Prof. Stella KYVELOU-CHIOTINI is Senior expert and professor in Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, Blue economy and Maritime Spatial Planning. As part of the AM MSP, she is the geographical expert for the Eastern Mediterranean. She studied Architecture-Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and holds a post-graduate DEA (Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies) and PhD in Spatial, Regional and Urban Planning of the University Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne. She is a specialist in European environmental policy (EIPA,Maastricht), local development, sustainable blue economy and Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP), carrying out research and teaching of MSP at the Department of Economic and Regional development of Panteion University. She was Director of the ESPON2013 National Contact Point (2008-2014) providing, in parallel, consultancy to the Greek Ministry of Development. She has been involved as expert in several MSPand blue economy projects.Currently she is PI of the HER-SEA national research project “Developing an Observation Network for Maritime Cultural Heritage (MCH/UCH) in Greece” and coordinator (for Greece) of the REGINA-MSP Project (EMFAF) dealing with Regions to boost national Maritime Spatial Planning, under the leadership of CEREMA(France). In this framework, she contributed to the design of a Training programme on MSP for local and regional staff in Europe.
Author of several books and articles, columnist in electronic media and invited speaker in international meetings and conferences, she has served as Deputy Head of the Dpt of Economic and Regional development of Panteion University, Director of the postgraduate and Doctoral Studies of the Department. Special Adviser to the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy on insular policies, MSP and ecosystem-based management (2018-2019) and member of the Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis Unit of the Hellenic Ministry to the Presidency of Government (1988-2002), she is currently member of the Hellenic National Spatial Planning Council (6/2022-current). Stella is Vice President of the Scientific Council of the INGO EUROPA (France), having a consultative status to the Council of Europe. She has a great number of publications and scientific books, among them a collective Handbook entitled “Maritime Spatial issues: maritime dimension of territorial cohesion, MSP, sustainable blue growth” (2016). In 2011, she was awarded by the French government the distinction of «Chevalier à l’ordre de Palmes Académiques».
Position : East Med MSP focal point
E-Mails : kyvelou@panteion.gr , eastmed@maritime-spatial-planning.ec.europa.eu