Dr. Eleni Sardianou is a Professor of Applied Environmental Economics in the Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, School of Environment, Geography, and Applied Economics at Harokopio University (HUA). She teaches environmental economics, energy economics, statistics, and econometrics. She is a member of the Laboratory of Applied Economics and Sustainable Development. Her research interests include consumer behavior and energy economics, the sustainability performance of firms, quantitative analysis of environmental policy, and sustainability and environmental economics. Her research work has been published in more than 60 papers in refereed journals and has been cited in over 2,200 papers. Since November 2024, she has served as an Associate Editor on the Editorial Board of SN Business & Economics, Springer Nature. Her research work ranks in the top 2% in the scientific field of environmental economics, as listed in the “Data for updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators,” compiled by Elsevier BV and Stanford University in the United States for the period 2021–2024.

Selected papers:

• Hondroyiannis, G., E. Sardianou, Nikou, V., K. Evangelinos, I. Nikolaou, (2024). “Waste Generation, Circular Economy and macroeconomic drivers: A panel study for European countries and regions”, Management of Environmental Quality, 1477.
• Hondroyiannis, G., E. Sardianou, Nikou, V., K. Evangelinos, I. Nikolaou, (2024). “Recycling Rate Performance and Socioeconomic Determinants: Evidence from Aggregate and Regional data across European Union Countries” Journal of Cleaner Production, 434, 139877.
• Hondroyiannis, G., E. Sardianou, Nikou, V., K. Evangelinos, I. Nikolaou, (2024). “Circular Economy and Macroeconomic Performance: Evidence across 28 European Countries”, Ecological Economics, 215, 108002.
• Platitsa, V., E. Sardianou, K. Abeliotis, R. Mitoula, (2024). Perspectives of the administration of Greek universities regarding the adoption of sustainability practices”, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.
• Stauropoulou, A., E. Sardianou, G. Malindretos, K. Evangelinos, I. Nikolaou, (2023). “The effects of economic, environmentally and socially related SDGs strategies of banking institutions on their customers behavior, World Development Sustainability, 2, 10051.
• Stauropoulou, A., E. Sardianou, G. Malindretos, K. Evangelinos, I. Nikolaou, (2022). “The role of customers’ awareness towards the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of banks on their customers’ behavior”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(5), 13495-13507.
• Kostakis, I., Lolos, S., & Sardianou, E. (2021). Residential natural gas demand: Assessing the evidence from Greece using pseudo-panels, 2012–2019. Energy Economics, 99, 105301.
• Sardianou, E. (2008). “Barriers to industrial energy efficiency investments in Greece”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 16 (3), pp. 1416- 1423.
• Sardianou, E. (2008). “Estimating space heating determinants. An analysis of Greek households”, Energy and Buildings, Vol. 40 (6), pp. 1084- 1093.
• Sardianou, E. (2007). “Estimating energy conservation patterns οf Greek households”, Energy Policy, Vol. 35 (7), pp. 3778-3791.