Keynotes & invited talks
Sharing research with academic, professional and public audiences across international settings.
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International engagement
An outlook developed through exchange.
International work across research, education and practice—connecting institutions, regions and ideas through sustained academic dialogue.
International perspective
Four forms of academic exchange.
The international dimension is not a separate activity; it runs through research, teaching, public engagement and project development.
Teaching & mobility
Developing learning through visiting teaching, exchange and encounters across institutional cultures.
Research networks
Building enquiry through peer-reviewed conferences, scholarly communities and cross-border collaboration.
International projects
Contributing academic and practitioner experience to European and internationally connected initiatives.
Across regions
Relationships built beyond borders.
Academic and professional links span Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East, Asia and the United States, with collaboration and exchange involving institutions in Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Romania, the UAE, Egypt, Jordan and India.
CyprusGreeceBulgariaSerbiaRomaniaUnited Arab EmiratesEgyptJordanIndiaUnited States
Scholarship in circulation
Research shared, tested and developed internationally.
The record includes more than 75 peer-reviewed conference presentations, alongside keynotes, invited contributions, teaching mobility and participation in the completed SPRING Erasmus+ project.
Bringing regionally grounded research into wider international conversations.
Learning from different institutional settings and extending that experience to students.
Creating durable relationships through projects, networks and shared scholarly interests.
Selected keynotes & invited talks
Ideas presented in international conversation.
Selected speaking engagements reflect a continuing dialogue on sustainable investment, regional transformation, global risk and responsible international business.
Keynote speech
Regional Perspectives and Challenges on Sustainable Investment
XIII Scientific Conference EkonBiz · University of East Sarajevo · Bijeljina, Bosnia and HerzegovinaView event ↗Keynote speech
Sustainable Foreign Direct Investments: Key Trends in 2024
Nepal Global South Summit · GSFN Annual Conference · Virtual keynoteKeynote speech
Economic Realities and Reflections of a World in Transition
XXII International Scientific Conference · University of National and World Economy · Sofia, BulgariaView event ↗Keynote speech
Pictures of a World in Transit II
Global Sustainable Futures Network Annual Conference · Virtual keynoteView event ↗Keynote speech
Blue Economy Entrepreneurship: Supporting Mediterranean Small-Scale Fisheries
Global Sustainable Futures Conference · Virtual keynoteView event ↗Keynote speech
Post-pandemic Economic Challenges
53rd International Scientific Conference · Niš, SerbiaView event ↗Recent international milestones
Selected evidence from academic and professional activityXIV International Scientific Conference EkonBiz
Conference co-chair for a programme bringing together more than 170 participants from 15 countries and over 90 scientific contributions on uncertainty, innovation, sustainability and regional development.
View reflection ↗Egypt–Japan University of Science and Technology
Hosted academic colleagues from E-JUST for guest teaching and partnership development, extending a 2025 Erasmus+ bilateral agreement towards student mobility and future teaching and research initiatives.
View reflection ↗European Maritime Day · Limassol
Professional engagement with European institutions and practitioners working on maritime cooperation, safety, sustainability and innovation.
View reflection ↗MBA International Field Trip · Dubai
An international Open Exchange combining academic dialogue at the American University in the Emirates with industry, innovation and cultural learning across Dubai.
View reflection ↗Invited teaching & professional dialogue
Selected engagements beyond the keynote platformGlobal Risk Management, Global Investments & Human Resource Management
Guest lectures · American University in the Emirates · Dubai
View engagement ↗Investing in Uncertain Times: Geopolitics, Energy & Inflation
Roundtable participant · Money Conference · Nicosia, Cyprus
View engagement ↗Global Value Chains & Global Supply-Chain Risk
Erasmus+ guest lectures · University of Niš · Serbia
View engagement ↗Global Investment Trends, Risk & International Management
Erasmus+ guest lectures · Sofia University · Bulgaria
View engagement ↗Selected engagement & recognition
Contribution recognised across academic settings.
American University in the Emirates ↗
Recognition for academic contribution and commitment to strengthening international academic collaboration.
Nepal Global South Summit · GSFN Annual Conference
Virtual keynote speaker on 18 December 2024 for the conference on Sustainable Development Goals, receiving a recognition award for outstanding contribution and Best Conference Paper for “Sustainable Foreign Direct Investments: Key Trends in 2024”.
Global Sustainable Futures Conference ↗
Keynote speaker on 9–10 December 2022, receiving a recognition award for outstanding contribution and Best Conference Paper for work on blue-economy entrepreneurship and Mediterranean small-scale fisheries.
Thucydides Chair · Supreme Interbranch War School (ADISPO) ↗
Commemorative award presented in May 2018 by the Commander of ADISPO, Major General D. Vitetzakis, recognising a contribution to the Chair’s strategic policy report series.
27th Business & Economics Society International Conference
Recognition award for outstanding contribution in Albufeira, Portugal, and Best Conference Paper for “Entrepreneurship and tax compliance games: Evidence regarding enterprise behavioral dynamics in Greece”.
Research networks & scholarly service
Relationships that sustain international enquiry.
Chair and founder · UCLan Cyprus
Sustainable Economic Development Research Cluster
↗Fellow and former co-director · CyprusCentre for Entrepreneurial Development, Alliance and Research
↗International Advisory Board · Sofia, BulgariaVUZF Review
↗Research collaborator · Greece · 2015–2019Thucydides Chair in Strategic Studies
↗Author of 14 peer-reviewed intelligence and strategic policy reports on developments in the Turkish economy.
Strategic policy reports · 2015–2018
The Thucydides Chair report series.
Fourteen peer-reviewed intelligence and strategic policy reports monitoring developments in the Turkish economy, prepared during collaboration with the Hellenic National Defence General Staff Chair in Strategic Studies.
About the Thucydides Chair ↗2018
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International collaboration
Open to ideas that cross disciplines, institutions and regions.
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