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Research in Environmental Sciences

The Direction ‘Research in Environmental Sciences‘ of the M.Sc. in Global Environmental Change, Management & Technology was established in 2019 and aims to train students in environmental sciences through taught courses and applied research (90 ECTS) and lasts for a minimum of three academic semesters (October 2025 – February 2027).

Prospective students are required to personally contact a member of staff of the Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, in order to ascertain his/her willingness to act as their individual research’s supervisor BEFORE applying for this M.Sc. direction.

For non-Greek nationals, please also check here about the necessary procedures for enrolling to the course.

Application
Call for Expression of Interest– Research in Environmental Sciences Direction 2026-2027
Template for the Expression of Interest – Research in Environmental Sciences Direction
Reference form – Research in Environmental Sciences Direction

The Expressions of Interest (alongside all necessary supporting documents)   should be submitted either to the Secretariat Office or through https://nautilus.aegean.gr, following the instructions provided by https://nautilus.aegean.gr/applicant_manual.pdf.
Deadline: June 14, 2026

For any other information please contact:

University of the Aegean, Department of Environment,
University Hill, 81100, Mytilene, Lesvos Island, Greece
tel.: 22510.36246 – 22510.36212, fax: 22510.36209
E-mail: mscglobalchange@env.aegean.gr

Useful Information

The Direction ‘Research in Environmental Sciences‘ of the M.Sc. in Global Environmental Change, Management & Technology was established in 2019 and aims to train students in environmental sciences through taught courses and applied research (90 ECTS) and lasts for a minimum of three academic semesters (October 2026 – February 2028).

Prospective students are required to personally contact a member of staff of the Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, in order to ascertain his/her willingness to act as their individual research’s supervisor BEFORE applying for this M.Sc. direction.

For non-Greek nationals, please also check here about the necessary procedures for enrolling to the course.

Maria Hatziantoniou
& Yiannis Zevgolis 		Research Methods & Statistics 
Georgia Gatidou Group Research Project
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

*All tutors can supervise dissertation thesis.

The post-graduate course’ direction aims to train students in environmental sciences through taught courses and applied research (90 ECTS) and lasts for a minimum of three academic semesters.

The first semester includes taught courses on (a) Research Methods, (b) Research Design: methods and strategies, and (c) Advanced Seminars with one of the Department’s three sections (Environmental Engineering & Science; Applied Ecology; or, Environmental Social Sciences and Humanities).

For the next two semesters the students will undertake their individual research with the aim of producing and delivering: (a) an original research paper which will be submitted for publication at an international research journal (b) a written thesis which will be submitted to the Department of Environment, University of the Aegean. During the research semester students may be located wherever it is deemed appropriate.

The undertaken research should fall within one of the following, Departmental research foci:

  • Environmental Pollution and Ecotoxicology
  • Wastewater Treatment and Valorization
  • Water resources
  • Energy and Climate Change
  • Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Ecology and Ecosystem Management
  • Environmental Communication
  • Environmental Politics, Policy and Sociology
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Environmental Management Systems
  • Sustainability Reporting
  • Regional Planning and Sustainable Impact Assessment (in islands)
  • Sustainable Tourism and Destination (in islands)
  • Integrated environmental assessment (in islands)

In particular, the M.Sc. curriculum develops as follows:

Successful applicants are required to deposit a sum of €1,700 in tuition fees for the entire duration of the Program, in the following installments: (a)  €400 as an advance payment with the acceptance of the position by the candidate, which is not refundable in case of non-attendance, (b) €500 by February 28, 2026 (c) €500 by June 30, 2026 and (d) €300 by December 31, 2026.

Call for Expression of Interest– Research in Environmental Sciences Direction 2026-2027
Template for the Expression of Interest – Research in Environmental Sciences Direction 
Reference form – Research in Environmental Sciences Direction

The Expressions of Interest shall be submitted either to the Secretariat Office or through https://nautilus.aegean.gr, following the instructions provided by https://nautilus.aegean.gr/applicant_manual.pdf.
Deadline: June 14, 2026.

For any other information please contact:

University of the Aegean, Department of Environment,
University Hill, 81100, Mytilene, Lesvos Island, Greece
tel.: 22510.36246 – 22510.36212, fax: 22510.36209
E-mail: mscglobalchange@env.aegean.gr

Here you may find the M.Sc. theses sucessfully defended over the past academic year:

2025

  • Maria ANTONAKAKI «Raw water turbidity prediction using Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) Analysis with long period 2017- 2023 selected data: a case study of the Aposelemis Dam in Crete, Greece» (Supervisor: Prof. Athanasios Stasinakis)
  • Alexandros GALANIDIS, “Non-Native Flora of the Mediterranean Lesvos Island (East Aegean, Greece): Floristic Analysis, Traits, and Assessment” (Supervisor: Prof. Panafiotis Dimitrakopoulos)

  • Aimilia IOAKIMIDOU, “Genetic monitoring of a newly established wolf (Canis lupus) population in a peri-urban protected area with insights into wolf–dog hybridization in Greece” (Supervisor: Ass. Prof. Triantafyllos Akriotis)