Despina Sdrali is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Sustainable Development of Harokopio University of Athens and member of the Sustainable Tourism and Culture Laboratory of the same Department. She is also Co-Director and Administrative Director of the International Postgraduate Programme “Sustainable Tourism Development: Heritage, Environment, Society” (of Harokopio University of Athens, the University of the Aegean and Université Paris I Panthéon – Sorbonne). Her research interests focus on issues related to the social dimension of sustainable development, alternative tourism and cooperative business models. She has published research articles in peer-reviewed journals and books on entrepreneurship and alternative tourism. She is a reviewer in international scientific journals related to sustainability and tourism (e.g. Sustainability, Environment, Development and Sustainability, Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism, Anatolia, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management) and has been a member or leading researcher in more than 10 funded research projects related to the socio-economic dimension of sustainable development.

Indicative publications:

1. Malagas, K., Vasilakakis, K. & Sdrali, D. (2024). An Assessment of Greek Tourism Education and Training. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10963758.2024.2431717
2. Vardopoulos, Ι., Giannopoulos, Κ., Papaefthymiou, Ε., Temponera, Ε., Chatzithanasis, G., Goussia-Rizou, M., Karymbalis, E., Michalakelis, C., Tsartas, P. & Sdrali, D. (2023). Urban buildings sustainable adaptive reuse into tourism accommodation establishments: a SOAR analysis. Discover Sustainability, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-023-00166-2
3. Vasilakakis, K., Tabouratzi, E. & Sdrali, D. (2023). Economic Sustainability of Tourism Enterprises: a Proposal of Criteria in the Hotels. International Journal of Professional Business Review, 8(4), e01769. https://doi.org/10.26668/businessreview/2023.v8i4.1769
4. Vasilakakis, K. & Sdrali, D. (2022). Supplier selection criteria in the Greek hotel food and beverage divisions, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, 6(2), 447-463. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHTI-07-2021-0169
5. Vikas, I., Sdrali, D., Abeliotis, K. & Apostolopoulos, C. (2022). Environmental Performance Influencing Factors in Industrial Clusters. The International Journal of Environmental Sustainability, 18(1), 59-68. DOI:10.18848/2325-1077/CGP/v18i01/59-68
6. Graikioti, S., Sdrali, D. & Klimi Kaminari, O. (2020). Factors Determining the Sustainability of Social Cooperative Enterprises in the Greek Context. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. 13(2), 183-204. https://doi.org/10.1080/19420676.2020.1758197
7. Sdrali, D. (2020). Creative Strategies for Sustainable Development in Small Cities. In: Leal Filho W., Azul A., Brandli L., Özuyar P., Wall T. (eds) Decent Work and Economic Growth. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham (on line ISBN: 978-3-319-71058-7).
8. Stylianou, A., Sdrali, D. & Apostolopoulos, C.D. (2020). Capturing the diversity of Mediterranean farming systems prior to their sustainability assessment: The case of Cyprus. Land Use Policy, 96, 104722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104722
9. Stylianou, A., Sdrali, D. & Apostolopoulos, C.D. (2020). Integrated Sustainability Assessment of Divergent Mediterranean Farming Systems: Cyprus as a Case Study. Sustainability, 12(15), 6105.https://doi.org/10.3390/su12156105