Nikolaos Georgios Karachalis

Nicholas Karachalis is Assistant Professor and researcher in the field of urban development, heritage and cultural/tourism strategies. He has a strong interest in analysing the trends and dynamics between culture, tourism and spatial development processes, using an interdisciplinary approach and perspective. He is affiliated with the Department of Tourism Economics and Management of the University of the Aegean in Chios and at the post-graduate programme in Cultural Management at the Greek Open University. Before that he was lecture at the Department of Planning and Regional Development of the University of Thessaly in Volos. He has also participated in several other university programmes as teaching staff: as Visiting Staff at the International Hellenic University, at the Open University of Cyprus, the Harokopio University, at summer universities, etc. He holds a PhD in Economic and Regional Development (Panteion University of Athens), a Master in European Urban Cultures and a BA in Economic and Regional Development He has collaborated to several research projects and studies related to regional and local development, marketing, cultural economics and tourism planning. He is active as a trainer and seminar facilitator for various organisations (URBACT, National Public Administration School, etc.).