Kapodistiran University of Athens, Greece, and her MA degree in Business and
Management in Emerging Markets from the University of Reading, UK. Her
research interests focus on resource economics, energy, development, political
economy, macroeconomics and socio-economic analysis. She has led research in
projects funded by the European Commission (FP7, Horizon 2020) and various
Directorates (DGENV, DGENER), the World Bank, Revenue Watch Institute USA,
etc. Stella has worked for the Centre for Euro Asian Studies in the UK, Europrism in
Cyprus, the Public Finance Monitoring Centre in Azerbaijan, the Bank of Greece,
the Institute of Energy for South East Europe and the E3MLab at the National
Technical University of Athens in Greece. She has worked for the UK Foreign
Office Chevening Fellowship Program in Energy Economics hosted by the University of Reading. Stella held academic posts at Athens University of Economics and
Business, the University of Reading, Kainar University and the Mediterranean
College. She has published in leading peer-reviewed journals including: Economics
Letters, Resources Policy, Energy Economics and Economic Systems.
Lena Tsipouri is Professor in the Department of Economic Sciences at the University of Athens and Senior Researcher in the Centre of Financial Studies of the
Department. She studied Economic Sciences at the Universities of Athens and
Vienna and completed her PhD (Doctorat d’ Etat) at the University of Paris II,
where received the first prize. She then undertook postdoctoral research at MIT
under a Fulbright Fellowship. Prof. Tsipouri teaches Economic Development,
European Economic, Integration, Economics of Technological Change and Theory
of the Firm at both undergraduate and graduate level. Her scientific research as well
as her presentations at various refereed scientific conferences and policy workshops
are about Research and Innovation (focusing on start-up ecosystems), Regional
Development and Corporate Governance.
Sander van den Burg is a Software Engineer and Researcher in software deployment, configuration management, software architectures, and free and open source
software. He is a PhD student at the Software Engineering Research Group, Delft
University of Technology, the Netherlands. His research was part of the Pull
Deployment of Services (PDS) project and addresses software deployment issues
in healthcare environments. He is working at Mendix, a company that provides a
low-code application development platform.
Achilleas Vassilopoulos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics
at the University of Ioannina in Greece. He holds an MBA and a PhD in Consumer
Theory from the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) and has served as a Visiting Scholar at the University of
Arkansas, USA (Dale Bumpers College, Dept. of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness). Achilleas has worked as a Consultant Economist for the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN FAO) and the Innovation and
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Management in Emerging Markets from the University of Reading, UK. Her
research interests focus on resource economics, energy, development, political
economy, macroeconomics and socio-economic analysis. She has led research in
projects funded by the European Commission (FP7, Horizon 2020) and various
Directorates (DGENV, DGENER), the World Bank, Revenue Watch Institute USA,
etc. Stella has worked for the Centre for Euro Asian Studies in the UK, Europrism in
Cyprus, the Public Finance Monitoring Centre in Azerbaijan, the Bank of Greece,
the Institute of Energy for South East Europe and the E3MLab at the National
Technical University of Athens in Greece. She has worked for the UK Foreign
Office Chevening Fellowship Program in Energy Economics hosted by the University of Reading. Stella held academic posts at Athens University of Economics and
Business, the University of Reading, Kainar University and the Mediterranean
College. She has published in leading peer-reviewed journals including: Economics
Letters, Resources Policy, Energy Economics and Economic Systems.
Lena Tsipouri is Professor in the Department of Economic Sciences at the University of Athens and Senior Researcher in the Centre of Financial Studies of the
Department. She studied Economic Sciences at the Universities of Athens and
Vienna and completed her PhD (Doctorat d’ Etat) at the University of Paris II,
where received the first prize. She then undertook postdoctoral research at MIT
under a Fulbright Fellowship. Prof. Tsipouri teaches Economic Development,
European Economic, Integration, Economics of Technological Change and Theory
of the Firm at both undergraduate and graduate level. Her scientific research as well
as her presentations at various refereed scientific conferences and policy workshops
are about Research and Innovation (focusing on start-up ecosystems), Regional
Development and Corporate Governance.
Sander van den Burg is a Software Engineer and Researcher in software deployment, configuration management, software architectures, and free and open source
software. He is a PhD student at the Software Engineering Research Group, Delft
University of Technology, the Netherlands. His research was part of the Pull
Deployment of Services (PDS) project and addresses software deployment issues
in healthcare environments. He is working at Mendix, a company that provides a
low-code application development platform.
Achilleas Vassilopoulos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics
at the University of Ioannina in Greece. He holds an MBA and a PhD in Consumer
Theory from the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) and has served as a Visiting Scholar at the University of
Arkansas, USA (Dale Bumpers College, Dept. of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness). Achilleas has worked as a Consultant Economist for the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN FAO) and the Innovation and
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