bio

I am research officer at the Hellenic Observatory, European Institute, LSE and visiting lecturer in economics at King's Business School, King's College London. I hold a PhD in Energy Economics from UCL and a masters degree in Economics from the University of Nottingham. I obtained my undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Macedonia. 

I have previously worked as a senior research associate at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia (UEA). Before my PhD studies, I have worked as a research assistant at LSE. I have engaged in policy-oriented research projects with the European Commission Joint Research Centre, the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the OECD and the Minderoo Foundation. 

Academic research and professional consultancy services

My academic interest lies at the intersection of energy demand  and supply dynamics and examines the contribution of economic growth and technological innovation on climate change mitigation. I focus both on the macro level – assessing economics sectors (e.g., industry, energy, and agriculture) and innovation processes– and the micro level – investigating interconnections between local conditions and climate change mitigation. I mainly employ econometric methods and mathematical models in my research.

At a macro level, my research focuses on the long-term dynamics of energy consumption, both historically and into the future. I have published in academic journals such as Energy Economics, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Environmental and Science Policy. My research has been mentioned in respected international news agencies (Wall Street Journal, Kathimerini). I am particularly interested in employing econometric techniques to inform policymakers in the shaping of energy policy. At the UK level, I have contributed with my research (published in Energy Economics) in the development of an improved econometric industrial module of the UK Energy Demand Model (EDM), commissioned by UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and currently used to produce future energy demand and emissions projections in the UK. I have advised the UK Committee for Climate Change (CCC) on redeveloping their industrial indicators on energy efficiency, carbon intensity and emissions reduction, as acknowledged in the preamble of the 2018 Parliamentary Report on Climate Change. At the EU level, I have advised the Minderoo Foundation on the economic and environmental implications of a virgin plastic feedstock tax by developing a Difference-in-Differences model that evaluates the policy effectiveness of the EU Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme. At the global level, I have worked with the OECD - Trade and Agriculture Directorate on a research identifying climate and trade policies at risk of carbon leakage in the agricultural sector (OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Paper No.169). Currently, I am contributing to a European Research Council funded project, called Deep Decarbonisation, on the evaluation of national climate policies and their long-term implications for national emission mitigation strategies.

At a micro level, I am working on the dynamics of diffusion and adoption of technological innovation in the energy sector. Funded by the UK-EPSRC and part of the EnergyREV consortium, I have worked on the diffusion of smart, local energy systems and their spatial variation in the UK uptake. I examine which business models and scalable technological configurations can be replicated at a local spatial level to enable the decentralisation, decarbonisation and digitalisation of energy systems. As an extension, I am assessing the effectiveness of the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive policy, employed by the UK government to incentivise the decarbonisation of residential heating though adoption/diffusion of air source heat pump. 

My research interest also revolves around the fields of economic growth and economic geography with particular interest in investigating growth dynamics and historical spatial convergence patterns. My recent publication in Urban Studies examines the role of first-nature (location, proximity, physical geography) and second-nature geography (economic structure, agglomeration, economic potential) in accounting for regional synchronicity in growth trajectories (stochastic convergence). 

Academic teaching

I am interested in teaching on energy economics, economic growth, applied econometrics, maths and statistics. 

I am currently delivering seminars and tutorials on maths for the BSc in Economics and Management at King’s Business School (Sem 1 - 2021-2022). I will be teaching Statistics for the BSc in Accounting and Finance at King’s Business School over the second term of 2021-2022. In the past (2019-2021), I have delivered seminars and tutorials on applied econometrics for the MSc in ‘Economics and Policy of Energy and Environment’ at University College London (UCL).