SELECTED TEACHING & TRAINING

On-Going:

  • AGRICOMPET (PRIMA-HORIZON) project (2021-2025): Training of cooperative leaders in co-designing solutions to their most pressing organizational and managerial challenges. 

Recent (Selected):

  • ERASMUS+ GGPAC (2022-2024): Training of cooperative managers from Estonia, France, Greece, and Romania. November 2023, Athens, Greece
  • "Co-op Labx1: Creating a New Generation of Cooperative Leaders in Greece"; 6-month experiential training seminar, Co-opAbility Institute, Fall 2020 (Athens, Greece).
  • The Ownership and Governance of Agricultural Cooperatives; a two-day seminar for MS in Agribusiness students; Estonian University of Life Sciences (Tartu, Estonia, November 27-28, 2019).
  • Communication in Agricultural Cooperatives; a one-day seminar for selected board members of Estonian agricultural cooperatives (Tartu, Estonia, March 2019).
  • Members of Agricultural Cooperatives: A Holistic View; a one-day seminar for selected members of Estonian agricultural cooperatives (Tartu, Estonia, March 2019).
  • Owenership, Governance, and Capitalization Models in Agricultural Cooperatives: How to Choose Wisely; a two-day seminar for selected managers of Estonian agricultural cooperatives (Tartu, Estonia, March 2019).
  • Governance of Agricultural Cooperatives: A Systems Thinking Approach; a three-day experiential course for members of Boards of Directors of Estonian Agricultural Cooperatives (Tartu, Estonia; November 4-9, 2018).
  • Mini MBA in Agribusiness Course for the Top Management Team of Kefalonia Fisheries, Inc., Kefalonia, Greece (May-August 2018).

 

At the Agricultural Eonomics Research Institute, Athens, Greece:

  • Educational Program “Systemic Approaches to Agribusiness and Cooperative Leadership Development,” Spring 2019.
  • Graduate course “Agribusiness Organization, Coordination and Management,” January-May 2007.
  • Numerous executive education programs on leadership development for cooperative executives and board members.

 

At the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece:

  • Agribusiness Economics and Management (MBA in Agribusiness Program), 2013-…
  • Strategic Management in Agribusiness (MBA in Agribusiness Program), 2015-…
  • The Economics and Management of Cooperatives (Undergraduate, 5th year course), 2008-2012.
  • Social Economy (Graduate course), 2009.

At the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA:

  • New Institutional Economics (Graduate Research Assistant), 1997-1998.
  • Introduction to Agribusiness Management (Graduate Research Assistant, undergraduate course), 1995-1998.
  • Agribusiness and Cooperative Management (Graduate Research Assistant, graduate course), 1995-1998.

 

Elsewhere:

  • Numerous executive and board member seminars for leaders of agricultural cooperatives in Europe, the U.S.A., Oceania, and Africa.
  • More than 100 invitations to present my research in prestigious academic and business meetings.

 

Mentoring:

In addition to mentoring graduate students and supervising their theses, I serve as a mentor for CEOs and Board Chairs of agricultural cooperatives in several countries.