Dr. Dimitrios Zikos
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Room: 1.11 Dimitrios.zikos(at)agrar.hu-berlin.de |
Current Research Projects
- Designing Social Institutions in Transition: Promotion of Institutional Development for Common Pool Resources Management in Central Asia (InDeCA)
- Natural Resource Management in Central Asia (NaReMaCA)
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Informing the climate sensitive land and forest management policies in Central Asia – Towards a combination of economic experiments and qualitative case study (InForMA)
Academic Career
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Lecturer and Project Coordinator Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Division of Resource Economics, Berlin (Germany) |
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| 2016 |
Visiting scholar at Cairo University, Faculty of Civil Engineering Cairo, Egypt |
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2008-2010 |
Experienced Researcher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research- UFZ, Leipzig (Germany) |
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2000-2007 |
PhD Policies of Sustainable Water Resource Management for Urban Uses (awarded grade of excellent) |
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| 2006-2007 |
Guest Junior Researcher Institute for Regional Planning and Structural Development (IRS), Erkner - Berlin (Germany) |
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| 2000-2006 |
Junior Researcher Institute of Urban Environment and Human Resources (UEHR), Athens (Greece) |
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| 2000-2005 |
Lecturer and Consultant on Environmental and Sustainability Issues Public and Private Vocational Training Institutes, Athens (Greece) |
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| 1998-1999 |
M.B.A in Environmental Management |
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| 1993-1998 |
Ptychio in Statistics and Insurance Sciences (Economics) |
Selected Publications
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Dresse, A., Fischhendler, I., Østergaard Nielsen, J. and D. Zikos (2018): Environmental peacebuilding: Towards a theoretical framework, Cooperation and Conflict, First Published Online November 9, 2018, 1–21, DOI: 10.1177/0010836718808331 Roßner, R. and Zikos D. (2018): The role of homogeneity and heterogeneity among resource users on Water Governance - Lessons learnt from an economic field experiment on irrigation. Water Economics and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2382624X1850008X Pham L., Otto I. Zikos D. (2018): Self-governance and the Effects of Rules in Irrigation Systems: Evidence from Laboratory and Framed Field Experiments in China, India and Vietnam. Water Economics and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2382624X18500091 Zikos, D. and Hagedorn, K (2016): Competition for Water Resources from the European Perspective, in J.R. Ziolkowska, J.M. Peterson, editors. Competition for Water Resources: Experiences and Management Approaches in the US and Europe. Elsevier: Cambridge, MA. Zikos, D., Sorman, A., Lau, M. (2015): Beyond water security: asecuritisation and identity in Cyprus. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 15(3):309-326. Bhuvanachithra C.,Janssen M.,Rommel J. and Zikos D. (2014): Commuters' Mode Choice as a Coordination Problem: A Framed Field Experiment on Traffic Policy in Hyderabad, India. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 65:9-22 Zikos, D. and Thiel, A. (2013) Action Research's potential to foster institutional change for urban water management, Water, 5:356-378. Zikos , D. and Roggero, D. (2012): The Patronage of Thirst: Exploring Institutional Fit on a Divided Cyprus. Ecology & Society, 18(2): 25 |
Teaching
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Since 2013: Advanced Empirical Methodology for Socio-Ecological Systems' Analysis. M.Sc Integrated Natural Resource Management, M.Sc International Masters on Rural Development
- 2013-2014: Capacity Building for Community Based Management of Natural Resources to Promote Food Security and Health – the case of the Ilaló and Chiche River Basin, Ecuador (interdisciplinary student project within the Msc programmes IMRD, INRM, Agricultural Economics).
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin
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Since 2015: Environmental and Resource Economics.M.A International and Development Economics
- Since 2016: Research Methods in Economics.M.A International and Development Economics
Other Activities
Grants and Awards
- 2015: Recipient of an one-month grant for teaching in Cairo University under the Fatima Al Fihri- Erasmus programme.
- January 2008 - February 2010: Marie Curie Research Fellowship (post doc) at UFZ, Leipzig
- June 2009 - November 2009: Research Grant from the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO), Cyprus Centre.
- October 2006 - July 2007: Research grant for Young Academics and Scientists from DAAD.
Memberships
- Member of the the International Association for The Study of the Commons ▪ Member of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy.
- Member of the European Society of Ecological Economics.
- Member of the Hellenic Economic Chamber.
- Founding member of the Network for the Water Resource Management of Magnesia Prefecture.
- Member of the Hellenic Association on Water Resource Management.
- Member of the Hellenic Society for the Study and the Protection of the Mediterranean Monk Seal.
Scientific Competencies
- Reviewer for Environmental Policy and Governance Journal (regularly) and sporadically in others.
- Co-Editor of the Emerging Megacities and of the Designing Social Institutions in Transition discussion paper series.
- Policy oriented research experience and involvement in applied projects.
- Author of policy documents and presenter/discussant at numerous meetings with policy makers and politicians (e.g. with water utility of Athens, political leadership in Cyprus, decision makers in Hyderabad-India).
Methodological Competencies
- Participatory Action researcher and initiator of participatory procedures, aiming at initiating bottom-up changes in dominant governance structures and resolving or preventing conflicts.
- Qualitative, quantitative and mixed research method competencies.
- Field research in different settings (urban/ rural, EU/ non-EU, local/regional/national/international).
- Multiple methods and experimental techniques, including policy experiments, role playing games, simulations, vision development exercises. Constantly learning about more approaches (e.g. virtual water).