Research Activity

Up to now, over 46 research programs have been implemented in the Department under the supervision of members of its teaching staff. The research activity developed in the Department is innovative and of high quality, gaining recognition in Greece and abroad, as verified by the publications of the members of the Department in Greek and international fields of research, the members’ participation in Conferences and the numerous references and citations of their scientific work.

Research activities include research collaborations developed through Erasmus programs, research collaborations of the Department’s members with other Greek universities, such as the Agricultural University and the University of Athens, with international organizations such as the World Bank, international programs, such as the Aurora Project developed in collaboration with the Yale University in the United States, as well as with scientists from distinguished Universities in Europe such as Paris I and Paris Descartes Universities, The University of Lancaster, Bristol, Manchester Metropolitan in the UK, the University of Malta, the University of Wageningen, the Radbound Universiteit Nijmegen of the Netherlands, the University of Western Bohemia in the Czech Republic, the University of Bucharest, the Paisiy Hilendarski University of Plovdiv in Bulgaria, the Universidade de Minho in Portugal, and Universities of the USA such as Yale, Tufts and California-Davies. Workshops, training seminars and international conferences are also held in the Department in a frequent basis, with topics related to the Department’s subjects and with the participation of many distinguished scientists from Greece and abroad.