South-East European Research Centre (SEERC)

Blockchain Forum by DLT4ALL presents an online event with keynote speeches on Distributed Ledger Technologies and lively discussions from entrepreneurs, researchers and tech-experts on how Blockchains are having an impact on education and business!

Thank you to the SeeRRI project for featuring the TeRRItoria project in their 2021 booklet. The booklet is called “Bringing responsibility and RRI into regional development: From theory to practice” and it describes the results of the SeeRRI project. It also presents an overview of other “sister” RRI projects: TeRRIFICA, RRI2SCALE, TRANSFORM, CHERRIES, tetRRIS, MARIE (Interreg Europe) and DigiTeRRI.

MIGREC project - Newsletter Issue 8, July 2021 - September 2021

SEERC organises a live webinar within DLT4All and AgTech7 projects, funded by Erasmus+, Knowledge Alliances Programme, focusing on the use of Blockchain in farm-to-fork value chains, humanitarian actions and social equality initiatives. The Language of the Webinar will be English.

Webinar September 30th at 17.00 CET Opportunities and Threats of Blockchain integration into Supply Chain

The South-East European Centre (SEERC) visited Barcelona for the SeeRRI Project final conference that was organized on 29-30 September, 2021.

The final event of the Intelligent Cross Border Accelerator for ICT (iCBA) project, which has been implemented for the last 2 years within the INTERREG Cross-Border Cooperation Program, was held with great success on 16 and 17 September 2021.

DLT4Agrifood is organized by the DLT4All to discuss how the global agricultural system could be improved through blockchain technology.

Congratulations to George Kladakis, who had his viva on Tuesday 31 August and was awarded the PhD subject to revisions. Congratulations also to George’s supervisors, Dr Bellos and Dr Chen, for their great work and support.

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