the team

Alexandros Baltzis (PhD) is an Associate Professor of Sociology of the Arts and Mass Communication (School of Journalism & Mass Communications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), a tutor and coordinator of the unit “Cultural Communication” at the Hellenic Open University (postgraduate programme “Cultural Organizations Management”). He has also been a visiting professor abroad (Université Paris VIII, University of Sofia) and taught at the Democritus University of Thrace. He is the author of more than 70 publications in three languages and editor of the Greek edition of John Walker’s Art in the Age of Mass Media (University Studio Press, 2010). He is also the editor of two collective volumes. He has presented papers at more than 45 international and local conferences and participated in many international and local research projects. He participates in several academic societies and networks (ESA, ECREA, IMS and others). He is a reviewer in scholarly journals and a proposal evaluator for the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation HORIZON2020. His research interests include the production and consumption of culture, the impact of globalization on the cultural industries, cultural management, and cultural communication (more details at: https://baltzis.webpages.auth.gr/).