Specialist Scientist (1980-1984), Associate Professor (1984-1990), Professor (1990-2012), Professor Emeritus (2012-present)

Returning from universities in the United States and England, where I had experienced the intellectual freedom to pursue creative thought—an opportunity that my Greek education had largely constrained—I came back committed to fostering this same freedom for my students.

From 1980 onwards, I taught the undergraduate compulsory course Regional Planning at the School of Architecture, along with Urban Planning and Regional Planning electives throughout my tenure. I also taught the compulsory course in Regional Planning at the School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics.

The courses were designed to introduce students to new approaches to reading and planning space, with emphasis on the multiple parameters of the development process—an unconventional approach for the time. To support this vision, I authored the books Issues on Spatial Development (NTUA Editions, 1983) and Introduction to Regional Planning (NTUA, Athens, 1982), and prepared detailed handouts and supporting materials for student exercises. The pedagogical goal was for students to develop sensitivity to spatial issues, to experiment with diverse interpretations, and to formulate their own perspectives. This approach proved consistently successful throughout my teaching career.

Following the establishment in 1999 of the Interdisciplinary Inter-departmental Postgraduate Programmes at NTUA, I coordinated the teaching teams and taught the compulsory course Spatial, Social, Economic and Environmental Dimensions of Development and Planning. This was offered in the Environment and Development Programme, led by the School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics.

Within the Urban and Regional Planning Programme, led by the School of Architecture, I taught two elective courses: Spatial, Social, Economic and Cultural Dimensions of Development and Planning, and later, Spatial Integration at Global and Local Levels: Implications for Theory and Regulatory Policies. From 2011 onwards, I taught the sole compulsory course in this Programme: Methodology and Theory in Spatial Planning.

Throughout my tenure at NTUA, I actively participated in numerous working groups and committees at the School and University levels, including, inter alia, the Committee on Postgraduate Studies, the Strategic Committee, the Executive Committee for the Second Community Support Framework, and the Basic Research Committee. I also served on committees related to national planning bodies, including the Ministry of the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works, and the Ministry of Education.

In addition to my work at NTUA, I have delivered lectures and taught postgraduate-level courses at international institutions. I taught at the Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm) and the University of Pennsylvania (USA), and most notably, a semester-long postgraduate course at Columbia University titled ‘Economic Interdependence and Space Integration: Implications in Theory and Practice’ (1989. These international teaching experiences enriched my understanding of comparative approaches to spatial planning education.