South-East European Research Centre

The South-East European Research Centre (SEERC) is an overseas research centre of the University of Sheffield, established as a non-profit legal entity in Thessaloniki, Greece. The centre was founded by City College, the University’s International Faculty, in 2003. It is conducting multidisciplinary research in the fields of Enterprise, Innovation & Development, Information & Communication Technologies, and Society & Human Development.

SEERC’s mission is to support the stable and peaceful development of South-East Europe by conducting pure and applied research in and for the region. To accomplish this, SEERC will employ the existing research capacities of the University of Sheffield and CITY College by facilitating collaborations between their research staff and by developing multi-disciplinary networks of researchers from across South-East Europe.

For more information, visit https://www.seerc.org/new/

Prof Panayiotis H. Ketikidis

Is the Vice Principal for Research, Innovation & External Relations of CITY, and the Chairman of the Management Committee & Academic Director of the Doctoral Programme at the South East European Research Centre (SEERC). He has over 30 years of experience in management, education, research, and competitive research funding with various networks established as a result of this experience. Professor Ketikidis has been listed in the Marquis’s Who΄s Who, Publications Board in Science and Engineering Eleventh Edition 2011-2012. Professor Ketikidis’ research interests across environmental sustainability, supply chain, health informatics, innovation and regional development, and science disciplines in an effort to understand today’s and future complex supply chain problems. He has over seventy publications in the forms of journal papers, books, edited books, edited proceedings, edited special issues, book chapters, conference papers, technical papers and reports. He is Chief Editor of the International Journal of Innovation & Regional Development (IJIRD) , Associate Editor of the International Journal of Logistics Economics and Globalisation (IJLEG) , Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Operational Research (IJOR) , European Editor of the International Journal of Enterprise Network Management (IJENM), and a member of organizing and scientific committees in various national / international conferences and workshops.