Eugenia Petropoulou

Associate Professor of Social Transformations in Contemporary Rural Space

CONTACT
University of Crete
Department of Sociology
Gallos Campus
74100 Rethymno Greece
Tel: +302831077476

e-mail: petrope@uoc.gr
CV

Education – Teaching -Research Interests

Eugenia Petropoulou is an Associate Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Crete, Greece Department of Sociology. She earned her PhD in Sociology with a specialization in Rural Sociology from the University of Manchester, UK, and holds an MA in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Durham, UK. She began teaching Rural Sociology at the University of Crete from 2003 to 2006 as an adjunct lecturer, later becoming a permanent faculty member in 2011. Since 2018, she has held the position of Assistant Professor, and in 2024, she was appointed Associate Professor in the same department. Throughout her career, she has contributed as a Principal investigator, researcher and research associate on various EU-funded projects. Her recent scholarly work in Greek and English has concentrated on rural social transformations, sustainable rural livelihoods, gender issues in rural space, environmental issues in rural settings, socio-economic aspects of the agri-food system, alternative food networks and social innovation, and issues on global challenges and development. Additionally, she has been involved in the creation of qualitative interview guidelines and their analysis.

Selected Publications

  • Petropoulou, E.A., Petousi, V. (2024). Social capital, trust and the cultivation of bioenergy crops: Evidenψe from Germany and Greece, Agriculture, 14, 363. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/14/3/363
  • Petropoulou, E.A and Paschou, M. (2022). Towards understanding SFSC and the pillars of its conceptualization: Building upon the Community of Practice approach, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, vol. 6, DOI: 3389/fsufs.2022.915571
  • Petropoulou, EA. Papadaki, M. Kalogeraki, S. (2022). Political Participation of Greek Youth: Exploring Rural, Semi-Urban and Urban Disparities, IN S. Kalogeraki and M. Kousis (eds.) Youth Political Participation in Greece: Empirical Evidence and Methodological Implications, Palgrave Studies in Young People and Politics, Ch.7, pp. 183-215, DOI: 1007/978-3-031-09905-2_7
  • Benos, T., Burket, M., Hüttle-Maack, V. and Petropoulou, E.A. (2022). When mindful consumption meets short food supply chains: Empirical evidence on higher-level motivations influence consumers, Sustainable Production and Consumption, vol. 33, pp. 520-530, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.07.028
  • Petropoulou, E.A. Benos, T, Theodorakopoulou, I. Iliopoulos, C. Castellini, A. Xhakollari, V. and Canavari, M. (2022) Understanding social innovation in short food supply chains: An exploratory analysis, International Journal of Food Studies, vol.11, pp.182-195, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7455/ijfs/11.SI.2022.a5
  • Petropoulou, E.A. (2018) Social and Solidarity Economy. The Case of an Urban Consumption Co-operative in Greece, PArtecipazione e COnflitto, Special issue: Socio-political Responses during Recessionary Times in Greece, vol. 11, no. 1, pp.70-94. http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/19128/16335, DOI Code: 10.1285/i20356609v11i1p70
  • Petropoulou, E.A, Petousi, V. and Theodorakopoulou, I. (2018) To cultivate or not to cultivate? An exploratory analysis of what influences Greek farmers’ decisions towards the cultivation of bio-energy crops, In Towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy: Principles, Challenges and Perspectives, (eds.) Walter Leal Filho, ‎Diana Mihaela Pociovălișteanu, ‎Paulo Roberto Borges de Brito, Springer International Publishing AG, Springer, pp. 435-456. DOI: 1007/978-3-319-73028-8_22
  • Mantziaris, S., Iliopoulos, C. Theodorakopoulou, I. and Petropoulou, E (2017) Perennial energy crops vs durum wheat in low input lands: Economic analysis of a Greek case study, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 80, pp.789-800.DOI information:10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.263, https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1V8eM4s9Hvq7wf
  • Petropoulou, E.A. (2016) Aspects of ecological marginalization and alternative local responses in rural Greece, IN Social Ecology, Journal for Environmental Thought and Sociological Research, vol.25, no.1-2, pp.121-141. (ISSN 1849-0360 online, ISSN 1330-0113 print). http://dx.doi.org/10.17234/SocEkol.25.1.8
  • Petropoulou, E.Α (2016) «The role of local food chains in Greece. What opportunities for sustainable, just and democratic food systems at times of crisis?», Sociology and Anthropology, vol. 4, no.5, 337-346, (ISBN 2331-6187). DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040506
  • Petropoulou, E.A. (2007) «Indigenous Resource Management and Environmental Degradation, Southern Greece», Management and Environmental Quality, March, Vol. 18, No.2, pp. 152-166. ISSN: 1477-7835.
  • Daoutopoulos, A.G., Pyrovetsi, M. and Petropoulou, E. (2001) «Greek Rural Society and Sustainable Development», στο Eder, K and Kousis, M. (eds.), Environmental Politics in Southern Europe: Actors, Institutions and Discourses in a Europeanising Society, Klauwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, chapter 6, pp: 151-173.