Vasilis Avdikos
Biographic Data
| ID | 4298920 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vasilis Avdikos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vasilis |
| FAMILY NAME | Avdikos |
| SIGNATURE | AVDIKOS V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Panteion University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2601-0712 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Mediating labour, creativity and innovation in the city: Collaborative workspaces as middlegrounds and community as a service
The role of collaborative workspaces in promoting networking opportunities: A Comparison Between Urban and Peripheral Contexts
This paper aims at assessing the role of collaborative workspaces (CWS) as interaction platforms able to offer networking opportunities on different levels and with a diverse array of stakeholders. Several qualitative studies have emphasised that CWS function as focal points, providing open physical space, materials and social settings which help different actors find specific services, resources and foster their interaction. This study is the fi…
Platform—driven housing commodification, financialisation and gentrification in Athens
The emergence and expansion of the digitally mediated, short-term rental (STR) market in Athens underplayed a key role in the rising inaccessibility to affordable housing, interrelating with broader transformations of the housing landscape, including i) the translation of the economic crisis into a housing one, ii) the unfolding of touristification processes in central Athenian districts and iii) the increased involvement of international investo…
Exploring the effects of coworking in two European cities: Financialisation flows and consumption patterns in Athens and Berlin
With the continuous deregulation of state functions in processes of neoliberal urban production, coworking spaces have emerged as autonomous actors in processes of urban development, as they appear to conglomerate flows of freelancers, startuppers, remote workers, digital nomads and financial capital from private investors and large corporations. As such, these actors could play an important role in the organisation of urban activities that could…
Insurrection is not a spectacle”: Experiencing and contesting touristification in Exarcheia, Athens
During the last few years, Athens is experiencing a substantial increase in tourist inflows, while transforming from a one-day stop destination during summer to a year-round, city-break destination. Through a multi-method qualitative research, this paper explores the role of the aforementioned developments in the emergence of Athens as a city-break destination and explores ongoing processes of touristification. The study focuses on the district o…
The new topologies of collaborative workspace assemblages between the market and the commons
Supporting open, shared and collaborative workspaces and hubs: Recent transformations and policy implications
Shared workspaces and hubs for independent workers and start-ups are increasingly becoming a subject of local and regional economic development policies as they are considered crucial intermediaries in facilitating entrepreneurial growth and local innovation agendas. However, so far policy-makers do little to address two transformations in recent shared workspace development: the growing commercialization and diversification of shared workspaces …
The uneven regional geography of labour precariousness: The case of Greek design industry
The paper attempts to unveil the precarious working conditions of the design industry and the ways that precariousness is distributed throughout space. In more details, the paper researches the working conditions of graphic, web, interior and industrial designers in the Greek design industry and contributes to the understanding of the uneven regional geography of precariousness. We use a large dataset that was produced through an online questionn…
Socio‐economic profile and working conditions of freelancers in co‐working spaces and work collectives: Evidence from the design sector in Greece
Third places, such as business incubators, co‐working spaces and work collectives, represent a new ecosystem of collaborative working practices in the creative economy that alters significantly the spatial distribution of work and the notion of ‘workplace’. Collaborative workplaces emerged after the gradual collapse of the stable employment paradigm that was one of the main features of the Keynesian welfare state and as a response to precarious w…
Processes of creation and commodification of local collective symbolic capital; a tale of gentrification from Athens
European Union Cohesion Policy Post 2014: More (Place-Based and Conditional) Growth – Less Redistribution and Cohesion
The paper argues that the European Union Cohesion Policy 2014–2020 is re-oriented, away from the traditional goal of promoting balanced socio-economic development, towards a regional growth-policy perspective that puts the issue of competitiveness as a prerequisite for regional convergence. Through the analysis of two sets of reforms of the new Cohesion Policy, namely the place-based approach and the conditionalities, thematic priorities and the …
Local hegemonic blocs: The case of tourism in Rhodes
The paper explores the ways that a powerful local industry can be regarded as a local ideological hegemonic bloc. The concept of the local hegemonic bloc is deployed in a case study of the Rhodes tourist industry to provide a way of analysing how a specific spatial industrial concentration creates and sustains an ideological atmosphere locally, which supports the industry’s status while simultaneously legitimating exploitative actions
Insurrection is not a spectacle”: Experiencing and contesting touristification in Exarcheia, Athens
During the last few years, Athens is experiencing a substantial increase in tourist inflows, while transforming from a one-day stop destination during summer to a year-round, city-break destination. Through a multi-method qualitative research, this paper explores the role of the aforementioned developments in the emergence of Athens as a city-break destination and explores ongoing processes of touristification. The study focuses on the district o…
The new topologies of collaborative workspace assemblages between the market and the commons
European Union Cohesion Policy Post 2014: More (Place-Based and Conditional) Growth – Less Redistribution and Cohesion
The paper argues that the European Union Cohesion Policy 2014–2020 is re-oriented, away from the traditional goal of promoting balanced socio-economic development, towards a regional growth-policy perspective that puts the issue of competitiveness as a prerequisite for regional convergence. Through the analysis of two sets of reforms of the new Cohesion Policy, namely the place-based approach and the conditionalities, thematic priorities and the …
Socio‐economic profile and working conditions of freelancers in co‐working spaces and work collectives: Evidence from the design sector in Greece
Third places, such as business incubators, co‐working spaces and work collectives, represent a new ecosystem of collaborative working practices in the creative economy that alters significantly the spatial distribution of work and the notion of ‘workplace’. Collaborative workplaces emerged after the gradual collapse of the stable employment paradigm that was one of the main features of the Keynesian welfare state and as a response to precarious w…
Local hegemonic blocs: The case of tourism in Rhodes
The paper explores the ways that a powerful local industry can be regarded as a local ideological hegemonic bloc. The concept of the local hegemonic bloc is deployed in a case study of the Rhodes tourist industry to provide a way of analysing how a specific spatial industrial concentration creates and sustains an ideological atmosphere locally, which supports the industry’s status while simultaneously legitimating exploitative actions
Platform—driven housing commodification, financialisation and gentrification in Athens
The emergence and expansion of the digitally mediated, short-term rental (STR) market in Athens underplayed a key role in the rising inaccessibility to affordable housing, interrelating with broader transformations of the housing landscape, including i) the translation of the economic crisis into a housing one, ii) the unfolding of touristification processes in central Athenian districts and iii) the increased involvement of international investo…
Exploring the effects of coworking in two European cities: Financialisation flows and consumption patterns in Athens and Berlin
With the continuous deregulation of state functions in processes of neoliberal urban production, coworking spaces have emerged as autonomous actors in processes of urban development, as they appear to conglomerate flows of freelancers, startuppers, remote workers, digital nomads and financial capital from private investors and large corporations. As such, these actors could play an important role in the organisation of urban activities that could…
Mediating labour, creativity and innovation in the city: Collaborative workspaces as middlegrounds and community as a service
The role of collaborative workspaces in promoting networking opportunities: A Comparison Between Urban and Peripheral Contexts
This paper aims at assessing the role of collaborative workspaces (CWS) as interaction platforms able to offer networking opportunities on different levels and with a diverse array of stakeholders. Several qualitative studies have emphasised that CWS function as focal points, providing open physical space, materials and social settings which help different actors find specific services, resources and foster their interaction. This study is the fi…
Local hegemonic blocs: The case of tourism in Rhodes
The paper explores the ways that a powerful local industry can be regarded as a local ideological hegemonic bloc. The concept of the local hegemonic bloc is deployed in a case study of the Rhodes tourist industry to provide a way of analysing how a specific spatial industrial concentration creates and sustains an ideological atmosphere locally, which supports the industry’s status while simultaneously legitimating exploitative actions
Processes of creation and commodification of local collective symbolic capital; a tale of gentrification from Athens
European Union Cohesion Policy Post 2014: More (Place-Based and Conditional) Growth – Less Redistribution and Cohesion
The paper argues that the European Union Cohesion Policy 2014–2020 is re-oriented, away from the traditional goal of promoting balanced socio-economic development, towards a regional growth-policy perspective that puts the issue of competitiveness as a prerequisite for regional convergence. Through the analysis of two sets of reforms of the new Cohesion Policy, namely the place-based approach and the conditionalities, thematic priorities and the …
Socio‐economic profile and working conditions of freelancers in co‐working spaces and work collectives: Evidence from the design sector in Greece
Third places, such as business incubators, co‐working spaces and work collectives, represent a new ecosystem of collaborative working practices in the creative economy that alters significantly the spatial distribution of work and the notion of ‘workplace’. Collaborative workplaces emerged after the gradual collapse of the stable employment paradigm that was one of the main features of the Keynesian welfare state and as a response to precarious w…
The uneven regional geography of labour precariousness: The case of Greek design industry
The paper attempts to unveil the precarious working conditions of the design industry and the ways that precariousness is distributed throughout space. In more details, the paper researches the working conditions of graphic, web, interior and industrial designers in the Greek design industry and contributes to the understanding of the uneven regional geography of precariousness. We use a large dataset that was produced through an online questionn…
Supporting open, shared and collaborative workspaces and hubs: Recent transformations and policy implications
Shared workspaces and hubs for independent workers and start-ups are increasingly becoming a subject of local and regional economic development policies as they are considered crucial intermediaries in facilitating entrepreneurial growth and local innovation agendas. However, so far policy-makers do little to address two transformations in recent shared workspace development: the growing commercialization and diversification of shared workspaces …
Insurrection is not a spectacle”: Experiencing and contesting touristification in Exarcheia, Athens
During the last few years, Athens is experiencing a substantial increase in tourist inflows, while transforming from a one-day stop destination during summer to a year-round, city-break destination. Through a multi-method qualitative research, this paper explores the role of the aforementioned developments in the emergence of Athens as a city-break destination and explores ongoing processes of touristification. The study focuses on the district o…
The new topologies of collaborative workspace assemblages between the market and the commons
Platform—driven housing commodification, financialisation and gentrification in Athens
The emergence and expansion of the digitally mediated, short-term rental (STR) market in Athens underplayed a key role in the rising inaccessibility to affordable housing, interrelating with broader transformations of the housing landscape, including i) the translation of the economic crisis into a housing one, ii) the unfolding of touristification processes in central Athenian districts and iii) the increased involvement of international investo…
Exploring the effects of coworking in two European cities: Financialisation flows and consumption patterns in Athens and Berlin
With the continuous deregulation of state functions in processes of neoliberal urban production, coworking spaces have emerged as autonomous actors in processes of urban development, as they appear to conglomerate flows of freelancers, startuppers, remote workers, digital nomads and financial capital from private investors and large corporations. As such, these actors could play an important role in the organisation of urban activities that could…
Mediating labour, creativity and innovation in the city: Collaborative workspaces as middlegrounds and community as a service
The role of collaborative workspaces in promoting networking opportunities: A Comparison Between Urban and Peripheral Contexts
This paper aims at assessing the role of collaborative workspaces (CWS) as interaction platforms able to offer networking opportunities on different levels and with a diverse array of stakeholders. Several qualitative studies have emphasised that CWS function as focal points, providing open physical space, materials and social settings which help different actors find specific services, resources and foster their interaction. This study is the fi…
Economic geography (9 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Facilities and Workplace Management (5 works) · Geography (5 works)