RESEARCH AREAS

Agricultural cooperatives; Agribusiness organization and strategy; Collective Action; Systems Theory; Social Dilemmas; Community Engagement; Institutional Economics; Rural Development; Polycentric Systems and Institutions for Governance of Common-Pool Resources.

 

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS

Systems Theory; Organizational Economics; Collective Action Theory; Institutional Economics; Institutional Analysis and Development Framework (IAD); Socio-Economic Systems (SES) Framework.

 

ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGIES

 Systems Thinking and Theory, Game Theory, Conceptual Approaches, etc.

 

EMPIRICAL METHODOLOGIES

Living Labs, Communities of Practice, Participatory Action Research, Focus Groups, Peer-Coaching Clinics, Multivariate Analysis Techniques, Structural Equation Modeling, Case Studies, Qualitative Methods, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).

 

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

  • “Governing the Agri-Food Supply Chain: How to Improve Smallholders’ Competitiveness” (AGRICOMPET), PRIMA-HORIZON Project, 2021-2024.
  • Maximising the Co-benefits of agricultural digitalization through conducive digital ECoSystems (CODECS). HORIZON-RIA Project; HORIZON-CL2-2021-GOVERNANCE-01 (Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal).
  • “A Systems Theory Approach to Organizational Costs in Agricultural Cooperatives” (Research project).
  • Understanding the Role of Social Capital in Cooperatives (with Irene Martinez).
  • “A Systems Theory-Informed Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Governance in Agricultural Cooperatives with Highly Heterogeneous Member Preferences” (Research project with Vladislav Valentinov: One paper published, two papers under review).
  • “Evolution of Cooperative Farms in Eastern Germany: Governance for the Common Good” (Research proposal).

 

EDITORIAL BOARDS/SERVICE

Associate Editor, Agricultural and Food Economics (Springer).

Co-Organizer, ICA-CCR 2020 Research Conference, Athens, Greece, July 8-10, 2020.

 

Member, Scientific Committee, ICA-CCR 2019 Research Conference, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, August 21-23, 2019.

 

Co-Editor (with Dr Vladislav Valentinov), Sustainability, Special Issue on: Cooperative Longevity: Why Are So Many Cooperatives So Successful?  Available at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/cooperative_longevity. 

 

Member of the Executive Committee, ICA Committee on Co-operative Research (CCR), Since June 2017.

 

International Journal on Chain and Network Science, 2004-2016.

 

Board of Directors & Scientific Board, Electronic Research Network on Agricultural Cooperatives (e-RNAC), 2007 to present.

 

International Advisory Board, Electronic/European Research Network on Agricultural Cooperatives (e-RNAC),2005-2007.

 

OCCASIONAL REVIEWER FOR:

  • Agribusiness: An International Journal
  • Agricultural and Food Economics
  • Agricultural and Food Science
  • Agriculture and Human Values
  • American Journal of Economics and Sociology
  • Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
  • Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
  • Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • British Journal of Economics, Management and Trade
  • Energy Policy
  • European Review of Agricultural Economics
  • Food Policy
  • Forest Policy and Economics
  • International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
  • International Journal of the Commons
  • International Journal of Wine Business Research
  • Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies
  • Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
  • Journal of Cooperative Organization and Management
  • Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity
  • Journal of Food System Dynamics
  • Journal of Institutional Economics
  • Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing
  • Journal of Organizational Change Management
  • Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development
  • Journal on Chain and Network Science
  • Kybernetes
  • Maastricht University
  • Omega
  • Operational Research: An International Journal
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • University of Western Australia; UWA Business School

 

SELECTED AWARDS

  1. Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) Visiting Research Fellowship, 2019-2024.
  2. The Nourse Award for best doctoral dissertation on agricultural cooperatives, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, USA, 1999.
  3. Research fellowship by Land O’ Lakes, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, 1
  4. Travel grant, Robert Partridge Chair in Cooperative Leadership, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA,Summer 1997.
  5. Graduate Research and Teaching Assistantship, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA, 1995-1998.
  6. Friends of Cooperation Society Award for best Master’s Thesis on Agricultural Cooperatives, Athens, Greece, 1992.

 

SELECTED GRANTS

  1. Developing a transnational governance and holistic integrated services framework supporting the sustainability of European energy communities (COMANAGE). LIFE21-CET-ENERCOM-COMANAGE (EU) Project; Budget: €1.7M; November 2022-October 2025.
  2. Maximising the Co-benefits of agricultural digitalization through conducive digital ECoSystems (CODECS). HORIZON-RIA Project; HORIZON-CL2-2021-GOVERNANCE-01 (Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal); Budget: €7.5M; June 2022-May 2026.
  3. GOVERNING THE AGRI-FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN: HOW TO IMPROVE SMALLHOLDERS’ COMPETITIVENESS (AGRICOMPET). PRIMA-HORIZON 2020 (EU) Project, Budget: €1.5M; September 2021-August 2024.
  4. Good Governance Practices in Agricultural Cooperatives (GGPAC), ERASMUS+ Project; 2021-1-RO01-K220-VWT-000025577; Budget: €222,425; 2022-2024.
  5. VISITING RESEARCH FELLOW, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Halle (Saale), Germany, July 2019-June 2022.
  6. TOWARDS INNOVATION-DRIVEN AND SMART SOLUTIONS IN SHORT FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS (SMARTCHAIN) (Horizon2020 Project), Budget: €6M, Coordinator: University of Hohenheim, Germany, WP3 Leader: University of Crete, Greece. September 2018-August 2021.
  7. ANDROS PARK, Budget: 2.5 M €, LIFE Project (EU), September 2017-December 2021.
  8. AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES AS ECONOMIC CRISIS-ABSORBERS: THE ROLE OF COOPERATIVE OWNERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE, Budget: 50,000 €, Volkswagen Foundation via Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies, Halle (Saale), Germany, April 2014-June 2016.
  9. WATBIO--DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED PERENNIAL NON-FOOD BIOMASS AND BIOPRODUCT CROPS FOR WATER STRESSED ENVIRONMENTS. Budget: 9.000.000 €, Participants: University of Southampton, UK (Coordinator), University of Crete (Department of Sociology), and 20 other European universities and research centers. EU- FP7: KBBE.2012.2.1-01 Improved water stress tolerance of crop plants, 2012-2017.
  10. ENHANCING DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COOPERATIVES (EDC). Budget: $600,000, Other Participants: University of Missouri-Columbia, USA, OCDC, CIAT, IFPRI, 2014-2016.
  11. SUPPORT FOR FARMERS’ COOPERATIVES, European Commission, Contract Number: 30-CE-0395921/00-42. Budget: 1.5 million €, Other Participants: LEI-Wageningen, the Netherlands, Katholic University of Leuven, Belgium, Humboldt University, Germany, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany, Pellervo Economic Research, Finland, Rotterdam Scholl of Management, the Netherlands, 2011-2012.
  12. ISAFRUIT: “Increasing fruit consumption through a trans-disciplinary approach delivering high quality produce from environ­men­tally friendly, sustainable production methods.” Budget: 13.8 million €, Participants: 61 partners – 40 institutes and 21 small and medium-size Enterprises (SMEs); FP6 (EU), 2006-2010.
  13. THE ECONOMICS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE GREEK BIODIESEL AND PELLET SUPPLY CHAINS, European Tobacco Fund, Budget: 1, 08 million €, 2006-2009.
  14. SUPPORTING TOBACCO PRODUCERS TO SWITCH TO ALTERNATIVE OCCUPATIONS, EU Regulation 2182/2002, Budget: 700,000 €, European Tobacco Fund, 2003-2006.
  15. INSTITUTION BUILDING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE, Malta (MT02/IB/TL/AG/03), European Union, November
  16. MASTER PLAN OF THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2003-2007, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Budget: 90,000 €, 2002-2003.
  17. AGRICULTURAL BARGAINING COOPERATIVES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: SOLVING THE FREE-RIDER PROBLEM, Budget: $50,000, USDA, 1998-2000.

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