South-East European Research Centre (SEERC)

MGREC project - Newsletter, Issue 7, April 2021 - June 2021

The Business Administration and Economics Department (Thessaloniki based programmes) is seeking to recruit an Assistant Professor/Associate Professor in the field of Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Operations Management.

Congratulations to Evi Tramantza, who had her viva on Thursday 24 June and was awarded the PhD subject to revisions. Congratulations also to Evi’s supervisors, Prof Ketikidis and Sheila Webber, for their great work and support.

The South East European Research Centre invites applications for studying towards a PhD degree of the University of York, through the Doctoral Programme of SEERC. The deadline for applying is July 29, 2021.

Στο πλαίσιο του ευρωπαϊκού έργου “TeRRItoria” η Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας σε συνεργασία με το Κέντρο Ερευνών Νοτιοανατολικής Ευρώπης (SEERC) διοργανώνουν την Τρίτη 22 Ιουνίου 2021 στις 11:00 δημόσια (διαδικτυακή) εκδήλωση με θέμα «Η διάσταση του φύλου σε οργανισμούς Έρευνας και Καινοτομίας: εξερευνώντας την επαγγελματική εξέλιξη, το «κενό» στην ηγεσία και την σεξουαλική παρενόχληση». Η Εκδήλωση θα διεξαχθεί στα Ελληνικά.

Within the context of TeRRItoria the Region of Central Macedonia and the South-East European Centre (SEERC) are organizing a public (online) event on Tuesday 22 June 11:00 a.m., on the topic of «The gender dimension in R&I organisations: exploring career progression, the leadership ‘gap’ and sexual harassment». The event will be held in Greek.

Congratulations to Arvesa Studenica, who had her viva on Thursday 10 June and was awarded the PhD subject to revisions. Congratulations also to Arvesa’s supervisors, Dr Elisavet Chrysochoou, Prof Ana Vivas and Dr Emma Blakey for their great work and support.

The 15th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference (PGR2021), organized by South East European Research Centre (SEERC), the research centre of CITY College, University of York Europe Campus, was successfully held online during 27-31 May & 3 June 2021.

The 4th issue of REACT Project newsletter has been released!

The University of York and CITY College, University of York Europe Campus will provide qualified candidates the opportunity to read for a PhD Degree that combines high-quality UK studies and a unique research infrastructure in South-East Europe.

European Business Angels - EBAN hosted a round table that took place on April 15th 2021, bringing together representatives of the quadruple helix model of innovation, capitalizing on DLT4ALL project.

Very proud of our PhD candidate Sanja Arsova for her publication in the journal of Sustainability 2021; 13(9):4916 The title of the paper is “Implementing Regional Circular Economy Policies: A Proposed Living Constellation of Stakeholders” and is now accessible online.

Presentation of novel blockchain & smart contract technology utilization in the industry, current use cases, and open round-table discussion on the specifics of value creation through blockchain use. Monday, 26/04/2021, 17:30 - 19:00

The third issue of ReTraCE project has been released.

MGREC project - Newsletter, Issue 6, January 2021 - March 2021

Welcome to TraCCE project! With TraCCE project, we want to tackle skill gaps and mismatches, both in formal higher education curricula as well as in adult education, vocational education & training (VET) and informal education.

Very proud of our PhD Alumnus Tomi Dimitrovski MD, MBA, PhD for his current publication (5/4/2021) in the journal of JMIR Medical informatics (Impact factor of 2.58 - released in June 2020). The title of the paper is "Factors Affecting General Practitioners’ Readiness to Accept and Use an Electronic Health Record System in the Republic of North Macedonia: A National Survey of General Practitioners".

Do you have your own business idea or you are moving towards your business idea? Get in the growth cycle training program of the “Smart Accelerator”, take part in the training, meet the investors (VC’s) and claim one of the three prizes, worth 4.000 to 10.000 euro.

The first day of the International Workshop “Preventing secondary and repeat victimisation of child victims of crime: Risk assessments and solutions in the best interests of the child” was held on the 17th of March.The second day of the E-PROTECT II International Workshop was held online on the 24th of March, gathering more than 260 participants.

Congratulations to Aleksandra Laketa, who had her viva on Thursday 18 March and was awarded the PhD subject to revisions. Congratulations also to Aleksandra's supervisors, Dr Elisavet Chrysochoou, Prof Ana Vivas and Dr Emma Blakey for their great work and support.

"Preventing secondary and repeat victimisation of child victims of crime:Risk assessments and solutions in the best interests of the child" is an International Workshop organised by E-PROTECT II project.

Congratulations to Anka Gorgiev, who had her viva on Friday 5 March and was awarded the PhD subject to minor revisions. Congratulations also to Anka's supervisors, Dr Dimitrios Nikolaidis, Dr Nikolaos Dimitriadis and Dr Chris Martin for their great work and support.

CITY College, University of York Europe Campus and its research centre SEERC, is organizing the 15th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference - PGR2021, previously known as DSC - Doctoral Student Conference, which will be held online on May 26 - June 3, 2021. The Conference is open to any postgraduate researcher, it has an interdisciplinary focus and is organised in themes and topics.

Congratulations to Fatbardha Qehaja Osmani, who had her viva on Thursday 18 February and was awarded the PhD subject to minor revisions. Congratulations also to Fatbardha's supervisors, Dr Elisavet Chrysochoou and Dr Dan Caroll for their great work and support.

Το Κέντρο Ερευνών Νοτιοανατολικής Ευρώπης (South East European Research Centre/SEERC) προκηρύσσει ανοιχτό συνοπτικό διαγωνισμό για την επιλογή αναδόχου για την παροχή υπηρεσιών για την υλοποίηση της δράσης mentoring του έργου «Intelligent Cross Border Accelerator» (iCBA) στο πλαίσιο του Προγράμματος Ευρωπαϊκής Εδαφικής Συνεργασίας «Interreg-IPA Cross Border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020. Οι υποψήφιοι Ανάδοχοι πρέπει να υποβάλλουν τις προσφορές τους, σύμφωνα με τα οριζόμενα στην παρούσα Διακήρυξη το αργότερο μέχρι τις 26/02/2021 και ώρα 11.00.

Mr Nikos Zaharis, SEERC Director, is invited to participate in the upcoming 3rd Annual Thessaloniki Think Tanks and Civil Society Forum, taking place online, 8 February 2021, at 19:00

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