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Research in International Business and Economics, centred on foreign direct investment, sustainable FDI, regional investment dynamics and responsible international business.
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Panos Kontakos
Researching how investment, institutions and sustainability shape international business across regions and markets.
Scholar · Academic Leader · Practitioner
A practitioner-academic connecting research in foreign direct investment and sustainable international investment with academic leadership and senior international business experience.
Current appointments
Assistant Professor in International BusinessChair, Department of Business, Management and TourismUCLan Cyprus
Personal portrait · 2026
A connected career
Scholarship. Leadership. Practice.
Three dimensions of a career connecting academic enquiry with international business, institutional development and executive experience.
Leadership
Academic and programme leadership spanning curriculum development, postgraduate education, quality assurance, online learning and university governance.
Practice
Senior executive experience in international financial institutions, including governance, risk management, international strategy and cross-border engagement.
Research & ideas
Investment in context.
A research agenda focused on how capital moves, how institutions shape it and how sustainability changes the meaning of international investment.
Foreign Direct Investment
Investment determinants, motives, entry modes and the forces shaping cross-border investment across regions.
Sustainable International Investment
Sustainable FDI, responsible investment, ESG perspectives and the relationship between capital and long-term value.
Eastern Mediterranean & South-East Europe
Investment, institutions and economic interdependence across a strategically important regional environment.
International Business Risk & Regional Transformation
Risk, governance, financial institutions, international strategy and the dynamics of economic transformation.
Featured publications
Recent scholarship.
Selected books and articles defining a research identity at the intersection of FDI, sustainability, culture and regional economic change.
Monograph · 2026
Foreign Direct Investment in the Eastern Mediterranean
Sustainability and Cultural Alignment
A study spanning seven Eastern Mediterranean economies, connecting sustainability, cultural alignment, ESG, diaspora investment and regional development.
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Monograph · 2025
Global Investments, Sustainable Returns
Navigating Sustainable FDI in a Changing World
A global exploration of sustainable FDI, regional cases and practical pathways linking responsibility, resilience, inclusive growth and long-term economic value.
Cambridge Scholars PublishingJournal article · 2025
Israeli and Jewish Diaspora Investment in Cyprus
FDI Determinants, Entry Modes, and Institutional ChallengesJournal of East-West BusinessBook chapter · Forthcoming
From Capital to Conscience
Embedding Sustainability in FDI EducationSpringerInternational perspective
An outlook shaped across regions.
International engagement runs throughout Panos Kontakos’s academic and professional work, through keynote speaking, mobility, teaching, research collaboration and European projects. His links span institutions across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the United States.
Academic leadership & education
Developing people, programmes and institutions.
Programme leadership
Contemporary postgraduate education
Programme direction, curriculum development and the launch and development of UCLan Cyprus’s first online MBA programme.Academic standards
Quality, governance and renewal
Leadership in programme reaccreditation, quality assurance, module development and university-level academic governance.Student development
Supervision with an international lens
Postgraduate and doctoral supervision, experiential learning and sustained engagement with students across cultures and learning environments.Selected engagement & recognition
Ideas carried into public, professional and academic life.
Selected recognition reflects a sustained contribution to research, international exchange and the dialogue between academic insight and practice.
Nepal Global South Summit
Keynote speaker, recognition award and Best Conference Paper on sustainable FDI.
Global Sustainable Futures Conference
Keynote speaker, recognition award and Best Conference Paper on blue-economy entrepreneurship.
Thucydides Chair · ADISPO
Commemorative award recognising 14 peer-reviewed strategic policy reports on the Turkish economy.
Business & Economics Society International
Recognition award and Best Conference Paper on entrepreneurship and tax-compliance games.
Media & public commentary
Ideas shared beyond the university.
Selected conversations on the Turkish economy, financial risk and regional change, drawn from a complete archive of radio interviews.
7 November 2022
Ράδιο Πολίτης 107,6 FM
Εξελίξεις στην τουρκική οικονομία
Open interview ↗26 November 2021Αθηναϊκό-Μακεδονικό Πρακτορείο Ειδήσεων
Η Τουρκική Οικονομία ανάμεσα στη Σκύλλα και τη Χάρυβδη
Open interview ↗18 March 2020ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ · 104,9 FM
Η πανδημία Covid-19 και η Τουρκία το πρώτο τρίμηνο του 2020
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Research. Dialogue. Collaboration.
For research collaboration, invited talks, academic partnerships and international projects, please get in touch.
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