Panagiota Karametou is a member of the Laboratory Teaching Staff of the Department of Economics and Sustainable Development of the School of Environment, Geography and Applied Economics of Harokopio University of Athens and a member of the Laboratory of Applied Economics and Sustainable Development.

He holds a degree from the Department of Home Economics of Harokopio University and an MSc in “Sustainable Local Development” from the Department of Economics and Sustainable Development of Harokopio University. In 2006 he received the “Postgraduate Certificate in European Spatial Planning (PgCESP)” from the University of Newcastle, UK. He also holds a PhD in Local Development from Harokopio University (with a scholarship from the State Scholarship Foundation). 

Her research interests focus on sustainable local and regional rural and urban development, socio-economic determinants of local and regional development, social sustainability, social innovation, social capital, social cohesion and development and ESG criteria (with a focus on social criteria).

He has participated in scientific conferences and workshops in Greece and abroad as well as in funded research projects on Sustainable Local and Regional Development and has published articles in reputable Greek and foreign language journals. 

Since November 2024 she is deputy scientific manager of the project entitled: GAME4CHANGE Digital Serious Games for Climate Change Education (project number 2024-1-PT01-KA220-HED-000256244 which is co-funded by the European Union, category Erasmus KA2+, HED.

Recent Publications

1. Tsimpoulis, G., Ntana, R., Lepoura, Z. & Karametou, P. (2025). Kozani in the Post-Lignite era: Proposals for Sustainable Tourism Development through Cultural & Energy Routes. Sustainable Development, Culture, Traditions, Volume 3a/2025, pp. 56-75, DOI: 10.26341/issn.2241-4010-2025-3a-4-M02059
2. Karametou,P., Georgiou, S. & Economou, A. (2024). Coastal Tourism and Sustainable Development: Case Study of Xylokastro (Region of Peloponnese, Greece). Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: Vicky Katsoni & George Cassar (ed.), Recent Advancements in Tourism Business, Technology and Social Sciences, pp. 557-571, Springer. Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-031-54338-8_32, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-54338-8_32
3. Karametou, P., Nteliou, El. & Georgiou, Y. (2024). Social Innovation as a Factor for the Migrants’ Social Integration on a Local Level. Sustainable Development, Culture, Traditions,Volume 4a/2024, pp. 34-49.,DOI: 10.26341/issn.2241-4002-2024-4a-3-T02155
4. Tsimpoulis, G., Karametou, P., Theodoropoulou, Ε. & Mitoula, R. (2023). Sustainable tourism development of the former Tatoi Royal Estate in Athens. 8th Conference of Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment. Book of proceedings, pp. 258-266. Online (http://envecon.econ.uth.gr/main/eng/images/8th_conference/8th_ENVECON_proceedings.pdf).
5. Karametou, P. & Kalimeri. A. (2023). Assessment of Sustainable Urban Mobility of the Municipality of Aigaleo: Social, financial & environmental challenges. Sustainable Development, Culture, Traditions, Volume 1b/2023,pp. 63-72. DOI: 10.26341/ISSN.2241-4010-2023-1b-5
6. Tornaghi, C., Van Dyck, B., Galvan-Lopez, B., de Souza, D. C., Cotella, G., Karametou, G., & Van den Broeck, P. (2019). ‘Equaterritoria’: A catalyst offspring from the european module in spatial development planning (EMSDP). In Social Innovation as Political Transformation: Thoughts for a Better World (pp. 137-142). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
7. Karametou, P. & Apostolopoulos, C. D. (2010). The Causal Nexus between Social Capital and Local Development in Mountain Rural Greece», International Journal of Social Inquiry (IJSI), Special Issue: Social Capital-I, 3 (1), pp. 29-66 (ISSN: 1307-8364,e-ISSN: 1307-9999).
8. Καραμέτου, Π. & Αποστολόπουλος, Κ.Δ. (2010). Κοινωνικό Κεφάλαιο και Περιφερειακή Ανάπτυξη. Πρακτικά 16ου Επιστημονικού Συνεδρίου Συνδέσμου Ελλήνων Περιφερειολόγων, σε συνεργασία με το Μεταπτυχιακό Πρόγραμμα Σπουδών του Χαροκοπείου Πανεπιστημίου «Βιώσιμη Ανάπτυξη», με θέμα: «Η περιφερειακή διάσταση της νέας στρατηγικής. Ευρώπη 2020», Αθήνα, σσ. 97-106.
9. Karametou, P. & Apostolopoulos, C.D.(2009). Local development using social capital as an instrument: a comparative analysis. In: C.A. Brebbia, M. Neophytou, E. Beriatos, I. Ioannou, A.G. Kungolos (ed.) Sustainable Development and Planning IV (VOLUME1) proceedings of the 4th International Conference on SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT2009, WITPRESS Southampton-UK, pp. 329-338 (ISSN: 1743-3541). See http://library.witpress.com. (Also available in social science database: http://www.scopus.com).
10. Karametou, P. & Apostolopoulos, C. D (2009). Measuring the Environmental and Socio-Economic Sustainability in the Greek context: Similarities and Differences between the Rural & Urban Communities. Electronic Proceedings of the 5th International Conference “EMAN 2009: Environmental Accounting Sustainable Development Indicators”, 23-24 April 2009, Prague, Czech Republic. Usti nad Labem: Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem, 2009 (ISBN 978-80-7414-124-9).
11. Karametou, P., Apostolopoulos C.D. & Delladetsimas, P.M. (2008). Social Capital and Local Development in Greek Mountainous Rural Areas. In:Paraskakis Iraklis and A. Luneski (ed.) “Infusing Research and Knowledge in South-East Europe” (Volume 1) proceedings of the 3rdAnnual South East European Doctoral Student Conference, South East Europe Research Centre (SEERC), Thessaloniki – Greece, pp. 331-340(ISBN978-960-89629-7-2).
12. Karametou, P. & Apostolopoulos, C.D. (2007). Social capital as an explanatory variable: Explaining the differential socio-economic performance in two mountainous rural areas in Greece. Ιn: A. Kungolos, C. A. Brebbia and E. Beriatos (ed.) Sustainable Development and Planning III (VOLUME 2) proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2007, WITPRESS Southampton-UK, pp. 633-640.ISBN: 978-1-84564-102-3See http://library.witpress.com. (Also available in social science database: ISSN: 1743-3541 (on-line),http://www.scopus.com).