
Dr Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research interests
- Entrepreneurship
- Business
Biography
Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at King's College London. Before joining King's College London, Panagiotis was a Post-doc Research Fellow at Warwick Business School for almost 3 years. He has also worked for the U.S. multinational Marsh & McLennan Companies and Intrakat Constructions S.A. (part of the Intracom Holdings Group).
He graduated with honours (valedictorian) from the Department of Business Administration and Management of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) in Greece. He completed his MSc in International Management (valedictorian) at Strathclyde Business School in the United Kingdom. His dissertation, ‘Determining factors affecting entrepreneurial intention among Scottish and Greek business school students’, was considered ‘Outstanding’ and awarded Dean’s Commendation for the best project in the programme. His research focuses on (international and social) entrepreneurship, innovation, personality traits, rurality, and international business.
He has published papers in top-tier international refereed journals such as International Business Review, Journal of Business Research and Journal of Rural Studies. He has published the book ‘Women Social Entrepreneurship: Case Studies from the UK’, several policy reports for the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) and Women in Banking & Finance, and numerous book chapters with Edward Elgar Publishing and Routledge Publishing.
He was featured in Forbes' ’30 Under 30′ list 2024 in Greece, recognising the achievements of successful individuals under 30 who excel in various fields. This list promotes bright minds worldwide who have made significant contributions. He is the Winner of the Adam Smith Business School Award ‘Excellence in Research 2021’, ‘Excellence in Research 2022’, the Winner of the ‘Business and Innovation Alumni Award 2022’ by the British Council, and the winner of the ‘Engaged Scholarship Award 2024’ by the Innovation & Research Caucus. He has also won the Pavlos Dimitratos Dissertation Award 2024 and the Adam Smith Business School PhD Prize for Excellence for his PhD thesis and the significance of his contribution to Management and Entrepreneurship. Over the last few years, his research has won multiple awards at international conferences like the Academy of International Business UK-I. He has also been a track chair at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference. He is an ad-hoc reviewer for the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Rural Studies, and the International Small Business Journal.