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Yiannis Karagiannis
PhD Cand. / Associate Researcher / GIS Expert
Ioannis Karagiannis is the Head of GIS Office of ANKO Western Macedonia S.A., one of the most successful regional development organisations in Greece. His field of expertise is in the design, development and implementation of GIS systems, RDBMS systems, client – server and three-tier desktop and web applications. Over the past 25 years, he has used GIS software extensively, for the modelling, simulation and optimisation of solutions pertaining to the areas of spatial analysis, network analysis, location – allocation and geostatistics.
Professional Experience & Positions
2012 – Present
Member of Urban Planning and GIS Section
ANKO Western Macedonia S.A. Organization for Local Development
1998 – 2011
Head of Information Society Section
ANKO Western Macedonia S.A. Organization for Local Development
Research
2024 – 2025
JT-OBSERVATORY
The impact of a Just Transition Observatory on energy transition. Exploring synergies with spatial justice and place-based governance through a comparative perspective, PhD candidate,
University of Western Macedonia
2023 – 2024
JUST4ALL
Embedding EU Green Deal and Just Transition in Teaching and Learning,
University of Western Macedonia
2023
SITRANS
Governance and Social Impact of Coal Regions under Transition,
University of Western Macedonia
2022 – 2024
Transformer
Designing long-term systematic transformation frameworks for regions – Accelerating the shift towards climate neutrality, EU HORIZON Programme,
ANKO
2014 – 2020, 2018 – 2020
Smart Rural Entrepreneurship, Balkan Med,
ANKO
2015
Renewables Heating and Cooling, Strategic Actions Development
RES H/C SPREAD – INTELLIGENT ENERGY EUROPE,
ANKO
2007 – 2013, 2014 – 2015
Employment and Entrepreneurship Prospects for unemployed people over 45 years old in the Kozani Regional Unit, NSRF,
ANKO
2007-2013, 2012 – 2014,
The Study of Climatic Variations and Atmospheric Pollution in Greece: Assessment of Future Environmental and Socioeconomic Impacts at Local Scale, National Programme “COOPERATION”, NSRF,
ANKO
1999 – 2001
Coordinated actions for the acceleration of the investment in the District Heating of Grevena, Altener,
ANKO
Publications
Topaloglou, Lefteris and Kouskoura, Amalia and Janikowska, Olga and Grozeva, Rumyana and Nikolaidou, Konstantinia and Karagiannis, Ioannis and Kulczycka, Joanna, Stakeholder Involvement in Just Transition Process: Myth or Reality?. https://doi.org/mq8g (preprint)
Giannakopoulos, D., Karagiannis, I., & Topaloglou, L. (2022). Monitoring and assessment mechanism of just energy transition trajectories: do just transition observatories matter?. Journal of Energy Technology, 15(4), 29-49. Available at:
https://www.fe.um.si/en/e-jet/45-2022/4168-december-2023.html
Karagiannis I., Vassileiou L. (2001), The use of Geographical Information Systems in the elaboration of technical and development projects, Paper presented at 11th ARC/INFO-ARCVIEW User Conference, 11/2001, Athens Greece
Karagiannis I. (2000), Kozani Prefecture Geographical Information System, Paper presented at 10th ARC/INFO-ARCVIEW User Conference, 10/2000, Athens Greece
Karagiannis I., Vassileiou L. (1998), Design, analysis and optimisation of District Heating Systems using Geographical Information systems, Paper presented at 8th ARC/INFO-ARCVIEW User Conference, 11/1998, Athens Greece