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Nicholas Karachalis

Social-economic geographer

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    Planning Department of the University of Thessaly
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I am a social-economic geographer with a strong interest in analysing the trends and dynamics between culture, tourism and spatial development processes, using an interdisciplinary approach and perspective. I work as ad. lecturer at the Department of Planning and Regional Development of the University of Thessaly and at the post-graduate programme in Cultural Management at the Open University in Greece. I have collaborated with various transnational research projects and EU initiatives (URBACT, ESPON, Interreg, etc) and I am especially interested in area based collaborations between different actors. Among other themes I have worked on temporary use of empty buildings, artist-led bottom up initiatives and neigbourhood development.

Which additional experience/skills can people of Placemaking Europe reach out personally to you for?

I follow an interdisciplinary approach drawing on social entrepreneurship, cultural development, place marketing and branding, urban tourism, etc. I have worked as an advisor for public bodies (Municipalities, Regional Authorities, City Tourism Offices, etc.) on matters of policy, funding, tendering practices, entrepreneurship, change management etc. and I am familiar with funding practices. The last years I have been organizing consultation processes with stakeholders' representatives on temporary use of empty buildings, neigbourhood development strategies, local cultural policies, etc.

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Greece

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Which of the main themes of Placemaking Week Europe can people reach out to you for?
  • Placemaking for innovation
  • Re-use of Empty Buildings

  • Planning Department of the University of Thessaly

Describe one of the projects you are most proud of

Refill is an URBACT project which is promoting the idea of temporary use: the use of vacant buildings and land by urban pioneers, entrepreneurs and bottom-up initiatives, often resulting in facing various societal challenges and in creating possibilities for social innovation. All partners- Ghent, Riga, Bremen, Athens, Poznan, Amersfoort, Ostrava, Helsinki, Cluj and Nantes - experimented with temporary use and each partner developed local instruments to support the concept. In Athens this led to a coherent strategy called Polis2. The Municipal Market of Kypseli as a testing place for temporary use is considered as a key building for Refill Athens

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