Director of Research, University of Reading, UK

Nikos Georgantzis is a founding member of MED-SEC and a Professor of Behavioural Economics in the School of Agriculture Policy and Development at the University of Reading. He studied Economics at the University of Piraeus and he has an MPhil from the University of Wales (UC Swansea) and an MA and PhD from the European University Institute (Florence, Italy).

Expertise: In the study of the theory and evolution of entrepreneurship and business organization. Research on the role of institutions and the history of economic development. Although emphasis has been on Greece now moving into the realm of international comparisons.

Affiliation: Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece; Athens Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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Associate Professor in Industrial Economics

Expertise: Industrial organisation, competition policy and regulation, agricultural economics, energy economics and applied economic policy.

Affiliation: Economics Department – School of Economics, Business and International Studies – University of Piraeus, Greece.

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Area of Expertise: Cultural Management and Sustainable Development in Su-Saharan Africa

Affiliation:, Professor at Middlesex University Business School, London and Rhodes University, South Africa

Area of Expertise: Cultural Management and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Professor Jackson has undertaken research on the management of international development projects and management of NGOs in Africa working with the International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC) in Oxford.

Website: www.terencejackson.net, and on Twitter: @terence0jackson

Lecturer in Agricultural and Food Marketing

Expertise: Giuseppe’s research interests lie at the cross-roads between theories of economics and psychology applied to consumers’ food choices, where he has explored contemporary consumer issues regarding organic production, food safety, GMO food, farm animal welfare and recently functional foods and sustainability of food products.

Affiliation: Economic & Social Sciences Research Division – School of Agriculture, Policy and Development- University of Reading

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Professor

Expertise: Consumer Behaviour, Digital Ecosystems and Collaborative Consumption, Big Data in Strategy Making, Information Technology in Strategy Implementation.

Affiliation: Chalmers University of Technology.

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Chairman , National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

George Mergos is a founding member of MED-SEC and a Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Athens. He studied Economics at the University of Athens and he has his M.Sc. from Oxford University, UK and his Ph.D. from Stanford University, USA in Applied Economics.

Expertise: Major area of interest includes agri-food marketing including business model innovation, quantitative assessment of agricultural, food-quality and trade policies on agricultural markets, economics of obesity and malnutrition, rural and territorial development including social innovation, environmental and natural resource economics.

Affiliation: Akdeniz University, Department of Economics, Antalya, Turkey

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Expertise: With his experience of UN-funded projects, Jae-Hwan has in-depth understanding on how MNEs can play an important role in improvement of the data quality and the data gathering process with respect to sustainability in developing countries. Jae-Hwan also researches various types of policy implications regarding institutional void in emerging markets.

Affiliation: Middlesex University London

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Expertise: Price analysis (price transmission and volatility), market structure, efficiency and productivity.

Affiliation: Department of Economics and Management, University of Helsinki, Finland and University of Patras, Greece

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Executive Director, Middlesex University Business School, London, UK

Dr. Marina Papanastassiou holds the appointment of Professor of International Business at Middlesex University Business School, UK since October 2012. Previously she held the appointment of Research Professor at The Copenhagen Business School, Denmark (2007 – 2012).

Expertise: Consumer behavior and strategic marketing with applications on services, retailing and food marketing

Affiliation: Middlesex Business School, London, UK

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Expertise: Gender Economics, Development Economics, Development Finance. Issues: gender, informal employment, savings, credit, poverty and vulnerability, paid and unpaid work, urban food security, sustainable development.

Affiliation: American University, Washington DC, USA

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Expertise: Agricultural product supply, demand, and trade, agricultural markets, price transmission, food supply chain analysis

Affiliation: Research Staff (Agricultural Economics) Centre of Planning and Economic Research, Athens, Greece

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Expertise: Dr Soliman is a lecturer in International Management. Her research interests include public policy and human capital development with a focus on MENA. Before joining academia, Dr Soliman worked in management consulting across different sectors including education.

Affiliation: Middlesex University Business School

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Expertise: Risk Management; Finance (including socially responsible finance); Sustainability and Innovation, International Business; Corporate Strategy and Leadership; Business modelling; Entrepreneurship and SMEs; Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility; Consumer Behaviour.

Affiliation: Department of Economics, Middlesex University Business School, London, UK

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