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Jun 20, 2026 New co-authored conference contribution with Ch. Vlados and I. Gkodosidis: we submitted the abstract Evolutionary Political Economy, the Stra.Tech.Man Approach, and the Competitiveness Web in the Contemporary Phase of Transition towards the New Globalization to the 5th Panhellenic Conference on International Political Economy (Tectonic Shifts in International Political Economy: Contemporary Theories, Interpretations, and Challenges), Athens, 8–10 October 2026.
Jun 20, 2026 New article out in EuroMed Journal of Business (Emerald) — Exporter Species as Heuristic Forms: A Typology of Export Marketing Capabilities in a Peripheral Region — open access (CC BY 4.0). It develops a physiology-based (Stra.Tech.Man) typology of exporter forms across 23 firms in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. Read it.
Jun 08, 2026 Launched VSME Hellas — an advisory practice helping Greek SMEs prepare Voluntary SME (VSME) sustainability statements under the EFRAG standard and EU Recommendation 2025/1710.
Jun 04, 2026 Citation milestone — 461 cumulative external citations across the portfolio, with a mean Web of Science Impact Factor of citing sources of 3.14 (self-citations excluded). Full point-in-time record on the citations page.
May 28, 2026 New paper accepted at World Affairs — “Dialectical Geopolitics in the Multipolar Energy Era.” Forthcoming (Wiley; Scopus Q2).
May 28, 2026 New paper accepted at EuroMed Journal of Business — “Exporter Species as Heuristic Forms: A Typology of Export Marketing Capabilities in a Peripheral Region.” Forthcoming; DOI 10.1108/EMJB-03-2026-0172.
Apr 13, 2026 Co-editing a Frontiers in Political Science Research Topic — World War III? Politics, Perception, and the Future of Global Order — with Emer. Prof. Badar A. Iqbal. Submissions are open through 30 October 2026.
Apr 02, 2026 Appointed Associate Editor of Frontiers in Political Science (International Studies section; Scopus Q1; WoS IF 1.9).
Feb 01, 2026 Joined the LOTUS project — Empowering Higher Education Institutions for Green & Digital Innovation (EIT HEI Initiative) — as an external contributor. The consortium is led by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with the University of Strasbourg, Deusto University, the University of Nicosia, and IdeasForward.
Jan 21, 2026 Served on the Event Committee of the 1st International Online Conference on Societies — “Societal Challenges, Opportunities, and Achievement” (Societies, MDPI; Scopus Q2; WoS IF 1.7), 21–23 January 2026.
Jan 15, 2026 New paper out in Strategy & Leadership — “Leading Through Complexity: An Integrative Review and Contingent Innovation Framework.” Open-access link here.
Nov 01, 2025 Serving as Leading Guest Editor for the Sustainability special issue International Economy, Business Ecosystems, and Entrepreneurship: Implications for Sustainable Energy Development. Submissions welcome.
Oct 20, 2025 New paper accepted at Perspectives on Global Development and Technology (Brill) — The Theoretical Advancement of International Political Economy and the Analytical Perspectives of the Evolutionary Structural Triptych and Global Competitiveness Web (with Ch. Vlados). Forthcoming; Scopus Q3; WoS IF 0.4.
Sep 18, 2025 New paper out in Frontiers in Political ScienceThe RCEP in an Emerging Multipolar Order: Examining Energy Transition Implications (with Ch. Vlados). Scopus Q1; WoS IF 2.3; open access. Read it.
Sep 15, 2025 Co-leading a Discover Global Society article collection on Energy Geopolitics in a Transforming Global Order. Manuscripts on energy security, transition pathways, and great-power competition are encouraged.
Jun 17, 2025 New paper out in The Journal of Entrepreneurship (Sage) — From Business Ecosystems to Firm Physiology: The Strategy–Technology–Management Evolutionary Synthesis (with Ch. Vlados). AJG 1; Scopus Q2; WoS IF 2.7. Read it.
Jun 01, 2025 Joined the International Editorial Board of Mercados y Negocios (Universidad de Guadalajara; Scopus Q4).
May 21, 2025 New paper out in Frontiers in Political ScienceThe Transformational Crisis of Globalization and the Contingent Trajectories towards Innovative Liberalism (with Ch. Vlados). Scopus Q1; WoS IF 2.3; open access. Read it.
Mar 07, 2025 New paper out in Energies (MDPI) — Energy Entrepreneurship in the Emerging New Globalization: A Macro–Meso–Micro Perspective with Evidence from a Less-Developed Regional Ecosystem (with Ch. Vlados). Scopus Q1; WoS IF 3.0; open access. Read it.
Feb 01, 2025 Joined the University of Nicosia, School of Business (AACSB-accredited), as Adjunct Faculty across its MBA programmes — including the Online MBA ranked in the world top 100 of the QS Online MBA Rankings 2026.
Feb 01, 2025 Joined the Editorial Board of Societies (MDPI; Scopus Q2; WoS IF 1.7).
Jan 09, 2025 New paper out in Energies (MDPI) — On a New Sustainable Energy Policy: Exploring a Macro-Meso-Micro Synthesis (with Ch. Vlados). Scopus Q1; WoS IF 3.0; open access. Read it.
Dec 12, 2024 Completed my PhD in Economics at the Democritus University of Thrace, awarded a unanimous 10/10 (highest distinction), on the energy transition in Europe from the perspective of international political economy, business ecosystems, and entrepreneurship. Dissertation.
Oct 07, 2024 New paper accepted at the International Journal of Global Environmental Issues (Inderscience) — Why the CPTPP Could Be an Impetus for the New Globalisation (with Ch. Vlados), in the special issue on the TPP/CPTPP and global trade. Forthcoming; Scopus Q4.
Jun 19, 2024 New paper out in the Journal of the Knowledge Economy (Springer) — Public Support for Business, Intermediary Organizations, and Knowledge Transfer: Critical Development and Innovation Policy Bottlenecks (with Ch. Vlados). AJG 1; Scopus Q2; WoS IF 3.3. Read it.
Apr 30, 2024 New paper out in the Journal of Global Responsibility (Emerald) — The Emergence of the New Globalization: The Approach of the Evolutionary Structural Triptych (with Ch. Vlados). AJG 1; Scopus Q2; WoS IF 1.6. Read it.
Jan 29, 2024 New paper out in The Japanese Political Economy (Taylor & Francis) — Russo-Ukrainian War and the Emerging New Globalization: A Critical Review of Relevant Research (with Ch. Vlados). AJG 1; Scopus Q3. Read it.
Sep 06, 2023 Awarded a full registration-fee waiver for the 35th Annual EAEPE Conference — “Power and Empowerment in Times of Multiple Crisis” — after evaluation of the full paper. Leeds, UK, 13–15 September 2023.
Oct 27, 2022 New paper out in the Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies (Emerald) — Crisis, Innovation and Change Management: A Blind Spot for Micro-Firms? (with Ch. Vlados). AJG 1; Scopus Q1; WoS IF 2.9. Read it.