Acknowledgements
The Assistant Editor of this book is Lydia Papadaki. Without her excellent editorial
work and dedication to this book project, this book would not have been completed. I
am in debt to her.
My gratitude goes to all the world-class scientists, from all across Europe and
beyond, who contributed to the 13 interdisciplinary research and demonstration
projects as well as the three global initiatives that form the basis of this book
1 : two
FP7 European Commission DG Research and Innovation projects, MERMAID and
TROPOS; two H2020 European Commission DG Research and Innovation projects,
BLUEBRIDGE and COASTAL; three European Commission Interreg projects,
AMARe, RECONNECT and Thal-Chor; six European Institute of Innovation and
Technology
2 Climate KIC
3 projects, BL.EU. Climate, Deep Demonstration Project
in European Ports, MEDFreeSup, Circular Learning Hub, Circular Economy (CE) in
Smart Specialization Strategy (S3), and Western Balkan Circular and Climate
Innovation-Beacons; as well as the three Global Initiatives, the 4-Seas UN SDSN
4
Euro-Asian Initiative, the UN SDSN Global Roundtable for Sustainable Shipping
and Ports, and the United Nations Initiative for Climate Change Effects on Cultural
and Natural Heritage.
These 16 projects and initiatives, some completed but the vast majority ongoing,
form the “Sustainable Blue Growth” research domain of the cluster of the institutions
I direct, which includes the ReSEES Research Laboratory at the Athens University
of Economics and Business,
5 EIT Climate KIC Hub Greece
6 at the ATHENA
1 Here I refer to the acronyms and the funding instrument of each project. Details for each project
can be found in the main text of the book.
2 EIT, European Institute of Innovation and Technology.
3 https://www.climate-kic.org/
4 http://www.unsdsn.gr
5 https://www.dept.aueb.gr/en/ReSEES
6 https://www.athenarc.gr/en/eit-climate-kic-greece-hub
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The Assistant Editor of this book is Lydia Papadaki. Without her excellent editorial
work and dedication to this book project, this book would not have been completed. I
am in debt to her.
My gratitude goes to all the world-class scientists, from all across Europe and
beyond, who contributed to the 13 interdisciplinary research and demonstration
projects as well as the three global initiatives that form the basis of this book
1 : two
FP7 European Commission DG Research and Innovation projects, MERMAID and
TROPOS; two H2020 European Commission DG Research and Innovation projects,
BLUEBRIDGE and COASTAL; three European Commission Interreg projects,
AMARe, RECONNECT and Thal-Chor; six European Institute of Innovation and
Technology
2 Climate KIC
3 projects, BL.EU. Climate, Deep Demonstration Project
in European Ports, MEDFreeSup, Circular Learning Hub, Circular Economy (CE) in
Smart Specialization Strategy (S3), and Western Balkan Circular and Climate
Innovation-Beacons; as well as the three Global Initiatives, the 4-Seas UN SDSN
4
Euro-Asian Initiative, the UN SDSN Global Roundtable for Sustainable Shipping
and Ports, and the United Nations Initiative for Climate Change Effects on Cultural
and Natural Heritage.
These 16 projects and initiatives, some completed but the vast majority ongoing,
form the “Sustainable Blue Growth” research domain of the cluster of the institutions
I direct, which includes the ReSEES Research Laboratory at the Athens University
of Economics and Business,
5 EIT Climate KIC Hub Greece
6 at the ATHENA
1 Here I refer to the acronyms and the funding instrument of each project. Details for each project
can be found in the main text of the book.
2 EIT, European Institute of Innovation and Technology.
3 https://www.climate-kic.org/
4 http://www.unsdsn.gr
5 https://www.dept.aueb.gr/en/ReSEES
6 https://www.athenarc.gr/en/eit-climate-kic-greece-hub
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