Assistant Professor of Environmental Sociology

Contact
University of Crete – Department of Sociology
Gallos Facilities 741 00 Rethymno
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e-mail: gvelegrakis at uoc.gr

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Studies

  • PhD in Geography, School of Environment, Geography and Applied Economics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece – Marie Curie fellow PITN-GA-2011-289374 (2018)
  • MSc in Environmental Policies and Development, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece (2010)
  • MEng in Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece (2007)

Career

  • 2026- present: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Crete
  • 2024 – 2025: Department of Sociology, University of Crete (adjunct faculty)
  • 2022 – 2023: National documentation centre (ΕΚΤ) (researcher)
  • 2021 – 2022: Department of Sociology, University of Crete (adjunct faculty)
  • 2020 – 2023: School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University (adjunct faculty)
  • 2020 – 2021: Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas, (postdoctoral researcher)
  • 2018 – 2026: Department of History and Philosophy of Science, NKUA (adjunct faculty & postdoctoral researcher
  • 2018 – 2022: Department of Geography, Harokopio University (adjunct faculty)
  • 2018 – 2021: Dept. of Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, University of West Attica (adjunct faculty)

Research Interests

  • Environmental Sociology
  • Political Ecology
  • Environmental History
  • Environmental Movements
  • Local and Regional Development / Development Studies
  • Science, Technology, Society – STS
  • History of Science and Technology – HST

Selected Publications (detailed in CV)

Books
  • Psarreas, P., & Velegrakis, G. (2025). Ecological crisis and left strategies: The contemporary Greek experience in a regional context. RLF ISBN 978-618-5478-29-2.
  • Andreucci, Α., Gustavo García-López, G., Calvário, R., Kotsila, P., De Rosa, S., P., Velegrakis, G., Huber, A., Iengo, I., González-Hidalgo, M., Leonardelli, I., &Ertor, I. (2024) (eds.), Insurgent Ecologies: Between environmental struggles and postcapitalist transformations. Fernwood Publishing. ISBN: 9781773636917.
  • Andritsos, T., Kosyfologou, A., Mougiakou, E., Poulios, D., Tsadari, S., Velegrakis, G., (2023) (eds.). Participatory design: city, environment, and climate change (in Greek and English). Heinrich Boell Stiftung. ISBN 978-618-5580-35-3.
  • Calvario, R., Kaika, M., & Velegrakis, G., (2022) (eds.). The Political Ecology of Austerity: environment, social movements, and economic crisis. Routledge – Explorations in Environmental Studies. DOI: 10.4324/9781003036265.
Journal papers
  • Velegrakis, G., & Faras, A. (2025). “From innovation to maintenance: Environmental dimensions of technological accumulation” (in Greek). Αutomaton: Journal of Digital Media and Culture, 3(2), 80–101. https://doi.org/10.12681/automaton.42672.
  • Velegrakis, G., Arapoglou, V., Tsiolis, G. (2024). “Introduction to the Special Issue “Critical Approaches to Sustainability” (in Greek), Krisi – Biannual scientific review 15(2024/1), p. 5-13. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11130753.
  • Velegrakis, G. (2024). “The Political Ecology of Austerity: Austerity as a Socio-environmental fix” (in Greek) in Velegrakis, G., Arapoglou, V., Tsiolis, G. (Eds.) (2024) Special Issue “Critical Approaches to Sustainability”, Krisi – Biannual scientific review 15(2024/1), 15-35. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo. 11133983.
  • Kaika, M. & Calvário, R. & Velegrakis, G., (2024). “Austerity: An environmentally dangerous idea”, Journal of Political Ecology 31(1), 67–81. doi: https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.5420.
  • Karampatsos, C., Tzokas, S., Velegrakis, G., (2023). “The endless potentiality: A century and a half of Greek oil aspirations (and what often becomes of them)”, Journal of Energy History/Revue d’Histoire de l’Énergie [Online], n°10, URL: https://energyhistory.eu/en/special-issue/endless-potentiality-century-and-half-greek-oil-aspirations-and-what-often-becomes.
  • Karampatsos, C., Tzokas, S., Velegrakis, G., & Harlaftis, G. (2023). Is There Oil in Greece? Oil Exploration and Scientific Conflict during the First Years of the Greek Geological Survey (1917–1925). The Historical Review/La Revue Historique, 19(1), 77–112. Retrieved from https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/historicalReview/article/view/35056.
Book chapters
  • Velegrakis, G., Calvario, R., & Kaika, M. (2026). “Austerity and anti-austerity environmentalism” in Hope, J., Apostolopoulou, E., & Collins, A. (eds), The New Routledge Handbook of Political Ecology, p. 281-288. Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-032-55500-3.
  • Velegrakis, G., & Liodaki, D. (2024). “Belonging by Confrontation: Living, Working and Struggling Next to a Mine in Halkidiki, Greece” in Andreucci, Α., Gustavo García-López, G., Calvário, R., Kotsila, P., De Rosa, S., P., Velegrakis, G., Huber, A., Iengo, I., González-Hidalgo, M., Leonardelli, I., &Ertor, I. (eds.), Insurgent Ecologies: Between environmental struggles and postcapitalist transformations, p. 257-268. Fernwood Publishing. ISBN: 9781773636917
  • Brand, U., Muraca, B., Pineault, E., Sahakian, M., Schaffartzik, A., Novy, A., Streissler, C., Haberl, H., Asara, V., Dietz, K., Lang, M., Kothari, A., Smith, T., Spash, C., Brad, A., Pichler, M., Plank, C., Velegrakis, G., Jahn, T., Carter, A., Huan, Q., Kallis, G., Alier, J., M., Riva, G., Satgar, V., Mantovani, E., T., Williams, M., Wissen M. & Christoph Görg C. (2023). “Planetary Boundaries” in Wallenhorst, N. & Wulf, C. (2023) (eds.). Handbook of the Anthropocene – Humans between Heritage and Future, p. 91-97. Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25910-4.