Author name: Mary Psilou

AE4RIA – the Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Aephoria – participated as a partner and supporter of the 3rd Hellenic Impact Investing Conference (HIIC25), held on 13–14 October 2025 at Zappeion Megaro, Athens. The event serves as a leading platform for advancing sustainability and impact investing in Greece and Southeast Europe. On […]

On 12 October, Dr. Fanis Zacharatos presented the study titled “Transforming agrifood systems in Greece: emissions reduction through the Mediterranean diet” (Koundouri P., Dellis K., Deranian C., Zacharatos T.) at the 18th International Conference of the Hellenic Association of Agricultural Economists, held in Florina, Greece. The presentation examined the potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

On 17/10, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri spoke at the 4th United Nations Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference, hosted by the United Nations University (UNU) in Tokyo, Japan ??. The UN Conference served as an urgent call to accelerate transformations in science and scholarship in alignment with the Pact for the Future, ensuring that no country,

Date: 6–8 October 2025 The final phase of the MariTech Talent Programme took place successfully between 6 and 8 October 2025 in Limassol, marking the culmination of an intensive micro-credential training designed to strengthen the maritime workforce with the skills needed for the green and digital transition. Building on the online self-paced learning and webinar

AE4RIA – Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Αephoria participated in the 5th RETASTE International Conference, “Rethink Food Resources, Losses, and Waste,” held at Harokopio University of Athens from 24–27 September 2025. Representing AE4RIA, Ginevra Coletti, researcher and PhD student at the University of Ferrara and visiting PhD student at AE4RIA, presented the

Dr. Konstantinos Dellis, under the leadership of Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, contributed to the TSI–TAIEX Workshop, supporting the implementation of Cyprus’s revised National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan—“Enhancing disaster risk management and climate change adaptation in Cyprus”—with a session titled “Financing Adaptation Pathways: Insights from the Pathways2Resilience (P2R) Project.” His presentation highlighted how the

Ayia Napa, Cyprus | 8–9 October 2025 Partners from the KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, KWR Water Research Institute, University of Exeter, Bielefeld University, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), and DTU – Technical University of Denmark convened to share project updates, demonstrate innovative use cases, and plan next steps toward sustainable,

Prof. Phoebe Koundouri participated as a panel member at the ERC Starting Grant Mentoring Event, organised by the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) and the Academia Europaea Barcelona Knowledge HUB. As an ERC grantee and Ambassador for the European Research Council (ERC), Prof. Koundouri supports initiatives that foster research excellence, mentorship, and the visibility of

During the Science and Technology in Society Forum 2025 in Kyoto, Japan, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri spoke at the Biodiversity Session, which focused on the urgent need to address the accelerating loss of biodiversity and the challenges of translating scientific evidence into effective policy and action. In her intervention, Prof. Koundouri approached biodiversity from an integrated

At the 22nd Annual Science and Technology in Society Forum (STS Forum 2025), held from October 5–7, 2025, in Kyoto, Japan, more than 1,500 global leaders from over 80 countries, regions, and international organizations convened to explore how science and technology can provide solutions to today’s most pressing global challenges. Since its establishment in 2004,

On October 5, in Kyoto, Japan, the 2025 Science, Technology and Society Forum was held together with the Regional Action on Climate Change Symposium, where Prof. Phoebe Koundouri served on the International Advisory Committee. Since 2009, RACC has advanced local climate action through knowledge networks connecting science and policy. Last year’s symposium focused on oceans,

Prof. Phoebe Koundouri participated in the 2025 Thessaloniki Sustainability Summit, on 2 & 3 October, organized under the theme “10 Years of the Paris Agreement” by SDSN Black Sea, with the support of the Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), and the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS). During the WAAS

On September 23–24, 2025, the Horizon Europe project FoodCoP convened its partners from across Europe at the RDI Hub for two highly productive days of exchange. The meeting focused on advancing the project’s mission by sharing progress updates, strengthening collaboration, and exploring innovative pathways for sustainable transformation through the circular bioeconomy. A particular highlight was