Brief CV 

Thanos Pallis is Ass. Professor at the Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport, of the University of the Aegean, Greece and the holder of a Jean Monnet grant on European Port Policy (since 2003; renewed in 2008). 

The current academic year (2008-9) he is a Fulbright Scholar at the Centre for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy (CEMTPP), Columbia University, New York, US.

He also holds an Adjunct Professor post at the Centre for International Trade and Transportation (CITT), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (since 2007), and lectures at the University of Antwerp, ITMMA (since 2006).

In 2008 Dr. Pallis led a research on port concessions that won the “Maritime Economics & Logistics Best Paper Award, 2008”.  He had also won the “Best European Study 1999” Competition, organised by the European Community Studies Association (ECSA). Highlights of 2008 also include invitations by the OECD and ESPO (European Sea Port Organisation) to participate and chair discussions regarding the shaping of the port sector, and his participation in the research team advising the Government of Canada on port performance and benchmarks.

In 2007 he had celebrated the publication of Maritime Transport: The Greek Paradigm, published by Elsevier in the distinguished Research in Transport Economics series. Previously published books or monographs examine the European Port Policy (published in English, Japanese, and Greek) and The Common EU Maritime Transport Policy (published in English and Greek).

He has authored 24 journal papers and has presented over 50 peer reviewed papers in international scientific conferences, and was a speaker/session chairman at nearly 30 more professional and scientific conferences. His work has been cited in the international literature and acknowledged, by the European Parliament and reviews of the most important studies in the field of port economics and policy.

Elected Member of the Council of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) since 2008 and Secretary General of the Hellenic Association of Maritime Economists since 2006. He is also a leading member of the Port Performance Research Network (PPRN), and active member of the Special Interest Group Ports & Maritime Transport, World Transport Research Society, the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) and the European Level Interests Representation (ELIR) Group.

 

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