Ms. Alexia Giannouzakou is a member of the Laboratory and Teaching Staff at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Development. She has a BSc. in Agricultural Economics from the Agricultural University of Athens, an MBA in Tourism Business Administration by the Greek Open University and a MSc. in Sustainable Development with emphasis on Local Development by Harokopio University of Athens. Since 1995, in the framework of European and National Research Programs, she has been a collaborator of the scientific team of the Laboratory of Agricultural Policy & Cooperatives of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Development.

Her scientific interests relate mainly to the sustainable development of rural areas and agricultural holdings, to the enhancing socio-economic action of alternative forms of tourism and activities in the countryside and to the status of local products and especially local food in the globalized economy.