Botetzagias I., Robinson P. & Venizelos L. (2010), Accounting for difficulties faced in materializing a transnational ENGO conservation network: A case-study from the Mediterranean, Global Environmental Politics, Vol. 10, No.1 pp.115-151
Botetzagias I. & Karamichas J. (2009), Grassroots mobilisations against waste disposal sites in Greece, Environmental Politics, Vol. 18, No.6, pp.939-959
Jones N., Sophoulis C., Iosifides Th., Botetzagias I. & Evaggelinos K. (2009) The influence of social capital on environmental policy instruments, Environmental Politics, Vol. 18 No. 4, pp. 595-611
Jones N., Malesios Chr. & Botetzagias I., (2009) The influence of social capital on willingness to pay for the environment among European citizen, European Societies, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp.511-530
Botetzagias I. (2008), The Environmental Impact Assessment and Auditing process in Greece: evidence from the prefectural level, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. 115-125
Alexandropoulos St., Serdedakis N., Botetzagias Ι. (2007), The Greek environmental movement: from the status nascendi of a movement to its integration, Greek Political Science Review, Issue 30, November, pp. 5-31 (in Greek)
Botetzagias I. (2007), Clinging on? The Cypriot Greens, Environmental Politics, Vol.16, No 1, pp. 124-129
Botetzagias Ι. (2006), NGOs and civil society, a problematic relation: the case-study of the Greek Environmental NGOs (ΜΚΟ και Κοινωνία Πολιτών, μια προβληματική σχέση; Η περίπτωση των Ελληνικών Μη-Κυβερνητικών Περιβαλλοντικών Οργανώσεων), Greek Review of Political Science, No 27, pp. 71-95 (in Greek)
Botetzagias I. (2005), ‘Introduction: The Europeanisation of Southern Europe’, in Botetzagias I. (ed.), The Europeanisation of Southern Europe, Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol. 7, No.3, December
Botetzagias I. (2003), The re-emergence of the Greek Greens, Environmental Politics, Vol.12 No 4, pp. 127-132.
Karamichas J & Botetzagias I. (2003), Green Party factionalism: The case of the Ecologists-Alternatives of Greece, South European Society and Politics, Vol. 8, No 3, pp. 65-93
Botetzagias I., The Federation of Ecologists Alternatives: The Greek Green Experiment (Η Ομοσπονδία Οικολόγων Εναλλακτικών: Το Ελληνικό Πράσινο πείραμα), (2003) Greek Review of Political Science No 22, pp.69-105 (in Greek)
