I am a Political Geographer by training. I am conducting postdoc researcher at the Department of Food and Resource Economics, section of Production, Markets and Politics at UCPH. I have a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and a Ph.D. in Human Geography from Macquarie University, Australia. My work focuses on democratic politics in times of multiple and overlapping socio-ecological and political crises. The major question that drives my research is: How can we sustain and enrich democracy in times of structural crisis? My current project explores the importance of sustaining and improving democratic governance for food safety in the Anthropocene. 

EDUCATION

    2018                    Marking Task at Macquarie University: Assignment Evaluation concerning the 

                              Master course: “Attitudes to the Environment”.

    2018                      Tutoring at Macquarie University: Tutoring and presenting at Bachelor, 

                                Master and PhD level Courses.        

2018-2021                 Copenhagen University/Macquarie University:

                                  PhD Candidate as part of a Cotutelle between 

                                  Macquarie University and Copenhagen University. Department of 

                                  Geography and Planning. Faculty of Arts. Department of Political 

                                  Science. Faculty of Humanities. 

2019-2020                Fieldwork in Ierissos of Halkidiki, North Greece. 

List of Publications/Presentations:                

1. Rigkos, Ioannis. 2104. “Democracy, A Tale of Sustainability.” Human Ecology: Culture, Power and Sustainability. Master Thesis. Lund University.

2. Rigkos, Ioannis. 2014. “Democracy, A Tale of Sustainability.” Paper Presented at the PhD   course: “Philosophy of Science.” Lund University.

3. Rigkos, Ioannis. 2014. “Democracy, A Tale of Sustainability.” Paper Presented at the   

       Workshop: “Environmental History.” Copenhagen University.

4. Rigkos, Ioannis. 2016. “Scandinavia, How the Welfare State Model of the Socialdemocratic Regimes Radically shifted to the Rise of the far-Right”. “Sto Kokkino” Blogpost. Available through: http://www.stokokkino.gr/article/1000000000026777/Skandinabia-Pos-to-montelo-koinonikis-pronoias-ton-sosialdimokratikon-kathestoton-odigithike-ragdaia-se-akrodeksiarnstrofirn. Accessed 25/02/2016.

5.  Rigkos, Ioannis. 2016. “The Struggle for Autonomy and the Imaginary of Development.”   

      “afterhistory.blogspot” Online Journal. Available through: 

       http://afterhistory.blogspot.se/2016/04/blog-post.html. Accessed 05/04/2016.

6. Rigkos, Ioannis. 2016. “The Struggle for Autonomy and the Imaginary of Development.”    

       “Inred.gr” Online article. Available through: 

         http://www.inred.gr/o-agonas-gia-autonomia-kai-to/. Accessed 16/01/2017.

7. Rigkos, Ioannis. 2016. “Democracy, The Autonomous Struggle for Achieving Sustainability.” Presentation presented at the Conference Marx2016 in Stockholm on the 15^th of October 2016. 

8.  Rigkos, Ioannis. 2016. “Democracy, The Autonomous Struggle for Achieving Sustainability.” Journal Edition, for The Socrates online Journal.

       Available at: 

       https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/GV8PAF. Accessed: 15/01/2017. 

9. Rigkos, Ioannis. 2016. “Democracy, The Autonomous Struggle for Achieving Sustainability.”  Paper presented at the Conference Marx2016 in Stockholm on the 15^th of October 2016.

       Available at: http://www.marx2016.org/sessions-and-speakers. Accessed: 21/10/2016.

10. Rigkos, Ioannis. 2018. “Exploring Commoning in a Time of Global Crises” presentation at Newcastle University, Australia, Department of Law. 

11. Rigkos, Ioannis. 2018. “Exploring Commoning in a Time of Global Crises” presentation at Confirmation Seminar at Macquarie University, Australia, Department of Geography and Planning. 

12.  Rigkos, Ioannis. 2018. “Exploring Commoning in a Time of Global Crises” presentation at the Introduction of PhD employees’ seminar at The University of Copenhagen in Denmark.  

13. Rigkos, Ioannis. 2018. “Exploring Commoning in a Time of Global Crises” paper presentation at Copenhagen Business school, Copenhagen, Denmark. 

14. Rigkos, Ioannis. 2018. “Mapping Commoning in the Anthropocene” paper presentation at Lund University, Department of Sociology, Sweden. 

15. Rigkos, Ioannis. 2019. “Mapping Commoning in the Anthropocene” paper presentation at “Research Design” PhD Course, Copenhagen University, Denmark. 

15. Rigkos, Ioannis. 2019. “Mapping Commoning in the Anthropocene” presentation at CIDA Conference at The University of Essex, Department of Government, England. 

16. Rigkos, Ioannis. 2019. “Mapping Commoning in the Anthropocene” presentation at Political Science Seminar, The University of Copenhagen, Political Science Department, Denmark.