Activities

Presentation at the 2nd International Seminar on Sino-Greek Research Center for Sustainable Urban and Regional Development

George Petrakos Director of the Confucius Institute and Professor of the Department of Planning & Regional Development University of Thessaly, presented  the research findings from the project DISINREG of the paper entitled “The Integration and spatial inequality in the EU” in Beijing at the 2nd International Seminar on Sino-Greek Research Center for Sustainable Urban and Regional Development Central University of Finance and Economics in July 2023.

Paper presentation: “Detecting the sources and drivers of political discontent in the EU”

Stavroula Alexiou, Ph.D. Candidate of the Department of Planning and Regional Development, presented the paper (co-authored with post-doc researcher Alexandra Sotiriou and Professor George Petrakos) with the title: “Detecting the sources and drivers of political discontent in the EU” at the 18th Scientific Conference of the Greek Section of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA GR) in Athens on September 22nd, 2023. The paper is part of research conducted within the DISINREG research project and funded by HFRI.

UNTANGLED WORKSHOP: OLD AND NEW INEQUALITIES IN DISRUPTIVE TIMES

Professor George Petrakos was the guest speaker (keynote speaker) at the conference : UNTANGLED WORKSHOP: OLD AND NEW INEQUALITIES IN DISRUPTIVE TIMES, which was organized by the University: Politechnico di Milano in Milano, on February 1, 2023. The title of his presentation was: “Geographies of inequality in Europe: Drivers, implications and policy dilemmas”. His presentation was based on research that is being conducted within the DISINREG research project and funded by ELIDEK.

10th PhD Symposium on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus of the London School of Economics

Stavroula Alexiou, PhD Candidate of the Department of Planning and Regional Development, presented at the 10 th PhD Symposium on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus of the London School of Economics, in London, on May 26th, 2023. The paper (co-authored with Professor George Petrakos) with title: “The impact of integration on regional growth and cohesion in Greece ” is part of research that is being conducted within the DISINREG research project and funded by ELIDEK.