is the invited Expert for the International Energy Agency’s work on the social
acceptance of wind energy.
Klimanthia Kontaxaki is a registered Lawyer at the Athens Bar Association and
graduate in the Faculty of Law at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Having a particular interest in the fields of Law of the Sea and International Shipping
Law, in the summer of 2014, she was awarded a full scholarship by the Aegean
Institute of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law for attending the summer session
courses (2014) in “Ocean Management and Maritime Law” at Tulane University/
New Orleans (USA) summer school in Rhodes. She is a holder of an LLM degree in
Public International Law with dissertation in “Maritime Spatial Planning” (2016)
and an LLM degree in International Shipping Law from the Queen Mary University
of London (2018) under a scholarship awarded by the Centre of Commercial Law
Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London.
Shiau-Yun Lu is an Associate Professor of Marine Environment and Engineering at
the National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan. Her research focuses on the human
settlement and influence in the interface between marine and territorial environment.
The research specialization recently includes coastal resilience cities, marine and
coastal management, and port city development. She received her Master’s degree
(in Landscape Architecture) from the University of Pennsylvania and her Doctoral
degree (Doctor of Design) from Harvard University. She is LEED AP (Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional) certificated since 2009.
She was awarded the ASLA Professional Excellence in Analysis and Planning
Category (2011) and the commendation prize in the Next Generation Container
Port (NGCP) Challenge in Singapore (2013).
Evita Mailli is a Research Associate at MaDgik (Management of Data, Information,
and Knowledge Group) in the Department of Informatics at the National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens and at ICRE8 (International Centre for Research
on the Environment and the Economy). She holds a BSc in Mathematics from the
University of Patras and an MSc in Computer Science from the Faculty of Informatics and Telecommunications at the University of Athens. Her current interests
involve data analysis, data visualization, and web-based decision support tools.
Vassiliki Manoussi holds a PhD degree in Economics with orientation of “Environmental Economics” from Athens University of Economics and Business (Department of International and European Economic Studies) and a Master’s degree in
Economics from Athens University of Economics and Business (Department of
Economic Studies). She has worked as a Junior Researcher at Fondazione Eni Enrico
Mattei (FEEM) and Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)
and as a Postdoctoral Researcher at AUEB (Department of International and
European Economic Studies). Her main research interests are Environmental Economics, Economics of Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Cost Benefit
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acceptance of wind energy.
Klimanthia Kontaxaki is a registered Lawyer at the Athens Bar Association and
graduate in the Faculty of Law at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Having a particular interest in the fields of Law of the Sea and International Shipping
Law, in the summer of 2014, she was awarded a full scholarship by the Aegean
Institute of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law for attending the summer session
courses (2014) in “Ocean Management and Maritime Law” at Tulane University/
New Orleans (USA) summer school in Rhodes. She is a holder of an LLM degree in
Public International Law with dissertation in “Maritime Spatial Planning” (2016)
and an LLM degree in International Shipping Law from the Queen Mary University
of London (2018) under a scholarship awarded by the Centre of Commercial Law
Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London.
Shiau-Yun Lu is an Associate Professor of Marine Environment and Engineering at
the National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan. Her research focuses on the human
settlement and influence in the interface between marine and territorial environment.
The research specialization recently includes coastal resilience cities, marine and
coastal management, and port city development. She received her Master’s degree
(in Landscape Architecture) from the University of Pennsylvania and her Doctoral
degree (Doctor of Design) from Harvard University. She is LEED AP (Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional) certificated since 2009.
She was awarded the ASLA Professional Excellence in Analysis and Planning
Category (2011) and the commendation prize in the Next Generation Container
Port (NGCP) Challenge in Singapore (2013).
Evita Mailli is a Research Associate at MaDgik (Management of Data, Information,
and Knowledge Group) in the Department of Informatics at the National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens and at ICRE8 (International Centre for Research
on the Environment and the Economy). She holds a BSc in Mathematics from the
University of Patras and an MSc in Computer Science from the Faculty of Informatics and Telecommunications at the University of Athens. Her current interests
involve data analysis, data visualization, and web-based decision support tools.
Vassiliki Manoussi holds a PhD degree in Economics with orientation of “Environmental Economics” from Athens University of Economics and Business (Department of International and European Economic Studies) and a Master’s degree in
Economics from Athens University of Economics and Business (Department of
Economic Studies). She has worked as a Junior Researcher at Fondazione Eni Enrico
Mattei (FEEM) and Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)
and as a Postdoctoral Researcher at AUEB (Department of International and
European Economic Studies). Her main research interests are Environmental Economics, Economics of Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Cost Benefit
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About the Editor and Contributors