• Sustainability (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability) (2021-2023)
• International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies (IJEFS) (http://sobiad.org/eJOURNALS/journal_IJEF/index.html) 2016-2017
• Eastern European Business and Economics Journal (http://bej.wc.lt/Home/) 2015-2017

• Invitation to participate and intervene at an OECD/EC high-level expert workshop on ‘Productivity and Resilience – Where Do We Stand?’ Productivity Policy for Places, 9-10 June 2021, OECD and European Commission.

• Laboratory Teaching Personnel in Regional Economics and Development, Department of Planning and Regional Development (DPRD), University of Thessaly (2014-)
• Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Planning and Regional Development (DPRD), University of Thessaly (2009-2014).
• Personnel with indefinite duration contract of employment in the Department of Planning and Regional Development (DPRD), University of Thessaly (2000-2014).
• Research faculty of the South and East European Development Center (SEED Center) in the University of Thessaly (1998-). Specializations: transition economics, Balkan studies, industrial and trade development, regional development and economic geography.
• Member of the research team of the Laboratory of Regional Economic Analysis in the Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly (1997-).

• “ESSPIN: Economic, Social and Spatial Inequalities in Europe in the Era of Global Mega-trends”, HORIZON (2022-2024).
• “Interregional Relations in Europe”, ESPON (1/6/2020-30/5/2022).
• “Concept paper for the reconstruction of Ileia region with focus on the Ancient Olympia”, Dianeosis (27/9/22-31/12/22).
• “Study for the human capital of North Evoia”, Dianeosis (21/12/2021-31/7/22).
• “Regional inequalities, political discontent and the anatomy of integration and disintegration in Europe”, ELIDEK (8/3/22-7/11/24).
• “POSTCARE. Posting of third country nationals in care services – the current state of play and scenarios for the future”, DG Employment (1/2/2021-31/8/2022).
• “Supporting Workers’ Involvement in Addressing the Impact of the Coronavirus Crisis”, 2021.
• “FFEM: Fostering Female Entrepreneurship Mindset”, Erasmus Plus program (4/11/2019-3/11/2021).
• Support in the Region of Central Greece in the documentation/restoration of the financial hysteresis in the development planning for continuous programming periods (31/8/2020-28/2/2021).
• “Doctor’s office of small enterprises”, Operational Program ‘Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation’, 1/1/19-31/12/2019.
• “TRANSposition-Reconciliation between the freedom to provide services in the EU and the social rights of posted workers in transport sector”, Operational Program ‘Industrial technologies’, 29/5/2019-31/8/2019.
• “VET4MIGRE: VET opportunities for migrants and refugees”, Erasmus Plus program KA2 Strategic Partnerships for VET Development of innovation, 1/9/2017-31/12/2019.
• “POS2COMI: Posting at Equal Rights for Equal Work and Fair Competition in Metal Industry”, DG EMPLOYMENT, 1/2/2017-31/1/2019.
• “MOM: Maternity Opportunities and Mainstreaming”, ERASMUS+, 1/9/2017-31/8/2020.
• “INACT: An integrated Approach for Promoting Cross-Border Business and Development”, INTERREG IIIB, 19/03/2014 – 31/01/2016.
• “DIGITAL CONVERGENCE: Creation of a Digital Observatory System for Geospatial Information and Regional Analyses”, NSRF 2007-13, 01/11/2014 – 31/10/2015.
• “EUBORDERREGIONS: European Regions, EU External Borders and the Immediate Neighbours. Analysing Regional Development Options through Policies and Practices of Cross-Border Co-operation”, FP7, 1/1/12 – 31/12/12.
• “SEARCH: Sharing Knowledge Assets: InterRegionally Cohesive NeigHborhoods”, FP7, 1/8/11 – 31/12/11.
• “Study for the Impact of the National Strategic Reference Framework Policies on the Income and the Employment of the Greek Regions”, Greek Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping, 15/6/11-15/9/11.
• Research project “Strategic Development Plan Update of Magnisia”, Prefecture of Magnesia,  1/1/2007 – 31/10/2007.
• “FUTOURISM: Integrated and Sustainable Development of Tourist Areas”, Interreg IIIC,  1/1/2006  – 31/1/2007.
• Research project “Planning and Development results of Program Greece 2004”, Ministry of Culture, 1/9/01 – 31/5/02.
• Research project “Agriculture sector in rural and less developed regions of Greece: characteristics and progress”, 1/6/00 – 31/10/00.
• “DAC program in Greek bilateral development cooperation and help”, Ministry of Finance, 1/4/2000 – 30/3/2001.
• Research project “Planning Priorities of Residential Net and Urban Concentration of Balkan Region”, Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works, 1/3/00 – 31/8/00.
• Research project “International conference: culture and regional economic development”, 25/8/00 – 30/9/00
• Research project “Regional and Urban planning”, Region of Thessaly, 19/3/1999 – 20/5/1999.
• Community Project DGII of PHARE-ACE “Location Specific Aspects of Learning and the Transfer of Know-how”, Project P96-6202-R, 1/4/99 – 30/5/99.
• Research project “Strategic planning in the development of Balkans”, Ministry of National Economy, 1/9/98 – 30/3/01.
• Research project “Master Plan of Magnesia in the 21o century”, Prefecture of Magnesia,  1/3/98 – 30/6/98.
• Community Project PHARE-ACE “Patterns of Regional Inequality in Transition Economies”, 1/10/97 – 31/3/98.
• Research project “A survey of the enterprise sector in the Prefecture of Magnesia”, Chamber of Industry and Commerce and University of Thessaly (Laboratory of Regional Economic Analysis), 1/1/96 – 31/12/96.

• Psycharis, Y., Tsiapa, M. and Tselios, V. (2020) “Exports and regional resilience: evidence from Greece” in Bristow, G. and Healy, A. Handbook on Regional Economic Resilience, Edward Elgar, p.226-241.
• Kallioras, D., Petrakos, G. and Tsiapa, M. (2010) “The Emerging Economic Geography Setting in the New European Union Member-States: A Comparative Account of Regional-Industrial Performance and Adjustment” in Marelli E. και Signorelli M. (eds) (2010) Growth and Labor Market in Transition: A Comparative Perspective, New York: Palgrave / Macmillan.
• Petrakos, G. and Tsiapa, M. (2009) “The trade relations of Balkans: a comparative analysis” in Pelagidis T. and Hazakis, K. (2009) The political economy of transition, Athens: Papazisi, pp. 153-196 (in greek).
• Dimitrov, M., Petrakos, G., Totev, S. and Tsiapa, M. (2003) “Cross-border cooperation in Southeastern Europe: The enterprises’ point of view”, in G. Petrakos and P. Liargovas (eds) Regional development and cross-border cooperation in south-eastern Europe, SEED/University of Thessaly Press, Volos, pp. 239-261.
• Petrakos, G. and Tsiapa, M. (2000) “The development and structure of industry in Balkan Transition Countries”, (in greek) in Petrakos (2000) The Development of Balkans, University of Thessaly Press, Volos, pp. 159-187.

• Tsiapa, M. (2023) “A holistic approach of the labour productivity slowdown in the regions of European Union”, Papers in Regional Science, 102(3): 507-531.
• Tsiapa, M. (2023) “Social capital and characteristics of economic dualism as determinants of regional resilience”, European Planning Studies, 31(12): 2568-2589.
• Tsiapa, M. (2022) “Performance of large firms in Greece during the unstable period of 2011-2016: Lessons from the weak parts of Europe”, European Journal of Management and Business Economics, 31(1): 94-114.
• Kallioras, D., Petrakos, G. and Tsiapa, M. (2021) “The Geography of Trade among the European Union and the European Neighborhood Policy Countries”, Economic Studies journal, 30(1): 3-18.
• Duquenne, M.N., Tsiapa, M. and Tsiakos, H. (2019) “Contribution of Common Agricultural Policy to agricultural productivity of EU regions during 2004-2012 period”, Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, 100(1): 47-68.
• Tsiapa, M. (2019) “Adjustment mechanisms of Greek regions in export activity during the economic crisis of 2008-2012”, Papers in Regional Science, 98(2): 621-639.
• Tsiapa, M. and Batsiolas, I. (2019) “Firm resilience in regions of Eastern Europe during the period 2007-2011”, Post-Communist Economies, 31(1): 19-35
• Tsiapa, M., Kallioras, D. and Tzeremes, N. (2018) “The Role of Path-dependence in the Resilience of EU Regions“, European Planning Studies, 26(6): 1099-1120.
• Tsiapa, M. (2016) “Spatial Heterogeneity and Economic Dualism in European Neighbourhood Policy Countries”, Europe-Asia Studies, 68(7): 1197-1219.
• Petrakos, G., Tsiapa, M. and Kallioras, D. (2016) “Regional inequalities in the ENP countries: the effects of growth and integration”, Environment and Planning C, 34(4): 698-716.
• Kallioras, D., Tsiapa, M. and Zapantis, S. (2016) “Spatial variations of employment change in Greece over the early-crisis period (2008-2011)”, Regional Science Inquiry Journal, vol VIII, n.1, 61-78.
• Sotiriou, A. and Tsiapa, M. (2015) “The asymmetric influence of structural funds on regional growth in Greece”, Environment and Planning C, 33(4): 863-881 (doi:10.1177/0263774X15603905).
• Kallioras, D. and Tsiapa, M. (2015) “The regional dimension of economic growth in Ukraine”, Eastern European Business and Economics Journal, 1(3): 71-95.
• Anagnostou, A., Panteladis, and Tsiapa, M. (2015) “Disentangling different patterns of business cycle synchronicity in the EU regions”, Empirica, 42(3): 615-641.
• Tsiapa, M. (2014) “Industrial concentration patterns of the European Union”, Italian Journal of Regional Science, 13(3): 5-34.
• Tsiapa, M. (2014) “Industrial growth in the integrated European economic space”, Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies, vol. 5, no. 2(10), pp. 23-43.
• Panteladis, and Tsiapa, M. (2014) “Fragmented integration and business cycle synchronisation in the Greek regions”, European Planning Studies, 22(5): 909-928.
• Panteladis, I. and Tsiapa, M. (2012) “Asymmetries and inequalities in the Greek space”, The Greek Review of Social Research, National Centre for Social Research, vol. 137-138, pp. 51-84 (in Greek)
• Panteladis, and Tsiapa, M. (2011) “Business cycle synchronisation in the Greek regions”, Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis, vol 3, issue 2, pp.143-158.
• Tsiapa, M. (2011) “Trade relations and potential of the Western Balkans”, International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, vol 4, No 2, pp.140-158.
• Dimitrov, M., Petrakos, G., Totev, S. and Tsiapa, M. (2003) “Cross-border cooperation in Southeastern Europe: The enterprises’ point of view”, Eastern European Economics, vol. 41, No 06, pp. 5-25.
• Petrakos, G. and Tsiapa, M. (2001) “The Spatial Aspects of Enterprise Learning in Transition Countries”, Regional Studies, vol. 35(6), pp 549-562.

• Tsiapa, M. (2014) “Economic crisis and changes in the spatial export pattern of Greece”, Hellenic Conference “The economy from crisis to growth. Strategies, stakes, policies”, 4-5 April 2014, University of Thessaly, Department of Planning and Regional Development, Volos, Available http://www.seedcenter.gr.
• Petrakos G., Kallioras, D., Artelaris P. and Tsiapa M. (2013) “The Geography of Trade between the EU and the ENP Countries: Emerging Patterns and Policy Recommendations”, Proceedings of the 53rd European Regional Science Association Congress: Regional Integration: Europe, the Mediterranean and the World Economy, Palermo, Italy, 27-31/8/2013.
• Petrakos G., Artelaris P., Kallioras D. and Tsiapa M. (2013) “The Geography of Trade between the EU and the ENP Countries: Emerging Patterns and Policy Recommendations”, Proceedings of the 11th National Congress of the Greek Section of the European Regional Science Association: Agricultural Economy, Rural Space, Local and Regional Development, CD Edition, Patra, Greece, 14-15/6/2013.
• Kallioras D., Artelaris P., Petrakos G. and Tsiapa M. (2013) “The Geography of Trade between the EU and the ENP Countries”, Proceedings of the XIV International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, CD Edition.
• Panteladis, I. and Tsiapa, Μ. (2012) “Asymmetries and inequalities in the Greek area”, 3nd Hellenic Conference in Planning and Regional Development, 27-30 September 2012, DPRD, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
• Psycharis, Y., Artelaris, P., Kallioras, D., Pantazis, P. and Tsiapa, M. (2012) “The Spatial Footprint of the Ongoing Economic Crisis in Greece: A Preliminary Assessment” in Gospodini A., Gousios D., Kotzamanis B., Kungolos A., Beriatos E., Duquenne M.-N., Economou D., Skagiannis P. and Christopoulou O. (2012) Proceedings of the 3rd Hellenic Conference of Planning and Regional Development, Volos: University of Thessaly Press and Thessaloniki: Graphima, 967-973.
• Anagnostou, A., Panteladis, and Tsiapa, M. (2012) “Business cycle synchronisation in the EU regions”, Proceedings of the 52^nd European Regional Science Association Congress, Regions in Motion: Breaking the Path, CD Edition.
• Psycharis, Y., Artelaris, P., Kallioras, D., Pantazis, P. and Tsiapa, M. (2012) “The Spatial Footprint of the Ongoing Economic Crisis (2009-…) in Greece: Assessing the Resilience and Development of the Greek Regions”, Proceedings of the 52nd European Regional Science Association Congress, Regions in Motion: Breaking the Path, CD Edition.
• Panteladis, I. and Tsiapa, Μ. (2011) “Business synchronization cycles in the Greek regions”, proceedings of the 2nd Hellenic Conference in the Applied Economics, pp. 55, Department of Economics, 14-15 April 2011, Volos.
• Kallioras, D., Petrakos, G., Topaloglou, L. and Tsiapa, M. (2010) “The determinants of growth in EU border regions”, 50th ERSA Conference, 19-23 August, Jönköping, Sweden.
• Topaloglou, L., Kallioras, D., Petrakos, G. and Tsiapa, M. (2010) “The Multifaceted Economic and Political Geographies of Internal and External EU Borders”, European Conference of the Association for Borderlands Studies 23rd – 25th September 2010, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Veroia, Greece.
• Tsiapa, M. (2009) “The pattern of industrial concentration in the regions of the European Union”, proceedings of the 2nd Hellenic Conference in Planning and Regional Development, volume III, p. 1733-1741, 24-27 September 2009, University of Thessaly, Department of Planning and Regional Development, Volos.
• Artelaris, P., Kallioras, D, Petrakos, G. and Tsiapa, M. (2009) “Convergence clubs in the new European Union member-states: An empirical evaluation of neoclassical theory under quasi laboratory conditions”, paper presented in 2nd Hellenic Conference in Planning and Regional Development, 24-27 September 2009, Volos.
• Tsiapa, M. (2001) “The structure and the development of industry in the Balkan countries”, Conference Proceedings from 1st International Conference of Association of South Eastern Europe Economic Universities, “Recent Economic Developments and Problems in the Transition Economies”, 24-27 May 2000, Thessaloniki.
• Petrakos, G. and Tsiapa, M. (2001) “The Spatial Aspects of Enterprise Learning in Transition Countries”, Conference of World Planning Schools Congress, Planning for Cities in the 21st Century: Opportunities & Challenges, Shanghai 2001, AESOP, July 11-15, 2001, Local Host: College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

• Tsiapa, M. (2022) “Productivity stagnancy and structural adjustments”, Special session organized by OECD SPL, 61st ERSA Congress, 22-26 August 2022, Pecs, Hungary.
• Tsiapa, M. (2022) “Crisis before crisis, recovery what kind of recovery? The case of Greece”, 61st ERSA Congress, 22-26 August 2022, Pecs, Hungary.
• Rasvanis, V., Kallioras, D., Tsiapa, Μ. and Petrakos, G. (2022) “Interregional investment flows in Greece in the secondary sector”, 6th Hellenic Conference in Spatial Planning and Regional Development, 29/9/2022-2/10/2022, Volos.
• Panteladis, I., Tsiapa, M. and Kallioras, D. (2019) “Sheltered economies, business cycle asymmetries and idiosyncratic components of the Greek regions”, 59^th European Regional Science Association Congress: ‘Cities, regions and digital transformations: opportunities, risks and challenges’, 27-30/8/2019, Lyon, France.
• Duquenne, M.N., Kallioras, D., Tsiapa, M. and Vafeiadou, S. (2019) “Regional inequalities in the EU countries: Utilizing the median”, 59th European Regional Science Association Congress: ‘Cities, regions and digital transformations: opportunities, risks and challenges’, 27-30/8/2019, Lyon, France.
• Dyquenne, M., Tsiakos, V. and Tsiapa, M. (2015) “The contribution of Common Agricultural Policy in the agricultural productivity”, 24-27 September 2015, University of Thessaly, Department of Planning and Regional Development, Volos.
• Kallioras, D., Panteladis, I., Tsiapa, M. and Doxaki, E. (2015) “Regional Economic Structures and Business Cycle Idiosyncrasies”, 24-27 September 2015, University of Thessaly, Department of Planning and Regional Development, Volos.
• Tsiapa, M. (2015) “The asymmetric influence of structural funds of 2^nd and 3^nd CSF in the regional development of Greece”, Conference: Reassessing the consequences of the structural funds of EU in Greece, Department of Economics, University of Thessaly, 8-9 September, Volos.
• Psycharis, Y., Tselios, V. and Tsiapa, M. (2015) “Technology, exports and regional resilience in Greece”, 55th European Regional Science Association Congress: World Renaissance. Changing roles for people and places, 25-28 August 2015, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Kallioras, D., Panteladis, I and Tsiapa, M. (2014) “Business cycle synchronization in the Greek prefectures», 12th National Congress of the Greek Section of the European Regional Science Association: Urban and Regional Development, modern challenges, 27-28/6/2014, Athens.
• Tsiapa, M. (2014) “Economic crisis and changes in the spatial export pattern of Greece”, Hellenic Conference “The economy from crisis to growth. Strategies, stakes, policies”, 4-5 April 2014, University of Thessaly, Department of Planning and Regional Development, Volos.
• Sotiriou, A. and Tsiapa, M. (2014) “The asymmetric influence of structural funds on regional growth in Greece”, International Conference “Beyond ‘Absorption’: The Impact of EU Structural Funds on Greece (1981-2013)”, 19-20 September 2014, Institute of Diplomacy and Global Affairs, University of Peloponnese, Greek Politics Specialist Group, EPEES,
• Petrakos G., Artelaris P., Petrakos G. and Tsiapa M. (2013) “The Geography of Trade between the EU and the ENP Countries: Emerging Patterns and Policy Recommendations”, 53rd European Regional Science Association Congress: Regional Integration: Europe, the Mediterranean and the World Economy, Palermo, Italy, 27-31/8/2013.
• Petrakos G., Artelaris P., Petrakos G. and Tsiapa M. (2013) “The Geography of Trade between the EU and the ENP Countries: Emerging Patterns and Policy Recommendations”, 11th National Congress of the Greek Section of the European Regional Science Association: Agricultural Economy, Rural Space, Local and Regional Development, CD Edition, Patras, Greece, 14-15/6/2013.
• Kallioras D., Artelaris P., Petrakos G. and Tsiapa M. (2013) “The Geography of Trade between the EU and the ENP Countries”, XIV International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Moscow, Russia, 2-5/4/2013.
• Panteladis, I. and Tsiapa, Μ. (2012) “Asymmetries and inequalities in the Greek area”, 3nd Hellenic Conference in Planning and Regional Development, 27-30 September 2012, Volos, Greece.
• Anagnostou, A., Panteladis, and Tsiapa, M. (2012) “Business cycle synchronisation in the EU regions”, Proceedings of the 52^nd European Regional Science Association Congress, Regions in Motion: Breaking the Path, CD Edition.
• Artelaris, P., Kallioras, D., Petrakos, G. and Tsiapa, M. (2012) “The Geography of Trade in the ENP Area”, 52nd European Regional Science Association Congress: Regions in Motion: Breaking the Path, Bratislava, Slovakia, 21-25/08/2012.
• Psycharis, Y., Artelaris, P., Kallioras, D., Pantazis, P. and Tsiapa, M. (2012) “The Spatial Footprint of the Ongoing Economic Crisis (2009-…) in Greece: Assessing the Resilience and Development of the Greek Regions”, 52nd European Regional Science Association Congress: Regions in Motion: Breaking the Path, Bratislava, Slovakia, 21-25/08/2012.
• Psycharis, Y., Artelaris, P., Kallioras, D., Pantazis, P. and Tsiapa, M. (2012) “The Spatial Footprint of the Economic Crisis in Greece: A First Assessment”, 10th National Congress of the Greek Section of the European Regional Science Association-Economic Crisis and Policies for Development and Cohesion, Thessaloniki, Greece, 01-02/06/2012.
• Psycharis, Y., Artelaris, P., Kallioras, D., Pantazis, P. and Tsiapa, M. (2012) “The Spatial Footprint of the Ongoing Economic Crisis in Greece: A Preliminary Assessment”, 3rd Hellenic Conference of Planning and Regional Development, Volos: University of Thessaly Press and Thessaloniki: Graphima, 967-973.
• Panteladis, I. and Tsiapa, Μ. (2011) “Business synchronization cycles in the Greek regions”, 2nd Hellenic Conference in the Applied Economics, Department of Economics, 14-15 April 2011, Volos.
• Topaloglou, L., Kallioras, D., Petrakos, G. and Tsiapa, M. (2010) “The Multifaceted Economic and Political Geographies of Internal and External EU Borders”, European Conference of the Association for Borderlands Studies 23rd – 25th September 2010, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Veroia, Greece.
• Kallioras, D., Petrakos, G., Topaloglou, L. and Tsiapa, M. (2010) “The determinants of growth in EU border regions”, 50th ERSA Conference, 19-23 August, Jönköping, Sweden.
• Tsiapa, M. (2009) “The pattern of industrial concentration in the regions of the European Union”, the 2nd Hellenic Conference in Planning and Regional Development, 24-27 September 2009, University of Thessaly, Department of Planning and Regional Development, Volos.
• Artelaris, P., Kallioras, D, Petrakos, G. and Tsiapa, M. (2009) “Convergence clubs in the new European Union member-states: An empirical evaluation of neoclassical theory under quasi laboratory conditions”, paper presented in 2nd Hellenic Conference in Planning and Regional Development, 24-27 September 2009, Volos.
• Kallioras, D. and Tsiapa, M. (2008) “Structural aspects of EU economic integration”, 1st workshop of the Regional Studies Research Network on geographical localization, intersectoral reallocation of labor and unemployment differentials (GLUNLAB), Geographical Localization And Economic Activity: Political Economic Aspects, 31st October 2008, University Of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• Petrakos, G. and Tsiapa, M. (2001) “The Spatial Aspects of Enterprise Learning in Transition Countries”, Conference of World Planning Schools Congress, Planning for Cities in the 21st Century: Opportunities & Challenges, Shanghai 2001, AESOP, July 11-15, 2001, Local Host: College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
• Tsiapa, M. (2000) “The structure and the development of industry in the Balkan countries”, in the 1st International Conference of Association of South Eastern Europe Economic Universities, Recent Economic Developments and Problems in the Transition Economies, 24-27 May 2000, Thessaloniki.
• Petrakos, G. and Tsiapa, M. (1998) “The regional structure of the economy of FYROM”, in 5ο National Conference of Cyprus European Enlargement and Mediterranean Policy, 22-25 April 1998.

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