Culture and Heritage

Ioannis Poulios is an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Heritage Management, Ahmedabad University, focusing on living heritage, tourism and business. Ioannis conducted PhD research in living heritage, tourism and sustainable development at University College London, and attended MBA electives in business strategy and management at London Business School. 

His teaching, research and consulting activity concerns the following areas:

• Designing and implementing the ‘living heritage approach’, i.e. an innovative community-centred approach towards heritage management and sustainable development.
• Crafting business strategies for heritage and tourism organizations.
• Designing visitopr experiences.
• Reconciling development/energy plants to archaeological sites and local communities.

He has taught at the Hellenic Open University and at the UNESCO Venice Office School on ‘Sustainable Energy Governance in World Heritage Sites’, and has been invited to present at various universities and conferences in Europe and Asia. He provides consultancy services to international organization ICCROM, national and local organisations and private companies. He has published a series of papers, edited books, and authored the book ‘The Past in the Present: A Living Heritage Approach - Meteora, Greece’ (http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/bak). His paper ‘Discussing Strategy in Heritage Conservation: a Living Heritage Approach as an Example of Strategic Innovation’ was selected as the Outstanding Paper in the 2015 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. He was also invited –two professionals internationally– to review Nara+20 Document: paper ‘Gazing at the ‘Blue Ocean’, and Tapping into the Mental Models of Conservation: Reflections on the Nara+20 Document’.
Ioannis serves as the Vice President of the A.G. Leventis Foundation Scholars Association.

Award: Paper ‘Discussing Strategy in Heritage Conservation: a Living Heritage Approach as an Example of Strategic Innovation’ (Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development) received the award of ‘Outstanding Paper’ in the 2015 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence.

Recognition: I was selected –one of two professionals internationally– to review Nara+20 Document agreement: paper ‘Gazing at the ‘Blue Ocean’, and Tapping into the Mental Models of Conservation: Reflections on the Nara+20 Document’ (Heritage and Society)

Research associate ‘i-Treasures: capturing the intangible’ European Union project on the documentation and safeguarding of intangible heritage through the application of new technologies.

Independent research (with S. Touloupa): ‘Museums and Crisis: the Imperative to Achieve Strategic Agility in the Current Instability. A Case Study of the Major Archaeological Museums in Greece’.

BOOKS
Poulios I. 2014, The Past in the Present: A Living Heritage Approach – Meteora, Greece. London, Ubiquity Press. Open access.

Antoniadou S., Vavouranakis G., Poulios I. & Raouzaiou P. (eds.) 2018, Culture and Perspective at Times of Crisis: State Structures, Private Initiative and the Public Character of Heritage, Oxbow Books

Karachalis N. Poulios I. (eds.) 2015, Athens, Modern Capital and Historic City: Challenges for Heritage Management at Times of Crisis, PHAROS Journal. Athens: Netherlands Institute of Athens.

Poulios I. (ed.) 2015, Cultural Management, Local Community, and Sustainable Development (Athens: Kallipos). In Greek. Open Access. 

PAPERS
2019
Poulios I. & Touloupa S. 2019, Museums and Crisis: the Imperative to Achieve Strategic Agility in the Current Instability. A Case Study of the Major Archaeological Museums in Greece, Public Archaeology, 1–33

2019. Grammalidis N. & Poulios I., ICT-based Participatory Approaches for the Exploitation and Re-use of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of the International Conference on Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism (ISCIMAT) 2018

2019. Poulios I., On the Greatest Challenge in the Management of Living Religious Heritage: Linking the Authenticity of Heritage and the Authenticity of Tourist Experiences to the Authenticity of Religious Tradition, In: A. Moropoulou, M. Korres, A. Georgopoulos, C. Spyrakos, & C. Mouzakis (eds.), Transdisciplinary Multispectral Modeling and Cooperation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of First International Conference, TMM_CH 2018, Athens, Greece, October 10–13, 2018, Part II, Springer, 262–271

2018
Poulios I. 2018, Envisioning the Future of Heritage Conservation: Reflections on the Book ‘The Archaeology of Time Travel’ and the Movie ‘Blade Runner 2049’, The Historic  Environment: Policy and Practice 9(2), 1–8

Poulios I. 2018, Managing ‘Difficult’ Intangible Heritage through the Application of the Living Heritage Approach: Reflections on the Documentary Film “Silent Witness” about the Prison of the City of Trikala, Greece, In: E. Solomon, and E. Apostolidou (eds.), Museums, Education and ‘Difficult’ Heritage, MuseumEdu 6, 99–122 Open access

Giannitsioti K., Touloupa S. & Poulios I. 2018, Cultural Tourism and Cultural Heritage in Times of Change: Private Initiative in Greece vis-a-vis the Greek State. In: S. Antoniadou, G. Vavouranakis, I. Poulios & P. Raouzaiou (eds.), Culture and Perspective at Times of Crisis: State Structures, Private Initiative and the Public Character of Heritage, Oxbow Books, 58–73

Poulios I. &  Arampatzis G. 2018, Development-Energy Plants in proximity to Historic Environments: the Investor and the State. In: S. Antoniadou, G. Vavouranakis, I. Poulios & P. Raouzaiou (eds.), Culture and Perspective at Times of Crisis: State Structures, Private Initiative and the Public Character of Heritage, Oxbow Books, 40–55

2017
Pozzi F., Dagnino F.M., Poulios I. & Alivizatou M. 2017, D2.1: Final Report on User Requirements Identification and Analysis, Public Deliverable, The i- Treasures Project (FP7-ICT-600676), Open Access. 

2015
Poulios I. 2015, Gazing at the ‘Blue Ocean’,and Tapping into the Mental Models of Conservation: Reflections on the Nara+20 Document, Heritage and Society 8(2), 158–177

Touloupa S. & Poulios I. 2015, Re-branding Athens and its Culture through ‘Alternative’ City Tours: Beyond an ‘Authorised Heritage Discourse’ and Towards an ‘Authorised Crisis Discourse’. In: N. Karachalis & I. Poulios (eds.), Athens, Modern Capital and Historic City: Challenges for Heritage Management at Times of Crisis, PHAROS (Netherlands Institute of Athens), XXI.1, 73–95

Poulios I. & Senteri E. 2015, Branding Athens at a Time of Crisis: A Semiotic Analysis of the Current Tourism Campaign of the Historic City. In: N. Karachalis & I. Poulios (eds.), Athens, Modern Capital and Historic City: Challenges for Heritage Management at Times of Crisis, PHAROS (Netherlands Institute of Athens), XXI.1, 37–56

Poulios I., Nastou D. & Kourgiannidis E. 2015, Bridging the Distance between Heritage Conservation and Business Management: Heritage as a Customer ‘Experience’ – A Case Study of the Acropolis Museum in Athens. In: N. Karachalis & I. Poulios (eds.), Athens, Modern Capital and Historic City: Challenges for Heritage Management at Times of Crisis, PHAROS (Netherlands Institute of Athens), XXI.1, 97–122

Daniil M. & Poulios I. 2015, Living Historical Churches in the Centre of Athens: Evolution, and Challenges for their Management. In: N. Karachalis and I. Poulios (eds.) Athens, Modern Capital and Historic City: Challenges for Heritage Management at Times of Crisis, PHAROS (Netherlands Institute of Athens), XXI.1, 1–20

Poulios I. 2015, On ‘Authenticity’: a Case Study of the Conservation and Management of Mystras, Mnimeio kai Perivallon Journal 12, 87–103. In Greek, with extensive English summary.

2014
Poulios I. 2014, Discussing Strategy in Heritage Conservation: a Living Heritage Approach as an Example of Strategic Innovation, Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development 4(1), 16–34

Poulios I. & Scalia M. 2014, Renewable Energy Plants and the Historic Environment in Greece: Policy and Practice, Journal of Architectural Conservation 20(3), 197-208

Kataga M., Okka N. & Poulios I. (curators) 2014, Rematerialising Culture: Reflections, Catalogue of exhibition Rematerialising Culture, organized by The A.G Leventis Foundation Scholars Association, November and December 2014, Athens, Greece. Open access. 

2012
Poulios I. 2012, Renewable Energy Plants Development, Historic Environments and Local Communities: Lessons from the Greek Experience, The Historic Environment : Policy and Practice 3(2), 127–142

2011
Poulios I. 2011, Is every Heritage Site a ‘Living’ one?: Linking Heritage Conservation to Communities’ Association with Sites, The Historic Environment: Policy and Practice 2(2), 144–156

2010
Poulios I. 2010, Moving beyond a ‘Values-based Approach’ to Heritage Conservation, Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 12(2), May 2010, 170–185

Poulios I. 2010, Conserving Living Religious Heritage: Maintaining Continuity and Embracing Change – the Hindu Temples of Tanjore, Srirangam and Tirupati in India, South Asian Arts. October 2010

Hellenic Open University, School of Social Sciences, M.Sc. Cultural Organizations Management, Adjunct Faculty

UNESCO Venice Office School on ‘Sustainable Energy Governance in World Heritage Sites’, Lecturer

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) ‘Living Heritage Sites’, ‘Promoting People-Centered Approaches to Conservation: Living Heritage’ and ‘Conserving Asian Heritage’ programs, Consultant.

Agency for Economic Cooperation and Development (aed), Austria, ‘Technical Assistance action to support tourism planning and policy for the promotion of sustainable tourism development in Greece’ project, Consultant.

Epigraphic Museum of Greece, Crafting the strategic plan of the Epigraphic Museum, Manager.

Hellenic Management Association / EEDE (a non-profit organization for the promotion of modern management practices to Greek companies), Supporting entrepreneurs of diverse backgrounds on achieving innovation at times of crisis, Consultant.

The A.G. Leventis Foundation Scholars Association of Greece, Organizing cultural activities addressing the scholars and the general public, such as contemporary-art exhibitions, Vice President