Kalogeresis Athanassios

Studies/Study titles
BSc Economics – University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki Greece (1994)
MSc International Transport – Cardiff (1995)
PhD University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki Greece (2003)

Research interests

Key words: Economic Geography, International Production, Industrial organization, Development, Creative and Cultural Industries.
Description:
New forms of (multinational) organization of economic activities. Global and International networks and multinational production. The role of geography in the configuration of multinational production. The role of multinational production and trade in knowledge spillovers. Relations between international and local productive systems. Sectoral analyses of the geographical dimensions of the organization of value chains: Garment, tourism, food. Creative and Cultural Industries and development. Rural development.

Teaching (Courses)
School of Spatial Planning and Development, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessalonik
Courses taught:
- Economic Geography (5 th semester compulsory - 3 hours theoretical)
- Urban and Regional Development (6th semester - compulsory - 6-hour synthetic workshop)
- Special issues of globalization and spatial development (7th semester elective - 3-hour theoretical)
- Organization of economic activities and spatial development (8th semester elective - 3 hours theoretical)

Recent research activity:
Co-ordinator

2012-2013. The Internationalization of the Greek Economy in times of crisis.
Financed by the Research Committee of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Senior researcher

2012-2015. Human capabilities as a basic component of development dynamics and differentation of the regions: The case of Greece (HIDDEN). Finance: NSRF (Oper. Program ‘ Education and Lifelong Learning’). 2004-2007. The Moving Frontier: The Changing Geography of Production in Labour Intensive Industries (MOVE). Finance: European Commission, FP6. • 2006 Innovation and clustering as a development factor: the case of garment in the region of Thessaloniki. Finance ΙΝΕ • 2003-2006. Scenarios for Reconciling Biodiversity Conservation with Declining Agricultural Use at the Mountains of Europe (Bioscene). Finance European Commission, FP 5 • 2000-2002. Rural Entrepreneurship and Employment in Transition. Finance: INTAS • 1999-2002. The Future of Europe’s Rural Periphery: The Role of Entrepreneurship in Responding to Employment Problems and Social Marginalisation. European Commission, FP 5.