Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
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Nikos is an Assistant Professor in Economic Geography, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen. Nikos is an economic geographer with a background in political economy approach to uneven geographical development, labour geography, geographical restructuring of production, and spatial organisation and socio-economic change. Previously, he has been a Research Associate at Cardiff Business School, studying structural issues of the Welsh economy. Nikos holds a BSc in Planning and Regional Development from the University of Thessaly, an MSc in European Regional Development Studies from the University of Thessaly, and an MRes in Regional Studies from the University of Groningen. He was awarded his PhD in Economic Geography in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol. Nikos’ work has been published in international top-ranked journals, such as Geoforum and European Planning Studies. He is a Regional Studies Association Fellow and received the commendation for the Best Young Scientist Paper in the 4th Pan-Hellenic Congress of Urbanism, Spatial Planning and Regional Development in 2015.
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Member of the research group Transformation of cities and landscapes – Geoinformatics
Education/Academic qualification
Economic Geography, PhD, University of Bristol
1 Oct 2012 → 14 Nov 2017
Award Date: 14 Nov 2017
Regional Studies, Research Master, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
1 Aug 2010 → 31 Aug 2012
Award Date: 31 Aug 2012
European Regional Development Studies, MSc, University of Thessaly
1 Sep 2009 → 31 Aug 2010
Award Date: 10 Nov 2010
Regional Development and Planning, BSc, University of Thessaly
1 Sep 2003 → 31 Aug 2009
Award Date: 4 Dec 2009
Keywords
- Faculty of Science
- Economic Geography
- Regional development
- Geographical inequalities
- Labour geography
- Political Economy
- Spatial organisation and socio-economic change
- Firm relocation and industrial location
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Research output
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Collateral Monetary Policy, Regional Financial Development, and Nonfi nancial Firms' Shadow Banking Activities
Yuan, C., Jiang, H., Ren, J. & Kapitsinis, N., 2024, In: China and World Economy. 32, 5, p. 166-196 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Exploring commoning in the anthropocene. Introducing the concept of the election commons as a response to socio-ecological crisis: The case of Skouries, Greece
Rigkos-Zitthen, I. & Kapitsinis, N., 8 Sep 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Historical Evolution of Trade Fairs against Urban Evolution: Divergence and Convergence of Thessaloniki Fair with International Practice
Kourkouridis, D., Frangopoulos, I. & Kapitsinis, N., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Urban History.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Interpreting NIMBY as movements claiming participatory planning in the context of refugee camps’ siting: A comparative case study in two Greek regions
Makridou, A., Frangopoulos, I. & Kapitsinis, N., 2024, In: Political Geography. 115, 12 p., 103216.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Participatory governance for the temporary use of urban abandoned areas. A socio-spatial approach to the “Old Hospital” area in Alexandroupolis, Greece
Kostaki, E., Frangopoulos, Y., Makridou, A. & Kapitsinis, N., 2024, In: Cities. 154, 11 p., 105378.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Spatialities of being a young NEET in an era of turbulence: a critical account of regional resilience across the Mediterranean EU South
Kapitsinis, N., Poulimas, M., Emmanouil, E. & Gialis, S., 2024, In: Journal of Youth Studies. 27, 1, p. 35-56Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Strengthening feedback from and engagement of students
Kapitsinis, N., 2024, Improving University Science Teaching and Learning : Pedagogical Projects 2024. Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, 8 p. (Improving University Science Teaching and Learning - Pedagogical Projects; No. 2, Vol. 20).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Studying a women’s collective from a politics of commoning perspective: the case of Skouries, Greece
Rigkos-Zitthen, I. & Kapitsinis, N., 2024, In: Journal of Cultural Geography. 41, 3, p. 256-282Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Reviewer of research proposals in the Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation
Nikolaos Kapitsinis (Participant)
2023 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Risk Management and Healthcare Policy (Journal)
Nikolaos Kapitsinis (Peer reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
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Qeios (Journal)
Nikolaos Kapitsinis (Editor)
2023 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
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Eastern Journal of European Studies (Journal)
Nikolaos Kapitsinis (Peer reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
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British Accounting Review (Journal)
Nikolaos Kapitsinis (Editor)
2023 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
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Reviewer of research proposals in the Dutch organisation for health research and care innovation
Nikolaos Kapitsinis (Participant)
2023 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Second research meeting of the Labour Geography Research Lab, University of the Aegean
Nikolaos Kapitsinis (Invited speaker)
6 Oct 2022Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Round Table in the Stakeholders meeting of the project ‘Interregional Relations in Europe’
Nikolaos Kapitsinis (Invited speaker)
28 Apr 2022Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press/Media
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Trade fairs result in tourist development and support for local firms, according to Thessaloniki citizens
06/02/2023
1 item of Media coverage
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How well have Scotland and the UK coped with Covid?
18/04/2022
1 item of Media coverage
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Estimated COVID deaths may be three times higher than we think
18/03/2022
1 item of Media coverage
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Excess deaths during pandemic ‘are symptom of poor health in Scotland’
09/02/2022
1 Media contribution
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Excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic - what is it like in the world?
21/12/2021
1 Media contribution
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Why excess deaths have varied so greatly around the world during the Covid pandemic
12/12/2021
1 Media contribution
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Prizes
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Commendation for Best Young Scientist Paper
Kapitsinis, Nikolaos (Recipient), Sep 2015
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
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Institute of Human Geography Research Grant: Behind the glamorous fine-dining scene of Copenhagen: precarity and exploitation of skilled and unskilled, native and migrant labor
Kapitsinis, Nikolaos (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions