The laboratory for Environmental Policy & Strategic Environmental Management was established in 2002. The research undertaken by the Lab’s personnel focuses on applied environmental policy & sociology and on the green management of industries and organizations.
Dr. Iosif Botetzagias, Associate Professor
Dr. Konstantinos Evangelinos, Associate Professor
Dr. Antonis Skouloudis, Assistant Professor
Dr. Maria Hatziantoniou, L.T.S
Marios Balis, L.T.S.
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CURRENT Research projects:
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PAST research projects:
- THALES – Incorporating sustainability into participatory decision making
- COMPON ‘Comparing Climate Change Networks’
- Skouloudis A., Malesios C. & Dimitrakopoulos P.G. (2019). Corporate biodiversity accounting and accountability in megadiverse countries: An examination of indicators disclosed in sustainability reports. Ecological Indicators 98: 888-901.
- Troumbis, A.Y., Hatziantoniou, M.N. & Vasios, G.K., (2019) (in press). Nutritional culturomics and big data: Macroscopic patterns of change in food, nutrition and diet choices. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.
- Vasios, G.K., Troumbis, A.Y., Zevgolis, Y., Hatziantoniou, M.N., & Balis, M., (2019, in press). Environmental choices in the era of ecological modernization: Siting of common interest facilities as a multi-alternative decision field problem. Environment Systems and Decisions
- Anagnostopoulos T., Skouloudis A., Khan N. and Evangelinos K. (2018), Incorporating Sustainability Considerations into Lending Decisions and the Management of Bad Loans: Evidence from Greece. Sustainability, 10(12), 4728
- Botetzagias I. and 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)
- Dsouli O., Khan, N., Kakabadse N. K. & Skouloudis A. (2018). Mitigating the Davos dilemma: towards a global self-sustainability index. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 25(1), 81-98.
- Halkos, G., & Skouloudis, A. (2018) Corporate social responsibility and innovative capacity: Intersection in a macro-level perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 182, 291-300.
- Halkos, G., Skouloudis, A., Malesios, C., & Evangelinos, K. (2018) Bouncing Back from Extreme Weather Events: Some Preliminary Findings on Resilience Barriers Facing Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises. Business Strategy and the Environment, Early View.
- Malesios C., Skouloudis A., Dey P. K., Abdelaziz F. B., Kantartzis A. and Evangelinos K. (2018) The impact of SME sustainability practices and performance on economic growth from a managerial perspective: Some modeling considerations and empirical analysis results. Business Strategy and the Environment, Early View.
- Μποτετζάγιας Ι. (2018) «Διεξάγοντας διαπραγματεύσεις για τη σύναψη Διεθνών Περιβαλλοντικών Συμφωνιών: ο ρόλος των Μη-Κυβερνητικών Περιβαλλοντικών Οργανώσεων», στο Μανωλάς Ευαγ. & Ταμπάκης Στ. (επιμ.) Διεθνής Περιβαλλοντική Πολιτική. Δίσιγμα: Θεσσαλονίκη, σ.σ. 25-40.
- Χοβαρδάς Τ. & Μποτετζάγιας Ι. (2018) «Κερατέα και Χαλκιδική: Διαστάσεις περιβαλλοντικής δικαιοσύνης», στο Σερντεδάκις Ν. & Τομπάζος Στ. (επιμ.) ‘Οψεις της Ελληνικής Κρίσης: Συγκρουσιακός κύκλος διαμαρτυρίας & θεσμικές εκβάσεις. Gutenberg: Αθήνα, σ.σ. 448-493.
- 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.
- Troumbis A., Vasios G. & Hatziantoniou M. (2018). Too much, too fast, too complex or too strange? Asymmetric sequences in public opinion regarding biodiversity conservation in Island social‑ecological setups. Biodiversity and Conservation.
Ph.D./Post-doc researchers

Dr. Zoi Christina Siamanta is a post-doctoral reseacher.
E-mail: siamanta@env.aegean.gr
Studies:
- Ph.D. in Human Geography, Birkbeck University of London, UK, 2016.
- Sc. in Sustainability and Management, Royal Holloway University of London, UK, 2010.
- Sc. in Environmental Science, University of the Aegean, 2009.
Research Interests: Political ecology, Renewable energy resources, Neoliberal natures/conservation, Environmental politics and policy, Green grabbing, Eco-Marxism, Social movements, Foucauldian scholarship
Publications:
Siamanta, Z.C. (2019) Wind parks in post-crisis Greece: Neoliberalisation vis-à-vis green grabbing. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. https://doi.org/10.1177/2514848619835156.
Siamanta, Z.C. (2017) Building a green economy of low carbon: the Greek post-crisis experience of photovoltaics and financial ‘green grabbing’. Special Section ‘Political ecologies of the green economy’. Journal of Political Ecology, 24: 258-276.

PhD thesis’ title: Environmental Security and the European Union
Studies:
Master of Science (MSc) in Physics, Naval Postgraduate School, California, USA.
Master of Arts (MA) in Security Studies, Naval Postgraduate School, California, USA.
B.Sc. in Naval Science, Hellenic Naval Academy, Greece
Publications:
-Kantemnidis, Dimitrios. “Chaos Theory and International Relations.” Journal of Mediterranean and Balkan Intelligence, Intelligence and Technology, 6, no. 2 (December 2015): 19–28.

Giorgos A. Kostopoulos is a Ph.D. candidate
Email: gkostop@env.aegean.gr
Ph.D. thesis title: Forest protection and management from the establishment of Greek State (1828) to the establishment of the first national park (1938)
Studies:
+ ¨M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences¨, University of Aegean, Greece
+ ¨M.Sc in European Policies, Planning and Spatial Development, Harokopion University, Greece
+ ¨B.Sc. in European Culture¨, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Research interests: Environmental History
Publications:
Giorgos A. Kostopoulos (2019) «The war against the goats in interwar Greece», www.environmentandsociety.org/arcadia

Dimitra Syrou is a Ph.D. candidate
Email: syrou@env.aegean.gr
Ph.D. thesis title: “Environmental Governance through Collaborative Management Institutions: An analysis of Non-Governmental Organizations in Greek Protected Area Management Bodies”
Studies:
- Master of Science (MSc) in “Environmental Management and Policy”, University of the Aegean, Mytilene
- B.Sc. in “Political Science and Public administration”, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Publications:
Syrou D. (2012) “Collaborative Management of Protected Areas in Greek Reality: implementation, obstacles, perspectives” 5th Conference in Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 25-27 May, Mytilene