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Dimitrios Theocharis

Dr Dimitrios Theocharis

Teams and roles for Dimitrios Theocharis

Overview

I am a Lecturer in Maritime Economics and Transport in the Logistics and Operations Management Section.

I am the Programme Director of the MSc Maritime Policy and Shipping Management. I am also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). I joined Cardiff Business School in June 2022.

I was awarded a UK ESRC 3+1 Scholarship to do a PhD in 2015. The topic of my PhD Thesis is: Feasibility of the Northern Sea Route: Cases from the oil product tanker market. I hold a MSc in International Transport from Cardiff Business School and a MSc in Social Science Research Methods from Cardiff University. I hold a BSc (Hons) in Economics from Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. I spent some time on board an icebreaker in the Bay of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea during the ice season of 2017, where I had the opportunity to conduct observation and collect data related to maritime operations on ice-infested waters.

I was invited to present my work at Normandy Business School, France in March 2018, and at the University of Tokyo, Japan, in March 2022. I was invited to contribute to edited books. I presented my work in conferences such as the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) and the Logistics Research Network (CILT-LRN) conference.

Publication

2024

2023

2021

2019

2018

2017

2015

Articles

Book sections

Conferences

Thesis

Research

My research interests and expertise are in the areas of Shipping Economics, Transport Geography, Arctic shipping, and Commodity Markets. I am interested at the effect of trade on the geography and economics of sea transport, the development of techno-economic models to explain route, ship and technologies choice, and the economics of Arctic routes.

Research Themes:

  • Arctic shipping
  • Systematic literature review
  • Assessment of routes, technologies, and fuels
  • Transport Geography
  • Micro and macro analysis of global commodity flows and ship movements
  • Commodity economics and markets
  • Automated Identification System (AIS) data
  • Modelling
  • Techno-economic analysis

Teaching

I teach the modules listed below at the MSc Maritime Policy and Shipping Management programme:

  • Maritime Economics
  • Shipping Management and Finance
  • Maritime Policy

Biography

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Maritime Economics and Transport, Arctic shipping, Cardiff University (2021)
  • MSc Social Science Research Methods, Cardiff University (2016)
  • MSc International Transport, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University (2014)
  • BSc (Hons) Economics, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece (2012)

Honours and awards

  • ESRC 1 + 3 PhD Studentship, Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (2015)

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA - Advance HE) - 2024
  • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE) - 2022

Academic positions

  • Lecturer in Maritime Economics and Transport (2022)

 

  • PhD Candidate in Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University (2015 - 2022)

Research:

      • PhD Thesis: Feasibility of the Northern Sea Route: Cases from the oil product tanker market

Teaching:

      • Shipping Management and Finance (2019 and 2020)
      • Operations Managment (2017)

Committees and reviewing

  • LOM Representative on the School's Research Ethics Committee (SREC)

 

  • Journal Reviewer:

Journal of Transport Geography

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Maritime Policy & Management

WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs

Maritime Business Review

Ocean and Coastal Management

Transport Policy

Ocean and Society

Supervisions

I supervise MSc students at the MSc Maritime Policy and Shipping Management programme.

Contact Details

Email TheocharisD@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone +44 29208 76932
Campuses Aberconway Building, Room E41, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU