Dr Nikolaos Danias
Teaching Fellow
Economics
Personal statement
Nikos obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Strathclyde in 2013. Previous to this, he studied in the University of Piraeus from which he received his BSc in Industrial Management and Technology in 2003, and his MBA in Total Quality Management in 2006.
In 2015, Nikos became Fellow of The Higher Education Academy.
In 2021, Nikos obtained his MSc in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from the University of Strathclyde.
Area of Expertise
- Microeconomics
- Energy Economics
- Regulatory Economics
- Natural Resource Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Industrial Economics
- Political Economics
- Higher Education Pedagogy
Publications
- The "Heroic Journey" : managing the pedagogy and development of business studies teachers
- Danias Nikolaos
- Conference for Higher Education Research (CHER) – Hong Kong 2022, Lingnan University (2022)
- The "heroic journey" : managing the pedagogy and development of Business Studies teachers
- Danias Nikolaos
- (2022)
- The welfare impacts of discriminatory price tariffs
- Danias Nikolaos, Swales J Kim
- Energy Economics Vol 71, pp. 321-331 (2018)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2018.03.011
- The welfare impacts of discriminatory price tariffs
- Danias Nikolaos, Swales J Kim
- (2016)
- The greek electricity market reforms : political and regulatory considerations
- Danias Nikolaos, Swales John, McGregor Peter
- Energy Policy Vol 62, pp. 1040-1047 (2013)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.08.010
Teaching
Undergraduate
Nikos is the Director of Undergraduate Learning and Teaching in the Department of Economics, overseeing the Economics studies undergraduate programme.
He is the lecturer in charge of the classes "Introduction to Economics and Business Analysis and Technology", “Intermediate Microeconomics” and “Natural Resource, Environmental and Energy Economics”.
Postgraduate
Nikos is the Director of the MSc in Economics and Policy of Energy and Climate Change, which is a course aiming to train future leaders in the sectors of energy and climate change. The course equips its students with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand the challenges and uncertainties that industries, economies, governments and societies face in the areas of energy and climate change.
He is the lecturer in charge of the MSc classes "Energy Technologies, Impacts and Implementation", "Fundamentals of Microeconomics" and "Games of Strategy". He also teaches in the MSc classes "Energy Industries and Markets" and "Energy Finance and Forecasting".
Supervision
Nikos supervises Economics honours year dissertations, MSc Summer Projects, MSc Final Projects, MBA Final Projects and PGR studies in a number of topic areas.
Research Interests
Energy Economics, Regulatory Economics, Industrial Economics, Political Economics, Higher Education Pedagogy
Contact
Dr
Nikolaos
Danias
Teaching Fellow
Economics
Email: nikolaos.danias@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3855