Research Projects
MedSTACH
Eastern Mediterranean Science and Technology Centre for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage - MedSTACH
2017-2019
Project MedSTACH aims to establish Cyprus as an excellence hub in archaeology and cultural heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean region, capitalising on multidisciplinary research and technological innovation. To this end, key Cypriot public academic institutions and national policy makers and stakeholders are teaming up with leading international research and academic institutions to lay the groundwork towards creating the Eastern Mediterranean Science and Technology Centre for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (acronym MedSTACH).
POLITEIA II
POLItismos-TEchnologIA: New Technologies in the Research, Study, Documentation and Access to the Information for Cultural Heritage Objects and Monuments II
2017-2020
The POLITEIA II (POLItismos-TEchnologIA: New Technologies in the Research, Study, Documentation and Access to the Information for Cultural Heritage Objects and Monuments II) (MIS 5002478) research project, Action KRIPIS, is implemented under the "Action for the Strategic Development on the Research and Technological Sector" of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Ministry of Education, Greece and the European Regional Development Fund.
STORM
Safeguarding Cultural Heritage, Technical and Organisational, Resources Management
2016-2019
STORM plans to introduce an integrated framework and a platform providing tools and services both on macro level to give a global view of the entire value chain and on specific level to promote the improvement of specific processes for protection and danger prevention.
BAKOTA
The Bronze Age Körös Off-Tell Archaeology (BAKOTA) project
2015-2018
The Bronze Age Körös Off-Tell Archaeology (BAKOTA) project is studying a cemetery population (Békés Jégvermi-kert) in Eastern Hungary during the Bronze Age, and aims to understand how this region differs from neighbouring areas. Our primary area of interest is to understand how travel and participation in trade networks affected sociocultural change and the emergence of social inequality in later European prehistory (2000-1500 BC).
ISAP Research Fund 2015
Reconstructing the Cultural Dynamics in Shallow Marine Environment through Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Photogrammetry
2015
Reconstructing the Cultural Dynamics in Shallow Marine Environment through Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Photogrammetry
Social Aspects and Implications of the Disease Phenomenon: A Historical Approach
Social Aspects and Implications of the Disease Phenomenon: A Historical Approach
2015-2017
The aim of the project was to collect historical information on the phenomenon of the disease in Crete during the Ottoman period, to organise these historical testimonies in a digital database accessible to the academic community and to the public, as well as the historical processing of the above-mentioned sources. The project was implemented under the Agreement between the General Secretariat for Research and Technology and the Foundation for Research and Technology in the frameworks of the Compromise Agreement between the Hellenic Republic and Siemens.
Ancient City
Ancient City - Application of Innovative Geoinformatics Technologies for the Study of Urbanization in Ancient Greece
2014-2015
The project seeks new horizons in the study of ancient Greek urbanism by integrating satellite and aerial remote sensing, geophysical prospection, and spatial analyses in Geographical Information Systems for understanding and reconstructing the complex history and development of the ancient Greek city.
PEFYKA
Environment and Natural Disasters: New methods to evaluate and improve the environmental quality and encounter the natural hazards
2013-2015
Environment and Natural Disasters: New methods to evaluate and improve the environmental quality and encounter the natural hazards
POLITEIA
POLItismos-TEchnologIA: New Technologies in the Research, Study, Documentation and Access to the Information for Cultural Heritage Objects and Monuments
2013-2015
Project No MIS-448300 (2013SE01380035) is funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Ministry of Education, Greece and the European Regional Development Fund (Sectoral Operational Programme : Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship, NSRF 2007-2013)/ European Commission. The project constitutes a National Development Action (Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship, NSRF 2007-2013).
ELISTOKAINO
“Modernism” and “Greekness” in Art and Art Criticism, 18th Century
2013-2015
Τhe aim of the program is to study the 18th century, when, on the one hand, introducing Western styles in painting is being attempted, and, on the other hand, novelties in the artistic practice lead to efforts to its theoretical establishment by translating and adapting foreign art treatises.
Fulbright Research Grant
Fulbright Research Grant
2013
The aim of this project is twofold and is divided into a research and a lecturing module regarding traditional geophysical prospection methods and electrical resistivity tomography in archaeological research (theory and applications)
ELISTOKAINO
Innovation in the Greek and Mediterranean Shipbuilding Technology, 19th-20th centuries
2013-2015
The Research Unit 4 with subject "Innovation in the Greek and Mediterranean Shipbuilding Technology, 19th - 20th centuries" is a part of the Project "ELISTOKAINO": the History of Innovation in Greece, 19th-20th centuries", which is part of the strategic plan for development of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS-FORTH). The project aims to a multidisciplinary contribution in the understanding of the issue of innovation in Greece through the study of different aspects of Greek experience.
Religious Art from Russia to Greece (16th - 19th Century)
An exhibition of Russian religious art objects preserved in Greek Church and Museum collections.
2012-2015
An exhibition is organized that will shed light to the various aspects of the phenomenon, focusing on the movement of objects and their reception by and integration in a new ethnic, religious and cultural environment. The various paths and diverse forms of reception and adoption in the Greek world will be explored, as well as issues of dating of the Russian artworks and attribution to Russian workshops.
Russian Icons in Greece 15th- early 20th century
Russian Icons in Greece 15th- early 20th century
2012-2015
The aim of the proposed research project is to initiate the systematic study of this phenomenon in its various aspects: to follow the paths through which these icons were brought to Greece, to explore the identity of those who ordered and donated them, to analyze the dynamics and the various moving factors (religious, political, ideological) of this process during its various historical phases.
AgroStrat
Sustainable strategies for the improvement of seriously degraded agricultural areas: The example of Pistachia vera L. - AgroStrat
2012-2017
Sustainable strategies for the improvement of seriously degraded agricultural areas: The example of Pistachia vera L.
LIFE11 ENV/GR/000951
IGEAN
Innovative Geophysical Approaches for the Study of Early Agricultural Villages of Neolithic Thessaly
2012-2015
The specific project will carry out systematic and extensive geophysical surveys in a number of Neolithic magoules in Thessaly and in order to achieve this it will design and implement a specific geophysical strategy for the fast and high resolution assessment of the subsurface of them.
ISLAND CULTURES IN A DIACHRONIC PERSPECTIVE: THE CASE OF THERASIA
ISLAND CULTURES IN A DIACHRONIC PERSPECTIVE: THE CASE OF THERASIA
2012-2014
The Therasia Project is a multidisciplinary study of the history of the island that is operated by a) the University of Crete, Department of History and Archaeology (supervisor: Professor Iris Tzachili) b) the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Architecture and the Postgraduate Interdepartmental Program on the Preservation, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Monuments (supervisor: Professor Clairy Palyvou) and c) the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 11th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities (supervisor: Dr Marisa Marthari).
THALΕS: Enhance Interdisciplinary research and innovation with the possibility of attracting high-quality researchers from abroad by conducting basic and applied excellence research
GEOTECHNICAL Characterization
Geotechnical Characterization of Selected Sites Greece Through the Integrated Use of Geophysical and Geotechnical Methods
2012-2014
The purpose of this research proposal is to aggregate geotechnical and seismological data at selected sites and correlate them with geophysical data in order to calibrate and correlate the individual methods.