About me:

Konstantinos Chalvatzis has joined the Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy in 2024 as the Faculty Pro-Vice Chancellor for Business Engagement and Innovation.

Professor Chalvatzis joined the University of Exeter from the University of East Anglia (2010-23) where he was the inaugural Director of ClimateUEA (2019-23), leading the University’s largest interdisciplinary research theme. He was also the Associate Dean in the Faculty of Social Sciences (2018-23), responsible for the innovation and impact portfolios.

Before joining academia he has led energy engineering projects across Eastern Europe, MENA and the Caucasus regions.

Konstantinos has had academic roles as Chair of Sustainable Energy Business (2017-23) and earlier Associate and Assistant Professor in Business and Climate Change (2010-17). His research focuses on energy sector innovation, early stage financing ventures; corporate and sustainability and goverance. His projects have attracted EU, UK Government, industry and corporate investment funding of approximately £22m.

He holds visiting roles with the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (FR) and the School of Economics, Management and Statistics at the University of Bologna (IT) and has been visiting scholar with the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park (US).

Interests:

Professor Chalvatzis' research is challenge-driven and contributes to current industrial policy and management debates. Understanding that real world problems are not confined to academic disciplines Konstantinos has been trained as an interdisciplinary researcher, looking into issues of corporate sustainability and governance, energy and climate policy and energy sector innovation.

He has provided policy reviews for the IPCC WGIII, EU Commission (DG Energy, DG CLIMA and DG COMP) and IRENA. Konstantinos has been contracted to review for numerous research funders including within the EU Commission, the Irish Research Council and UKRI. He has also provided occassional manuscript reviews for over 50 academic journals.

Professor Chalvatzis has supervised 12 PhD candidates to a timely completion and has supported them to successful careers in research intensive universities and senior advisory roles.

If you are thinking of studying for a PhD in my areas of expertise and you would like to discuss your research ideas please email me.

Qualifications:

BEng, MSc, PgCert, FHEA