Vaggelas Georgios - Τμήμα Ναυτιλιακών Σπουδών Πανεπιστημίου Πειραιά

Νame: Vaggelas Georgios
Role: Assistant Professor
Field: Port Economics and Policy
Department: Department of Maritime Studies
Office: 609/ Gr. Lambraki 21 Bld.
E-mail: gvaggelas[at]unipi[dot]gr
CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. George K. Vaggelas is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Maritime Studies of the University of Piraeus. He has previously served as an Associate Professor at the Department of Ports Μanagement and Shipping of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and at the Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport of the University of the Aegean. He is also a founding member of PortEconomics – a web-based initiative advancing knowledge exchange on port economics, management and policies.

He was Partner and Managing Director of Ports & Shipping (P&S) Advisory, an innovative company aiming at delivering consultancy services of high quality in the port and shipping industries. George has spent four years (2010-2014) as an advisor to the President and CEO of Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) SA dealing, among others, with the strategic planning of the port and the development of the cruise business. During 2014-2016 he served as member of the Greek Regulatory Authority for Ports, until 2016, when he resigned in order to devote more time in consultancy and research of maritime transportation systems and ports. Since then he has completed shipping and seaport related projects in several European countries, examining transport systems and port reorganization, transport systems investments, port M&A’s, shipping clusters, shipping policy etc.

He has (co-) authored several studies examining shipping transport and seaport economics, management and policy. Several of these studies have been published in international scientific journals and presented at international conferences.

He is a member of the Board of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) and of the Port Performance Research Network (PPRN). He is also member of the Hellenic Association of Transport Engineers and of the Economic Chaber of Greece. George Vaggelas holds a BSc (Shipping & Enterpreneurship), an MSc in Shipping Trade and Transport (STT), and a PhD (2008) in port economics, management and policy, obtained at the Department of Shipping Trade and Transport, School of Business, University of the Aegean, Greece.

BSc in Maritime Studies

ΝΑ407- Port Management
ΝΑ511 – Port Planning and Organization
ΝΑ59 – Maritime Markets and Port Industry

MSc in shipping

Port Economics and Policy
Port Management, Planning and Organization

In progress

Estimating the socioeconomic impact of cruise activity in the island of Santorini. Financed by: Cruise Lines International Association.

Completed

Strategic Action for port adaptation to climate change (ADAPTPORTS). Financed by: Green Fund. (2023-2025)
Estimating the socioeconomic impact of cruise activity in the city of Heraklion. Financed by: Heraklion Port Authority S.A.. (2022-2023)
Estimating the socioeconomic impact of cruise activity in the city of Thessaloniki. Financed by: Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. and Region of Central Macedonia. (2022-2023)
e-Aegean Communities: Communities of Knowledge, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the North Aegean Region. (2021-2023)
ISOL-MET: Innovative Soft Skills to Maritime Education and Training. Financed by Erasmus+ program (KA203. (2020-2023)
Intelligent Research Infrastructure for Shipping, Supply Chain, Transport and Logistics. Financed by: Greece and the European Union (European Regional Development Fund). (2020-2023)
MINE-EMI. Maritime Innovative Network of Education for merging Maritime Issues. Financed by Erasmus+ program (KA203). (2020)
SkillSea – Futureproof Skills for the Maritime Transport Sector. Financed by Erasmus+ program. Project No. 601186. (2020-2021)
Researcher at the project “Ports Observatory for Performance Indicators Analysis” (PORTOPIA). The project is financed by the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) – SST.2013.6-2 (2013-2017)
Researcher at the project “Costa II East-Poseidon MED”. The project has been financed by the TEN-T program of EU (2013-EU-21019-S). (2014-2015)
Researcher at the project “Freight and Passengers Supporting Infomobility Systems for a Sustainable Improvement of the Competitiveness of Port-hinterland systems of the MED area – FUTUREMED”. Project 2S-MED11-29 was financed by the ERDF MED Programme (2007-2013) under the Targeted Projects 2012 (3.1 Transport). (2012-2014)
Researcher at the project “Adriatic-Danube-Black Sea Multimodal Platform – ADB Multiplatform”. Project SEE/C/0004/3.3/X is financed by the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme (2007-2013). (2012-2014).
Researcher at the project Port Performance Indicators: Selection and Measurement. (2011-2012)
Researcher at the project “European Insular Observatory, Insular Development and Cohesion policies” of the “OBS-EURISLES/THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ISLANDS-EUROPEAN ISLANDS AND COHESION POLICY -EUROISLANDS ESPON 2013 Programme”. (2009-2010)
Researcher at the project “Specification of the essential clauses for the provision of maritime transport services in insular areas: Guidelines and application of agreed essential tasks” Project financed by the Institute of Local Government (ITA). (2008-2009)
Project member in the elaboration of a research on: “Studying the operational environment of intelligent ports (i-Ports)”. Program INTERREG IIIB. ‘ARCHIMED – ARCHIPELAGO MEDITERANEO”. Code A.1.128. Research contractor: University of the Aegean. (2006-2007).

Monday 14.00 – 16.00
Friday 10.00 – 12.00

In international scientific journals (with peer-review)

Tsatsaronis M., Stergiouli A. and Vaggelas G.K., (in press). “Disclosure as a proxy of port corporate communication and sustainable management strategy: An LD approach”. Research in Transportation Economics.
Melas K., Michail N., Panagiotidis T. and Vaggelas G.K. (in press). “Anchored or setting sail? Stakeholders perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in maritime transport”. Maritime Policy and Management.
Karditsa K., Kourkouvelas L., Vaggelas G.K., Tsatsaronis M., Manifava K. and Hatzaki M., (in press). “Ports and climate change: Exploring stakeholder insights, governance and policy gaps in Greek ports”.
Karditsa A., Roumpis E., Markozanes F., Lesiioti M., Monioudi I., Poulos S., Hatzaki M., Vaggelas G., (2024). “The impact of sea level rise on the port of Heraklio: Operational Risk Assessment and Economic Implications”. Technical Annals, Vol. 1 (7). https://doi.org/10.12681/ta.40810
Kapnissis G., Vaggelas G.K., Leligou H., Panos A., Doumi M., (2022). “Blockchain adoption from the shipping industry: An empirical study”. Maritime Transport Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2022.100058
Papachristou A.A., Pallis A.A. and Vaggelas G.K., (2020). “Cruise home-port selection criteria”. Research in Transportation Business and Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2020.100584
Vaggelas G.K. and Leotta C., (2019). “Port labour in the era of automation and digitalization. What’s next?”. Impresa Progetto – Electronic Journal of Management, N.3, pp. 1-15. DOI Code: 10.15167/1824-3576/IPEJM2019.3.1232
Vaggelas G.K. and Pallis A.A., (2019). “Configuration and prospects of the Piraeus shipping cluster”. SPOUDAI Journal of Economics and Business, 69(1-2), pp. 3-17.
Vaggelas G.K., (2019). “Measurement of port performance from users’ perspective”. Maritime Business Review, 4(2), pp.130-150. https://doi.org/10.1108/MABR-08-2018-0024
Pallis A.A. and Vaggelas G.K., (2017). “Greek prototype of port governance”. Research of Transportation Business and Management, 22, pp. 49–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2016.12.003
Niavis S. and Vaggelas G.K., (2016). “An empirical model for assessing the effect of ports’ and hinterlands’ characteristics on homeports’ potential. The case of Mediterranean ports”. Maritime Business Review, 1(3), 186-207. DOI: 10.1108/MABR-06-2016-0013
Vaggelas G.K., Lambrou M. and Lekakou M., (2016). “Editorial”. Special Issue “Current Challenges and future prospects for shipping markets and ports”. International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management, Vol 6 (3), pp. 201-204.
Gagatsi E., Athanasopoulos N., Vaggelas G.K., Aifadopoulou G. and Morfoulaki M., (2013). “ICT for cooperative supply chain visibility within a port centric intermodal setting: The case of the Thessaloniki port-rail-dryport integration”. International Journal of Advanced Logistics, 2(1), pp. 38-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/2287108X.2013.11006081
Marianos, N.,S., Lambrou, M., A., Nikitakos, N., V. and Vaggelas, G., K., (2011). “Managing port e-services in a socio-technical context”. International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics, 3(1), pp. 27-56. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSTL.2011.037818
Vaggelas, G., K., Pallis, A., A., (2010). “Passenger Ports: Services Provision and their Benefits”. Maritime Policy and Management, 37 (1), 73-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/03088830903461209
Grosso, M., Lynce, A-R., Silla, A., Vaggelas, G., K., (2010). “Short Sea Shipping, intermodality and parameters influencing pricing policies: The Mediterranean case”. Netnomics, 11 (1), 47-67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11066-009-9039-0
Lekakou, M., B., Pallis, A., A. and Vaggelas, G., K., (2009). “Which homeport in Europe: The cruise industry’s selection criteria”. TOURISMOS: An international multidisciplinary journal of tourism, 4 (4), pp. 215-240. https://doi.org/10.26215/tourismos.v4i4.148
Pallis, A.A., Vaggelas, G.K., (2005). “Port competitiveness and the EU ‘Port Services’ Directive: The case of Greek ports”. Maritime Economics and Logistics, 7 (2), 116-140. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100132

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