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, Post-crisis firm relocation: business growth vs. survival and emerging relocation factors. The case of Greek SME movements to Bulgaria, University of Bristol
1 Oct 2012 → 14 Nov 2017
Award Date: 14 Nov 2017
Regional Studies, Research Master, Geographies of unemployment and regional inequalities in Greece in the context of the current crisis, University of Groningen
1 Aug 2010 → 31 Aug 2012
Award Date: 31 Aug 2012
European Regional Development Studies, MSc, Territorial units’ competitiveness: A self-reliant concept or a derivative concept of firms’ competition?, University of Thessaly
1 Sept 2009 → 31 Aug 2010
Award Date: 10 Nov 2010
Regional Development and Planning, BSc, Social segregation and space. How the most downgraded part of a city becomes the motive force of development of a whole conurbation. The case of Thessaloniki from 1980 onwards, University of Thessaly
1 Sept 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
Research output
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REFUGEE CAMP SITING AND THE EMERGENCE OF NIMBY MOVEMENTS: A Mixed-method Analysis of the Role of ‘Top-down’ Governance and Media Influence in Greece
Makridou, A., Frangopoulos, I. & Kapitsinis, N., 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Technological transformations and the city: Emerging research themes towards a socially just smart metropolis from a Marxist perspective
Kapitsinis, N., 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Human Geography (United Kingdom).Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The importance of practices of collective care: Exploring directions for an alternative productive paradigm fitting our times’ social, economic and ecological requirements
Rigkos-Zitthen, I. & Kapitsinis, N., 2026, In: Thesis Eleven. 192, 1, p. 150-167Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Collateral monetary policy, shadow banking and bank risk: evidence from China
Yuan, C.-X., Zhu, Y. & Kapitsinis, N., 2025, In: China Finance Review International. 15, 4, p. 791-820 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Commons as an empty signifier
Rigkos-Zitthen, I. & Kapitsinis, N., 2025, In: Human Geography. 18, 3, p. 429-434 6 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., 2025, In: Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 43, 4, p. 729-745Research 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., 2025, In: Journal of Urban History. 51, 5, p. 1033-1052Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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On commons, state institutions and capitalism
Rigkos-Zitthen, I. & Kapitsinis, N., 2025, In: The Geographical Journal. 191, 3, 6 p., e70023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)5 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Reviewer of research proposals in the Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation
Kapitsinis, N. (Participant)
2023 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Qeios (Journal)
Kapitsinis, N. (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
Kapitsinis, N. (Participant)
2023 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Risk Management and Healthcare Policy (Journal)
Kapitsinis, N. (Peer reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
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British Accounting Review (Journal)
Kapitsinis, N. (Editor)
2023 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
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Eastern Journal of European Studies (Journal)
Kapitsinis, N. (Peer reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
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Second research meeting of the Labour Geography Research Lab, University of the Aegean
Kapitsinis, N. (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’
Kapitsinis, N. (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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ISABEL- Horizon Project
Kapitsinis, N. (Recipient), 1 Jan 2025
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
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Commendation for Best Young Scientist Paper
Kapitsinis, N. (Recipient), Sept 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, N. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions