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UNESCO CHAIR at the Ionian University

On June 29, 2021, the UNESCO Directorate of Higher Education approved the award of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage-related Activities to Professor Stavros Katsios  of the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpretation (DFLTI) and director of the Laboratory of Geocultural Analysis (GeoLab) who is appointed as chairholder.

The UNESCO-approved Chair is the first in the Ionian Islands, and of particular importance for Corfu as a city inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Chair concerns the study and analysis, the provision of consulting support, the research and the teaching (at undergraduate, postgraduate-doctoral level and lifelong learning) for any kind of threat (such as environmental, economic, criminal, geopolitical, technological, terrorist, etc.). ) for the Cultural Heritage and for any activity related to the Cultural Heritage (such as threats to infrastructure, transport, tourism, etc.).

Implementing body of the action of the Chair is the Laboratory of Geocultural Analysis (GeoLab) of the DFLTI, of the School of Humanities of the Ionian University. The Chair is staffed by an international interdisciplinary team of professors and researchers.

 

What is a UNESCO Chair?

A UNESCO Chair is: ‘a project and a team at a university or a higher education or research institution that partners with UNESCO in order to advance knowledge and practice in an area that is a priority for both the institution and UNESCO. The partnership is formalized by means of an agreement signed between the Director-General of UNESCO and the head of the institution hosting the UNESCO Chair (Rector, President, Vice-Chancellor)’.

The UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme: guidelines and procedures (2017)

Attachment language: English File type: PDF document UNESCO CHAIR PRESENTATION
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PUBLICATIONS
New book on Corruption by Prof. St. Katsios and the Post doctoral Researcher I. Blatsos published in KALLIPOS Open Academic Editions
UNESCO Chair Publication: Diploma Dissertation «Rebuilding tourism for the future: COVID-19 policy responses and recovery»
O GLOBO Brasil (2011) - Interviewing Professor Stavros Katsios
Corfu2021 - European Capital of Culture Candidate City

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Director:
Professor Stavros Katsios
director@geolabinstitute.org

Postal Address:
7, Tsirigoti Sq., GR-49132 Corfu, Greece 

Tel.: +30 26610 87238 (Director)

       +30 26610 87251, 26610 87252 (Research Assistants and helpdesk)


Email: geolabinstitute@geolabinstitute.org