Dr Eleni Tsougkou

Senior Lecturer

Marketing

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Personal statement

Eleni (Lenia) Tsougkou is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Director for the PGT Programmes (September Intake) of the Department of Marketing at the University of Strathclyde (MSc Marketing, MSc International Marketing, MSc Tourism Marketing Management, and MSc Digital Marketing Management). She has a wide spectrum of academic background in business, ranging from economics to marketing management. She obtained her PhD in International Marketing from Loughborough University (UK). She also holds a master’s degree in Advertising and Marketing from Leeds University Business School (UK), as well as an undergraduate degree in Economic and Regional Development from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Athens, Greece). Eleni's work has been published in leading academic journals, including the Journal of World Business, International Marketing Review, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, Journal of Business Research, and Journal of Marketing Management.

 

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Area of Expertise

- International marketing

- (Global) branding

- Marketing management and consumer behavior within digital, online, and interactive marketing settings

- Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)

Prize And Awards

AMS Review - Sheth Foundation 2023 Doctoral Competition for Conceptual Articles (DoCCA)
Recipient
5/2023
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Recipient
2021
Best Reviewer Award
Recipient
7/11/2020

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Publications

Brand influence on tourists’ booking intention : evaluation of customer-based brand equity within package holidays
Hartmann Kim, Murdy Samantha, Tsougkou Eleni (Lenia)
Academy of Marketing Conference (2025)
Brand activism for peace and consumer emotions
Tsougkou Eleni (Lenia), Robertson DJ
Academy of Marketing Conference (2025)
The effect of product innovation novelty and product innovation intensity on customer value creation effectiveness : the role of inhibiting and facilitating factors
Lisboa Ana, Cadogan John W, Oliveira João S, Tsougkou Eleni (Lenia)
Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (2025)
Peace brand activism : global brand responses to the war in Ukraine
Tsougkou Eleni, Sykora Martin, Elayan Suzanne, Ifie Kemefasu, Oliveira João S
Journal of Public Policy and Marketing Vol 44, pp. 100-121 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1177/07439156241289079
International product adaptation and performance : a systematic analysis of the literature and agenda for future research
Tsougkou Eleni, Cadogan John W, Boso Nathaniel, Hodgkinson Ian R, Oliveira João S, Laukannen Tommi, Yazdani Nahid, Story Vicky M
Journal of World Business Vol 60 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2024.101597
Drivers and mechanisms of consumers' attitudes towards global brand activists : perceived motivation matters
Tsougkou Eleni, Karampela Maria, Balabanis George
International Marketing Review Vol 41, pp. 1330-1357 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-09-2023-0237

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Teaching

Eleni has extensive teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She currently serves as the class coordinator for the honours module of International Business Management and the postgraduate module of Export Marketing. Additionally, she instructs courses in Strategic Global Marketing. 

In the past, Eleni taught Dissertation Skills to MSc Marketing students. She was further involved in teaching and assessing various modules, such as Principles of Marketing, Making Marketing Work, Business Environment Analysis, and Global Strategic Management.

 

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Research Interests

Eleni has a wide spectrum of research interests within the area of the firm’s international activities and marketing management.

 

Her major research interests lie within the areas of:

- International marketing (e.g. international marketing strategy, global branding and global brand management, global consumer behaviour)

- Brand activism and firms' sociopolitical activities;

- Marketing and brand management (incl. digital marketing) and its intersection with consumer psychology & behaviour (e.g. the role of emotions in marketing settings; consumer engagement with firms' online activities)

- International Entrepreneurship (e.g. entrepreneurial orientation, innovativeness, competitive aggressiveness)

 

Eleni's doctoral thesis focused on investigating how export product adaptation affects customer value creation.

 

She holds experience in both:

- Quantitative research (e.g., SEM-structural equation modelling, regression analysis, mediation analysis)

and

- Qualitative research (e.g. interviews), preferably as part of a mixed methods approach

 

Her work has been published in major academic journals and is frequently presented at international conferences.

 

Eleni is extremely keen on supervising students in any of the above-mentioned research areas.

Professional Activities

International Marketing Review (Journal)
Peer reviewer
7/2025
Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
Peer reviewer
7/2025
Global Marketing Conference (GMC)
Chair
7/2025
Academy of Marketing Conference
Chair
7/2025
British Journal of Management (Journal)
Peer reviewer
4/2025
International Marketing Review (Journal)
Peer reviewer
4/2025

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Projects

Marketing for Peace: Investigating why, when, and how brands decide to become activists for peace
Tsougkou, Eleni (Lenia) (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2025
Digital Brand Personality
Ghorbani, Mijka (Researcher) Tonner, Andrea (Academic) Tsougkou, Eleni (Lenia) (Academic)
01-Jan-2021
Digital 101
Tsougkou, Eleni (Lenia) (Academic) Oliveira, João S. (Principal Investigator) Ifie, Kemefasu (Academic) Sykora, Martin (Academic) Castro, Vitor (Academic) Elayan, Suzanne (Researcher)
Project investigating the role of emotions in social media marketing settings.
01-Jan-2016 - 15-Jan-2021
Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century
Tsougkou, Eleni (Lenia) (Academic) Cadogan, John W. (Principal Investigator) Hodgkinson, Ian R. (Academic) Oliveira, João S. (Academic) Story, Vicky M. (Academic) Boso, Nathaniel (Academic) Lioliou, Eleni (Academic) Laukannen, Tommi (Academic) Asmat-Nizam Abdul-Talib, Asmat-Nizam (Academic) Jean, Ruey-Jer "Bryan" (Academic) Beracs, József (Academic) Nagy, Gabor (Academic) Felzensztein, Christian (Academic) Martínez-López, Francisco J. (Academic) Lisboa, Ana (Academic) Bilgin Wührer, Zeynep (Academic) Thoumrungroje, Amonrat (Academic) Schwens, Christian (Academic) Walheiser, Dennis (Researcher) Ko, Eunju (Academic) Sy-Chango, Joseph (Academic) Schmitt, Julien (Academic) Souchon, Anne (Academic) Despoudi, Stella (Academic) Eibe Sørensen, Hans (Academic) Yazdani, Nahid (Academic) Asikainen, Sanna-Katriina (Academic) Pattana, Boonchoo (Principal Investigator) Olie, Racela (Principal Investigator) Mitręga‬, ‪Maciej (Principal Investigator) Pfajfar, Gregor (Principal Investigator)
This project studies firms’ international business activities (such as their international marketing strategy, their competitive approach, their innovation, their CSR, and so on), their internal characteristics, the external environment and the implications on performance. The project is led by Professor John Cadogan (Loughborough University) and entails a wide international network of academic collaborators. More than 15 countries have currently collected data for this project, which will eventually compare aspects of entrepreneurship across the markets involved.
01-Jan-2014

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Dr Eleni Tsougkou
Senior Lecturer
Marketing

Email: eleni.tsougkou@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3093