Key details
Eleftheria Panagiotopoulou
Teacher and research assistant
Eleftheria, at the age of 17, became a member of the Greek Youth Parliament, where she had the opportunity to discuss a variety of global and national issues.
She earned a BA in Economics (2008-2013) from the University of West Attica and an EMBA (2016-2017) from the University of Greenwich. Her interests at the time were primarily in business, management, FinTech, and other new technologies.
Her management experience ranges from banking and insurance to today's most "emerging" FinTech.
Eleftheria founded the first circular fashion app, the world's only online marketplace where consumers and businesses can support sustainable and circular fashion in six ways: Buy, Sell, Rent, Hire, Donate, and Upcycle, all while socialising with the community.
Eleftheria is currently working on an MPhil/PhD in digital tokens policy diffusion at the University of Greenwich, under the supervision of Dr. Guido Conaldi and Dr. Franziska Shons, with the title 'Governance of Digital Tokens: How digital tokens policy is developed from a social system perspective?'
Responsibilities within the university
Teaching:
Course: BUSI-1602-M03-2021-22 Global Business and Sustainability (Greenwich Maritime Campus) (Level 7)
Course: BUSI-1604-M03-2021-22 Foundations of Scholarship and Research (Greenwich Maritime Campus) (Level 7)
Course: ECON-1165-M01-2021-22 International Economics and Innovation (Greenwich Maritime Campus) (Level 6)
Course: BUSI-1646-M01-2021-22 Understanding International Business 1 (Greenwich Maritime Campus) (Level 5)
Course: BUSI-1647-M01-2021-22 Understanding International Business 2 (Greenwich Maritime Campus) (Level 5)
Research Assistant:
“National and organizational level challenges in participating in the One Belt One Road Initiative”
“FinTech in Sub-Saharan African Countries”
"Decentralised finance and global mobility of capital" https://www.gre.ac.uk/articles/bus/re-imagining-finance-the-emergence-of-defi-for-sme-financing
Marking Coordinator:
Course: BUSI-1359-M05-2021-22 International Business Project (Greenwich Maritime Campus)
Awards
Poster Competition- Winner of the best PhD Poster for the year 2. –Greenwich University (Feb-2020)
Recognition
Eleftheria, at the age of 17, became a member of the Greek Youth Parliament, where she had the opportunity to discuss a variety of global and national issues.
Only the top 300 essays from a competition with over 10,000 participants in Greece were selected to participate in the Greek Youth Parliament.
Active member and International Speaker of Global Blockchain Foundation.
Research / Scholarly interests
FinTech
Blockchain Technology
Digital Tokens
Tokenisation
Digitalisation
FashionTech
Recent publications
Policy Diffusion of Digital Tokens: The Role of the State and The Future of Tokenization – Publishing is Pending (2022).
Presentations
Poster Competition- Winner of the best PhD Poster for the year 2. –Greenwich University (Feb-2020)