The Future of Education
Kostis Koutsopoulos
Institution: European Association of Geographers (EUROGEO)
Postal Code: 19009
Country: Belgium
Professor Koutsopoulos was born in Volos, Greece, where he finished the local High School. After completing his BSc degree at the University of Athens, he got his MSc, PhD and a Postdoctoral degree from the Departments of Geography and Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado, USA.
He taught at the University of Iowa until 1980, when he was elected in the Chair of Geography and Spatial Analysis at the National Technical University of Athens. He has been Director of the Geography and Spatial Analysis Lab., Chairman of the Geography and Regional planning Department, Director of the Graduate Programs “Environment and development” and 'Geoinformatics" and Dean of the Rural and Surveying Engineering School.
He has organized numerous congresses, meetings and seminars and he has participated as Keynote speaker, invited speaker, session chairman and conveyor in many more. He has presented 158 papers in various meetings; he has published: 57 papers in refereed Journal, 61 books and book chapters and more than 100 other publications.
He has retired in 2012, but he still publishes and he is President, Vice president or Member of several scientific and academic Boards or Associations in Greece and abroad.
He taught at the University of Iowa until 1980, when he was elected in the Chair of Geography and Spatial Analysis at the National Technical University of Athens. He has been Director of the Geography and Spatial Analysis Lab., Chairman of the Geography and Regional planning Department, Director of the Graduate Programs “Environment and development” and 'Geoinformatics" and Dean of the Rural and Surveying Engineering School.
He has organized numerous congresses, meetings and seminars and he has participated as Keynote speaker, invited speaker, session chairman and conveyor in many more. He has presented 158 papers in various meetings; he has published: 57 papers in refereed Journal, 61 books and book chapters and more than 100 other publications.
He has retired in 2012, but he still publishes and he is President, Vice president or Member of several scientific and academic Boards or Associations in Greece and abroad.
