GEORGE DIKAIOS

Dr George Dikaios is a Senior Research Fellow at the UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy. He is also a lecturer and a postdoctoral researcher at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). He is affiliated with the Department of Ports Management & Shipping and the Department of Political Science & Public Administration.

Moreover, he serves as a Senior Research Fellow of the Hellenic Foundation of European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and a Researcher at the Institute of European Integration and Policy (NKUA). He studied political science at NKUA (Greece) and Leiden University (Netherlands). His research interests revolve around policymaking and diplomacy, focusing on European and international policies for combating climate change, environmental degradation, and maritime transport. He has received scholarships, grants, and funding from European programmes (HORIZON Europe, Jean Monnet Actions), NKUA, the A. G. Leventis Foundation, the Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLLF) in Japan, UNICEF, etc. He is also an incoming Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Leiden University (2025-27). He is a member of several scientific associations (UACES, GPSG, etc.), often participates in international conferences, and his articles have been published in international and Greek academic journals. His first book is EU Climate Diplomacy towards the IMO and ICAO (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024).